Summary

  • England lose Crawley, Duckett & Wood in tricky 35-minute spell to be 38-3 at stumps

  • West Indies bowled out for 282 - Atkinson takes 4-67 and Woakes 3-69

  • West Indies fell from 76-0 to 115-5 in 45 balls

  • Holder (59) & Da Silva (49) shared 109 for sixth wicket

  • Third Test, day one, Edgbaston - England lead series 2-0

Live Reporting

Sam Dalling

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    Random thought, why are they called "side screens" surely they're "end screens"?

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  2. WI 237-6

    Edged, not carried. Woakes takes the shoulder of Joseph's bat. The ball threatens to interest Zak Crawley, only to fall short of the gully man. Now the Hollies has butchers chasing (and catching) a pig. The butchers are a regular feature of an Edgbaston Test. No meat to be found in Birmingham when they are at the cricket.

  3. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    Alzarri Joseph has had an extraordinary Test batting career.

    He began with 14 consecutive single-figure scores, a total of 50 runs at an average of 3.5 in those 14 innings, all of which he was dismissed in.

    Then he had a couple of 30s against England then that 86 against New Zealand, 82 against Bangladesh but that did not signal a major breakthrough in his batting, since then he's averaged 10.6 in 30 Test innings.

    A couple of useful 30s and 40s and also a lot of single-figure scores.

  4. WI 236-6

    Atkinson shuffles in, gets too straight and Joseph slips for four. In the Hollies, three robbers are chased by a policeman. There are 25 overs left in the day.

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    John Petrie: I think the question of who will be wicketkeeper/batter in the Ashes has been resolved in this series. Smith playing as though he has been at this level for a while.

  6. WI 231-6

    Joseph finally goes after one, driving at Woakes and sliding the ball aerially over the covers. Same again, more violently, and same result, with two added to the score. I'm not sure Holder appreciates this style - they have a long chat.

  7. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    West Indies were in crisis really at 115-5 and both played extremely well, Holder's still there.

    He was extremely watchful by his standards for his first dozen runs or so, played some lovely straight drives against the spinner and that kind of got his innings going but it's a batsman's innings, this.

  8. WI 225-6

    For now, Joseph is keeping his powder dry. The sun has poked out, the crowd have woken up. There's suddenly a bit going on.

  9. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I haven't watched every ball of this series but I've come to the conclusion when Alzarri Joseph comes into bat, it's best to keep watching, because he's played some extraordinarily good shots but not many defensive ones.

  10. WI 225-6

    That stand ended at 109. Alzarri Joseph is the new man and can be keen on playing a few shots. Will he hold it together for Holder? Gus Atkinson is replacing Mark Wood.

  11. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Chris Woakes celebrates the wicket of Josh Da SilvaGetty Images

    Well I tell you what, it's swinging, you know. That's two inswingers, one going down.

    That just held it's own, swung away fractionally, that's why I think Woakes is really quite pleased with life.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Da Silva c Smith b Woakes 49 (WI 224-6)

    Gone!

    England have conjured something from nowhere.

    It's Chris Woakes, on his home ground and in the wickets. He's just got it to wobble, enticing Joshua da Silva into the edge.

    Big, big celebrations.

  13. WI 220-5

    Josh Da SilvaGetty Images

    Wood continues to hammer in, carrying on his battle with Da Silva, who is doing a good job of riding the bounce. The wicketkeeper has moved to 49. Wood has gone off. That's probably the end of his spell.

  14. WI 217-5

    There are 20 overs to go until the second new ball is due. England might be keen to get their hands on it. This one is showing all the movement of a toddler watching Bluey.

  15. 50 runs

    50 for Jason Holder

    WI 215-5

    Lovely stuff. Chris Woakes comes back and Jason Holder greets him with a drive that takes the form skipper to 50 and brings up the 100 partnership. West Indies were in all sorts of trouble when they came together, but they have pulled them back into the contest.

  16. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    These two are doing a fantastic job for the West Indies. Teetering after lunch but they've come together in a very sort of quiet passage of play.

    Six overs went past with only six runs being scored but they've come through that period and out the other side and doing pretty well.

  17. WI 213-5

    It is quiet at Edgbaston, as if the Hollies is having a nap. Wood is screaming in, causing Da Silva to hope around. Belatedly, Ben Stokes asks Ollie Pope to slip into short leg. A maiden. I'll be honest, there's not much happening.

  18. Timothy Abraham
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    It's felt relatively subdued at Edgbaston this afternoon. Fans have started to unfold newspapers while others are playing chess on their phones. The Eric Hollies stand has lacked some of its usual raucousness. It needs something, or someone, to spark it into life.

  19. WI 213-5

    Bashir has his shirt untucked and his trousers just flapping around his ankles. Da Silva is playing on the back foot, waiting for the ball to turn, slowly. Each of these batters takes a single. Holder has 49, Da Silva 47.

  20. Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    The shape of this partnership. 94 of 26.5 overs.

    27 from the first 13.5 overs, so just under two an over.

    Then just over five an over since 67 of the last 13 overs.