Ravi Bopara leads England recovery at Lord's

Ravi Bopara helped England recover from the loss of three quick wickets to reach 182-4 at tea on day one of first Test against West Indies.
Fidel Edwards had earlier taken three quick wickets, removing Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen in successive balls and dismissing Paul Collingwood soon after. Cook, who was out for 35, and Pietersen fell to deliveries that moved off the seam before Collingwood (8) edged another delightful delivery from Edwards to slip.
Bopara remained the driving force behind England's innings, the Essex batsmen reaching his 50 in his first match as England's No 3. Cook and Bopara had guided England to 92-1 after the early loss of captain Andrew Strauss.
Strauss was dismissed in the seventh over of the morning after he had lost the toss and been put into bat by West Indies. Strauss, having struck two early boundaries, was dismissed when he nicked a Taylor delivery outside off-stump and Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies wicketkeeper, held a low catch.
England, who have not won the first Test of a series in 14 attempts, handed debuts to seam bowlers Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions in what will be a new-look five-man attack after Monty Panesar was left out of the 12-man squad.
West Indies, who beat England 1-0 in their Test series in the Caribbean earlier this year, included Fidel Edwards, another IPL player, and fit-again Jerome Taylor in their bowling attack. Devon Smith will open alongside Gayle after several top-order batsmen had struggled in warm-up matches.
The last six Tests at Lord's have all ended in draws.
England: A J Strauss (Capt), A N Cook, R S Bopara, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, M J Prior (Wkt), T T Bresnan, S C J Broad, G P Swann, J M Anderson, G Onions.
West Indies: C H Gayle (Capt), D S Smith, L M P Simmons, R R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, B P Nash, D Ramdin (Wkt), S J Benn, J E Taylor, F H Edwards, L S Baker.
Umpires: S J Davis (Australia) and E A R de Silva (Sri Lanka).
Third umpire: I J Gould.
Match referee: A J Pycroft (Zimbabwe).
Television: Live coverage on Sky Sports 1; highlights on Five, 7.15pm-8pm.
Series detail: Second Test: May 14 (Riverside).
Source:The times