The whole of the first morning's play direct from Old Trafford, Manchester.
With Hall, Griffith, Nurse, and Kanhai missing there is a new look about the West Indies this year, and England-on paper at any rate-must be favourites to win the series. However, in Gibbs, Butcher, Lloyd, and Hendriks, the West Indies have a nucleus of world-class players, and in the incomparable Gary Sobers they have a captain who can inspire any team to make nonsense of the odds against them.