Unquestionably New Zealand's day - but I know you'll want to join us tomorrow to bring you every cough and spit of day four. Test Match Special will be on air from 10:25 BST. Until then, enjoy the rest of your evening - see you on the morrow. TTFN.
Highest chases at Headingley
Geoffrey said earlier that records are there to be broken - well, only once have a team scored more than 315 in the fourth innings to win a Test at Headingley - and that team contained a certain Donald George Bradman. The highest successful chases are:
404-3: Australia beat England, 1948
315-4: England beat Australia, 2001
219-7: England beat Pakistan, 1982
186-5: England beat South Africa, 1929
180-7: Pakistan beat Australia, 2010
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New Zealand reaction
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill on Sky Sports, on team-mate BJ Watling: "He is a gritty little character, he can bat anywhere in the order. When Watling gets going he can really get big scores."
On how the pitch is behaving: "There is still a bit of up and down movement. it can only be good signs for us as we have to bowl last."
Coach reaction
More from England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "The New Zealand batsmen have been attacking. They hit some good balls and took the attack to us. They haven't allowed us to control our lengths.
"We have set plans for every batsman but they haven't allowed us to settle into those plans. You can't have six slips if you aren't bowling enough balls in the right area. We just haven't created enough pressure on them with dot balls to be able to get the edge.
"Tailenders have become a lot more competent with the bat than they used to be. Most tailenders are batting a lot better, they are hitting the ball harder. Pitching it up isn't always the best way. And there is no real right and wrong way."
"Broad played splendidly. You hope that innings will bring his confidence back, because he's a good player down the order. Make no mistake, it's going to be a tough ask for England tomorrow."
Forecast for Monday
If you're travelling to Headingley tomorrow, it should be sunny early on but it looks like we might have a shower or two in the afternoon. (A cynic might add, if England haven't been bowled out by then).
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Coach reaction
More from England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "The one thing I have noticed about this team is that there is a lot of character in the dressing room. We haven't been as good as we could have been, but the character in the dressing room, means that we aren't out of this. We just lacked control.
"There is a little bit in the pitch when you bowl into length. But we were guilty of overdoing it, we tried too hard to get wickets; we haven't been patient enough. We know we can bowl a lot better than that."
"This match has been splendiferous and we want a result, whoever wins. If it's going to be be England, they're going to have to play out of their skins, but records are there to be broken."
Coach reaction
England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on TMS: It has been a difficult day, the Kiwis have put us under pressure with their attacking cricket and we haven't been as good as we can be. We've played ourselves into a hole, but there's still a lot of time left in this game.
"As a bowling unit we try to bowl dot balls and create pressure and they haven't allowed us to do that. Stuart Broad knows his game inside out and we've been working on his mentality more than anything else, how to get players out when the ball's not swinging and stuff like that. Mark Wood is young, raw, full of energy and he's quite skilful as you saw when he got Brendon McCullum out."
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Mark in Dulwich: I think England have placed too much stock in Moeen's performances with the ball against a disinterested India last summer. If we're going to compete in the Ashes we need to find a spinner who can either take wickets or can tie down an end. In 2015 Moeen has managed neither, and it's pretty obvious that Cook doesn't trust him to bowl more than a few overs at a time. Play him up the order as a specialist batsman who occasionally bowls, or don't play him at all. At eight he's a passenger.
More from Tim Southee on TMS: "It started last night with that spell of bowling with the new ball and it was nice to be able to finish them off reasonably quickly this morning. The tail-enders came out and played their shots and if you get a couple out of the middle it's there to be hit.
"My performance was disappointing at Lord's but you always want to get better and I looked back on a few things over the break so it was pleasing to get wickets. There's still a lot of time left in the game so hopefully we can edge that lead."
"It's a fact of life that Moeen Ali isn't a bowler. He's a batsman who bowls a bit. To ask him to follow a top-class spinner who's retired [Graeme Swann], he will be exposed as he's a nice cricketer, but he can't control an end. The Aussies will target him as they've got a lot of right-handers, but you can't take it away from New Zealand today - BJ Watling batted magnificently. He can seriously bat, he's one of the unsung New Zealanders and I really enjoyed his innings."
New Zealand bowler Tim Southee on TMS: "With the way the guys batted it turned out to be a pretty good day for us. BJ Watling is just a gutsy, determined player and it's nice to see him get the rewards for the hard work he puts in. If you'd said yesterday afternoon that we would end the day in the position that we are we would have grabbed it with both hands."
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Stand by for some words of wisdom from Tim Southee on TMS, while who have England put up for interview? Err... it's bowling coach Ottis Gibson.
