Australia-born Brendan Nash's 81 couldn't prevent England beating the West Indies by 10 wickets to win the first Test at Lord's on Friday with more than two days to spare.

Although Nash, together with Denesh Ramdin (61), did help prevent an innings defeat.

The duo put on 143 for the sixth wicket - the only century partnership of the match - after the West Indies had been made to follow-on.

But by the time Nash was last man out, in a total of 256, England needed just 32 to win and so go 1-0 up in the series ahead of next week's second and final Test at Durham's Riverside ground.

England captain Andrew Strauss (14 not out), who ended the match with a boundary, and fellow left-handed opener Alastair Cook (also 14 not out) knocked the runs off in 41 balls in what was the first Test win by any side at Lord's after a run of six successive draws.

This match was a triumph for several players. New England No 3 Ravi Bopara made a Test-best 143 on his home debut with tailender Graeme Swann, who later sparked West Indies' first innings collapse, weighing in with his best score at this level of 63 not out in what was also the off-spinner's first Test on home soil.

After Swann had made the early inroads, debutant fast bowler Graham Onions took five for 38, including three wickets in an over, as the West Indies were bowled out for just 152 in reply to England's first innings 377.

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