These are dreadful times to be a batsman: your side two down for not very many, five men in the slips, the ball hooping under leaden skies. Latham nearly becomes the third man to perish when he plays and misses at a wide Broad delivery, but he does make the scoreboard look very slightly healthier from a New Zealand point of view by diverting four leg byes past a despairing Jos Buttler.

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

"Williamson, when he looks at that, will be disappointed. He had time to make a judgement whether to play at that or not, but just succeeded in getting a villainous edge to the keeper. You sense James Anderson will be a real handful this afternoon."

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New Zealand are on the rack here, and Jimmy Anderson is tormenting them. He sends down another perfectly directed awayswinger, which leaves Kane Williamson, possessor of one of the soundest techniques in Test cricket, unsure whether to play or leave. The result is a thin edge through to Jos Buttler, and England are jubilant. That is suddenly starting to look like a very important toss to win...

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The players are back out on the field, and it looks like we're going to get started again pretty shortly...

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Here's a breakdown of Jimmy Anderson's 400 Test wickets, looking at who he has taken them against. He is now 12th in the all-time Test wicket-takers list.

Matt HD: The Burnley Express has done it! Anyone else not to bothered it's raining now?? #Jimmy400

Dave Wilson: Well done @jimmy9 on being the 1st Englishman to hit 400 test wickets, can he hit 500? He's not bad for a Lancy lad.

Evan Samuel: Congratulations Jimmy Anderson, a very fine career. And this is an Aussie talking, god help me

Yes, just to confirm, the players are back in the dressing rooms again and the covers are back on. A great start for England, but their push for further wickets is halted. We'll bring you details about pitch inspections/resumptions as soon as we get them.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I'd like to have been there at second slip to catch that for Jimmy. I caught his 300th, though I had to pick a bit of grass out of the ball as it may have touched the grass. He doesn't enjoy being in the spotlight - he wanted Botham's record out of the way in the West Indies - and having got that early wicket, he'll probably bowl better now. He'll look back on this match and worry about the haircut he's had - it looks like the nit nurse has got to him."

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"As the rain arrives, Anderson is oblivious, as his team-mates congratulate him and the stands rise to applaud England's most successful Test bowler. A classic Anderson dismissal, the ball just swung away enough. And he can celebrate in the dressing rooms as they're going off."

Martin Guptill looks frantically around at the umpires as the rain begins to fall, like a rabbit in the crosshairs. And so it proves as Jimmy Anderson takes advantage of the nightmarish batting conditions to claim his 400th Test wicket, drawing the batsman into a forward push which sends an edge flying to second slip.

Ian Bell, who dropped a couple in the last Test match, takes a good catch. You have to feel for Guptill though, a dreadful time to have to bat, and indeed no sooner has he departed than rain stops play again.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"As a swing bowler you know which direction you want the wind to come from - and it's entirely in the wrong place for Broad. And I think there's a shower approaching, I can see it in the trees. Hopefully the wind will blow it away."

Stuart Broad takes the new cherry from the other end. Lightly comedic scenes ensue as he completely mislays his run-up on the second delivery and breaks into bizarre, stuttery run, like a beachgoer running over a particularly scalding patch of sand. Latham collects the first runs of the day with a clip off his legs for two.

Anderson's first ball is a rather gentle loosener, but it does swing away, no doubt about it. Encouraging signs for England, who have four men stationed hungrily in the slip cordon, waiting for Guptill to have a nibble. It's a rather nervous start from the Kiwi opener, who sees a couple of well-directed deliveries shape just past the edge of his tentatively out-thrust bat. A maiden.

Thank you Mitch. Never has rain been more thrillingly live-texted. Record prospector Jimmy Anderson is going to open the bowling...

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And after that briefest of brief showers, the England fielders emerge, followed by the New Zealand batsmen. Time for James Gheerbrant to take the helm and talk you through this (long) session...

So with England not batting until (let's be generous) tomorrow, Alastair Cook must wait for the chance to overtake his mentor Goochie at the top of England's Test runs list. So all eyes on James Anderson, who's been stuck on 399 Test wickets since dismissing Martin Guptill with the second ball of the second innings at Lord's.

Guy Pengelley, Capel CC: On holiday in Rajasthan a couple of years ago, dad and I decided to pitch up at the equivalent of a second division county game. The crowd of about 150 all ran over to speak to us and decided that I was a dead ringer for Stuart Broad (apart from having blond hair, we're not hugely similar) - with my club career in the doldrums, I took this to be a strong compliment, until one of them YouTubed the infamous Yuvraj over on his phone and decided to play it on repeat for 20 minutes to the (now) cheering crowd. I've yet to be hit for 36 off an over...

The umpires take the field, to the applause of the fans at Headingley - and the covers are brought off again, to even greater applause.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"I don't think it will last very long. It looks just to be a little light flurry. I don't think this should hold us up too much"

Uh-oh - it's raining and the covers are coming on.