OVER 9: ENG 45/1 (Bell 28* Trott 12*) Maybe we should smack Bell in the face more. Joking. But he looks in imperious touch today, really classy. Shortish from Rampaul and Bell flays it through the offside for a boundary. Single off ball six. Earlier in the over, a massive shout for caught behind as Rampaul snaked one past Bell. West Indies seemed utterly convinced he had tickled it. Umpire Richard Kettleborough, and what we can see on Hotspot, thought otherwise. OVER 8: ENG 40/1 (Bell 23* Trott 12*) Early bowl for the spinner Narine. England handled him fairly confidently in the Test, although obviously this is a different sort of challenge. A legside wide, then a ball that turns a bit and finds Bell's inside edge. He then takes a single to long on, then Trott blocks three, and that's a tidy start from Narine: just two from the over. OVER 7: ENG 38/1 (Bell 22* Trott 12*) Another nudge to third man from Trotty, and good running allows them to pick up two. Rare poor ball by Rampaul, onto the pads and Trott tucks that to long leg for a couple. OVER 6: ENG 34/1 (Bell 22* Trott 8*) Ian Bell serves it up to Andre Russell! First ball of the over, he skips down the track and slams a huge six back over the bowler's head. Russell, rattled, now produces a wide half volley that Bell smacks to point for a freebie four. He times a straight drive down the ground third ball, that would have been another four were it not for some good fielding by the bowler. Now too short, and that's pulled away for four; and the misery continues for Andre as Bell now drives him on the up for a third four. Three fours and a six, and Bell has grabbed this by the scruff of the neck. Russell looks very deflated. OVER 5: ENG 16/1 (Bell 4* Trott 8*) Bell takes a very tight single to mid-off, he just about gets home, albeit that the throw misses by a couple of inches anyway. Trott plays out three dot balls, and then goes for a big shot, down the track and slapping it out to point. Gets two. Quiet-ish start from England. OVER 4: ENG 13/1 (Bell 3* Trott 6*) Trott blocks or leaves five and waits for the bad ball: a leg-stump half-volley that he can clip away for four off his pads. OVER 3: ENG 9/1 (Bell 3* Trott 2*) Another wide - tough conditions for bowling this morning I think, very blustery and quite chilly - and then Rampaul brings one back into Trott. He tries to flick it legside, it brushes something on the way through and there is an appeal for caught behind. Pad, surely? Yes, looks it. Trott slides one to third man for a single. Cook, Bell, Trott: it's not an ODI line-up to set the pulse racing, is it? 245 is the par score batting first in the last five ODIs. Incidentally, they have put the boundaries all the way back to the fence today. Is that to reduce the West Indies advantage in the six-hitting department? OVER 2: ENG 7/1 (Bell 3* Trott 1*) Andre Russell will take the other new ball (if you remember, we now have this system where we have a new ball at each end, ie each ball only gets 25 overs wear. I think that is to England's advantage, given their strength in what you might call "conventional" swing and seam bowling). Not much of an over. Two wides, one either side of the wicket, before Bell gets underway with a nice cover drive that brings him three. Trott also opens his account with an assured dab to third man. OVER 1: ENG 1/1 (Bell 0* Trott 0*) Quite the opening over! Two good nuts from Rampaul before the wicket ball. It was was pretty much the perfect delivery to Cook. Trott then comes in and, after a wide, is hit on the pad by one that swung back in. It always looked like it was going down, but Ramdin and Sammy liked it a lot (the bowler himself was less keen). They reviewed, and it was shown that it would have only clipped leg. Hence, West Indies have lost their one and only review. Superb opening over. Cook c Ramdin b Rampaul 0 Well, the post-KP era hasn't started very well at all! Good delivery from Rampaul right in the channel, Cook pokes at it rather uncertainly, gets the thin edge and Ramdin - who is surprisingly still in one piece after dissing Sir Viv Richards - makes no mistake with the regulation catch. 10.43 It looks a bit cool and blustery there, and a few showers are not out of the question throughout the day. Ravi Rampaul has the ball in his hand and he will bowl to Cook. 10.40 As for West Indies, a real shame for them and their fans that Chris Gayle is out. But some exciting talent coming into the side nevertheless. Dwayne Bravo is into the team, as are Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard. Some really explosive one-day players in that line-up. 10.35 So let's look at those teams. Changes from both sides from the Test outfits. Ian Bell will open with Alastair Cook. Strong seam bowling unit for England, Anderson joing Broad Bresnan and Finn. Swann is the lone spinner, so that's a shame for Samit Patel who I think gives the side some useful options. Craig Kieswetter takes the gloves, he will bat in the middle oirder. I'm not really convinced by him at international level yet, meself. That batting line-up looks a bit lacking in firepower. England: AN Cook*, IR Bell, IJL Trott, RS Bopara, EJG Morgan, C Kieswetter†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, ST Finn West Indies: DR Smith, LMP Simmons, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, KA Pollard, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin†, AD Russell, DJG Sammy*, R Rampaul, SP Narine 10.30 Good morning and welcome to our live blog of the first ODI between England and the West Indies from the Ageas Bowl. The first thing to tell you is that Chris Gayle is out of the West Indies side with a foot injury. That is such a shame. Second bit of news: West Indies have won the toss and will bowl. Sammy points to a bit of cloud overhead; while Ali Cook notes "a greenish tinge" to the wicket. Third bit of news: Ian Bell is okay to play. Fourth, and maybe the most pleasing bit of news given the weather we've had recently: it is not raining, and we will start on time.