England vs India LIVE: Cricket 5th Test score and updates as India end day one on 338-7

Stuart Broad opening from the other end. There’s something reassuring about Anderson and Broad opening the bowling for England, still.

Broad oversteps for a first-ball no-ball but gets his run-up sorted after that. Cheteshwar Pujara - who has spent the vast majority of his career at three but opens today with Rohit Sharma’s absence - leaves the first couple alone before Broad straightens up to make him play. The no-ball, the only runs though.

Jimmy Anderson to bowl the opening over of the morning.

Some early wobble for England record wicket-taker bodes well, although the third ball deceives Sam Billings behind the stumps slightly and hits him on the thumb.

Shubman Gill watchfully leaves the first four balls, the fifth strikes him high on the pad but he clips the final delivery for FOUR. Whipped off his pads through midwicket and it races away. Off the mark with a boundary

The national anthems have been sung. We’ll be underway imminently - a 10.30am start remember.

England will be bowling. Can they take some early wicket this morning?

England captain Ben Stokes admits he deliberately pushed his bowlers to the limit at Headingley last week as he continues his quest to “reshape the way Test cricket is played”.

A whirlwind approach to batting has been the most obvious aspect of England’s brave new world under Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum, with an average run-rate of 4.54 throughout their 3-0 series win over New Zealand.

But Stokes is eager to keep challenging conventions, including when it comes to the workloads of his bowlers.

Having selected 36-year-old Stuart Broad and 23-year-old rookie Matthew Potts to face India at Edgbaston on Friday – a fourth Test in a little over four weeks – the captain revealed he was eager to see how far he could stretch his seamers.

Stokes took a back seat in Leeds last time out, not bowling at all in the first innings and sending down just four overs in the second. That left Potts to pick up 51 overs in the match, while Broad’s share of 47 was his highest for five years.

India middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer has been talking to Ravi Shastri on Sky Sports Cricket ahead of the game.

“Overall the preparation was on point,” he says. “The more you bat in the nets, we’ve ticked all the boxes and have no regrets. We have contributed in every aspect, a good overall preparation. The mindset of every player has been good, we are leading the point-table but it’s good we finish on a good note.

“We must be super-aggressive and play as if we have nothing to lose. Back each other and execute what we are capable of.”

It’s a first Test in England for Iyer, who adds: “Really looking forward to this amazing match-up. Really unfortunate that Rohit [captain Rohit Sharma] has got Covid, but it doesn’t really matter because we came here to win the match. Bumrah was amazing when he was speaking to the team yesterday.”

To the toss - England win it and choose to bowl.

An interesting decision from Ben Stokes, who explains: “We’ve done pretty well chasing but the toss was dictated by the overheads. A good opportunity to keep the momentum rolling.”

There definitely should be some swing on a cloudy day

So, what’s the team news for this delayed Test? Ben Foakes hasn’t recovered in time to resume his place behind the stumps, so Sam Billings comes in to the team, while James Anderson is fit again and replaces Jamie Overton.

Zak Crawley retains his place as opener but desperately needs a score.

England: 1 Alex Lees, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt.), 7 Sam Billings, 8 Matthew Potts, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Jack Leach, 11 James Anderson

India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Cheteshwar Pujara, 3 Hanuma Vihari, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah (capt.)

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of England vs India from Edgbaston.

This is the Test match that was cancelled last summer when India players expressed reservations about taking the field in the wake of assistant physiotherapist Yogesh Parmar testing positive for Covid-19, meaning they flew home early instead. If you remember, at the time, cynics suggested it was so they could prepare for the IPL resuming - I couldn’t possibly comment...

Technically, this is the fifth Test of that series, with India leading 2-1. This is a very different England team though, full of confidence after the installation of Brendon McCullum as coach and Ben Stokes as captain. New Zealand were whitewashed 3-0 and now they set their sights on India.

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