Captain Michael Vaughan closed in on his 16th Test century on his return to longer version of the game after 18 months,  on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Headingley on Friday.
At tea, England were 222 for two with Vaughan on 92. Kevin Pietersen (53 n.o)  put on 131 with his skipper as England batted throughout the afternoon session without losing a wicket on a slow pitch.
Openers Andrew Strauss (15) and Alastair Cook (42) were dismissed before lunch after England won the toss.
Vaughan reached half-century with a drive that West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, at mid-off, allowed to pass through his body for a single.
The former world number one batsman has dropped out of the Test world rankings top 100 after a career-threatening knee injury. He missed the drawn first Test at Lord's after fracturing a finger. Vaughan scored 25 runs either side of lunch, taking 62 deliveries before the interval and just 32 afterwards to illustrate the way his stroke-play grew in fluency. He has so far plundered ten boundaries.
Pietersen, who reached his 10th Test fifty with a whipped on-drive off paceman Jerome Taylor, helped Vaughan take the innings run rate to over four runs per over as West Indies' bowlers struggled for penetration. Pietersen profited from some good fortune. When on 20, he was stumped off a no-ball from Chris Gayle.