Bashir is looking threatening with every delivery. He is a smiling assassin.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Bashir has started well this morning. It was a good captaincy decision by Ben Stokes.

He looks remarkably confident. The way he interacts with people and stands at the bottom of his mark, there's just something confident about him.

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Kavem Hodge nicks his first ball but it flies between Jamie Smith and Joe Root, who is positioned at more of a one-and-a-half slips. It runs away for four.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

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It didn't feel like the logical decision to start with Bashir this morning but he's got the wicket. There's a little bit of grip there for him.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

That would have been a fabulous catch, it went so fast to him.

Wood bowling wheels here. I would say that facing Bashir is a little respite, but that wouldn't be true.

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Harry Brook slams his hands on the ground. Athanaze cuts a Wood fizzer that is tight at his body. Brook, at third slip, gets two hands on it, but it was travelling. Properly travelling. Feels harsh to call it a drop.

Neither of these two look particularly comfortable against Bashir.

Fazeer Mohammed
West Indies commentator on BBC Test Match Special

There is a little bit of turn and bounce for Shoaib Bashir. He'll be encouraged by what he's seen so far.

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Bashir gets more turn and bounce. The ball strikes Louis' pad and bat, before flying off just out of Ollie Pope's reach.

The glory days, Timothy. Page 340 for all the cricket news.

Timothy Abraham
BBC Sport at Edgbaston

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Brian Lara was at Edgbaston yesterday signing copies of his new book. There's plenty of reminders around the ground of the 501* he made for Warwickshire just over 30 years ago.

Like many people, I can remember checking the scorecard from the match on Ceefax, and not being quite sure if there had been an error of some sort.

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Mikyle Louis' turn to play the short ball badly. Didn't pick up the length of the penultimate ball of Wood's over and it hit the splice of his willow. Leg slip is in place, by the way.

WI trail by 50. Slowly, slowly. I wonder if Bashir will bowl all day from one end while the seamers rotate around him (not literally). That would be fun.

Sourdough, Tim? Has to be these days.

Timothy Abraham
BBC Sport at Edgbaston

I happen to be staying in the same Birmingham city centre hotel as the England players along with the rest of the BBC TMS gang. We saw Shoaib Bashir at breakfast heartily tucking into some scrambled eggs on toast. He'll need the energy as he'll have plenty of bowling to do today.

More turn from Bashir. Mikyle Louis jabs bat and pad down, before Ollie Pope half appeals for a catch a short-leg. Crowd were excited.

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Fiery start from Wood. Six balls north of 90mph - just getting warmed-up(!) - including one that Alick Athanaze ducked into. He will have a bruised shoulder tomorrow.

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Little bit of turn for Bashir. But no real scares for the West Indies. It's a start.

No surprise to see Mark Wood starting us off from the other end.