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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"The first time Cook has batted all day since the Oval Test of 2012."
Summary
Cook 153*, Stokes 101, Root 84
Stokes hits 85-ball ton, fastest at Lord's
First innings: Eng 389; NZ 523
First Test, day four, Lord's
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Mick in Rotherham: England are 100 short of a declaration total right now. An overnight declaration is almost throwing the game to NZ - too much to risk!
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Tom Shackleton: We need to crack on and allow another 50-80 runs before a declaration. Let's make it safe then attack with the ball tomorrow.
Eng 429-6 (Cook 153, Moeen 19)published at 18:51 British Summer Time 24 May 2015
Moeen has to fend off another over of challenging short balls from Southee. New Zealand end the day with a bizarre field, dominated by off-side fielders. There's a short cover, a short extra-cover, a short everything. Moeen swings wildly at the last ball but does not nick it and England end 295 runs ahead. What a superb day of Test cricket.
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Richard Millard: All those saying Cook should declare now will no doubt call for him to be sacked if he did and NZ chased down the runs.
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Rob Hand: The odd shower tomorrow and a cheeky declaration at 10:50 please.
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chipperhull: First rule of any declaration is not to give the opposition a sniff. The 2nd is remember Greenidge in 84...
Eng 429-6 (England lead by 295)published at 18:45 British Summer Time 24 May 2015
An exciting and gripping day of Test cricket is drawing to a close with a tame whimper. McCullum sticks in a slip and leg slip in an attempt to bag a final wicket before the close but Cook offers a brick wall to Craig. We'll have one more over.
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John: Dear Chef, we will excuse a defeat if there was the possibility of a win.
Eng 429-6 (Cook 153, Moeen 19)published at 18:41 British Summer Time 24 May 2015
It feels like an awful long time since the boost that Bell wicket gave New Zealand. They have been ground down, battered and bruised by England since. Southee opts largely for shorter stuff, which Ali has to duck under.
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'Arsenal Guvnor': What is Cook doing? They should be attacking every ball to build lead quickly and get out! Game has draw written all over it.
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Maybe two or three overs left today? Craig changes to the Nursery End. Just the one from it. All eyes on Cook now. How brave is he going to be with a declaration? It is unlikely top come tonight, but will he stick New Zealand straight in tomorrow? Experience suggests he will be on the conservative side.
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Adam Wheeler: Whatever the result of this Test, both sides have shown character and mettle during parts of the match.
Amen, Adam.
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Simon Parker: Why do people have a go at Cook for negative declarations? I very much doubt it's his decision alone.
Jamie Bisson: As soon as Cook gets his double hundred, England should declare.
Eng 427-6 (England lead by 293)published at 18:33 British Summer Time 24 May 2015
Southee is back, no doubt still smarting from the mauling given to him by Stokes earlier in the session. Moeen takes him for four more with a drive through backward point from the second ball of the over. Three bouncers and a yorker follow.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special"Fantastic round of applause for the England captain's 150. Great knock Alastair Cook.
150 for Cookpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 24 May 2015
After surviving an lbw call, born more from desperation than belief, from Boult, Cook turns one to leg to bring him two runs and take him past 150. The England players on the balcony to a man rise to their feet, as do the remaining fans in Lord's. A superb knock. A reaffirmation of the skipper's class with a bat in his hands.
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Howard Horner: We must remember today when, in the future, Stokes' aggressive style gets him out early - just let him play his natural game.
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Craig is getting through some overs for New Zealand. He doesn't pose much of a threat but he keeps England in check with a maiden. Very subdued feel about this now. Thoughts are already starting to turn to tomorrow.
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David Worsfold: Cook's batting from the start has been just what England needed yet there are still people moaning. Unbelievable.
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