Right, that brings us to the close of today's coverage. If your cricket appetite still hasn't been sated, you can read Stephan Shemilt's match report here.

A tough day for England, but that partnership before the close just gives them a glimmer of hope. We'll be back tomorrow at 10:30 BST. See you then.

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson, who scored 132, on Sky Sports: "It is nice to get your name on the board but at the same time I was disappointed to get out at the stage I did. With the conditions and the rain around, it was a different type of game.

"The challenge is the mental transition from a shorter format to the longer one and make good decisions over a longer period of time. I wanted to bat longer than I did today, hence my frustration.

"It is important that we are patient and the bowlers stick to their areas. There is still something in the wicket and hopefully it will make for a challenge for the opposition."

David in Essex: Bat well tomorrow and set them 300+ to win on final day. What a cracking day that would be whoever wins.

England bowler Mark Wood on Sky Sports: "It was nice to get wickets in the end. It was special. I didn't sleep for three days before the start of this Test but I have thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.

"I bowled 13 overs yesterday and I was as tired as if I'd bowled 30 in county cricket, such is the intensity. Today I forgot the crowd and the cameras and ran in and bowled. Once the nerves had calmed, I showed people what I could do."

On the no-ball that cost him a wicket on day two: "I make a point of not bowling no-balls in training but in games I creep up a bit. The umpire mentioned I was tight. But I haven't bowled one since that one that cost me the wicket."

On the match situation: "There is a lot of hard work to do in this game. We need two days of good cricket. A lead of 200 and I will fancy us."

So, England are behind the eight-ball but certainly not dead and buried yet after the third day. They bowled well but lucklessly in the morning and afternoon as Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum batted New Zealand into a dominant position.

When Trent Boult and Tim Southee removed Adam Lyth and Gary Ballance cheaply, it looked as though England were really in the soup. But Alastair Cook and Ian Bell fought back well as England made some inroads into the deficit.

Despite that though, they remain 60 runs in arrears and will have to play very well tomorrow if they are to avoid defeat in this match.

Jeffrey Yeung: England not out yet but feels like the chance of winning the match is shifting slowly towards NZ, good recovery after 2 wickets.

Chris Blazer Mann: Cook and Bell needed that but they need to stay there for at least tomorrow morning as well now!!

England 74-2 - trail by 60 runs

Batsmen: Cook 32*, Bell 29*

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (Lyth 12), 25-2 (Ballance 0)

Bowling figures: Boult 9-2-22-1, Southee 9-0-30-1, Henry 5-0-15-0, Craig 3-0-6-0

England 389: Root 98, Stokes 92

New Zealand 523: Williamson 132, Guptill 70

Full scorecard

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I was thinking by the end of the third day we'd have a clear idea of a potential winner. I'm not so sure now. It is still indecisive. It could be decisive on someone having a great spell of bowling or someone scoring a hundred."

Spinner Mark Craig will bowl the final over of the day. Alastair Cook cuts a wide one into the outfield and desperately hopes that will be just a single, but Ian Bell makes sure the skipper retains the strike by turning for two. Cook survives the remaining deliveries. Decent fightback by England, but New Zealand's day again.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

"Lots and lots of empty seats inside Lord's now, the late finish probably means that plenty have had to dash for the train home. Those that remain are witnessing a crucial phase. There's a world of difference between England being two down overnight compared to three being back in the hutch."

OptaJim: 5 - Alastair Cook has become the fifth player to score 12,000 international runs for England.

A probing over from Southee, and in fact there will be one more as he hustled through it quickly...

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

"It was a tighter day today. It has been a bowling day after two batting days. I think the England bowlers have bowled better than New Zealand today. A bit quicker and a bit harder into the pitch."

Cook tickles Boult fine down the leg side for four. One more over to survive for England...

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Matt Beresford: Will anyone challenge England on the many fewer full balls bowled compared to NZ? Seems to happen more and more.

What England would give to get through to the close without another wicket. New Zealand are still in full-on attack mode, and Ian Bell is so lucky not to pick out Kane Williamson at gully with a third-man glide that gets a little more air than he intended. That was so close to carrying.

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

"Bell has certainly calmed down now. he had a frenetic start but he is 27 now and has played some nice strokes. He looks more comfortable at the crease. Maybe he felt, after sitting in the balcony watching Root and Stokes attack in the first innings, that this is how he will do it as well."

This partnership got out of the blocks quite sharply, but Cook and Bell are in survival mode now. Cook pinches a single off Boult.

The lights are on at Lord's. When they were illuminated this morning, they made the ball talk like a celebrity on a chat-show couch with a book to promote. The early signs are that they're offering a bit of extra movement for the bowlers again - Tim Southee gets a couple to absolutely hoop.

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

"If it hit anything it just flicked the pad on the way through as Bell squared himself up to a good ball that pitched outside off and held its line. That will encourage New Zealand. They need to keep going here."