Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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It's an absolute beauty, it's a pitch. Perfect length, in the last 15 minutes, the ball has started to do a few tricks, perfect length, they know the rain is coming, they want Joe Root out there. If they can get two or three overs more, they could easily get one or two more wickets.

Ollie Pope is the new batter.

It is getting very dark at the Edgbaston.

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For only the second time in the Bazball era, Ben Duckett has failed to score a 50 in a Test match. That's from the seven he has played in.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

You look at Ben Duckett's two dismissals from this match, two different types of bowling. I wouldn't be changing Duckett yet.

Would you believe it?! Pat Cummins gets one to nip away from Ben Duckett who has punched it straight to diving Cameron Green at gully.

The umpires will have a check but I think he has held onto this.

The ground staff are readying. The hover cover is whirring into action.

Oh my. Look at the state of that cloud. It is going to start raining very, very heavily soon.

And I'm not talking dry rain, Sir Alastair.

Brollies in the Hollies.

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Scott Boland smacks into Zak Crawley's pads with a quicker delivery that nips back into the right-hander. I think it was doing too much though and Pat Cummins declines the review.

The next delivery Crawley shoulders arms and it clips his pads again! That was pitch way outsdie the line though.

A bit of life from Boland, though.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Edgbaston

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There are some very dark clouds behind the Hollies Stand. Don't assume we're going to be back on for good, here.

• Afternoon session: 15:30-17:00
• Tea: 17:00-17:20
• Evening session: 17:20-19:00
• Extra half hour: 19:00-19:30

*All times BST.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Edgbaston

Very good from Travis Head. He knows he's copping it from the Hollies Stand, so has sprinted straight towards it on the resumption. He was in his fielding position as the rest of his team-mates were just entering the field.

Zak Crawley blocks out the final ball of the seventh over from Pat Cummins.

Meanwhile, we have just seen a shot of an absolutely filthy-looking dark cloud in the distance.

I fear that is heading our way.

That was enormous fun. Thank you for all your tweets and texts. I don't think we have ever had so many.

Let's get back to the cricket, shall we? England are 26-0 remember!

Jason Gillespie
Former Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Hypotheticals. I wouldn't have a clue. I respect the nostalgia, Steve Smith would be a great player in any era, you can only play in the era you actually play in. I could make up an answer to satisfy the question but I don't actually have an answer.

Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I like it because it brings relevance to games that might have not had it before. I hope that in the future, the best players continue to play in Test series' rather than all of the marquee series because of the amount of T20 leagues around the world.