KAV SOME OF THAT

Hodge the Windies hero as Stokes & Co toil without Jimmy

- NEIL MOXLEY

BEN STOKES'S grand designs for life without Jimmy Anderson hit the buffers as the Windies dug deep.

This first Test without their record-breaking bowler was supposed to herald a fresh beginning as the home skipper talked up his options beforehand.

But his plans to usher in a new dawn by blasting his way through the opposition were met with dogged resistance as the tourists re-discovered their mojo.

Kavem Hodge struck his maiden century as a fourthwicket partnership of 175 with Alick Athanaze put paid to any hopes that the Windies would prove a soft touch.

Anderson now part of the backroom team - looked on from the balcony (above, right) with a stony face as England's carefree approach to batting on the opening day was matched by a disciplined response.