A Sonny day after dark week for English cricket

Unlike his fellow debutant wicketkeeper James Rew, who was told he was replacing Jamie Smith in the sauna on Tuesday, Baker had a couple of days to prepare for his Test bow after Ollie Robinson's knee scan on Saturday. A keen note-maker, Baker has a book with pointers to remember for each battle but also how to deal with the stress that comes from a debut on cricket's biggest stage. A lot of it is about embracing the occasion. "Even last night I was struggling to eat, and fuelling as a fast bowler is super important," he said. "This morning I felt the anxiety build up in my stomach. "I was pretty honest with people that I was pretty nervous going into the day. Once you start warming up, everything goes away and you get stuck in." With England naming three debutants in their XI for the first time in nine years, the pre-match huddle went on longer than some first dates. Rew received his cap from a fellow Somerset batter Marcus Trescothick, while Jordan Cox got his from Essex legend Nasser Hussain. Baker, a self-proclaimed fast-bowling geek, was handed his from another in the county he has just joined - former England quick Steven Finn. "The cap presentation was more emotional than anything else, seeing how proud my parents were," he admitted. …