Summary

  • Pope and Buttler share unbroken century stand for fifth wicket

  • Burns passes 50 but caught at slip by Cornwall

  • Roach bowls Stokes, Root run out for 17 by Chase direct hit

  • West Indies, who won toss, remove Sibley in first over

  • Third Test, Emirates Old Trafford, day one, series level at 1-1

  • Watch Today at the Test at 19:00 BST

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton

  1. Meanwhile, in Derby...

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  2. Eng 134-4

    Good running from Ollie Pope as he scampers two off the last ball of the over.

  3. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Jason Holder has a smile on his face but it's not a happy one, it's more of a grimace. He's like 'why was I not standing a bit further forward?'

  4. Eng 132-4

    Careful now, Mr Pope.

    The Surrey young gun prods uncertainly at one from Kemar Roach and edges it just short of Jason Holder at second slip.

  5. Eng 131-4

    Hahaha. Shane Dowrich has dropped another ball that moved a bit after passing the bat.

    Jason Holder goes up to him, removes his cap and tousles his hair.

    Cheers, skip.

  6. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's quite an important knock for Jos Buttler and England. You're not particularly thinking the lower order are going to score 100 runs for you and it feels like England have batted with that in the back of their mind.

  7. Eng 131-4

    Pope 24, Buttler 2

    Jason Holder gets it to lift off a length and Ollie Pope defends it away off the splice of his bat.

    Pope sees off a maiden to start the session.

  8. Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler are returning to the middle.

    Huge session ahead.

    Here we go.

  9. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

    Almost £200,000 has been raised for the Ruth Strauss Foundation so far today.

    StraussGetty Images

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    tms@bbc.co.uk

    We’ve heard lots about which/how many seam bowlers to play, but nothing about the spinners. With 10 right-handers in the WI side, why aren’t we playing left-armer (and redoubtable batsman) Jack Leach?

    Of course, if we did that, they’d have to pick the best available wicketkeeper (and excellent batsman) Ben Foakes to make the stumpings. And the selectors obviously don’t want to do that.

    David Wood, Cheshire

  11. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

    The curiosity that is the England Test team. Only Rory Burns and Dom Sibley have done the same job for each of the three Tests. Zak Crawley has gone from four, to three, to out of the team. Jos Buttler has got no runs and been promoted. Dom Bess has gone from eight, to 10, back to eight. The length of the tail has doubled, arguably tripled, in the space of a week.

    Zak CrawleyGetty Images

  12. England reached tea at 131-4.

    Ollie Pope has looked busy, if perhaps a bit too eager to take on this risky single...

  13. You can't please everyone...

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    How is that a sensational catch? That's a basic slip catch which is taken well but hardly sensational!

    Tim in London

  15. But then Rahkeem 'Two Hats' Cornwall showed off his skills in the slips with this fine catch to remove Rory Burns...

  16. Rory Burns carried on and passed 50 for the ninth time in Tests...

  17. But then Stokes got a beauty from Kemar Roach to be bowled for 20...

  18. England resumed on 66-2 after lunch and, for a while, it looked like Rory Burns and Ben Stokes would fully capitalise on improved batting conditions.

  19. The guest on Test Match Special at tea is former England captain Andrew Strauss, who is talking to Aggers about Ruth Strauss Foundation Day today at the Test.

    A worthy cause and well worth a listen - click the tab at the top of this page to hear from Strauss.

  20. Cheers Callum.

    Absolutely crucial final session in store today.

    At this scoring rate and with a longer tail, England can probably only afford to lose one wicket at most before the close.

    Though can Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler tick the scoreboard along a bit quicker?

    A few wickets and West Indies are firmly on top.