"The whole tenor of the innings was playing in a positive, sensible frame of mind, not looking to whack it but not missing out on anything to score off. Take McCullum, we all know how expressive he is. He played a couple of shots early on, then realised England weren't going to get a new ball tonight and played very sensibly."
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Simon Goodall: Time for Ali and Bell to move on. Just not good enough I'm afraid.
george atutkwengo: BJ Watling has got to be the man of the series for New Zealand.
"I thought it was a fantastic day's cricket again. The match has moved on and New Zealand won the day hands down. The total that England are going to have to get will be tough. In the morning, Stuart Broad got England up to par - he did to the New Zealand bowlers what they did to him. Martin Guptill can't have been looking forward to batting, but he batted beautifully."
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Tom in Newcastle: Hang on BBC; I'm at the Magic Weekend in Newcastle being bored to tears by six hours of rugby league, wishing I was watching six hours of cricket in Leeds. Imagine my delight when I received a wicket notification from the BBC sports app saying Watling was out for 91, only for him to now be closing in on his century! Admittedly, I appreciate the momentary raising of my spirits, but now I'm even more depressed. You tease, BBC, you tease.
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Stand by for Aggers and Boycott's review of the day. Taking a punt on this one, you may wish to cover your ears if you're a member of the Moeen Ali Fan Club.
County Championship review
All the County Championship games were on fast-forward mode on a rain-hit first day.
In Division One, three late wickets for Worcestershire meant Hampshire ended day one on 119-4, while Warwickshire finished on 148-3 at Lord's against Middlesex.
Everything went according to plan for Leicestershire, who bowled Essex out for 166 after sending them in and finished the day on 28-0 of their Division Two clash.
Craig Meschede's run-a-ball century helped Glamorgan score 371 in just 71.3 overs against Northants in Cardiff.
Gloucestershire recovered from 199-5 to close on 251-6 against Derbyshire, while at The Oval Surrey reached 145-4 after being put into bat by Lancashire, with former England batsman Kevin Pietersen making only two.
"Watling has played some lovely shots. He's been at the epicentre of this New Zealand effort. His best friend Kane Williamson is clapping wildly at the dressing-room window. It's looking like New Zealand will go into the rest of this Test match with quite a substantial total behind them - it's just a question of whether they are good enough to bowl England out."
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Captain Cook and some of the England fielders shake BJ Watling's hand before they allow him to lead the players off. Good sportsmanship all round.
"It's been a feature of this innings that runs have been picked off at will."
Close of play
NZ 338-6
Moeen Ali, who it's fair to say has not had his most memorable day in an England shirt, will bowl the last over - and Craig easily guides a four past mid-on. "Too full," notes Jeremy Coney on TMS, and Craig sees off the rest of the over without any further qualms - he'll resume on 15 tomorrow morning.
"Watling scored his hundred off 136 balls - the fastest of his five Test centuries. He's the first New Zealander to score a century in Leeds, in their eighth Test at this ground.
"This would now be England's highest ever run-chase in Test cricket."
NZ 334-6 (lead by 334)
Craig steers a single wide of mid-on. Last over coming up.
"Fantastic innings. He's driven very well today, looked immaculate off the front foot, cuts like a keeper and outscored McCullum in their partnership. He's held this New Zealand innings together."
"It's a century which has put New Zealand in a very good position to win this Test match."
Watling 100
NZ 333-6
That's the century - BJ Watling pulls Anderson for a single to bring up his fifth Test hundred, and he removes his helmet before lifting his bat in celebration. They'll be dancing in the streets of Northern Districts...
NZ 332-6
Watling is progressing in singles - a dab to deep cover takes him to 99. Craig guides a two wide of gully to move to double figures. Two to come and Watling on strike...
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Richard Beaumont: Did Yorkshire forget to sell tickets for the weekend or are the Yorkshire folk happy watching their own?
billybunter3rd: Very poor crowd at Headingley. Perhaps used to Boycott style batting, Yorkshire crowds not keen on attacking cricket?
andy mcclelland: packed in at Headingley aren't they? Do they only fill the stadiums when the tickets are free?
NZ 329-6 (Watling 98*, Craig 8*)
Anderson finds a bit of bounce as a delivery rears up and strikes Watling on the gloves, the right-hander taking one hand off the bat as he winces with pain. A single takes him to 98 from 134 balls. Gary Ballance dons a helmet and a box to crouch at short leg for Craig, but the left-hander defends immaculately. Three overs to come.
"Craig is quite an attacking player once he gets going."
