Six years ago, England were bowled out for 51 in Jamaica to gift the West Indies an innings and 23-run victory in the first Test.



Ian Bell was dropped for the Antigua test, which was abandoned after ten balls, and did not play any further part in the series.



His 143 on the first day of the 2015 Antigua test has banished those memories and helped England recover from a tricky start.



"It was nice to come back and put things right. It was a tricky first morning,” he said. 


"Then the wicket dried out and it was nice to cash in during the afternoon. I thought they bowled well for two hours, they really did."



The visitors, put in to bat after losing the toss, soon fell to 34-3 after Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott and Gary Ballance were all dismissed. 



However, two century stands from Bell with Joe Root and Ben Stokes guided England to 341-5 at the close of play. 



"Joe's good to bat with in that situation. He's quite relaxed, and energetic so it was a matter of trying to put some pressure back on the bowlers,” he said. 



"He's worked really hard and you can't ask for more than that."



And of Stokes, he added: "To come in and play like he did (is really good) - it's always tricky when you're leading into the second new ball.



"It would have been nice not to have lost one at the end but I hope we can win the first session tomorrow."



West Indies’ four-man attack wilted as the day went on after that early morning blitz with Kemar Roach, Jason Holder and Jerome Taylor all in the wickets.



Roach believes that the hosts let England get away following the morning session. 



“Twenty-one overs in a day is a pretty heavy load for me, I have not played much cricket since my injury,” he said afterwards.



“We let them get away a bit and could have bowled better. It was a pretty average day for us.



“We started well, but we could have been much better after lunch and after tea. We weren’t consistent enough. 



"I'd always love a pitch with a bit more in it. The pitches in Australia for the World Cup were pretty good for fast bowling, but we're back home now and this is what we have. It was a very flat wicket and a bit slow. We have to work with it."

 

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