Bairstow smashes ton in Windies warm up

Jonny Bairstow has picked up where he left off in Sydney with a century on the second day of England's Test warm-up in the West Indies.

Bairstow celebrated an unbeaten 106 against a CWI President's XI in Antigua, raising his bat just before the tea interval and ushering in a declaration at 6-466.

Back in January at the SCG he was responsible for the only English century of a torrid Ashes campaign, but also sustained a fractured thumb that ruled him out of the abject finale in Hobart.

Pain-free and slotting back in at number six at the Coolidge Cricket Ground he imposed himself on a weary home attack on a tame wicket.

He piled up 13 boundaries and a six in two dominant sessions to underline his status as a vital cog in this revamped batting line-up.

Resuming on four not out overnight, Bairstow became the fifth player to pass fifty following Zak Crawley (62), Alex Lees (65), Joe Root (54) and Dan Lawrence (83) while Chris Woakes was unbeaten on 49.

That left a full session for England's bowlers to show there is life after James Anderson and Stuart Broad - both controversially overlooked for this trip - but the seam attack found little joy in the surface.

The local side reached 2-48, the initial breakthrough coming when Craig Overton ran out a hesitant Jeremy Solozano off his own bowling before Jack Leach spun one through Shayne Moseley's booming drive.

Woakes and Ollie Robinson took new-ball duties, just as they did back in the Ashes opener at the Gabba in December when Anderson and Broad were not deemed fit, but were unable to create any real mischief.

Root would have liked to call on some extra pace but with Mark Wood off the field and Ben Stokes so far only bowling in the session breaks, he was unable to move the dial.