Now, Alastair Cook finally rings the changes and introduces Moeen Ali for a bit of spin. Immediately he serves up a half-tracker, and poor old Gary Ballance, who wore a few at short leg in the West Indies, gets absolutely clobbered on the hip-bone by Guptill. A thankless task.

What a contrast this is to the carefree, almost jubilant scenes of yesterday afternoon when England were tonking it around and the Lord's crowd was in full voice. Now the crowd is hushed, England are seemingly becalmed in the field and New Zealand are accumulating steadily in a deadened atmosphere. Latham produces another cracking shot, whipping one off his legs that races to the mid-on fence.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Surely you would try the off-spin of Moeen Ali into the foot marks that are there, particularly for Latham? You have to change the pace somehow. Try something different."

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Anderson switches to round the wicket and finally draws a false stroke, seaming one away and beating the bat of Latham. But in his fruitless search for swing, Anderson goes fuller and Latham just eases him back down the ground for four with a beautifully perpendicular blade. Peachy. Problems mounting for Alastair Cook.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Back in March 2013 when England played New Zealand in Dunedin, both teams had 100-run opening partnerships. Since that time, England went 40 innings without another 100-run opening partnership, which was in Grenada last month, and this is New Zealand's first since then."

Terrific shot from Guptill, a well-balanced punch back down the ground off Stuart Broad that runs away for four. Broad takes his frustration out on an overzealous bouncer that comfortably clears Jos Buttler and scampers away to the fence.

New Zealand 102-0 (29 overs) - trail by 287

Batsmen: Guptill 50*, Latham 41*

Bowling figures: Anderson 10-3-31-0, Broad 6-0-13-0, Wood 7-0-22-0, Stokes 6-2-26-0

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

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Jack Byrne: Moeen is in the team as a front-line spinner, he should not be used as 'last-option' at 100-0. More poor captaincy from Cook.

Jonathan France: This partnership showing the lack of skill from our bowlers, in bowler friendly conditions. We were 4 down by now!

Sirens wailing in the background in St John's Wood. Not quite an emergency yet for England but they could definitely do with dousing the flames of this nascent New Zealand fightback. Latham demonstrates New Zealand's swelling confidence with an authoritative pull to dispatch Anderson behind square and bring up the 100 partnership. And with that, we pause for drinks.

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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Wood came on and gave England a bit of a lift, but New Zealand have weathered that storm. I just wonder if a bit of spin might make a difference."

Not for long though. Guptill goes to his fifty with a nudge off his legs off the returning Stuart Broad. That's a good knock from the right-hander, who got a reprieve off that Mark Wood no-ball earlier, and he'll be mighty relieved to have got some significant runs on the board on his return to the Test side. England's task is to make sure he doesn't hang around long enough to move into something approaching his top gear, which can be devastating.

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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special

"It may not seem like that much is happening at the moment but this is a crucial period in the game. New Zealand will not want to let anything slip and there has been just the sniff of a wicket in the air."

A leg bye keeps Martin Guptill on 49, still waiting for his half-century.

Jim Nunn: Thanks for the brilliant chat at lunch re concentration. Where can I find a listen again version of this?

I would really like my sons to hear it. Primarily for their cricket but also because my eldest son plays guitar and his guitar teacher is always on about relaxing between notes to reduce tension and fatigue when you play and he's very taken with the parallels between cricket and musicianship. I'd like to send him the clip if possible...

Here you go Jim, you can listen to the chat between Simon Hughes and Aggers via the TMS podcast and downloads page.

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Ben Stokes looks like he's permanently teetering on the verge of apoplexy, a man never far from a smashed glass or a violently upturned Trivial Pursuit board. His mood isn't improved when Latham steers him behind square on the off side for another four. But his anger is fuelling him here, he's bending his back and getting more out of this unhelpful pitch than the other bowlers - a straightener nips back and zips just over the top of Latham's stumps. Close.

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We left you a picture of some cricket fans queuing to get into Lord's this morning (see 12:17). We mentioned that it looked like an album photo. Some of you have outdone yourselves, including Philip Johnson...

"Band: Codgers & Co. The album: Never too old to rock 'n' bowl."

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The camera pans to some feet perched nonchalantly on a balcony railing, clad in stripy socks and brown brogues. Ah, Lord's. Never change.

Guptill plays a rather curious shot, swinging Anderson miles into the air on the leg side, comfortably clearing the infield and beating the man to the rope. Not sure he meant that though - the replay reveals a leading edge.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The Kiwi bowlers have got more out of this pitch. They got more swing. There was a feel of zip yesterday."

Stokes is bowling a good spell here, generating good pace and keeping a tight line. He checks New Zealand's momentum with a maiden.

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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"England will have been hoping to get a couple of breakthroughs into this very strong New Zealand batting line-up. The last thing they will have wanted is a strong opening partnership. New Zealand noses are definitely in front."