Alastair Cook hit 102 not out to steer England to 200-3 when bad light forced early stumps on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies. Playing in just his 15th Test, Cook’s fifth hundred anchored England’s innings after Daren Powell had taken two wickets in five balls after lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in attendance.The 22-year-old Cook hit 10 fours from 173 balls in more than four hours at the crease at Lord’s. He shared stands of 88 with stand-in captain Andrew Strauss, 59 with Kevin Pietersen and an unbroken 38 with Paul Collingwood in a day punctuated by four delays due to bad light or rain. Cook, who scored 104 not out on debut at India in March 2006, scored two Test hundreds against Pakistan last year and another in the following 5-0 Ashes defeat to Australia.Powell was the pick of the bowlers with 2-52 in 18 overs and Corey Collymore 1-60 in 19, while Devon Smith took three catches in three different fielding positions. West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan had won the toss and sent England in to bat under a gloomy sky that promised to help swing bowling after a 30-minute delay due to persistent light rain.SCORECARDEngland 1st Innings: A Strauss c Smith b Powell 33, A Cook batting 102, O Shah c Smith b Powell 6, K Pietersen c Smith b Collymore 26, P Collingwood batting 21Extras (lb10, w1, nb1): 12; Total (For 3 wkts, 56 overs): 200Fall of wickets: 1-88, 2-103, 3-162Bowling: D Powell 18-4-52-2, J Taylor 6-0-35-0, C Collymore 19-4-60-1, D Bravo 13-3-43-0
