Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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There's a virtue of getting it up there and offering that invitation with the new ball, that's another, a full length ball, almost a half-volley, no foot movement from Duckett, as we've established he doesn't leave much.

[He] could have left that easily, but he was spying four, took the inside edge of the bat onto the stumps.

England's openers? Gone.

It was never going to be a sedate final forty-or-so minutes was it?!

And all that means that Ollie Pope is now in the middle. When Crawley fell, an enthusiastic Mark Wood trotted out as night-something-or-other.

Fortunately, Pope is never more than three feet from his batting pads* and, when Duckett went, he quickly strapped them on before descending the Edgbaston steps.

* Not confirmed as a true story.

You know what I said about getting too straight to Crawley? Well, Seales has just done that and Crawley has whipped him to the mid-wicket boundary. I get the impress Zak feels like he is "in" now.

Bang. Another boundary for Crawley. Seales dropped a tad short and Crawley put that away imperiously.

Crunch. Crawley simply had to stand and admire his stroke. Shades of the shot he played to the opening ball of last summer's Ashes.

But they should be one down. It was a decent over from Joseph and it should have brought him a wicket. He only has himself to blame.

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Chance...and it has gone down. Ben Duckett struck that firmly back at Alzarri Joseph who stuck out his left paw. It went straight in and straight out again.

The batter was looking to go off-side and mistimed his stroke, which is, I think, why Joseph reacted a little slowly.

A lifeline for the England opener. For those who like to make a note of these things, Duckett was on 3.

I can see what Jayden Seales is trying to do here. Zak Crawley is very much an LBW risk early in his innings, so full and straight is a decent tactic. Get too straight, though and Crawley will punish you.

Looks a beautiful evening down at Edgbaston, by the way. It is about time we had a little bit of proper summer. Couple of dry runs but maybe the real thing is finally here. Maybe. Definitely maybe.

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And both England openers are off of the mark.

First boundary alert.

Field is two slips, two gullies and a deep point, and so Joseph fires one down the leg side to Duckett and it runs away for four byes.

I always feel for the wicketkeeper in those situations - absolutely nowt Joshua Da Silva could do there.

Right, players are back out and we are ready to go.

Alzarri Joseph has the new ball in his right hand, while Zak Crawley has both of his paws wrapped around his bat handle.

Play.

Fazeer Mohammed
West Indies commentator on BBC Test Match Special

England will feel very comfortable with this position because [it] looks a good batting surface, they've got quite a lot of play still to go towards the end of this day.

It might be an opportunity for the West Indies to come hammer and tongs, pull out the choke and give everything with their fast bowlers but I'm sure in the England camp as they look at this situation, they'll be thinking they can really set their stall out going into day two.

Gus Atkinson was the pick of the England bowlers, taking 4-67.

Here are his wickets for you to enjoy.

A strange innings from the West Indies. The start was solid, Mikyle Louis and Kraigg Brathwaite adding 76 for the first wicket. Within eight overs, they were 115-5.

Then came another period of solidity, this time via Joshua Da Silva and Jason Holder. That pair put on 109 runs for wicket number six.

But Da Silva tickling Woakes behind to Jamie Smith marked the start of a second five wicket flurry, albeit those being spread out a little further - not by much, though.

The over brings a boundary for Jayden Seales. A top-edged, 'no idea where the ball is' boundary, but a boundary nonetheless.

He also survives a quarter-hearted appeal for caught behind from the final delivery. Not out.