NZ 328-6
A change in the bowling as Stuart Broad replaces Root at the Kirkstall Lane End. Watling, on 92, confidently bisects cover and mid-off for four. A single takes him to 97, showing (justified) confidence in Craig's ability to hold out with four balls of the over left. Adam Lyth claps his hands in the covers, as much to keep them warm as to encourage his team-mates, I suspect. England are nine overs away from getting a new ball to use - and four overs from the close of play.
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DW in Sussex: Delighted and saddened to hear John Holder's comments on league cricket. Foul language, dissent and poor sportsmanship is widespread and sets a poor example to young players. It is evident on most grounds on a Saturday afternoon and the authorities need to get a grip. Plenty of talented young players have left the game after moving up from youth cricket, disillusioned by what they see. Thanks, New Zealand for showing us how competitive cricket should be played.
"Watling would love to get that hundred tonight, if he possibly can."
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NZ 323-6
Anderson goes round the wicket to the left-handed Craig, can one breakthrough bring two? Craig plays and misses a couple of times, it's a maiden over. Five overs left.
"Moeen Ali has not had much of a run recently. He bowled poorly in Barbados, which might have dented his confidence, and also Cook's confidence in him. At the moment, he doesn't seem to be able to keep an end going."
NZ 323-6
It's still Root on - Craig unleashes a sumptuous cover drive for four, though can't connect cleanly with a juicy pie Root serves up short and wide outside off stump. (You can't beat a Root pie. I'll get my coat). But he does help himself to a three to push the lead to 323.
"There are things that have got to be sorted out for England after this series. Catching is one, and the ability to tie an end down and restrict the scoring rate is another."
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Dave in Bradford: Has there ever been a Test match where the score for the first THREE innings has been identical? Just wondering!
Andrew, do you have an answer?
NZ 316-6 (Watling 92*, Craig 1*)
England are through the wicketkeepers and into the bowlers now - Mark Craig is the new batsman, he shoulders arms to his first ball and is millimetres away from being bowled, but the left-hander is up and running with a single off his legs to end the over. Seven to come tonight if they can get them in by 19:23.
"Ronchi will be kicking himself, thinking, 'Why didn't I just smack it?' Can England, as New Zealand did last night, claim a few wickets now? It's difficult territory, but they are still in the game."
"That's a very important wicket for England. Ronchi is such a dangerous player for New Zealand. But New Zealand will keep pushing on, there's no doubt about that."
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Ronchi c Buttler b Anderson 31 (NZ 315-6)
But then Anderson strikes - two-and-a-half days after his 401st Test wicket, his 402nd comes as he induces a rather tame, hesitant edge to the keeper from Ronchi.
For a brief instant, while 31 not out, Ronchi had the highest average in the history of Test cricket (119). It's now down to a manageable 59.5.
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NZ 315-5
Send for the Burnley Express - James Anderson replaces Stokes, who's been rather expensive, and his introduction nearly forces an error as Ronchi nearly edges onto his stumps. Watling opens the face to steer a four past the slips to the vacant third man boundary - that's the fifty stand off only 40 balls.
"England are looking at a 350-plus chase. It's a slightly wearing pitch with a little bit of erratic bounce. Someone is going to have to play well for them. Is it going to be Cook, or Lyth, or Bell?"
NZ 309-5 (Watling 87*, Ronchi 30*)
Joe Root on for some more part-time off-spin, but Watling is in no mood to quieten down, shovelling a four between the keeper and leg slip to move to within 13 of his century.
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Geoff Ashton: Reading a detective novel and checking the score after each chapter. The scoreboard's beating the pace of the plot hands down.
"It's been a clever innings from Watling: he's found the gap all the time, just push-and-run, push-and-run, and he's hit a few boundaries too."
NZ 304-5
More easy accumulation - that's six from Ronchi as he launches Stokes over the ropes at mid-wicket and into about the fourth row of the stand. Two balls later, the Kiwi debutant swipes four more over third man to push the lead past the landmark figure of 300. Another loose delivery from Stokes is pummelled through extra cover for three, and the bowler shows his frustration by angrily throwing the ball at the stumps at the striker's end, despite there being no hope of a run-out.
"So far there's no question whose day it has been, despite England's little rally with the tail, and if New Zealand can get through the next 10 overs without losing another wicket then they hold the cards."
"If things go really well, New Zealand could have some fun tomorrow and set England 400 to win. Once you get a certain sense of security in the number of runs you've scored - say 330, 340 - you can have a party."
NZ 289-5
Watling moves effortlessly into the 80s as he slices Wood over gully for four, before a more careful prod to the cover sweeper brings him a single. Do they have honours boards at Headingley? If they do, the Durban-born right-hander could well be the next name painted on. Ronchi, though, nicks the strike with a cheeky single to deep mid-wicket.
