England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to field in the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s on Thursday.
England gave a debut to Yorkshire middle-order batsman Jonathan Bairstow, already capped at one-day international level, making him the 13th son to follow his father into the England Test team.
Bairstow’s late father David, also a wicketkeeper/batsman, won four caps from 1979-81. But the younger Bairstow was playing at Lord’s as a No.6 batsman only, with Matt Prior continuing behind the stumps.
England left out seamers Steven Finn and Graham Onions from their 13-man squad, with pace bowler Tim Bresnan – victorious in all his 11 previous Tests – joining quicks James Anderson and Stuart Broad in a four-man attack also featuring offspinner Graeme Swann.
The West Indies gave a Test debut to 24-year-old Trinidad paceman Shannon Gabriel after fast bowler Ravi Rampaul was ruled out with a stiff neck.
World No.1-ranked Test side England were looking to re-establish their dominance after losing four out of five Tests against Pakistan and Sri Lanka on their winter tour.
The West Indies came into the match having won just two out of their past 30 Tests.
England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonathan Bairstow, Matt Prior (wkt), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson
West Indies: Adrian Barath, Kieran Powell, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Darren Sammy (capt), Shannon Gabriel, Kemar Roach, Fidel Edwards