West Indies beat England by an innings and 23 runs to win the first Test at Sabina Park here on Saturday. England was bowled out for a paltry 51 in its second innings before tea on the fourth day. Earlier, West Indies was 392 all out in its first innings in reply to the tourists' 318. Jerome Taylor ripped the heart out of England, a superb spell of pace bowling earning figures of five for 11 at Sabina Park while spinner Sulieman Benn took four for 31. England was humiliated with only Andrew Flintoff, who made 24, reaching double figures. “We were entirely outplayed,” admitted England skipper Andrew Strauss. “We haven't done ourselves justice. I thought the bowlers stuck to their task pretty well. We batted pretty poorly today and we paid the price. “All credit to Taylor, he bowled pretty straight and fast but we didn't react well.” West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who hit a century in his team's innings, looked forward to repeating the win in the second Test in Antigua and praised Taylor as well as spinner Suleiman Benn who took eight wickets in the match. “Benn, with the ball, was tremendous picking up eight wickets, Jerome Taylor picking up five wickets was very good,” said Gayle.
