Chanderpaul went in at number five and ran out of partners finishing 53 not out as the West Indies went down by 79 runs, chasing England's 225.

Gayle said Chanderpaul's place at number five was part of a plan to have a left-hander in the middle order to counter the threat of Monty Panesar's left-arm spin.

But he admitted it had backfired and that he and the coaching team will be discussing the matter ahead of the second match of the series in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Gayle said: "The only batsman who got a start was Shivnarine and that is something we have to look into.

"Maybe we will have to put him in a bit earlier and it is something we will have discussions about. We will see if we can utilize him more. We thought we needed a left-hander in the middle for Monty Panesar -- that' s why we did it.

'But we are looking forward to Edgbaston and can beat England 2-0."

Meanwhile England captain Paul Collingwood has a selection headache of his own after the performance of his pace bowlers.

In the absence of virus-victim Ryan Sidebottom three young pace men -- Jimmy Anderson, 24, Stuart Broad, 21, and Liam Plunkett, 22, -- took eight of the ten wickets to fall with Broad putting in the impressive figures of three for 20 from nine overs.

Collingwood said: "Ryan would have been playing so we are going to have to see what happens. But there is a lot of competition for places and that is good for the English cricket team.