Matthew Potts is right on the money first up with a teasing line and length outside of stump that very nearly tempts Kane Williamson into having a dabble.

Potts then offers up a short and wide one that Williamson gleefully cuts to the rope.

Matthew Potts will bowl the first over of the day.

New Zealand will resume on 136-3 (though one of those wickets was nightwatcher Will O'Rourke), giving them a a lead of 340 runs.

Kane Williamson is unbeaten on 50 and no doubt looking to go big. He is joined by Rachin Ravindra, who is two not out from the 10 balls he faced last evening.

Will they get a move on to try and have a go at the England batters in these conditions before close? Or will they look to amass a lead of 500+ and give themselves two days to bowl England out?

Thanks, Mike. Another excellent rain delay live text stint.

Uno, veggie burgers, cricketing parkrunners, the Love Island hot tub... a lot of ground was covered.

Anyway, it is a relief to finally see some cricket. Waiting around for rain to go away is hard enough during the day, let alone in the early hours. I had to go early with the first coffee.

You never know, Anonymous (please sign your messages!), you might see the most remarkable turnaround today.

Indeed, we're about five minutes away from play resuming in Hamilton.

With actual cricket on the agenda, it's time for me to hand over to Tom Mallows, who'll take you through to tea.

Ta ra.

Ah, but does Taupo have a hat museum, Graeme?

Checkmate Stockport, I think.

Given the session times (see 23:48) we'll have lost an hour and 20 minutes from a typical day's play - maybe less if they extend by a further half hour.

Is that enough time to get this game done today?

It'd require a 17 wickets to tumble - that's a fair number.

Speaking of which, play is about to begin at the Gabba in Brisbane as Australia seek to maintain their dominance over India on day three of the third Test.

The hosts begin the day on 405-7. with Alex Carey five runs short of a half-century and Mitchell Starc on seven.

Travis Head and Steve Smith hit centuries on day two in a 241-run stand for the fourth wicket to put the Aussies in control.

You can listen to commentary of that match here from 01:00 GMT.

Look, I'm working my way through the cricket index and we've reached the point where I'm going to have to put in the clip of two Australians scoring centuries.

I don't want to see it, you don't want to see it, but let's grit our teeth and get through this together.

Time to abandon the Uno card schools and cultural institutions of Hamilton, folks - you've got 35 minutes to get to the ground.

I wonder if racing conditions were better in Taupo, New Zealand or Stockport, England.

Close run thing, I imagine.

Right then, news from the ground. We've got some updated session times - all working on the assumption there's no further rain.

• Afternoon session: 13:30 (00:30 GMT) - 16:10
• Tea: 16:10 (03:10) - 16:30
• Evening session: 16:30 (03:30) - 19:00 (06:00)

Play could go on to 19:30 (06:30) for slow over rate.

A crumb of validation from the BBC Cricket live text over your wife's birthday.

You've made the right choice, Nick.