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  1. Not out

    Nope, Root survives.

    Banged in and it cuts Root in two, moving between bat and body.

    The ball just brushes the batter's jumper, which is presumably what prompted the appeal.

  2. New Zealand review

    And now another caught behind?

    Has Will O'Rourke nabbed Joe Root for a golden duck?

    They're going to take a look...

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Bethell c Blundell b Southee 96 (Eng 196-2)

    Jacob Bethell acknowledges the crowd as he walks offGetty Images

    Bethell falls in the nineties!

    The 21-year-old is denied a first Test century, clipping a fairly innocuous Southee ball to the wicketkeeper while attempting a drive.

    He'd moved past his first-class high score of 93 from the previous delivery, moving the ball through third for four.

    But he'll have to wait a little longer to reach three figures.

  4. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    Cricviz analyst

    Most runs for second wicket for England with a run-rate of above five per over:

    • 252 - Ben Duckett & Ollie Pope v Ireland, 2023
    • 178* - Jacob Bethell & Ben Duckett v New Zealand, Today
    • 167* - Alastair Cook & Kevin Pietersen v Bangladesh, 2010

  5. Eng 187-1

    Changes at both ends as O'Rourke replaces Phillips - he concedes a solitary single on his return.

    England have hit just one boundary - Bethell's six - since the first ball of the 26th over.

    They have added 48 runs in those 11.5 overs.

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    Staggered to realise we are only half way through day two!

    John H in Lancaster

  7. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
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    Jacob BethellGetty Images

    Jacob Bethell and Ben Duckett have now put on 177 for the second wicket.

    That is England's highest partnership for the second wicket in an overseas Test with a run-rate of above five an over.

  8. Eng 186-1

    Tim Southee replaces Matt Henry and the England pair are happy to continue to milk the singles, three of them this time.

    A Jacob Bethell knock towards point moves him into the nineties for the first time in Tests.

  9. Eng 183-1

    A touch more turn for Phillips, who draws a waft out of Duckett and then sees the opener pop the ball in the air towards point - but there's no catcher there.

  10. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    Cricviz analyst

    This partnership between Bethell and Duckett is the ninth 150-plus run partnership for the second wicket for England against New Zealand.

    They have achieved this at a rate of 5.2 runs per over.

    There has never been a 100-plus run second-wicket partnership with a better run-rate for England against New Zealand.

  11. Eng 180-1

    Four more singles off Henry's over, with the New Zealand seamer unable to trouble England's batters like he did in the first innings.

  12. 6 runs

    Eng 176-1

    There's your boundary!

    England take three identical singles to mid-on off Phillips, before Bethell unleashes on the fourth ball of the over.

    It's a touch short, and he crashes it over the boundary at mid-wicket for six.

    A driven single down to long-off moves him to 86.

  13. Eng 166-1

    Sorry Rob, England's pair take just a couple of singles from the first two balls of Henry's over.

    They haven't hit a boundary for 6.5 overs.

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    England now have a 300+ lead, surely THIS is the time to turn the screw and go full-on Bazball and declare just after tea with a 500+ lead.

    Rob in Coventry

  15. Eng 164-1

    Glenn Phillips resumes after drinks, with the England batters taking him for three singles.

    It's another glorious day in Wellington, by the way - drinks most definitely needed in the bright sunshine.

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    England to declare this evening and put the Kiwis in for an hour. Lead of 450 or so with an eye on the forecast.

    Dave in Auckland

  17. Eng 161-1

    Bethell strikes Henry's first ball for three through the covers, bringing up this pair's 150 partnership.

    A couple more singles from the rest of the over, and now it's time for drinks.

  18. Eng 156-1

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    A quartet of singles from Phillips' over as the England batters work him round the ground.

    Having both been on 69 at the close of the last over, both batters are now on 71.

    Bethell has faced 86 balls, Duckett 81.

  19. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    Cricviz analyst

    At home, New Zealand have chased a score over 300 only once in their Test history. That was in 1994 against Pakistan (target 324) in Christchurch.

    Overall, chasing over 300 has occurred only twice in New Zealand's Test history.

    They have never chased a target higher than 217 in the fourth innings at Basin Reserve.

    The overall highest score chased in the fourth innings at Basin Reserve is 274, by Pakistan in 2003.

  20. Eng 152-1

    Lead by 307

    Here comes Matt Henry, who was superb for New Zealand in England's first innings.

    A Duckett knock into the leg side brings from the first ball of the over brings up the tourists' 150, before Henry strikes Bethell on the pad and appeals.

    It looks to be heading down leg and Henry doesn't sustain his claim for very long.