Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Christchurch

I retract my post of 22:54 and acknowledge Gus Atkinson as my Tribal Chief.

Eng 441-7published at 94.4 overs

94.4 overs

Another short ball, this time from Nathan Smith, to Gus Atkinson who merrily takes on a hook shot.

There's a fair bit of top edge on this as it flies over his head for six.

Atkinson has motored his way to 44 off 34 balls here.

We're just over 15 minutes away from the lunch interval. Be handy if these two could get to the interval with their wickets in tact.

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Mark E: Gus Atkinson doing it against the new ball too. Promote him to open and Crawley can bat at three. Honestly, it’s really simple.

Much more convincing from Ben Stokes this time, as he holds the pose after punching Will O'Rouke for four down the ground. Excellent timing from the England captain.

Ben Stokes is largely still playing a calm hand here, allowing Gus Atkinson to express himself.

However, the England skipper gets a little fortunate with a delivery from Nathan Smith after a bit of hack. The ball flies over the cordon for four after being troubled a little by the bounce.

Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

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Ben Stokes batting at seven? If you start looking to the future, if he does start scoring runs down there, maybe we are going to see him at seven and Jamie Smith, when he comes back, bats at six.

Benfides: Last night I went to sleep in despair after Root's wicket, fully expecting England to be skittled for under 100. Fast forward 24 hours and what a beautiful watch this is. Nice to see some resilience shown and now enjoying the rewards.

Will O'Rourke gets a little excited after Ben Stokes plays at one which cuts him in two.

There's a noise, but it's very much brushed the England captain's thigh on its way through leaving the Kiwi seamer looking a little sheepish.

Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst

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New Zealand seem to be targeting Gus Atkinson with slightly shorter deliveries today - he showed his prowess taking on the short ball during his century at Lord's, hitting 31 off 14 with the pull shot during that innings.

Will O'Rourke has that tunnel vision look as he runs in and bowls. He's honing in on a specific area to Gus Atkinson, but the England batter has an answer for everything so far.

Atkinson's technique is very uncomplicated. If its in his zone, it gets the full treatment.

O'Rourke offers Atkinson some width and thumps it through the covers for four.

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Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician

Ben Stokes' 105-ball 50 was the eighth slowest (in terms of balls to reach 50) of the 114 50s in the Bazball era. Stokes now has three of the 10 Bazball 50s that have taken 100+ balls (Root has four, Foakes two, Lees one). Stokes also has a 99-ball 50, so 4 of the slowest 11.

If Gus Atkinson continues playing shots like this, he will be, Nick.

Short again Nathan Smith and Gus Atkinson swivels on his heels, gets over the top of the ball, and confidently pulls it to the fence for four.

Lovely.

Always helpful when you can get your mum to text in under a different name, eh?

Anyway, Gus Atkinson has nearly knocked Tim Southee's block off with a powerful drive through the covers off Nathan Smith which races away for four.