It is not a long run up from Mark Wood, but his few strides to the wicket shudder with effort and intent. He launches himself into another over but errs with a short ball that Williamson latches on to to hammer through cover for four.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"This has been good from England since tea. They have passed the bat a number of times. It must be frustrating but they need to keep going; they have to think positively. You're not going to stop people from scoring on this pitch. Keep thinking 'wickets'."

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Henry Ellison: Re Keith (16:15). Riley has just over a season of county cricket under his belt. Let him ply his trade for Kent. One for the future.

Talking about batting concentration (as Aggers and Simon Hughes were at lunch), the Kiwi pair are having to dig deep against Ali, who is, as I just suggested, on the assault. He sparks an lbw decision with one ball (not given) and then skids one past the outside of Williamson's bat. Good over Moeen, son.

Martin O'Neill: I did once dream that Devon Malcolm was building a cricketing field of dreams in my garden.

If Devon builds it, they will come.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

"The Lord's shop has a new line to flog - remember your day at the Home of Cricket with a rechargeable mobile phone charger. The man on the PA continues to remind us of the opportunity to buy. Is that high on the list of things to buy when having a day at the Test? Also, how do you charge it up in the first place?"

Jonathan Meres: Re 15:46. I really did see Phil DeFreitas walking down Oxford Street wearing a frighteningly small pair of shorts once. Him, not me.

The Root experiment lasts one over as Wood comes on. He immediately catches the edge of Williamson's bat with the ball bouncing once before hitting the hands of slip. A boundary follows with a dab that sends the ball rocketing down to the wide third-man boundary. England need to keep at it here and make something happen. Too often they allow a session to drift. Some of that attacking intent from yesterday would not go amiss.

Keith Malyon, Bearsted in Kent: It's time Adam Riley of Kent was given a chance. In my view, he's better than Moeen Ali and Joe Root.

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Rohan: When NZ bowlers get smacked around for bowling poorly, they've bowled poorly, but when England do it's because Alastair Cook is a bad captain? The fickle nature of some England fans is infuriating!

Dave, Kent: Can Cook do anything right? So far, people have tweeted into the BBC Live Text page calling him 'defensive' for not bringing on Stokes AND Wood just 4 overs into the innings and 'clueless' for bowling seamers on a very very green Lord's pitch. It's frankly ridiculous.

Moeen joins Root in a two-pronged spin attack. He offers more than his tweak colleague, tempting Williamson down the track for an uncontrolled swipe and then, next ball, catching a leading edge from Taylor with some bounce. Promising.

Root starts perfectly adequately. But the question remains: what was the theory? If you are either of these Kiwi batsmen you'll be more than happy to be eased into the session by a part-time spinner.

This is interesting. England are going to start with the spin of Joe Root. I'm not judging. Yet.

Oliver, Uni of Southampton: I once dreamt that I played Qwik Cricket on a Caribbean beach with Freddie Flintoff and Nicholas Lyndhurst in an advert for a cigar company. It was all very bizarre; we used cigars for stumps and David Jason was the camera man.

Thanks James. The New Zealand batsmen are on the edge of the pitch and waiting for said evening session to start. They will be determined to reassert the New Zealand dominance on proceedings. For England, only wickets will do.

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And on that rather surreal note, it's time for me to relinquish the live-text controls. Phil Dawkes will be your guide for the evening session...

Following one reader's dinner with the lovely Phil DeFreitas in his dreams, we asked if you had ever had an imaginary encounter with a former England international...

Gareth John: I once dreamt Geoffrey Boycott taught me how to play the spoons.

Maff Butterfield: Can you stop knocking Headingley please? They've not sold Kestrel Super Strength there since 2002. Are you lot all Lancastrians?

Adam Stephenson: RE:15:36. Its Yorkshire not Scotland, your colleague needs to retract that crass statement about #Yorkshire cricket fans.

Phil is from Yorkshire so I can assure you it was said with a lot of affection for many glorious Test Fridays spent at Headingley. Granted, it was more likely bitter being drunk.

New Zealand 173-2 (42 overs) - trail by 216

Batsmen: Williamson 11*, Taylor 7*

Fall of wickets: 148-1 (Latham 59), 148-2 (Guptill 70)

Bowling figures: Anderson 11-3-36-0, Broad 11-1-32-1, Wood 9-0-33-0, Stokes 6-2-26-0, Moeen 5-1-21-1

England 389: Root 98, Stokes 92, Buttler 67, Moeen 58; Boult 4-79, Henry 4-93

Full scorecard

Like his predecessor in the side, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood has a rather curious run-up - drawing himself into a semi-hunched position before breaking into a sprint with the stealthy suddenness of a cheetah bursting from the undergrowth to hunt down a gazelle. Still the debutant waits for his maiden Test wicket, as Williamson off-drives him nicely for four. And that is tea.