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West Indies reach 154-6 vs England

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West Indies stumble to 154-6 at tea on day one of Trent Bridge Test.

Marlon Samuels is unbeaten on 41 but Graeme Swann, who has 1-23, has taken the key wicket of Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 46, ending a stand of 62 that threatened to drag West Indies back into the game.Tim Bresnan (1-38) claimed the other wicket to fall in Fridays afternoon session, bowling Dinesh Ramdin for 1.James Anderson has 2-31 and Stuart Broad 2-49.West Indies have never lost a test at Trent Bridge, but that record already looks in danger.The tourists made two changes to the side that lost the first test at Lords, bringing in Shane Shillingford and Ravi Rampaul for Fidel Edwards and Shannon Gabriel.England captain Andrew Strauss, who named an unchanged side, admitted he would have batted given the choice, but it looked like a reasonable toss to lose when three wickets fell in the first hour.In the fourth over Broad produced a delivery that bounced up sharply and Adrian Barath sent it straight to second slip, where Anderson took an excellent one-handed catch to dismiss the opener for a duck.Kirk Edwards was lucky to survive in the next over when he edged an Anderson delivery and was put down by the third slip Bresnan, who dived in front of Swann when the latter was arguably better placed.Edwards scored just 7 before he was clean bowled in the ninth over by Anderson, who produced an inswinger that found a gap between bat and pad and smashed the middle and off stumps.Darren Bravo fell in the 15th over, caught by Swann at second slip off Anderson for just three and Chanderpaul made a nervous start, sending the first ball he faced off his arm guard to the boundary before bisecting the slip cordon with an edge in Andersons next over.Kieran Powell had looked well set, but on 33 he wafted at a Broad delivery and was caught in the slips by Anderson.Samuels was on 1 when he was adjudged lbw to Bresnan, but he successfully referred the decision and looked increasingly confident in surviving to lunch.West Indies resumed on 84-4 and made painfully slow progress in the first hour of the afternoon session the first 10 overs yielded just seven runs, and included six maidens.The 50 partnership came from 152 balls and the building pressure eventually told when Chanderpaul fell in the 46th over.Swann trapped the batsman on the back pad and although Chanderpaul was initially given not out the decision was overturned on referral.Dinesh Ramdin lasted for just nine balls before he lost his off stump to Bresnan for 1, leaving captain Darren Sammy (11 not out) and Samuels with the task of steering West Indies to a competitive total.