Summary

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby & Matthew Henry

  1. Thanks Elizabeth.

    That has been a competitive morning session.

    Nasser Hussain and Henry Olonga are on TMS during the break, discussing the controversy and political fallout around England's decision to not to travel to Zimbabwe during the 2003 World Cup.

    You can listen above while the chat will be available on the TMS podcast later. You can also read Stephan Shemilt article on the episode.

  2. And with that, I'm going to leave you in the capable hands of Matt Henry.

    Maybe I'll listen to some Sam Cooke on my break.

  3. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's been a highly entertaining morning session.

  4. Lunch - Zim 73-1

    Bennett 36, Ervine 30

    Zimbabwe will be delighted with their start.

    England declared on 565-6 and the visitors need to reach 416 to avoid the follow-on. They've already chipped 73 off that target, with Brian Bennett on 36 (38) and Craig Ervine on 30 (48) as the players head in for lunch.

  5. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Josh Tongue has found his mojo straight away here in this spell.

  6. Zim 70-1

    Shoaib Bashir rattles through his second over. It's a buzzer beater. We'll squeeze in one more over before lunch.

  7. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    One of the virtues of this England set up is that they all love playing for this team.

  8. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Josh Tongue has bowled well, he's got quite a bit of pace on it.

  9. Zim 69-1

    Bennett and Ervine have ridden their luck at times during this first session. An inside-edge from the latter narrowly evades the slips and goes for four.

    They'll be very happy to go into lunch with this partnership in tact.

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    Should have upgraded to a sax Elizabeth. Some woodwinds have loads of cool....

    Kev in Southport

    I would've loved to play sax, Kev! I had one lesson on it when my brother made the switch and I did indeed feel cool.

  11. Zim 64-1

    Bashir recovers well from the early boundary, conceding just one further run.

    And Aggers gets his wish... here comes Josh Tongue.

  12. Zim 63-1

    Shoaib Bashir starts with a gift - a low full toss which Craig Ervine puts away for four.

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    I recall a NZ bowler Chris Martin, also a little known singer for a wee band.

    Ian (aka Sigma) Poole

    Wasn't David Gower known as The Edge in his wafting-outside-off difficult second album period?

    Larry in sunny Orkney

    Graeme Swann shares his name with a famous singer because he is one, of Dr Comfort and the Lurid Revelations

    Simon, Norfolk

  14. Zim 59-1

    Tight over from Gus Atkinson, conceding just one single.

    And there's a bowling change for England. It's not Josh Tongue but the spin of Shoaib Bashir.

  15. Zim 58-1

    One of the many reasons I loved Alastair Cook growing up was the fact he played the clarinet. He gave us woodwind players some much-needed cool.

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    Singers: Brian Johns(t)on of AC/DC... imagine him and Johnners swapping jobs!

    Bill, Edinburgh

    Speaking of music/singers....doesn't TMS's own Henry Olonga do a mean version of This is the Moment? Perhaps Joe Root (ukulele), Mark Butcher (guitar) and Alastair Cook (sax) do a jam session at lunch...

    Mark

    I like to spread the rumour that Daren is the same DJ Sammy who covered Bryan Adams' Heaven a number of years ago. It's not, by the way.

    Craig, Newcastle

  17. Sorry Aggers, for the time being Ben Stokes is sticking with Sam Cook.

  18. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    I'd like to see Josh Tongue bowl today.

  19. Zim 54-1

    Bennett 32, Ervine 15

    That's three overs in a row now without a boundary for Zimbabwe.

    But Brian Bennett is still motoring along at a Jessopian clip. He has 32 from 22, Ervine is 15 off 28.

  20. How's stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Unsurprisingly, Sam Cook is finding considerably more movement on average with this new ball than his opening partner, Gus Atkinson.

    Combined avg swing and seam: Cook - 1.8° Atkinson - 1.0°

    On average Cook is also bowling 1.4m fuller than Atkinson

    Sam Cook's pitch mapBBC/Cricviz