Summary

  • Williamson 92*, Taylor 47*

  • Latham (59) & Guptill (70) put on 148

  • England 389: Root 98, Stokes 92; Boult 4-79

  • First Test, Lord's, day two

  1. NZ 83-0 (Anderson 7-2-21-0)published at 14:15 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Jimmy Anderson is recalled to the attack - can he provide the breakthrough that England are looking for? Stokes, a maelstrom of frustration swirling beneath his sunhat, keeps himself busy with a superb sprawling stop at backward point. Guptill steers two off the back foot.

  2. Postpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "He was saying to Alastair Cook that he thinks it has pitched in line. I think it is outside leg stump. That is a good call from Cook to turn down a review."

  3. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Mike Bell: Having lunch at Nou Camp, Barcelona. Spanish bloke asked how cricket works. Big language barrier. Currently miming Root off drive.

  4. NZ 80-0 (Guptill 41, Latham 31)published at 14:11 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Ben Stokes, a combustible character at the best of times, is approaching meltdown here. He raps Latham on the pad and screams a huge appeal. He implores Alastair Cook for a review, but Cook has to let him down gently.

  5. Postpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Latham looks a compact player. He's made a good start to his Test career - two hundreds and three fifties in nine matches, averaging 40 - and you can see why he's had success."

    Tom LathamImage source, Getty Images
  6. NZ 78-0published at 14:06 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Things beginning to happen now. Latham is living a little dangerously and he only just clears the leaping Ben Stokes at point with an aerial cut shot that runs away for another four. Buttler then provokes groans from the crowd when he concedes two byes missing a Wood away-swinger, showing all the foot movement of a reluctant Strictly Come Dancing contestant.

  7. Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "There's just something happening through the air - maybe a bit of cloud cover, the lacquer coming off the ball... The ball is swinging like this, you've got make sure the lengths err on the fuller side. It sits up if it's short."

  8. NZ 70-0 (Guptill 40, Latham 24)published at 14:02 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Stokes nearly spears one through Guptill's defences, an accurate yorker which the batsmen desperately jabs down on like a man trying to squash a scurrying rodent with a broom. He just about manages to get some wood on it and the ball flies directly behind and away to the boundary.

    Guptill's next two shots are more convincing, stroking a glorious cover drive to the fence and then poking one to the third-man boundary. Stokes is coming to the boil here.

  9. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    James Boswell: Missing Chris Jordan in the slips.

  10. NZ 58-0published at 13:57 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Wood is getting it through nicely, cresting 90 clicks - there's certainly a bit more pace in this England attack with him in the side and Stokes bowling at full tilt. Latham clips two through backward square.

    Mark WoodImage source, Getty Images
  11. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's stating the obvious but England have got to take their chances. They dropped a few in the Caribbean."

  12. Latham dropped on 21published at 13:53 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Latham plays another lovely off-side shot, slashing Ben Stokes behind square for four, but he should be gone next ball! He chases one from Ben Stokes and fiddles it to third slip, but Ian Bell, plunging two-handed to his left, goalkeeper-style, shells it. Not a vintage Test match for Belly so far, and another big reprieve for New Zealand's openers.

  13. The art of concentrationpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Charlie Stephenson: Clayton Lambert played in the north east leagues and on occasions listened to his Walkman while batting... what a character.

    Clayton LambertImage source, Getty Images
  14. NZ 49-0published at 13:49 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Mark Wood opens up from the other end, and immediately serves up a freebie, a real loosener outside off, which is beautifully pummeled to the rope with immaculate timing by Latham. First runs of the afternoon. Guptill is wrestling with himself here: he's such a free scorer in one-day cricket but having to rein his instincts in in his hunger for a big score on his return to Test cricket.

    Mark Wood bowlsImage source, AFP/GETTY
  15. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I like the way Alastair Cook has thrown the ball to Ben Stokes because it's important with all-rounders that captains use them like proper bowlers. Stokes is more of a batsman that bowls, but he needs to forget that when he bowls. All-rounders need to compartmentalise."

  16. NZ 44-0 (Guptill 26, Latham 13)published at 13:46 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Martin Guptill looked to play a few shots before lunch, as is his natural game, but he gets a bit too loose here, wafting extravagantly at a gentle lifter from Ben Stokes. There's a bit of wobble in the air, the ball just wavering on its way through to Jos Buttler. Good start for Stokes, a maiden.

  17. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Thank you Dawkesy. It looks like Ben Stokes is going to bowl the first over after lunch.

  18. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Right, time for me to hand over to James Gheerbrant to take you through the afternoon session...

  19. Play the BBC Sport Predictorpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    During the lunch interval, you may want to try out the BBC Sport Predictor Game, which allows you to predict the results of Sunday's Premier League action on the final day of the season.

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    Sunderland fanImage source, Getty Images
  20. The art of concentrationpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 22 May 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "The process I used to go through at each ball was actually too long for some bowlers. It was a sort of watered-down version of what Jonathan Trott did. If you have quite an extended period of switching on and switching off, bowlers can rush you. A habit or a superstition helps you, it's something that can help you to get out of yourself."