England handed a Test debut to Durham's Graham Onions for the first match of the 2009 international summer.
The pace-bowler joined Tim Bresnan in the XI to face West Indies in the opening match of the npower series at Lords which meant left-arm spinner Monty Panesar was left out.
Essex's Ravi Bopara was recalled to the side, after making a hundred against the West Indians in Barbados as a fill-in two months ago, and expected to bat at number three.
West Indies, meanwhile, were led by Chris Gayle, who only arrived from Indian Premier League duty on Monday morning, and included another IPL player Fidel Edwards and fit-again Jerome Taylor in their attack.
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