England all out for 51; lose first Test to WI

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) - West Indies beat England by an innings and 23 runs to win the first Test at Sabina Park here on Saturday. England were bowled out for a paltry 51 in their second innings before tea on the fourth day. Earlier, West Indies were 392 all out in their first innings in reply to the tourists' 318. Fast bowler Jerome Taylor took 5-11 for 10 wickets in the match as England were humiliated with only Andrew Flintoff, who made 24, reaching double figures. "We were entirely outplayed," admitted England skipper Andrew Strauss. "We haven't done ourselves justice. I thought the bowlers stuck to their task pretty well. We batted pretty poorly today and we paid the price. "All credit to Jerome Taylor, he bowled pretty straight and fast but we didn't react well." West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who hit a century in his team's innings, looked forward to repeating the win in the second Test in Antigua and praised Taylor as well as spinner Suleiman Benn who took eight wickets in the match. "Benn, with the ball, was tremendous picking up eight wickets, Jerome Taylor picking up five wickets was very good," said Gayle. Brief scores: England 318 (Kevin Pietersen 97, Matt Prior 64, Andrew Flintoff 43, Ian Bell 28, Ryan Sidebottom 26 not out; Sulieman Benn 4-77, Jerome Taylor 3-74, Daren Powell 2-54) and 51 (Andrew Flintoff 23; Jerome Taylor 9-4-11-5, Sulieman Benn 14.2-2-31-4) West Indies 392 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 107, Chris Gayle 104, Brendan Nash 55, Denesh Ramdin 35, Sulieman Benn 23, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 20; Stuart Broad 29-7-85-5, Steve Harmison 2-49, Andrew Flintoff 2-77)

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