Postpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 29 May 2015
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That ball from Wood to get Watling pitched on off, hit off. That doesn't sound much but it's just done a bit."
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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
Mark Mitchener and James Gheerbrant
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That ball from Wood to get Watling pitched on off, hit off. That doesn't sound much but it's just done a bit."
Time for debutant wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi - who, as any Star Wars fan knows, is the first Luke to play Test cricket. (Considering this is the 2,163rd Test in history, that's rather surprising). His first ball is short, he fends it off and just over the leaping second slip for four. Clearly the Force is with Luke at this stage.
Tim Symons: The list of bowlers with 400 or more wickets shows what a brilliant record Richard Hadlee has. Almost exactly five wickets per game with an average of just over 22. Best average of wickets per game of any of the pace bowlers on the list.
Bowled him! Much better from Wood - and Watling goes, playing down the wrong line to a fuller delivery which hits the top of off stump as the Kiwi number six hesitantly prods inside the line.
Vicky: As a girl I've not been likely to get mistaken for a first-class cricketer (I hope that may change with the rise in women's cricket) but I did go to school/sixth-form college with lads called Ashley Giles and James Anderson. The latter was bombarded by irritating emails asking if he was the England fast bowler. The fact we lived in Somerset didn't seem to deter them...
The twin Durham seam attack (Stokes and Wood) continues, with Stokes - fresh from his Lord's heroics - bowling a tighter line and length than his team-mate, only yielding a single. And though England's fielders are nearly all sporting their new faux cable-knit sweaters, the sun is now shining at Headingley. Just a few white fluffy clouds here and there.
Peter Allen: After speaking at Bury CC's dinner, Derek Pringle joined a few of us in a local nightclub. A girl kept looking over at him and eventually plucked up the courage to ask "excuse me, are you Michael Atherton?"
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"You bowl off length, off line, you get smacked for four as it sits up nicely. But when you bowl the length, you will get a bit of response."
A bit wide, wild and woolly from Wood as Watling, who stands very upright, chops a couple of fours through the covers, also knocking a boundary off his legs. Frustratingly for England, he also beats the outside edge three times when he pitches the ball up. A curate's egg of an over - three fours and three beat-the-bats.
And apparently the area of Headingley formerly known as the Western Terrace, subsequently renamed the West Stand, has now been renamed the White Rose Stand. If it's anything like county one-day nicknames, it might get another new name in a year or two.
Matthew Walker: Once got asked if I played for Kent., external I may have said yes a few times.
Graham Holliday, Wallingford: Three decades ago, was in a pub on the main Oxford-Henley road where we all ended up locked in due to a fatal car crash immediately outside. An older lady had glanced at me a couple of times but her interest wasn't amorous as on a trip to the bar she asked if I was Sir David of Gower no less. Ennobled by her mistake, I graciously said I wasn't but that there was a politician also trapped in the bar - the then energy secretary Tim Eggar.
Stokes, with 1-14 from his first five overs, trots in valiantly and Latham nearly chases one to the slips as the Durham seamer grins with frustration. Just one from the over.
David Hughes: Often thought to be David Hughes, external as not only same name, but spent time playing for same local club in Bolton league. He wasn't as good as me but he got the breaks!
Charlie Pearce: In 2008 I went for dinner in Nottingham at the same hotel that the England team was using. I was a bit taken aback when a number of blazered gentlemen stopped at our table on their way out, telling me that something or other was rather good, and nodding enthusiastically. I could have milked it had I been quicker to make the connection with my so-called lookalike Jimmy Anderson taking all six NZ wickets earlier in the day...
Adam, London: Not a county cricketer, but I have been mistaken for Liverpool footballer Adam Lallana a few times. Was once given free chips in a kebab shop in Leeds in return for a selfie they could put on the wall. Never had the guts to go back in after that.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The freshness is gone now. The ball has just done a little bit but the sun is out and it the ball is coming out at a nice pace, nice height."
Mark Wood, who took that catch last over, bounds in from the Kirkstall Lane End to left-hander Tom Latham, who's lost four batting partners so far. He knocks a single off his legs to the short boundary down at fine leg - which is even shorter than it might be, with the rope brought in a little. Watling is off the mark with a single, while a fluent on-drive brings Latham his ninth boundary.
Jimmy Anderson, Leeds: As an opening pace/swing bowler in my prime, I did have enough people worry in the mid 2000s that the Burnley Express was about to turn up when he was out of the England team. Alas, the Aire Wharfe league 3rd XI standard was as good as it got for me. We do though share the same position in the batting line-up.
BJ Watling is the new batsman - the knee injury he sustained at Lord's is preventing him keeping wicket in this game, but he's playing here as a pure number six batsman, having sub-contracted wicketkeeping duties to debutant Luke Ronchi. He sees off the rest of a wicket maiden from Stokes.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That was just a good length ball. He plays that way, and he dies that way. He doesn't give himself. I think he should just temper it a fraction."
Brendon McCullum goes first ball after tea! He drives aggressively at Ben Stokes and hits the ball straight to the delighted Mark Wood at mid-off. The Black Caps skipper had turned to walk off before the catch was even taken.
So, after a rapid stand of 55, the Kiwis are left reeling at 123-4. Another wicket now without scoring, and it would be 123 for (four) 5...
Mark Warren: I was having a drink in the the Dollery bar at Edgbaston after a Warwickshire game and a guy comes up to me and says "excuse me Mr Ambrose, can I have your autograph please ?" I had to disappoint him by informing him that I'm not Tim Ambrose - I think the poor guy must have had a lot to drink as I'm at least six inches taller and maybe 10 years older than the ex England wicketkeeper.
Thanks, James. Strap yourselves in for a long session, we've got 40 overs still to be bowled today. Officially the close of play is 19:00 BST, but they can play until 19:30 to get the overs in (which they will need to) - if the weather holds.