Oof. It's all happening now.

Shannon Gabriel pitches it up, the ball pings off the turf, jumps up and strikes Joe Denly on the gloves. That looked uncomfortable.

But there is nothing uncomfortable about the next shot as Denly latches on to a shortish delivery and pulls through mid-on for four. A nice touch of aggression there.

And then Denly plays at a wide one and a thick edge flies just past the slips and down to the boundary. The West Indies fielders with hands on their heads.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

You can see how dry the pitch is. That is why England have batted first. They are thinking 'what will it do today compared to the final day?'.

Also, this team has been a lot more successful batting first rather than chasing the game batting second.

They are just a better team when they bat first.

No change in the bowling just yet as Kemar Roach continues and Burns sees out a maiden over with some textbook defending.

A watchful approach is needed here from England.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

These conditions will suit Jason Holder's bowling.

It has been a tremendous start from West Indies.

Burns just has one of those looks, right? He'll have several doppelgangers no doubt.

Short and wide from Gabriel and Denly pounces, cutting past gully for four. That will do his confidence no harm.

England move into double figures.

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Roach bowls a cracking delivery to Joe Denly. Some great carry off the pitch, late movement as Denly plays inside the line. There was a muted appeal there from Roach. More a case of admiring his own bowling than a serious attempt at an appeal.

Maiden.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator

Who knows where it'll take me.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

What? Like Bruce Lee?!

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator

I've been learning karate.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

Have you been doing anything in lockdown Simon? Jigsaws? Any new skills?

Gabriel bowls at Burns' legs and the opener clips it through mid-wicket to give England their first boundary of the game. Of the series. And of the summer. Welcome runs for the hosts.

With the crowd noise pumping through my headphones, you almost forget there's no crowd. Until the cameras pan to a wide shot.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on Test Match Special

Denly would be better off putting the drive in the bag for a little while with the movement we have seen.

It's dark, it's gloomy. But the lights are on and there's no rain.

Roach tempts Denly in with a full delivery just outside the line, the England batsman wafting at thin air with a play and a miss.

The ball is doing a bit.

When I woke up this morning like a kid at Christmas, buzzing that cricket was returning, I didn't think Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen would make an appearance on the live text.

The players are back out there. Roach to Denly.

Callum Wilson: It has taken a pandemic for me to notice that Rory Burns looks like a young Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan is full of praise for West Indies' Shannon Gabriel...

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Definite no-ball that, Stephan. Front foot is well over the line.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Southampton

Lots of this about. Tape. Footprints. Like a crime scene where only the feet were found.

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Great shout, Lesley. Any other Rory Burns lookalike suggestions?

Right then, 10 more minutes until play restarts.

England have scored three runs. And we've had just as many rain delays. I think. I've sort of lost count.