Alastair Cook and Joe Root hit centuries as England dominated West Indies on the first day of the inaugural day-night Test in the UK.
Cook batted through the day for his unbeaten 153, sharing 248 with skipper Root, who made 136, as England racked up 348-3 at Edgbaston.
Opener Mark Stoneman managed eight on his debut .Mark Stoneman struck two fours before being bowled by the sixth ball he faced and
Tom Westley fell for the same score, but Dawid Malan is 27 not out.
Kemar Roach took two wickets for West Indies, who were poor with the ball and in the field.
- This was the 50th Test to be played at Edgbaston
- Alastair Cook has scored six Test centuries against West Indies, equalling an England record shared with Colin Cowdrey, Allan Lamb and Andrew Strauss
- Joe Root has made a half-century in 11 consecutive Tests, beating John Edrich's England record of 10; South Africa's AB de Villiers holds the record with 12
- Root's 247-run stand with Cook was the highest for the third wicket in a Test at Edgbaston, and Root's first double century partnership in Tests
- Mark Stoneman, at 30, is the oldest batsman to make his England Test debut since Steve James in 1998
- Kemar Roach's dismissal of Mark Stoneman was his first Test wicket since October 2015
- Kyle and Shai Hope are the fifth pair of brothers to play a Test together for West Indies, after Rolph & Jackie Grant; Jeffrey and Vic Stollmeyer; Fidel Edwards and Pedro Collins; and Dwayne and Darren Bravo
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