WINDIES WILL NOT KAVE IN

Anderson missed as home attack left feeling the heat

- Neil Moxley

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

England's first Test without their record-breaking bowler was supposed to herald a fresh start as the 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.

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

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