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Taha Hashim (earlier) and Rob Smyth (later)

YOU WONT BELIEVE: England v west indies third cricket test day one live - What They Never Told You

Jayden Seales celebrates after taking the wicket of nightwatchman Mark Wood.
Jayden Seales celebrates after taking the wicket of nightwatchman Mark Wood. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

With that, I’ll leave you in the loving, capable hands of Ali Martin and Simon Burnton. See you tomorrow!

Chris Woakes talks to Sky Sports

To lose three wickets tonight is not ideal but we’ve got to be happy to bowl them out after losing the toss on what we think is a good pitch. The ball moved in the air a little bit all day; if that wasn’t the case it would have been a much harder day!

My quad was a bit sore at the end. I’m hoping it was cramp. We’ll see how it pulls up in the morning.

I’ve been fighting for a bit of rhythm, particularly in that first Test. I always feel like I’m a better bowler when I have overs under my belt and I think I’ve got better as the series has gone on.

[On Kavem Hodge’s wicket] It was a wobble ball where I pulled my fingers a bit closer together. My wobble moves quite a lot and I was trying to work out a way to make it move just slightly.

[On Joshua Da Silva’s wicket] It felt like the ball was quite soft and the pitch was slow, so we had an umbrella field to try to force the issue. The plan was to ball at the stumps and then chuck one wide. He’s played well this series but thankfully it paid off this time.

I still think it’s a good batting surface and the bare minimum we want is to get level with them.

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