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18 May 2012 Last updated at 12:03 GMT

England v West Indies Live

England resume after lunch on 80-1, having needed just one ball on the second morning to wrap up the West Indies innings for 243.

Stuart Broad

Broad happy with England's position

Stuart Broad is happy with England's position after day one of the first Test at Lord's as West Indies close on 243-9.

Rikki Clarke

Lancashire heading for heavy loss

A century from Warwickshire's Rikki Clarke leaves last year's county champions Lancashire facing a heavy defeat.

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Comment & Analysis

Shivnarine Chanderpaul - a man for all seasons

Chief sports writer Tom Fordyce says Shivnarine Chanderpaul's dogged Lord's display proves there is still room for substance over style in Test cricket
'Matt Prior can be England's best ever'

Five years after making his Test debut against the West Indies, BBC Sport assesses the importance of England's wicketkeeper to the national side
'Bairstow the right pick'

Jonny Bairstow will grow in international cricket and become an England Test regular, says former skipper Alec Stewart.
Jonathan Agnew: Windies face a testing series

Jonathan Agnew believes West Indies will struggle in early-season England conditions, and assesses Jonny Bairstow's inclusion
Jimmy Anderson - England's main man

Chief sports writer Tom Fordyce looks at how the pace bowler fought back to become a world leader
County structure far from solved

Kevin Howells says finding a way to improve the structure of the county game remains as unclear as ever.
West Indies’ six to watch

Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams picks out the new faces capable of troubling England in their upcoming Test series
Windies are back in town

TMS producer Adam Mountford on what promises to be an exciting Test summer - and the return of a legend
County ins & outs

Keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours

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Sir Viv Richards receives the Walter Lawrence trophy he never had chance to receive in 1980 and 1986. http://t.co/jGeFtepX @tmsproducer 14 minutes ago
Ominous gloom overhead at Lord's during lunch. Floodlights on. Impossible to handle the champagne flutes correctly in ordinary daylight @tomfordyce 15 minutes ago
Moving ceremony in the box. Sir Viv receiving 2 outstanding 'fastest 100's of the year' awards from 1980 and 1986 @Aggerscricket 25 minutes ago
Approaching lunch. 79/1. Menacing clouds heaving into view. Strauss will be happy with his 30 not out. @Aggerscricket 1 hour ago
Prince is 50 not out. Follow on - 408. Lancs 129-7. @kevinhowellsbbc 1 hour ago

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