Eng 152-4published at 29.1 overs

29.1 overs

Six more!

Banged in short by Matt Henry and Harry Brook takes it on.

It definitely isn't out of the middle, there is a man out and it's a big boundary. But Brook is powerful enough that he clears the rope regardless.

What a player.

Eng 146-4published at 29 overs

29 overs

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Outrageous.

It's been a slightly nervy start to the session for Harry Brook but you wouldn't know it as he skips down and hammers Nathan Smith over extra cover for six.

Not the first time he's done it today and I fancy it won't be the last time he tries it.

Soft hands save Harry Brook.

A genuine edge as he is squared up by Nathan Smith but the ball drops just short of the slips.

Even better for Brook and England, it runs away for four.

Another gorgeous drive from Ollie Pope.

Smoked through extra cover this time off Nathan Smith. Four more.

Big appeal from New Zealand as Tom Blundell takes the ball down the leg side.

There is a noise but it's Ollie Pope's thigh pad rather than his bat. Tom Latham smartly decides against a review.

Another beauty to end the over, nips away off the seam to square up Harry Brook. Good luck playing that.

Just one spell for Matt Henry before lunch - albeit a fantastic one of seven overs - but he's back now.

He picks up where he left off with a delivery right on the money to beat Harry Brook.

After a couple of nice drives find fielders early in the over, Ollie Pope pieces the gap last ball.

Super timing through mid-off for the first four runs of the afternoon session.

Nathan Smith is ready to bowl the first over after lunch for New Zealand.

Vice-captain Ollie Pope is on strike for England.

Right then, the players have emerged, albeit only to the boundary edge, and the afternoon session is almost upon us.

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When Harry Brook is at the crease, Tattz, entertainment is pretty much guaranteed.

He's 51 not out from 55 balls and he slowed down a bit just before lunch...

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Wellington

If England were 124-3, we'd be saying honours about even. The score doesn't tell half the story. A chaotic session of cricket.

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It's a big day for New Zealand off the pitch, after they launched their Hall of Fame - inducting the first eleven players in the process.

England head coach Brendon McCullum is one of the names to be included.

The eleven are: Bert Sutcliffe, John Reid, Jackie Lord, Trish McKelvey, Glenn Turner, Sir Richard Hadlee, Debbie Hockley, Martin Crowe, Emily Drumm, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum.

The rules require inductees to have played for New Zealand and to have been retired for at least five years, with criteria weighted in favour of performance, leadership and influence. A softer guideline was that players recognised should be of world-class stature in their prime, good enough to be picked in a theoretical World XI.

The inductees are being celebrated during this lunch break.

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Well, Peter, Ben Stokes has said that once Jamie Smith returns, he'll take the gloves back and Ollie Pope will be back up to three.

But I agree, he's looked much more comfortable at six in these two Tests.

That said, he does still average more than 40 when batting at three in Tests, which can be overlooked when he has a sticky spell, as he did over the summer.

Thanks, Mike.

After the previous Test between these two sides in Wellington, this one had a lot to live up to but one session in and it has not disappointed so far!

New Zealand's seamers were brilliant up top - Matt Henry, in particular - and England were in all sorts of bother at 43-4.

But, just as in Christchurch last week, Harry Brook and Ollie Pope helped shift the momentum.

Brook raced to a scintillating half-century, while Pope is unbeaten on 29 so both sides reach lunch relatively happy?

Having flailed around like Zak Crawley for the opening session, I'm going to hand over to the cool head and calm hands of Sam Drury for lunch and beyond.

See you in a bit.

Will O'Rourke for the final over before lunch.

The lanky seamer peppers Harry Brook with a couple of short balls, then finishes with two on length that hurry the England batter a tad.

That's the end of the session - still New Zealand's, you'd say, but this partnership of 81 between Brook and Pope is promising.

Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst

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This innings was the sixth time Harry Brook has brought up his fifty at a run-a-ball or faster in Tests.

Only Ben Duckett, Joe Root (both nine times) and Ian Botham (seven) have done so more frequently for England.