Arguably the performance of the morning in the pool from England's Lewis Burras as he storms to victory in the final 50m freestyle heat in 22.09, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Dylan Carter.

Burras is the fastest qualifier for the semi-finals, with compatriot reigning Commonwealth champion Ben Proud third fastest.

Wales' Dan Jones and England's Adam Barrett also qualify for the semis.

Ferdinand Omanyala had a disappointing World Championships after landing in Eugene just two and a half before the heats following his 29-hour journey from Kenya due to visa issues.

The fastest Commonwealth athlete of 2022, with 9.85secs, can he have a better experience in Birmingham?

No issues in qualifying. A time of 10.07 - the fastest of the day so far - secures the win, ahead of Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme.

A key wicket with the first ball of the second over.

Fast bowler Shabnim Ismail beats England opener Sophie Dunkley with a leg-stump yorker and Dunkley departs for one.

Alice Capsey is the new batter, joining Danni Wyatt on nine not out.

No problems for England's Commonwealth and world champion Ben Proud as he glides through to win heat seven of the men's 50m freestyle to qualify for the semi-finals in 22.44.

Compatriot Adam Barrett was fifth in 22.89 and the Isle of Man's Harry Robinson sixth in 23.56.

Heat four of 10 in the men's 100m qualifying brings up our first false start of the morning. Not bad going really.

Huge disappointment for Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina of Cameroon, though.

Nigeria's Raymond Ekevwo and Jamaican Kemar Bailey-Cole comfortably go through from this one, with Bailey-Cole taking a quick look round before crossing the line.

They've been rattling through the men's 50m freestyle heats in rapid-fire fashion at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

There are nine heats with the fastest 16 swimmers qualifying for the semi-finals.

Guernsey's Ronny Hallett finished second in heat four in 24.15 while Jersey's Ollie Brehaut recorded the same time in finishing second in heat six - will that be enough for a semi-final place?

England are about to face South Africa at Edgbaston from 11:00 BST.

South Africa have won the toss and chosen to field first.

The hosts beat Sri Lanka in their opener by five wickets while South Africa lost to New Zealand by 13 runs.

England played three T20 matches against South Africa last month as part of a multi-format series and won them all.

You can watch the match live right here.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Alexander Stadium

The first morning of athletics action brought some ominous queues around the approach of the Alexander Stadium, but they cleared relatively quickly and the stands filled up.

The organisers have put on plenty of photo ops for the crowd to snap and slap on social media.

That's a fine performance from England's Ojie Edoburun to ensure he'll join compatriot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake in the 100m semi-finals.

He wins heat three in 10.27secs, while Jersey's Zachary Saunders finishes fifth in 10.76.

Denise Lewis
Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

Earlier, reigning champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson finished fifth in the opening event of the heptathlon - the 100m hurdles. The second event, the high jump, takes place at 11:15 BST...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been through the mill a little bit, she was pulled up in Tokyo last year and has battled with fitness in Oregon too.

Yet mentally I think she's moved on from all the disappointment.

She wants to be here and to have the chance to defend her title. I'm looking forward to seeing what she can do.

England's Holly Hibbott finishes third in the second and final women's 200m butterfly heat to secure her spot in the final.

She comes home in 2:10.49 behind Australian pair Elizabeth Dekkers and Abbey Connor.

Dekkers is the fastest qualifier in 2:07.62, ahead of England's Laura Stephens. Scotland's Keanna MacInnes and Wales' defending champion Alys Thomas also make the final.

Defending champion Akani Simbine of South Africa gets the job done in the second heat.

Simbine goes slightly quicker than Favour Oghene Tejiri Ashe, running 10.10secs to finish clear of Australia's Jake Doran - who takes full advantage as Jamaican Nigel Ellis takes his foot off the gas a fraction too early.

Mike Henson
BBC Sport at Alexander Stadium

The Alexander Stadium has been through a major redevelopment that went on for three, Covid-affected years and cost £72m.

What do you get for that time and money? Well, a smart 27,000-seater venue in Games mode that toggles down to just under 18,000 capacity once the Commonwealths move on.

There has been a minor hoo-haa over the track surface however. The Times reported in May that the track installed in Birmingham was not the highest-grade available and speculated that the saving made could cost the city the ability to host track's biggest events in the future., external

Today's action did start a daytime fireworks display though. The pyro smoke briefly made this more sedate crowd feel like they were in with the Galatasaray ultras.

A superb swim from England's Laura Stephens as the British champion wins the opening heat in the women's 200m butterfly by one and a half seconds in 2:09.60.

It's a British 1-2-3 as Scotland's Keanna MacInnes finishes second, with defending champion Alys Thomas, of Wales, third in 2:11.15 and 2:11.43 respectively.

David Corkhill
Former international lawn and indoor bowler

What a result!

The Principality is on fire and so it should be.

It was a fantastic game and a brilliant effort from Jamie Walker and Sam Tolchard.

It came down to the last ball, simply fantastic!

Nigeria's Favour Oghene Tejiri Ashe lays down a marker as he beats England's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake to the line in heat one.

Ashe finishes in 10.12 seconds, edging Mitchell-Blake (10.14) as those two take the automatic qualification spots.

It's an Australia one-two in the third and final heat of the men's 200m backstroke as Joshua Edwards-Smith leads home defending champion Mitch Larkin.

England's Jay Lelliott is third and will have to wait to see if his time of 2:00.65 is enough for a spot in the eight-man final.... he is!

His is the eighth fastest time. That's four Britons qualifying for the final then - England duo Luke Greenbank and Brodie Williams recording the fastest times, with Scotland's Craig McNally comfortably through too in fifth.

Another first place for England in heat two as Olympic bronze medallist Luke Greenbank records a very impressive time of 1:56.33, almost two seconds ahead of South Africa's Pieter Coetze.

That's Greenbank joining compatriot Brodie Williams in the final.

Jsersey's Harry Shalamon finishes fifth in 2:04.78 while there's a nice ovation from the Sandwell crowd for Mohamed Rihan Shiham of the Maldives who brings up the rear.

Back on the track, and it's over to the men's 100m runners now.

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, with a PB of 9.99 seconds, goes for England in heat one.

We'll also see Ojie Edoburun, who has replaced the injured Reece Prescod, and Jersey's Zachary Saunders in heat three, while Wales' British champion Jeremiah Azu, Adam Thomas of Scotland and Joe Chadwick of Guernsey take to the track in heats seven, eight and nine respectively.

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