Matt Henry has bowled pretty well for the first match-and-a-half of his fledgling Test career, but with the ball old and the conditions unhelpful, he is beginning to dish up some rubbish. Two short, wide deliveries are simply helped to the point boundary by Ballance, before a fuller delivery is creamed through the covers. Are England through that sticky patch? Time for drinks.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Craig's been able to do a job for them at one end. He's bowled a little bit quicker, not flat, but he's bowled well."

Shaun: How can people criticise the opening pairs scoring rate? They have seen off the new ball, worn down the bowlers and put on nearly 200, England have such aggressive players in the lower order they can now play freely without pressure, it's a 5 day game, and I for one love it.

Craig, having bowled some pretty ordinary stuff for this first ten overs, is definitely coming into the game here - he almost finds the edge of Lyth with a delivery that turns appreciably out of the emerging footholes.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Of the last 20 England players to hit a maiden Test century, 10 have done so in their first or second Test, and the last five have all done it in their second - Ben Stokes, Gary Ballance, Sam Robson, Moeen Ali and now Adam Lyth.

"Lyth is also only the second Yorkshire player to score his maiden Test century at Headingley, after Joe Root in 2013."

Conor Spackman: First century by an opener from Yorkshire at Leeds since Boycott drove Greg Chappell through mid-on for the hundredth hundred

Rachel T: Yessss! Adam Lyth! Maiden 100 for England, on your home ground, how good must that feel?

Aaron Trowse: Top knock from Lyth on home soil. Looking in good stead. I still wonder how he will take to the pace of the Aussies though

What a great moment for Adam Lyth. He struggled in the last Test but has played a really composed, fluent innings here, surviving a probing examination from the New Zealand bowlers in the nervous nineties. Ballance flat-bats Henry through backward point for four.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"He had a couple of failures at Lord's, but you've got to sleep it off and make sure you enjoy the good days."

Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special

"Headingley are on their feet for one of their own. Adam Lyth, a young man from Whitby, has a very well-played hundred. It's an even more rousing ovation than there was for Alastair Cook earlier."

He's there! Adam Lyth gets to his first Test century on his home ground. He could easily have been out to the first ball of Mark Craig's over, hitting the ball aerially to mid-off, but sub fielder Neil Wagner seemed to lose track of the ball in the evening gloom and went the wrong way. Thus reprieved, Lyth got there with a big slog-sweep over midwicket, to raucous cheers from the Headingley faithful.

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

"An interesting little period of play since the dismissal of the captain. New Zealand have tightened their line and bowled with decent hostility, and there's 15 overs left to the second new ball, which McCullum should take as soon as possible."

A full-blooded drive down the ground from Ballance earns him his first four. He still doesn't look entirely comfortable though - survival is the main priority for the England number three at the moment.

Chris Baker: Everyone moans about run-rate, but I can watch blokes smash 6s whenever I like in limited overs. This is pure test cricket!

Ayelet H Lushkov: Purist stuff in Headingley. Stay in, lads!

Jonathan Jackson: Here's hoping we don't lose another wicket this evening, because as a Villa fan, Bell's mind is going to be elsewhere!

A conga line of Jesuses cavort their way down the steps of the Western terrace as the sun begins to fade in the Headingley evening. Ballance finally gets off the mark after 17 scoreless deliveries, much to the delight of the well-refreshed messiahs.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Adam Lyth and Gary Ballance have batted together 10 times in first class cricket and are averaging 66 as a pair together."

Southee is hanging the ball out well wide of off stump, trying to tempt Adam Lyth, within sight of his first Test ton, to play a rash shot. Lyth's not having any of it though, and is content to just nudge a single off his hips when Southee straightens up. An excellent piece of fielding by Henry at mid-on keeps Gary Ballance pinned on 0.

Trent Boult sends down a menacing maiden to Gary Ballance. The number three is still stuck on 0 after 14 deliveries. England are treading in quicksand - just three runs off the last seven overs.

Stuart Mitchell: I can only imagine that Ravi thought that was sliding down leg, it was absolutely plumb though, good foundation laid for England.

Richie Macca: Really poor umpiring, there. Looked out live, so not sure how he couldn't give it? Thank god we have DRS!

Stephen Byrom: Any budding umpires out there, umpire Ravi is showing how not to do it!! Absolutely clueless.

New Zealand scent blood here. They have a man waiting in the nervous nineties for this first Test century at one end, and a new batsman coming off a couple of low scores at the other. Tim Southee is tearing in with renewed vigour, and he nearly strikes with an absolute jaffa that hoops back in and beats the bat of Lyth.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"Lyth is a relatively late developer who has got there by weight of runs. He made his mark for Yorkshire as a dasher and what I think has happened over the fast years is that his game has become more measured."