sentences:  Essex won the toss, batted and made 226 on a cold day.Left-handed New Zealander Dan Reese top scored with 70 out of 178 in 140 minutes.When they batted the tourists did well with Oliver Layne making 106 in 3 hours, Harold Austin 74 in 2 and a half hours and Bertie Harragin 51 in 40 minutes to give the West Indians a first innings lead of 153.