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You won't believe this...

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"The jury is out on Chris Jordan as a bowler for me. He lacks consistency, he bowls a lot of balls down the leg side."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"They keep lengthening the batting order. I reckon Cook and Moores have got an eye on what's round the corner with the Ashes, because they didn't bat well last time. They don't think about taking 20 wickets. Rashid's no Shane Warne, but he offers something that England haven't got."

Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Sometimes when you're trying to force a victory you want a bowler who can offer something different. Liam Plunkett could have come in and bowled bouncers. With Moeen, Buttler and Stokes in the lower order, bowlers who can bat is not uppermost in my mind."

I'll be interested to see if the ball swings under these leaden skies. If it does, then James Anderson will be a very interested man - he's got more Test wickets than Sir Ian Botham, you know. I just wonder if we have the conditions for the Windies to be bowled out cheaply.

BBC Weather's Laura Gilchrist: Rain today should eventually clear although may be slow to do so, then the next couple of days look much improved with more sunshine, although afternoon showers can't be ruled out. It will be breezy, and with high temperatures around 27 or 28C.

West Indies XI: Devon Smith, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin (capt & wk), Jason Holder, Kemar Roach, Devendra Bishoo, Shannon Gabriel.

England XI: Alastair Cook (capt), Jonathan Trott, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Experience tells me this wicket will spin. Spin will play a massive part in this game as it goes on. A lot comes down to the fact that Alastair Cook's an opening batsman, Jonathan Trott's not in good nick, there's moisture in the air."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"West Indies' best chance to win this game is probably to bat first, put up a good score, and then with Bishoo in their ranks...The danger is that they are fragile and if Anderson swings it this morning, they could easily be bowled out quite cheaply."

James Gutteridge: Taylor being out could be the match winning factor for England, probably the only Windies bowler who looked really dangerous.

Charlie Rhodes: Standard conservative England selection. Boring! I don't know why I'm still surprised!

William Haggerty: Will never cease to be disappointed in England's team selection.

I suspect that Alastair Cook will be very happy heading back to the dressing room, not only to have use of some overhead help, but also knowing that he hasn't got to open the batting in some tricky conditions. His pace attack, who toiled in that draw only four days ago, probably aren't quite so happy. What do you make of it all? Text, tweet and email...

West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin: "We would have done the same with the rain around and the moisture. Two changes: Shannon Gabriel comes in for Jerome Taylor and Devendra Bishoo for Sulieman Benn. Jerome Taylor has a shoulder injury, it's a big blow as he's one of our best bowlers, but Gabriel will try and hustle the England batsmen. Bishoo's leg spin is fantastic and he can bowl long spells so hopefully he will get some purchase."

England captain Alastair Cook: "It's been a decision playing on our minds. There's obviously quite a bit of moisture in the wicket, so we think it warrants a bowl. James Tredwell was fit, but Moeen takes wickets at 28 and deserves to come back and play. It's a tough call on Tredders, who never lets anyone down. The guys are raring to go."

Perhaps the biggest headline from the toss is from the West Indies camp, with the home side without the injured pacer Jerome Taylor. Shannon Gabriel takes his place. We already knew that Devandra Bishoo was coming in for fellow spinner Sulieman Benn.

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"Heads is the call," says Mike Atherton, with a head peering upwards to the delight of Alastair Cook. England will field first, with Cook saying the moisture in the air has persuaded him to take the cherry first up. Denesh Ramdin would have done the same. Moeen Ali comes in for James Tredwell, so no debut for Adil Rashid.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The West Indies are practising slip catches, which tells me they'll win the toss and bowl."

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"Chris Jordan is going through his warm-up, bowling a few looseners. He wouldn't be doing that if he wasn't playing, would he? I think he's playing."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"If you go with three seamers and two spinners, I think you have to bat first and put the the runs on the board. You have to give your spinners a chance. The West Indian seamers were inconsistent so you don't have much to worry about anyway."

Right then, action. The skippers are heading out, Alastair Cook wearing his navy blue blazer over his whites. I'm ignorant to the etiquette of blazer-wearing, but are there any other circumstances when you would wear a clue blazer over a white outfit? Do players still don the blazers at lunchtime?

While we're waiting for the start, let me point you in the direction of a moving story of a truly remarkable young man. Derbyshire wicketkeeper Tom Poynton lost his father in a car crash last year. Tom, now 25, was in the passenger seat and suffered leg injuries that nearly ended his career. He's been talking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham about coping with loss, returning to cricket and why he wants to help other young cricketers deal with adversity and make plans for life after cricket.

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