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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - West Indies bowled England for 51 to sweep to an incredible win by an innings and 23 runs just before tea on the fourth day Saturday of the opening cricket test.

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor claimed a career-best 5-11 in helping to dismiss England for its third lowest total in 132 years of tests.

Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn claimed 4-31 as England was crushed in front of an ecstatic and stunned 10,000-strong crowd that included Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, who celebrated with the players on Sabina Park.

West Indies completed its first innings only in the morning at 392 for a 74-run lead. Then the unexpected dramatic ending began as West Indies sent the England batsmen back to the pavilion almost as soon as they walked out.

Andrew Flintoff was the only player to score more than 10, with 24.

"We were entirely outplayed by a very good West Indies side over these four days," said England captain Andrew Strauss, who made 9.

"We batted very, very poorly today and we paid the price.

"All credit to Jerome Taylor, he bowled very straight and fast and put us under pressure but we didn’t react well.

"The reality is, if you want to win matches, you have to absorb that sort of pressure and come out against the other side and we didn’t do that today."

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, on the losing team here five years ago when England skittled the home side for 47, was naturally delighted.

"It was a brilliant day. I can’t complain about the effort the guys put in today," he said. "This day actually brought back a lot of memories. It’s the different way around now so I’m happy for that.

"It’s good to see our all-round cricket come together in this test match as well."

Taylor, named man of the match, said he just stuck to a simple plan.

"I knew it wouldn’t be beyond my control to go out and get the ball in the right area," he said. "The wicket was playing up and down, it was a flat track, so we wanted to go out and bowl straight and let the ball do whatever it wanted to do."

England scored 318 and 51, and West Indies wrapped up its first innings with Brendan Nash completing a half century before being dismissed for 55. Stuart Broad claimed 5-85, his first five-wicket haul in his 11th test.

West Indies’ battery made early inroads before lunch as Taylor removed Alastair Cook for a duck and Benn dismissed Ian Bell for 4.

Cook snicked to second slip where Devon Smith held a juggled catch while Bell chased a wide one and edged to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.

Taylor continued his destruction after the break as he bowled champion batsman Kevin Pietersen with a stunning, outswinging yorker for 1.

Taylor added the wickets of Strauss (9), Paul Collingwood (1) and Matt Prior (0) to leave England at 23-6 in 19 overs and notch his third five-wicket haul in tests.

Strauss feathered to Ramdin, Collingwood chopped onto his stumps, and Prior was bowled through the gate.

Benn reduced England to 26-7 when Broad nudged to short leg for a duck in the next over.

Flintoff added 24 with Ryan Sidebottom for the eighth wicket but they were delaying the inevitable.

Benn broke the stand when Sidebottom was leg before wicket on 6 despite a TV review, as the last three wickets were collected for one run.

Flintoff swung wildly and was bowled by Fidel Edwards, while Steve Harmison was bowled behind his back sweeping at Benn for the fourth duck of the innings.

The second of four tests starts on Friday in Antigua.

 

Scoreboard

England 1st Innings: 318

West Indies 1st Innings

C. Gayle b Broad 104

D. Smith lbw b Flintoff 6

R. Sarwan b Flintoff 107

X. Marshall lbw b Broad 0

S. Chanderpaul lbw b Broad 20

B. Nash c Prior b Broad 55

D. Ramdin c C’wood b Panesar 35

J. Tayor lbw b Harmison 8

S. Benn c Cook b Broad 23

D. Powell c Prior b Harmison 9

F. Edwards not out 10

Extras: (5b, 9lb, 1w) 15

TOTAL: (all out) 392

Overs: 157.3

Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-220, 3-220, 4-235, 5-254, 6-320, 7-341, 8-371, 9-376.

Bowling: Sidebottom 24-5-35-0, Flintoff 33-11-72-2, Harmison 20.3-4-49-2 (1w), Broad 29-7-85-5, Panesar 47-14-122-1, Pietersen 4-1-15-0.

England 2nd Innings

A. Strauss c Ramdin b Taylor 9

A. Cook c Smith b Taylor 0

I. Bell c Ramdin b Benn 4

K. Pietersen b Taylor 1

P. Collingwood b Taylor 1

A. Flintoff b Edwards 24

M. Prior b Taylor 0

S. Broad c Marshall b Benn 0

R. Sidebottom lbw b Benn 6

S. Harmison b Benn 0

M. Panesar not out 0

Extras: (2b 4nb) 6

TOTAL: (all out) 51

Overs: 33.2

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-11, 3-12, 4-20, 5-23, 6-23, 7-26, 8-50, 9-51.

Bowling: Taylor 9-4-11-5 (3nb), Powell 7-3-5-0, Benn 14.2-2-31-4, Gayle 2-1-1-0, Edwards 1-0-1-1 (1nb).

Man of the Match: Jerome Taylor

Toss: England

Umpires: Koertzen (SA), Hill (NZ).

Third umpire: Harper (Aus)

Match referee: Hurst (Aus)

Series: West Indies leads 1-0.

Result: West Indies won by an innings and 23 runs

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