Ali Khalid: Just goes to show what a new ball can do for a side. The NZ bowlers, all most likely exhausted from the excellent display from Cook and Lyth, are still managing to produce some brilliant swing bowling.

Saul, New Milton: I don't think either side have gone the right way about batting here. If the Kiwis had been a bit more watchful, they could have gone past 400 and England are now looking short of runs as they haven't accelerated between overs 50 and 80 when batting was easier.

Poor old Trent Boult is being assailed in song by a gaggle of rowdy nuns, supermen and vicars on the boundary rope, and eventually has to give in to their chanted entreaties to give them a wave. Bell plays out a maiden to Southee. Two overs left.

Robert Allen: ENG are still in a good position here. 100 behind with plenty of batting left. Get a lead of 150 and things will be interesting.

John ashenden: Good grief, England fans are so negative. It's still a decent position, get a grip. A test match ebbs and flows so just enjoy!

Boult is right on the money here, pitching the ball on off stump and just shaping it away. Then, just as Stokes is adjusting to the stock delivery, he throws in a superb bouncer, cross-seam, hit-the-deck, rising sharply into the batsman's armpit. And then with the final ball, he goes full again and draws Stokes forward into a loose drive. Brilliant, brilliant over.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"The problem is here, if England were to send a nightwatchman in at this point, Moeen Ali would end up batting at nine, and that's too low."

Simon Goodall: If he's got any sense, Ballance will walk into the NZ dressing room "by mistake" until Lyth simmers down.

Rob Meech: The two Aussie Mitchells will be licking their lips at Gary Ballance's lack of footwork against the swinging ball.

Louis Strong: A test average of 55, but you seriously cannot stay in the crease to a new ball from someone like Boult! Rookie.

England are batting for tomorrow now. Bell and Stokes rotate through for a couple of no-risk singles against Southee.

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Thomas Knights: Here comes the collapse from a good position. New Zealand dominating the final session.

David: This is why you can't just go at 2.5 an over all day, NZ right back in this.

Jack Allum: We've scored incredibly slowly in this session and lost wickets. Can we now try a different tactic? Like scoring quick runs

Trent Boult and Tim Southee came to these shores with a big reputation as a ferocious new-ball pairing - they haven't quite lived up to it so far, but this is their moment to drag their side back into a winning position in this match. Boult sends down another probing over to Stokes, who gets a couple off the last ball.

Rob, Somerset: Isn't Test cricket a wonderful thing? The morning session was, on paper, irrelevant. New Zealand added around 50 runs to their total, and England promptly reduced their target by the same amount without loss of wickets. Net gain zero. And yet it has set up the rest of the day so perfectly!

Ben Stokes is the new man, and he's off the mark with a single to fine leg.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"A brilliant end to the day for New Zealand, it's been brilliant cricket from them for the last hour or two. I'd imagine Ben Stokes will have been rushing around getting his pads on. The lights are on so I'd imagine it's not an easy time to bat - the perfect time for New Zealand to get Stokes in there, as it's not the time for a counter-punch, he's got to see them through to the close."

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"The new ball is doing damage here. A lovely delivery, Root felt he had to play at it and Ronchi did the rest."

New Zealand are right back in this now! Absolute beauty from Tim Southee, pitching on off, swinging away and drawing the edge of the dangerman Joe Root. Debutant Luke Ronchi takes a brilliant diving catch. England's excellent day is in danger of unravelling before their eyes...

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Jim: Just to say how impressed I have been in both Tests, with the attitude of all the NZ players. Following the example of their captain. I think they have shown the right response to a difficult day today with great sportsmanship, as they have throughout both matches. Whilst playing with determination and fullest commitment, they have still been able to congratulate England players when appropriate and at all time played in the true spirit of the game. England have responded in similar vein, which has been a delight to see. Let's hope the same attitude prevails through the rest of the summer!

This is New Zealand's big chance to get back into the match, with a brand new cherry, a new batsman and the light fading. Joe Root is the new man and if they can get him early, the tourists will be in with a real shout. Boult's first two deliveries to Root are superb: the first gets him jumping and prodding the ball aerially just wide off short leg, the second zips just past his outside edge. High-class fast bowling.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"A decent ball, but Ballance didn't move - it's not a ball you wouldn't be able to play. A full ball, a bit of movement but there was no movement at all from his right leg. You've got to have more movement against the new ball than that."

Well, it had been coming. Trent Boult pins Gary Ballance back in his crease with a succession of cracking deliveries with the new ball, and then gets his man with one that just keeps a little low and smashes into the stumps. Early breakthrough with the second new nut for the Kiwis.

Mark Craig spits a gobbet of chewing gum out of his mouth and begins his 22nd over. He nearly does for Ian Bell with a beautiful delivery that pitches in the footmarks, spins through the gate and somehow misses the stumps. Let's just say you don't have to be a lipreading expert to decipher Craig's frustration.

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Roger, the Whitby taxi driver: So proud of Adam Lyth. A thoroughly decent lad who deserves his success today. I have had the pleasure of picking him and his lovely family up on many occasions. I know they will all be so proud today.