The Essex all-rounder took 4-10 with his medium pace, eclipsing the previous best mark of 4-22 jointly held by Paul Collingwood and Jade Dernbach, as the tourists slipped from 52-0 to 125 all out.
World champions England then cruised to victory, with 28 balls to spare, Alex Hales making 62 not out and Craig Kieswetter unbeaten on 58.ohnson Charles made 33 and Danza Hyatt 26, but the rest of the West Indies batsmen failed to make double figures.
Swann brought himself on to dismiss Marlon Samuels and sensing that the pitch was more suited to slower bowling, the stand-in captain gave Bopara a chance with his gentle medium pace.
The switch halted the West Indians’ progress and they crawled to 72-2 off 12 overs, before Hyatt decided he had enough and hit Swann for two sixes and one four.
But Bopara tore the heart out of the batting, dispatching Nkruma Bonner and Chris Barnwell in successive deliveries and adding the scalps of Hyatt and Sammy.
The sides meet back at the Oval again on Sunday.
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