Simon Hughes
BBC Test Match Special

"Concentration was something that Mark Ramprakash never got right in his England career. He was just too intense at the crease. He'd make an excellent 23 in two hours but then he had nothing left. In his late career with Surrey, he found that relaxed state."

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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Alastair Cook is best concentrator I've ever seen for England. He's in that perfect state at the crease, not too aroused and not too sleepy. People tend to think of concentration as an active state - concentrating fiercely - but I found it more helpful to think of it an absence of irrelevant thoughts. Tuning out the noise rather than tuning in to the signal."

On TMS this lunchtime, Ed Smith and Simon Hughes are discussing the art of concentration in sport. We'll bring you the best bits...

Rob Brown: Mark Wood looks a good bowler if that first spell is anything to go by. Prefer the look of him to Woakes/Jordan/Plunkett.

Charlotte Austin: Tail end batting collapse an understatement?! Not even Joe Root can sort this England mess out.

BBC Radio Test Match Special

England batsman Joe Root, who scored 98 in England's first innings yesterday, spoke to TMS after being named England's Player of the Year on Monday. Here's what he had to say...

"I'm just trying to keep things simple. It's a tough enough game as it is. There's a lot of guys scoring a lot of runs in the side, the key for us now is to put a complete performance together and do it throughout the summer. We've got an exciting and tough summer, we're going to have to play some really good cricket. I think I'll really enjoy the role of vice-captain, and I'm looking forward to supporting Cooky. I'm definitely learning a lot."

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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"The ball hasn't really swung for James Anderson. It's quite odd, because we've got a lot of cloud cover over Lord's at the moment. Maybe it's the temperature. Whatever the reason, it's made it easier for the New Zealand batsmen."

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

"New Zealand's morning, all ends up. They mopped up the England tail quickly then made it to lunch unscathed. England have bowled well - the ball has not swung a great deal, but it has moved off the seam - however, the Black Caps have been up to the task, Martin Guptill's edged no-ball aside. With plenty of Kiwi power to come, England won't want that first breakthrough to be too far away."

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Cricket writer and comedian Andy Zaltzman on Twitter:, external NZ 43-0 after 13 overs. Last time they batted in a Lord's Test, they were 35-6 after 13.

Here it is, the half-an-inch that denied Mark Wood his first Test wicket. So near, yet so far...

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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special

"The way these two batsmen have played will certainly have soothed nerves in the New Zealand dressing room."

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I was impressed by the way the openers played. Latham in particular looked very watchful and organised. Guptill got a tremendous stroke of luck. New Zealand have come back a little in this last session."

New Zealand 44-0 (15 overs) - trail by 345

Batsmen: Guptill 26*, Latham 13*

Bowling figures: Anderson 6-2-18-0, Broad 5-0-12-0, Wood 4-0-10-0

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

Wood's face bears the tight grimace of a frustrated man looking to make amends. He thunders in and slams down six efficient deliveries that result in no problems for the New Zealand pair, who add one more run to their total before the bails are removed and lunch called. A good session for the tourists and one of 'what ifs' for the home side.

Stephen Byrom: I simply don't understand the need to have your front foot so far forward, what difference does it make? Question the coaching.

Merlyn: He's bowled well Wood but if that's a no ball it's unforgivable.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

"Mark Wood had no-ball problems on his international debut in the one-dayer against Ireland earlier this month. Unlucky? No, it's his own fault - get behind the line. Still, if he continues bowling this way, you feel Test wickets will follow."

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Neal in Rugby: The Beautiful Southee - Perfect 10-wicket haul.

Matthew in North Melbourne Library: Sergeant Ponting's Moany Run Out Sub. Band.

The replay system has added a vital component to cricket, by ensuring the correct decision for batsmen that would otherwise have gone uncorrected. It is a real kick in the gut for bowlers, though, especially for someone like Wood, who is looking for a first Test wicket. Still, the answer is simple: don't over-step. The penultimate over before lunch is an Anderson maiden.

Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special

"In a few years' time, Wood will be beginning his after-dinner speeches with that story, but for now, he must feel really sick, thinking 'What a fool I am!'"

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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"There are now two England players who have been denied their first Test wicket by a no-ball. Ben Stokes was denied the wicket of Brad Haddin in Adelaide."

Disaster for Wood! His explosive delivery, that caught the edge of Guptill and flew to the hands of Cook at slip, is chalked off as replays show his foot had just edged over the line. Wood is denied his first Test wicket and England a key breakthrough. Guptill returns and he and Latham see of the rest off the over.

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