Atkinson has 'more than just pace' - Stokes

England skipper Ben Stokes says location is much to Gus Atkinson than conscionable gait aft his player-of-the-match show connected debut successful nan first Test against West Indies astatine Lord's.

Seamer Atkinson took 5-61 successful West Indies' 2nd innings to extremity pinch lucifer figures of 12-106, nan champion by an England debutant successful 134 years.

The visitors were each retired for 136 connected nan 3rd greeting arsenic England won by an innings and 114 runs to spell 1-0 up successful nan three-Test series.

"He isn't conscionable astir out-and-out pace, he has nan accomplishment arsenic well. His ceiling is truthful high," Stokes told BBC Test Match Special.

"We person seen a batch of imaginable successful him going backmost to nan 50-over World Cup. It is very exciting."

James Anderson, whose agelong and illustrious Test profession came to end aft this match, said: "He has been magnificent.

"The point I emotion astir Gus is that he went to India successful nan winter, didn't play a game, worked truthful difficult connected his crippled and to spot nan fruits of that, I americium judge will thief him.

"He will beryllium an astonishing cricketer for England. He has each of nan attributes you need."

Stokes said he could not person asked for a amended capacity to commencement nan summertime aft England wrapped up triumph wrong 3 days.

After West Indies were skittled retired for conscionable 121 connected time one, England scored 371 successful reply pinch 5 players - including different debutant Jamie Smith - hitting half-centuries.

They past needed a small complete an hr connected time 3 to seal victory.

Asked whether it was a near-perfect performance, Stokes told Test Match Special: "Absolutely. We dominated nan game. But we had to activity really difficult for that. We went done periods wherever we had to make things happen. So we are very pleased."

Asked astatine nan post-match position astir debutants Atkinson and Smith, Stokes added: "Before nan crippled starts it is ever astonishing seeing 2 young lads pinch a vessel load of talent person those caps.

"For them to spell connected and put performances successful for illustration they did is very pleasing. The early for those 2 is looking very good."