England slip to 45-3 at lunch
Bethell makes 10 on debut
Carse takes final two wickets as NZ bowled out for 348
Phillips left unbeaten on 58
First Test, day two, Christchurch
Harry Brook scratches his guard, gives the pitch a tap then shadow bats a few defensive shots.
Nathan Smith catches the edge of his bat with the first of three balls remaining in his over but Brook has played it with soft hands and it skids through to third slip.
Brook stoutly defends the next two.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
In Joe Root's first innings of series (including two one-off Tests v Ireland), he now averages 67.3.
But in New Zealand, his first innings of series have been 4 in 2012-13, 0 in 2017-18, 2 in 2019-20, 14 in 2022-23, and 0 this time.
In Australia, 2 in 2013-14, 15 in 2017-18, 0 in 2021-22. Total - 37 in 8 innings.
In his first innings of series in England, he's scored 1596 at 79.8 in 23 innings (6x100, 6 other 50+).
In his first innings of series in Asia, 1044 in 9 innings, ave 116, 3 double hundreds, one other century, and 85 in UAE v Pakistan in 2015-16. Very strange.
New Zealand's players are just having had a quick conflab before heading out on to the field at the Hagley Oval. Harry Brook is walking out to the middle with Ben Duckett.
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Charlie: Bethell is certainly a talent and is likely going to have a successful England career in at least one format. But we can all sense how today is going to go from this point, not just for him but for England in general. Will be waking up to New Zealand batting for sure.
A quick look at the forecast for the afternoon session in Christchurch and it appears to be more of the same. Cloudy and overcast, although there is a little bit of blue sky peeping through now.
It's certainly going to be a test for England's batters. They just need to hang in there, you feel.
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Thomas Knights: Optimism is gone, England in dire trouble. Woeful session.
Jam Barrell: How to bowl straight. By New Zealand.
Kevin Ticehurst: The collapse is on then.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on TNT Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesIf we look back to day one, England won the toss and opted to bowl first because the average first innings total here is 289. The pitch was very green and they gave themselves the opportunity to find that lateral movement that you can see from the back of a length.
It was the length that was the same problem here. New Zealand were able to leave balls outside of the off stump, Brydon Carse came into the attack, started a touch wide and it just meant both teams sussed each other out like boxers. New Zealand were able to get through that first storm relatively easily.
England were bowling a touch short, they were slipping slightly with their front feet and when you’re a bowler, you want your centre of gravity to be still.
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Not sure Bazball can be blamed for the three England wickets falling. The issue must be the bowling strategy to batters 8,9,10 and 11. Out of interest, since the dynamic start of Bazball, what is the win/loss ratio now? Surely it’s a bit ropey?
Stevo in Cheltenham
New Zealand can wrap this up rapidly based on the action so far.
Mark
New Zealand really are excellent aren’t they? Consistently producing very good Test teams with a fraction of the resources England, India and Australia have.
Tattz in Harborne
Some excellent bowling from New Zealand in that session. A beauty from Nathan Smith to get rid of Jacob Bethell, in particular.
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So when do we start calling for Baz and Ben Stokes to go? The very definition of one-trick ponies with no concept of a plan B
Disgruntled Dave in Auckland
Undercooked again! When will Rob Key, Brendon McCullum et al realise that pitches in NZ are a teensy weensy bit different from those in Pakistan. Pathetic organisation as usual.
Anon
Thank you, Sam.
Go get yourself some freshly roasted Indonesian Java .
Hmmm, that was a little bit of a frustrating end to the morning from an England perspective wasn't it?
Well, after all that drama late in the session, I need a break (and some coffee).
To go over an enthralling morning session and take you through the afternoon, it's over to Timothy Abraham.
David Gower
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
That could be a crucial five minutes for the context of this game. England would have been so much happier to go in just the one wicket down.
Trail by 303
What an end to the session for New Zealand. They have put themselves firmly in the ascendancy.
Debutant Nathan Smith is the man to put them there after ending Jacob Bethell's resistance before claiming the prize scalp of Joe Root a couple of balls later.
England need a big response in the afternoon session.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
Root's first duck since Karachi in Dec 2022, this is his 23rd Test and 40th innings since then.
