Ben Jones
CricViz analyst

Ben Stokes has now dropped 10 catches 'under' his own captaincy. The only England players to drop more in those matches are Zak Crawley (14) and Joe Root (19).

Banged in from Atkinson, doesn't get up high enough and Blundell unleashes a meaty pull to send the ball away to the boundary.

The England seamer responds well, jagging one past the bat of Blundell.

Powerful shot from Glenn Phillips!

But then again, he rarely does delicate.

He thrashes Bashir's first ball over the head of the cover fielder for four, but can't score off the rest of the over.

A reference for the presumably gigantic Wicked press tour memes / cricket fans awake at 4am crowd there.

Lovely shot from Blundell, timing Atkinson beautifully for four runs through point.

I heard people are really holding space for the playing of that shot.

That's exactly what Tom Blundell wanted.

Having retained the strike, Phillips turns Bashir into the on side for another run.

Blundell follows with a single of his own, taking the run off a defensive shot.

Almost had the new batter too!

Glenn Phillips drive hard and he's spilled by Ben Stokes at mid-off, the ball rolling off his top hand as he dived to his left.

The New Zealand batter takes the chance to run a single.

First sight of spin in this session as Bashir returns in place of Woakes.

He concedes just a single from his opening over, as Williamson slides the second ball down to long-on.

The only New Zealand batter to fail to reach double figures today was Devon Conway, who fell to this brilliant return catch by Gus Atkinson...

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Brydon Carse continues to pepper the New Zealand batters with short balls, with one slipping too high and being called a wide.

Williamson and Blundell respond positively to the bombardment, unfurling some cracking pull shots that keep finding the fielders.

Carse sends his penultimate ball fuller and Blundell edges downwards, into the crease and over the stumps - really quite close to playing on.

To compound matters the final delivery flicks off the home keeper and runs away for four leg byes.

Just a single from the 15th Woakes over, as Blundell knocks him into the leg side.

Ben Jones
CricViz analyst

Against all short balls (8m+), Kane Williamson averages 63 in Test cricket, rising to 77 at home. Facing genuine bouncers (10m+), those figures are 66 and 73 respectively.

Brydon Carse loves the short ball.

He glances one off the top of Williamson's helmet, then, after the resumption, makes the New Zealand batter rise on his tip toes to ride the next bumper, and finally raps him on the glove.

A few uncomfortable moments in the 90s.

Whipped away!

Williamson turns Woakes' first delivery square for four, moving to 90 in the process.

No further no runs from the over, though.

Tom Blundell loves batting against England - he averages 68 against them, compared to a career 34.

A first run for Tom Blundell as he nudges Carse to backward square.

Three more singles follow, as New Zealand settle down after the loss of Mitchell.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Christchurch

That's at least the second edge that hasn't carried to the slips. It's a slow pitch. Too deep? They would take their read from Pope, an inexperienced keeper.