They struggled after being put in on an overcast morning, a fiery Fidel Edwards with 5-45, but Ian Bell made a gritty 56 and Owais Shah hit four fours in 42.

Defending a total of 225, England soon seized control as James Anderson struck twice in two balls and Stuart Broad also took two wickets in an over.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was not out with a typically adhesive 47th ODI fifty.

England's score appeared to be short of the mark after some attritional fare in which only 12 boundaries were scored.

But as the Windies suffered a disastrous start, it quickly became apparent that Paul Collingwood's team had done the right thing by grinding out an average score on what was clearly not the easiest wicket for scoring.

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