Root b Smith 0 (Eng 45-3)
Huge wicket for Nathan Smith!
Two no-balls following the wicket but no such problem this time for the debutant as Joe Root chops on.
The former England skipper had five balls to face before lunch but goes to the second legal delivery he faced.
Just wide of off, angling in and Root gets a thick inside edge as he tries to guide to towards gully.
Big blow for England, who are right up against it now.
David Gower
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
I don't think Bethell did a whole lot wrong, you just have to give credit to the bowler.
Bethell c Blundell b Smith 10 (Eng 43-2)
Debutant gets debutant!
It's another ripper from Nathan Smith and this time he does find Jacob Bethell's outside edge as the left-hander played back.
Back of a length and moving away off the seam. Not much Bethell could have done.
There's a nervy wait as the third umpire checks for a no-ball but Smith is in the clear and can celebrate his maiden Test wicket.
Bethell showed good patience but goes for just 10 on the stroke of lunch.
Trail by 306
Matt Henry gets through the seventh over of a superb opening spell and nearly ends it with a wicket.
Having switched to round the wicket, he zeroes in on Jacob Bethell's stumps but an inside edge saves the left-hander and earns him a single.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesJust to add... two of the those round-the-wicket dismissals are Ben Duckett...
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latham,caught Pope, bowled Carse Latham, caught Pope, bowled Carse | 47 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 87.04 |
Conway,caught and bowled Atkinson Conway, caught and bowled Atkinson | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25.00 |
Williamson,caught Crawley, bowled Atkinson Williamson, caught Crawley, bowled Atkinson | 93 | 197 | 10 | 0 | 265 | 47.21 |
Ravindra,caught Crawley, bowled Bashir Ravindra, caught Crawley, bowled Bashir | 34 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 69.39 |
Mitchell,caught Brook, bowled Carse Mitchell, caught Brook, bowled Carse | 19 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 40.43 |
Blundell,caught Atkinson, bowled Bashir Blundell, caught Atkinson, bowled Bashir | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 53.13 |
Phillips,not out Phillips, not out | 58 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 140 | 66.67 |
Smith,caught Root, bowled Bashir Smith, caught Root, bowled Bashir | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23.08 |
Henry,caught Duckett, bowled Bashir Henry, caught Duckett, bowled Bashir | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 56.25 |
Southee,caught Atkinson, bowled Carse Southee, caught Atkinson, bowled Carse | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 60.00 |
O'Rourke,bowled Carse O'Rourke, bowled Carse | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 11, wides 11, byes 8, leg byes 12, total 42 Extras, no balls 11, wides 11, byes 8, leg byes 12, total 42 | ||||||
Total,348 all out 91.0 overs Total,348 all out 91.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woakes | 20.0 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 3.50 |
Atkinson | 18.0 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 3.38 |
Carse | 19.0 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 3.36 |
Stokes | 13.0 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 4.53 |
Bashir | 20.0 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 3.45 |
Bethell | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
4 for 1 (1.6 overs) | Conway |
62 for 2 (13.6 overs) | Latham |
130 for 3 (31.3 overs) | Ravindra |
199 for 4 (52.4 overs) | Mitchell |
227 for 5 (60.2 overs) | Williamson |
246 for 6 (65.6 overs) | Blundell |
252 for 7 (69.3 overs) | Smith |
298 for 8 (78.5 overs) | Henry |
325 for 9 (84.1 overs) | Southee |
348 for 10 (90.6 overs) | O'Rourke |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,leg before wicket, bowled Henry Crawley, leg before wicket, bowled Henry | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.00 |
batting,Duckett,not out batting, Duckett, not out | 32 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 80.00 |
Bethell,caught Blundell, bowled Smith Bethell, caught Blundell, bowled Smith | 10 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 29.41 |
Root,bowled Smith Root, bowled Smith | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
batting,Brook,not out batting, Brook, not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 | ||||||
Total,45 for 3 14.5 overs Total,45 for 3 14.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southee | 6.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3.00 |
Henry | 7.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2.14 |
Smith, bowling | 1.5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6.54 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
9 for 1 (3.5 overs) | Crawley |
43 for 2 (14.1 overs) | Bethell |
45 for 3 (14.3 overs) | Root |
