Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Ben Stokes is the kind of cricketer that England have been needing. He's not off the wall, but he's the kind of player that when the gets the ball or bat in his hand, people will talk about it in the bar. He'll be on the front pages as well as back pages. I don't think he'll be completely consistent, but he'll produce magic."

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Here's some news - lunch will be taken early at 12:30 BST, with the intention of play starting at 13:10 BST if there's no more rain. Cross your fingers, people.

The Headingley ground staff are still on soaking-up duty. No news yet as to when we might get any play (or even the toss) - but we'll keep you posted. Plenty of lively discussion on TMS in the meantime.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It will be exciting for Alastair Cook to get a fresh face, fresh ideas. There's a sort of parallel with when Duncan Fletcher turned up and Nasser Hussain was captain. They wouldn't have recognised each other two days before, but as we all know, that turned out pretty well."

Steve in Trowbridge: TMS had better hope their weather isn't coming from my direction, pouring down here.

Please remember to put your name on your texts - otherwise we can't publish them. We've had a few anonymous ones in the last 20 minutes.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"There's some real destruction in England's middle order, so it's important that Cook and Ballance continue to play their way. They've got to be the foundation at the top of the order."

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With the rain having eased off, some spectators are gradually taking their seats in the stands, while many are "rugged up" (not in the Doug Bollinger sense) against the cold.

Covers are still on, mind you.

Charlie Rhodes: The wife is heading out for the day, ideal chance to sit on the sofa and watch cricket... but the elements have foiled me!

Tom Lord: This silly northern weather is making me revise instead of watching the cricket.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Under Paul Farbrace, the England team have started playing football in training again. That was a big bugbear when that got banned. It was a horror tackle from Owais Shah on Joe Denly that got it banned."

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"The Western Terrace is virtually empty, but the eye is caught by a group in fancy dress, head to toe in luminous yellow with blue aprons. Are they supposed to be Minions?, external I will investigate. The rain may have stopped."

Simon Dennis: I am sometimes glad of a rain break when we get conversations like this on TMS. If someone could ensure I get to see either Jimmy's 400th wicket or Cook get the most Test runs on Saturday or Sunday that would be great. Can't make today unfortunately.

I'll be extremely impressed if you're the Simon Dennis, external who bowled left-arm seam for Yorkshire and Glamorgan... he was Len Hutton's nephew, no less!

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I thought Alastair Cook's technique looked after the good balls in the first Test. I think not playing white-ball cricket has really helped him - now all he's got to concentrate on is red-ball cricket."

Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie, who was regarded as the favourite to become the new England coach until Trevor Bayliss's appointment: Day one of a Test match is always exciting! All the best to all the players, especially all the Yorkies on show!

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"He sounds like a very good appointment. The fact that he's got a very strong relationship with Paul Farbrace will help a lot - the players will immediately have a certain confidence in him. And he's got a very good record."

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If you're just joining us hoping for the start of play and the umpires walking out around this time, I'm afraid it's been delayed by rain - the captains have not tossed up yet, and there's no news as to when they might.

Better news is that it looks like the rain may have stopped - and while the covers remain on, the weights at the very edge of the covers are being removed. Every journey has a first step...

BBC Radio Test Match Special

On beating Graham Gooch's England run-scoring record: "To be in this position is strange, what I do know he will always be the best. Without his help I would be nowhere near it. What he has done for English cricket helping me and other guys he's worked with - I wouldn't be standing here without him.

"He's been my hero since I was an 18-year-old who turned up to be on the Essex county staff. To have your hero working with you, and now I class him as a very close friend. If that moment happens it will be a special moment."

A reminder that while he has been appointed to the England job, Trevor Bayliss will not officially take over until June - and that assistant coach Paul Farbrace, who will stay on to assist Bayliss as he did with Sri Lanka, remains in temporary charge for this Test.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"A pretty depressing scene at Headingley, where covers mask the entire square and blotters fight a losing battle against the falling rain. Leeds train station was full of people heading to the cricket, but not many of those spectators are silly enough to sit in the stands right now. This is the only Test match north of Nottingham all summer, so it would be a great shame if it's heavily affected by the weather. My girlfriend keeps banging on about the weather being better in the south. I'd hate it if she was right."

Simon Goodall: Whose idea was it to hold a Test in Leeds in May? Should have been played as furthest south as possible.

Lawrence Smith: The news of rain up north has officially spoilt my day of sneakily following the cricket updates whilst sitting at my desk.

Jonathan Armstrong: If the rain in Leeds is the same as down the road here it looks like England have just won the series.

BBC Radio Test Match Special

On the appointment of Trevor Bayliss as coach from June: "It's fantastic news for English cricket. His track record is outstanding. I've spoken to Eoin Morgan and Brendon McCullum, who knows him from the IPL, and has only good things to say about him.

"It will be different for me having to form a relationship with a guy I don't know, but I have no doubts it will be no problem at all.

"His track record is fantastic. It's great to have that coming in. Once all the talking stops, it will be down to the 11 players on the field, but I'm sure he will have us well prepared."

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