Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"Covers coming off, to applause from the crowd."

Michael Grace: I am the great-grandson of EM Grace and nephew of WG, now aged 71. I have never been mistaken for a county cricketer but have been asked quite a few times to play with clubs so that they can claim to have played with a Grace in the team, unfortunately as my cricket skills have always been next to nil I have to admit I have always had to decline, well since school.

Groundstaff are standing around on the covers, hands in pockets. One of their number is in earnest discussion with fourth umpire Neil Mallender (who made his Test debut on this ground against Pakistan in 1992). As Stephan said, no sign of the covers coming off - not a good sign.

Ellie in Melksham: Thor (see picture at 11:40) looks uncannily like Martin Guptill, making the most of the rain break perhaps?

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"If there was a hint of sunshine, it has gone. The groundstaff continue to wait for the order to remove the covers, but it's got darker. Jonathan Agnew shows me a radar that suggests rain is on the way. I'm not a fan of forecasts - just look out of the window. Doing that tells me it's darker than it was 20 minutes ago."

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

On the news that Corey Anderson will miss the Test with injury: "New Zealand have got a number of options. They could play Luke Ronchi, but does he add to that quite long tail that they have got? They could play Latham as a keeper and put Hamish Rutherford in at the top of the order to preserve the order. I would be contemplating Doug Bracewell. I think New Zealand have got to think very carefully about the make-up of their bowling."

As Jeremy Coney has alluded to on TMS, there are a few selection issues in the New Zealand camp. Wicketkeeper BJ Watling suffered a knee injury on the first morning at Lord's and did not keep wicket after lunch on the first day, leaving poor old opener Tom Latham keeping wicket for most of the Test. Back-up keeper Luke Ronchi, who spent most of the Lord's Test in the field as 12th man, could be in line for a Test debut - while Watling could play as a batsman. And it's bad news for Corey Anderson fans...

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

"It's a question of whether New Zealand are too one-dimensional. We know McCullum is going to set extremely aggressive field placings. It's made the game very exciting. But that approach relies a lot on the players, particularly on the bowlers, and at times at Lord's it didn't quite work.

"The bowlers couldn't quite sustain what they started. Southee has to improve quickly if New Zealand are going to do better at Headingley."

Ruth in Twickenham: As a Yorkshire native can I appeal for less slating of northern weather please - it's raining down here in London too so I can't see how play would've started even if the test was down here again!

It's raining steadily on the other side of the Pennines, here in Salford...

Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special

"The attacking nature of New Zealand's cricket has been criticised on radio and in the newspapers after the first Test. I don't think anybody decries the approach that New Zealand are taking, but they didn't have balance. I don't think New Zealand had that balance - they had as good a chance to win that Test match as England, but they didn't win the big moments."

Elsewhere in the world of cricket, there are no weather problems in Pakistan, where Pakistan are preparing to face Zimbabwe in the second one-day international of their three-ODI series. Pakistan, who won the first match by 41 runs, have won the toss and will field first. Play under way in Lahore at 12:00 BST.

Ian, Playa Blanca: Perfect cricket conditions here in Lanzarote. Was hoping to follow the live TMS updates today. Might have to sample another cocktail while I wait for the Yorkshire weather to improve!

Alastair in Glossop: Rain here in Derbyshire, looks like it's heading in the direction of Headingley.

Trevor in Warminster: To all you lovely northerners saying the Test should have been played down here in the south, it's absolutely bucketing it down here in Wiltshire.

We're an hour and a half from when (fingers crossed) play will begin at 13:10 BST, after an early lunch taken at 12:30. (The large caveat there being if there is no more rain).

The BBC weather forecast for Headingley has changed somewhat since the one posted at 10:32 - but it still looks like there could be some showers this afternoon.

Image source, BBC Weather

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"Definitely brighter, almost a hint of sunshine. The covers remain, but the ground staff are poised to remove them, waiting for the call to action. Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali wander back from the indoor school to the shouts of a gang of children beneath the commentary box. I'm told that the England players were not expecting to play today. A dangerous attitude and one that looks set to be proven wrong."

Daniel Fletcher: Have a look out in the crowd for Thor! Maybe he can shift these clouds.

Image source, @dbfletcher87

David Ornstein
BBC Sport at Headingley

"These New Zealanders are a wily bunch. Long after England arrive at Headingley to be met by persistent rain and the realisation they could have enjoyed another couple of hours in bed, the Kiwis rock up just in time to lay in to the lunch buffet. Brendan McCullum has a couple of fitness concerns but listening to the captain in his pre-match news conference here yesterday, he sounded confident of bouncing back from defeat at Lord's to make it seven Test series unbeaten."

As ever, there's plenty to read, listen to and watch on the BBC Sport website. Such as this video - Simon "The Analyst" Hughes has spoken to England assistant boss Paul Farbrace about what makes a good cricket coach, as well as the mindset needed by a Test player. You can hear more from this chat on TMS later.

Image source, BBC Sport

Simon Dennis: Re: 11:10: I am not that Simon Dennis., external However, pretty much every time I have taken my jumper off to bowl between the ages of 12 and 32 an umpire has asked if my dad played for Yorkshire? And at the Yorkshire start of season lunch an elderly gentleman kept telling me that Simon Dennis was sat on his table, I didn't have the heart to tell him.

Are there any others of you out there who have been mistaken for a county cricketer? Do text, tweet or email us if you have...

TMS are now hearing from New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who spoke to Pat Murphy at Lord's before the series began.

He talks of how a team who were once seen as "overpaid prima donnas" have risen up world cricket's rankings - you can read more of that interview here.

Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special

"So many people would not have what Stokes did in the 5-0 Ashes defeat, including the hundred in Perth, because of the time difference. But to do it in an English summer is something completely different."