Summary

  • Rain ends play early

  • England chasing Test record 455 to win

  • NZ add 116 runs in 16 overs

  • Second Test, day four, Headingley

  • England lead two-match series 1-0

  1. Scorecard updatepublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    New Zealand 432-7 (89 overs) - lead by 429

    Batsmen: Craig 48*, Southee 39*

    Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Latham 3), 23-2 (Williamson 6), 122-3 (Taylor 48), 141-4 (Guptill 70), 262-5 (McCullum 55), 315-6 (Ronchi 31), 368-7 (Watling 120)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 23-4-96-2, Broad 15-1-74-2, Wood 19-2-97-3, Stokes 12-1-61-0, Moeen 15-0-70-0, Root 5-0-23-0

    New Zealand first innings 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84; Broad 5-109

    England first innings 350: Lyth 107, Cook 75, Broad 46; Southee 4-83

    Full scorecard

  2. Postpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "A lot will depend on Lyth and Cook, if they get knocked over early, it will knock the stuffing out of the middle order."

  3. Drinks breakpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    The highest chase ever achieved in Test cricket is the 418 achieved by West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003. That's comfortably in the rear view mirror now. Mark Craig nearly swings himself off his feet with his attempted shot to the first ball of Broad's latest over - one of those where you fetch the binoculars if you connect. He then splatters a couple wide of deep cover, and it's time for drinks. A drop of something strong in the England beverages wouldn't go amiss.

  4. How's stat?!published at 12:00 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Mark Craig is currently averaging 40.8 in Tests with two fifties."

    Mark Criag battingImage source, Getty Images
  5. NZ 429-7 (Craig 46, Southee 39)published at 12:00 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    With Tim Southee at the crease, this partnership hasn't exactly been a beauty pageant of gloriously authentic cricket shots, but Mark Craig produces comfortably the ugliest shot of the morning, smearing Anderson back past his toes with a horizontal bat. World Series stuff, but it's effective - it zips away to the straight boundary. His next shot however is sumptuous, square-driving Anderson to the fence with a nice high elbow. Cracking stroke.

  6. Postpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Bryan Waddle
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Southee is a better batsmen than sometimes his figures show. He is also a player who can score runs at a very fast rate and is the sort of player, who is prepared to hit at anything."

    Andrew Samson adds: "Southee's strike rate is 85."

    Tim Southee battingImage source, Getty Images
  7. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Andrew Collon: If England were batting now, the #bbccricket armchair captains would have spent the past hour DEMANDING a declaration.

    Ray Allger: If England needed any development notes before the Ashes. Fielding & bowling to tail-enders should be high up the priority list.

    Simon Goodall: The only person pleased with this inept performance is the Headingley treasurer. 5th day, thanks very much.

  8. NZ 420-7 (Broad 14-1-72-2)published at 11:55 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Curious batsman Southee - he'll either miss the ball by a comfortable mileage or or absolutely splatter it right out of the screws. He greets Stuart Broad's first ball, a gentle outswinger, with an errant swing that wouldn't look out of place on the driving range, then hoicks him over backward square leg, smokes a huge six down the ground and square-drives him through the covers in an audacious frenzy of renegade tail-end batsmanship. The 50 partnership is up in double-quick time, and England's chase is now in world-record territory.

  9. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Richard Bannan: I think he has more runs in him but the Bell is certainly tolling on Ian's time in the slips.

    Rakesh Pradhan: It's been the Black Caps keepers who have been subborn so far in this Test. All four of them have contributed.

    Totum: One NZ slip fielder seems to instinctively go for the ball (& catch it). With England, both leave or one drops. Coaching thing?

  10. NZ 400-7 (lead by 400)published at 11:48 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    The merry slogfest continues as Southee clubs Anderson over mid-off for two, then batters a short ball in front of square. A single then brings up the New Zealand 400. Anderson gently simmers.

    James Anderson bowlsImage source, PA
  11. Postpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "We've seen everything from this pitch on the first three days. You can score quickly when the ball is short, wide or too full. But we've also seen it seams, moves and cuts. There's always something in it for the bowlers - even when Cook and Lyth scored well, they played and missed."

  12. Text 81111published at 11:44 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Peter from Yalding: Does it say more about the bowlers or the pitch that only three wickets have been out "bowled" so far?

  13. NZ 390-7 (Craig 37, Southee 10)published at 11:43 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Perhaps the nicest way of describing Tim Southee's batting would be 'rustic'. He greets Mark Wood with a shot more agricultural than aesthetic, thumping him over mid-on for a one-bounce four. Craig then pockets two more boundaries, guiding one wide of the slips and then tucking one down to fine leg. New Zealand rattling along nicely.

  14. Postpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Headingley

    "As you'd expect on a Monday, the Headingley crowd is sparse, but bolstered by the presence of some schoolchildren, who sing their own version of Barmy Army songs beneath the press box. On the pitch, it's curious to see Stuart Broad not take the new ball. Last night there was a suggestion he was carrying an injury. I wonder if this confirms it."

    Stuart BroadImage source, Reuters
  15. NZ 377-7 (Anderson 21-4-77-2)published at 11:38 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    The new ball might make life more difficult for batsmen, but when they do get it out of the middle, it flies away to the boundary with a satisfying ping. Mark Craig does exactly that with a beautiful flick off his pads for four.

  16. Postpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Nobody wanted that catch, though nobody's going to say it was straightforward. It was more Bell's catch, but they're awkward going slightly above head height, above your right shoulder."

  17. NZ 373-7 (lead by 373)published at 11:36 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    The new ball is definitely moving around, not that it seems to bother Tim Southee, who is flashing at everything. When he finally connects, he gets a healthy snick through to the cordon, where, all too predictably, the ball is missed by Bell and Root as it flies between them.

  18. Postpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Headingley

    "The hard new ball brings immediate dividends and, more importantly, vicious bounce. In reality, that's more likely to please New Zealand than it is England."

    BJ Watling and James AndersonImage source, Getty Images
  19. NZ 369-7 (Craig 25, Southee 1)published at 11:31 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Tim Southee is the new batsman, and you'd imagine that New Zealand won't hang around - a quick tail-end fusillade and then they'll want to get bowling, not least after seeing that Anderson spit off the pitch. Southee's away with a push to mid-on.

  20. Postpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 1 June 2015

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "The new ball having been taken is zipping around. It is moving in the air and it is also doing a bit off the pitch. Good news in the short term, in the longer term, it will make Southee and Boult and even Henry, quite challenging once the new ball is in their hands."

    BJ Watling leaves the fieldImage source, Reuters