England v India: first men’s cricket Test, day one - live

now 06.21 EDT 4th over: India 14-0 (Jaiswal 10, KL Rahul 4) Carse induces a tentative poke from Kl Rahul and the meaty edge flirts away for a four to deep third. Good morning to Guy Hornsby: “Morning James, the first morning of a blockbuster series in the English Test summer is always carrying that frisson of nerves and excitement. I can’t wait to watch it unfold, and today is a rare time to do that with my twin Dave, who’s over from Melbourne for a few weeks. I think the two attacks will be the key: England’s callow attack will need everyone to step up and Woakes to weave his magic, while India’s will be about supporting their world beating attack leader. This first Test is anyone’s, I think.” Share

3m ago 06.18 EDT 3rd over: India 10-0 (Jaiswal 10, KL Rahul 0) Shot! Jaiswal plays a delicious high elbowed drive that pings through the covers for four. Woakes won’t mind that but it did look ominously solid. The batter collects two more into the off side to make it to double figures. Headingley filling up nicely, the first few days are sold out. My three brothers are in the stands partaking of the local produce. The eldest texts to say he thinks Josh Tongue’s trousers are too short. That makes me think of my Glaswegian friend Jack who used to call this phenomenon ‘Budgies’. As in - “Has your budgie died? Why else are yer troosers at half mast?” It’s a bit of fun. Share

9m ago 06.12 EDT 2nd over: India 4-0 (Jaiswal 4, KL Rahul 0) Brydon Carse to have his first bowl in a Test in England. He starts well too, there’s decent movement from his first ball and it jags off the pitch and past KL Rahul’s blade. These two openers are so dangerous and so lovely to watch once they get it. England will want some early scalps after inserting India. Carse starts with a maiden and is heartily applauded by players and fans alike. Share

12m ago 06.09 EDT 1st over: India 4-0 (Jaiswal 4, KL Rahul 0) Chris Woakes to start with the new ball for England. Here he comes… and he’s right on the moolah to Jaiswal. The young opener is forward and plays a textbook forward defence. There’s some bounce and movement on show for Woakes. He whistles a few past Jaiswal who opts to leave alone outside off stump. Plenty of cooing from the four strong cordon. Jaiswal plays with soft hands to a ball that leaves him late, the ball flies between fourth slip and backward point and away for four. That’s the first over of this ding-dong five match series done with. How was it for you? View image in fullscreen Chris Woakes gets thing going for England. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images/Reuters Share Updated at 06.11 EDT

21m ago 06.00 EDT The players are wearing black armbands because of the tragic plane crash in India last week. There’s also a minutes silence before the anthems are then belted out. Puff flash puff flash BANG! There’s then a succession of fireworks. Eight grand that cost. Play is imminent. Thanks for all your emails. Keep ‘em coming. Share

23m ago 05.58 EDT Here come the players! It really is perfect conditions for cricket. Flags fluttering gently in the Yorkshire breeze. Well of course it scans Simon Ambrose: “Have actually just read this out with “sunscreen” on in the background and it works! How long did you take on it?

Settling into the test with my “just done his GCSEs” son. He doesn’t get how a game can last 5 days. Welcome to school son.” Share

33m ago 05.48 EDT England captain Ben Stokes at the toss: “We’re going to have a bowl. Headingley is generally a good cricket wicket, we have had some good games here over the years so we will look to use the early conditions and get a bit out of it. “This has been a long time coming, it feels strange that this is only the second Test match of the year. We are all excited and ready to go and walk out together. “Our build-up has been mixed - we have had some lads playing county cricket, some getting their bodies ready. We have had three days of preparation so we are raring to go. “We have the usual suspects in the top seven. Our bowling line-up is Woakes, Carse, Tongue, Bashir and myself.” Share

38m ago 05.43 EDT England win the toss and choose to bowl first Ben Stokes flies in the face of conventional wisdom as is his wont. England will bowl fist under azure blue skies in Headingley. However, Shubman Gill says he would have chosen to bowl first too. Let the gamesmanship begin. Here are the teams: England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna We knew England’s XI of course. Here’s Gill looking resplendent in his blue blazer, with news of a debutant. “Great day, the sun is out and it looks a good batting day for us. Preparation has been amazing, I think all the boys are feeling in a good space mentally and physically. Sai Sudharsan comes in for his debut. He’s batting at No 3.” View image in fullscreen Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill at the toss. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images Share Updated at 05.51 EDT

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