Victory, achieved with almost 14 overs left, gave England an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the 3-match series following Thursday's washout of first One-day International at Headingley.

A win was all but assured for England when, after captain Andrew Strauss, won the toss, they bowled out West Indies for just 160 inside 39 overs.

Broad removed both openers Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan for ducks. Gayle tried to counter-attack and lofted Graeme Swann's first ball for six, but the off-spinner had the last laugh, bowling Gayle for 31 with his next. Chris Gayle hit two sixes in a breezy 31.

Bravo and the experienced Shivnarine Chanderpaul took the score from 44 for 3 to 107 for 4 when the latter was out to a top-edged pull off seamer Tim Bresnan.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul calmly set about the task of rebuilding the innings in partnership with the more expansive Bravo, who was returning to the side after missing the Tests because of an ankle injury. Bravo played some fine shots but also some classical ones, with a straight drive off Mascarenhas sailing for six.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad took wickets at both ends of the innings on his way to figures of 4 for 46 while, in between, medium-pacer Collingwood chipped in with 3 for 16.

Collingwood's haul included top scorer Dwayne Bravo who made a well deserved 50. He then had Denesh Ramdin lbw and, after Jerome Taylor was run out, uprooted Kieron Pollard’s middle stump.

In reply England lost opener Strauss cheaply before a stand of 76 between Owais Shah (38) and man-of-the-match Collingwood (47 n.o.) saw them to the brink of victory. Eoin Morgan was two not out on his debut.

Ravi Bopara, fresh from three successive Test centuries against the Windies, reached 43 with ease, playing some stylish drives before he was trapped lbw. Paul Collingwood was declared man-of-the-match for his all-round performance

This was another lacklustre display by the West Indies after they had suffered a pair of humiliating defeats during their preceding 2-0 Test series loss in England. It was Gayle's 200th one-day international and the 100 defeats he has endured said much about his team's inconsistency.

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