Summary

  • Debutant Ronchi hits 88 off 70 balls

  • Latham - dropped three times - makes 84

  • Anderson first Englishman to 400 wickets

  • 2nd Test, day one, Headingley; Eng 1-0

  1. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Adam Wheeler: Latham should buy a lottery ticket.

    Benjamin Taylor: Tom Latham you are the luckiest man in the world.

  2. Postpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "The reason Latham is a poor player of spin is he's very back in his crease. He's not proactive, he doesn't use his feet."

  3. NZ 245-5 (Latham 79*, Ronchi 73*)published at 18:22 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Another lbw appeal from Moeen against Latham, but umpire Ravi shakes his head and with no reviews left, there's nowt England can do. Latham squeezes a two wide of the diving Broad at mid-on, and that's the century partnership. 13 overs left today.

    Moeen Ali bowlsImage source, AP
  4. Mistaken for a cricketer?published at 18:22 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Rahul, Bournemouth: My flatmate gets mistaken for a more rotund Muralitharan, as he sports the same semi-beard and grin.

    Alex, Edinburgh: When about to board a sea plane from Colombo to Kandy during the World T20 in 2012, me and 3 pals of mine were mistaken for the England team (it didn't help that we were playing practice cricket shots and wearing England training gear), so much so that the customs official called the local police and 20 policemen turned up for a photo. It wasn't until my mate refused to sign an autograph that the penny dropped.

  5. Postpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Alastair Cook had to go a long way. I think this may be Ian Bell's catch, but he hasn't flinched at second slip. He should have gone for it."

  6. Dropped catchpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Despite all that chuntering at the umpire last over, it's still Broad for now, and Ronchi temporarily moves ahead of his partner with an single. Latham, who's looked tentative against off-spin, has no problem against Broad's right-arm seam and unleashes a textbook cover drive for four. Next ball, unbelievably, he's dropped again in the slips - it's between the two, first slip Alastair Cook leaps to his left and gets two hands to it but shells the chance while second slip Ian Bell hadn't moved.

  7. Postpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "This is the second-highest total New Zealand have ever made after 50 overs, after the 281 they made against Pakistan in Sharjah last year. It also beats the historical average ODI score, which is 236."

  8. Postpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's an absolute dolly from Wood. Moeen has every right to be pulling his beard out."

  9. Two dropped catchespublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Moeen licks his fingers before spinning the ball down to Latham, with Ballance having moved from short leg to leg slip - but a very fine sweep ricochets from pad, to the keeper's glove, to leg slip's hand, and they run a couple of leg byes. Another sweep is dropped by Mark Wood diving to his right at backward square leg, then a nudge off his legs is dropped by Ballance at leg slip - how many lives has Latham had now?

  10. Postpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Luke Ronchi is a glorious timer of a cricket ball. He deson't look like he's trying to score quickly; whereas McCullum looks quite frenetic, he looks half asleep. He's looked like he has played 100 Tests."

  11. NZ 235-5 (Latham 72*, Ronchi 72*)published at 18:13 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    There are two scouts back on the leg-side fence for Ronchi, and a man at third man for the miscue over the slips, but the debutant keeps going, flicking a four off his hip from a short ball (though Hotspot indicates it may not have actually hit his bat). And next ball, Broad is charged with a no-ball by umpire Tucker for his third bouncer of the over. Broad isn't happy, seeming to indicate to Mr Tucker that Ronchi ducked underneath it... Ronchi smacks another four over extra cover to draw level with his partner - at nearly three times the strike rate.

    New Zealand's Luke RonchiImage source, Getty Images
  12. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Owen Lynam: DRS was brought in to get rid of umpiring howlers, that was a howler, and it's not overturned it.

    VB: How can a ball pitch in line, go on to hit the stumps, yet not be hitting in line? The middle bit must echo the pitch, or stumps

    Andrew Morris: Another example of how Hawk-Eye creates more issues than it solves. Particularly losing reviews like that. Shouldn't happen.

  13. NZ 226-5published at 18:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Latham and Ronchi guide a single apiece. England have lost both their reviews - there are 48 overs gone, and they get them back after 80.

    Joe Root looks onImage source, Getty Images
  14. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    VB: He looked dead in the water. Why do we have "umpire's call"? Why not just review it afresh? Either they're out or they aren't.

    Stephen Byrom: Another woeful decision by umpire Ravi! That is out, pure and simple.

    Joel Fentem: That's as plumb as they come.

  15. Postpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "That is quite frankly the worst decision I've ever seen an umpire give not out. It was proof that Latham is a pretty awful player of off-spin bowling."

  16. NZ 224-5published at 18:04 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    No HotSpot on the bat, so we go to the ball-tracker... and it's umpire's call for impact (though hitting the wickets), with the impact on his pad showing as fractionally outside off stump.

  17. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is absolutely dead. It's horrifically out."

  18. Umpire reviewpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Big appeal from Moeen as Latham sweeps and misses. Umpire Ravi is unimpressed. Moeen is desperate for England to review.

  19. Mistaken for a cricketer?published at 18:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Simon Hughes: You can however imagine the thrilled response almost every time I come on to bowl for Woore CC and my name is announced to the scorers: "The new bowler is Simon Hughes…" You can pretty much guess the rest!

    Simon Banfield, Fetcham: At the 1993 Lord's Test, I was in the Tavern after the match. I was chatting to Australians Craig McDermott and Tim May‎ (who I knew through family connections) and by coincidence was wearing a fleece the same colour as the Aussie tour fleece. I had endless fans approach me for autographs. It felt rude to refuse so I signed my name repeatedly over Steve Waugh's photo in the programme. There must be countless England fans who doubted Steve Waugh's ability to spell his own name. Sorry Steve.

  20. NZ 224-5 (Broad 8-0-51-1)published at 18:01 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    A change in the bowling as Stuart Broad returns in place of Anderson - but it's more of the same from Ronchi as he leans into the delivery with a checked off-drive for four. A short delivery is effortlessly hooked for four over fine leg - not far off being a six - and is retrieved by a gentleman in a panama hat with a hatband in Yorkshire colours, who is also wearing a sinister pair of dark gloves.