"The outcome of this Test could all depend on the weather. If it's sunny like this, the ball seems to behave well. If there's cloud cover tomorrow, it will jag around."
NZ 283-5 (Watling 77*, Ronchi 14*)
Scrappy from Stokes, as Ronchi knocks the ball back to the bowler but Stokes can't field it cleanly and the ball scoots past the stumps as they scamper an unearned two. New Zealand basking in the evening sunshine, we're not too far away from the Longest Day so don't bank on bad light saving England tonight..
The entertaining "Ask the Umpire" feature from lunchtime today is now available to listen again on the TMS podcast page.
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Zishan: What a bowler Mark Wood is and potentially could be.
Thomas Van Klaveren: Great bowling by Wood, crucial wicket. England need a couple more cheap wickets to get back in the driving seat though.
NZ 280-5 (12 overs left today)
Wood's effort today has been rewarded with three big wickets, can he find another? Not when Ronchi's in this mood - he's up into double figures after a couple of fortunate edges through gully bring him a two and a four, while another double off the last delivery takes him to 12 from nine balls.
As things stand, this would be the third highest successful Test run chase on this ground - after that 404 we mentioned earlier, there's a 315 England made against Australia in 2001 when Mark Butcher saw England home.
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Fenners: Moeen Ali doesn't contribute with ball, bat or in the field. Got to ask yourself why he gets selected.
Ross Matthewman: I think we're going to have to accept that Moeen simply isn't good enough to be our spin bowler. Back to the drawing board.
Gareth Keightley: Moeen should be taking wickets now. I'm afraid he's not good enough to be main spinner. Michael Clarke will be licking his lips.
"That's a poor coming-back over from Stokes. He just couldn't get his rhythm right. It's one of those things you really have to learn at the highest level, how to get through that first over when you're not quite loose without damage."
NZ 271-5 (Watling 75*, Ronchi 4*)
Moeen Ali is removed from the attack after 14 wicketless overs, but the runs keep flowing as his replacement Ben Stokes is flogged through the covers for a couple of boundaries by Watling and Ronchi when he drops it short.
"Brendon McCullum has played 94 Test matches unbroken. If he continues, he will play his 100th Test match against Australia in New Zealand next spring."
Andrew Samson adds: "If McCullum does get there, he will be the first player to play his first 100 Tests consecutively. AB de Villiers is currently on 98 Test matches but will miss the upcoming Test in Bangladesh because of paternity leave."
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NZ 262-5 (Wood 12-2-49-3)
One wicketkeeper replaces another as Luke Ronchi, who made that sparkling debut 88 in the first innings, takes McCullum's place.
There are 14 overs left today, and as things stand we can't go beyond 19:23 BST so we may need all of that time.
"It was an excellent innings, not quite the one everyone expected from McCullum, not full of all those sparkling shots he sometimes plays, but very valuable. Mark Wood has got something, he skids the ball in to right-handers."
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McCullum lbw Wood 55 (NZ 262-5)
There's no Hotspot, clearly missing the bat. It looks a little high, but that might be umpire's call? Yes - impact in line, umpire's call on height (clipping the leg bail by a few millimetres) - so it's all over for McCullum. A different sort of innings from which we're used to, but no less important for his side.
"It's brilliant from Wood. He's gone wide on the crease and got it to skim."
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Persistence from Wood looks to have made a breakthrough as he traps McCullum in front - but the Kiwi captain immediately calls for a review...
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"In his four Test matches this year, including this one, Moeen averages more than 43 with the ball. No matter how many runs he gets batting at number eight, England will need a better return than that in the Ashes. Mind you, dropped catches aren't helping."
NZ 262-4 (Wood 11-1-49-2)
A bit of a comedy moment as Watling goes for a bloodthirsty slog-sweep against Moeen, doesn't connect cleanly but as he follows through, the ball ricochets off the back of his bat and flies over slip for four! I guess when the luck's with you... Or do you make your own luck at this level of cricket?
"Wood's release achieves a little bit of movement back in to the right-hander. He goes down the side of the ball. The ball is keeping a bit low and it's just getting a bit hard to judge the bounce."
NZ 257-4 (59 overs)
Wood probes outside McCullum's off stump but the New Zealand captain holds firm. Two singles from the over.
Moeen, bowling round the wicket, begins his 13th over, but New Zealand continue to play him with ease. Watling helps himself to a two and a single to move to 65 from 104 balls. I'm starting to wonder what the highest successful run chases at Headingley are...
Honours for New Zealand duo
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and coach Mike Hesson have been recognised by the Honours Committee as Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours for their performances during the Cricket World Cup earlier this year.
"I've been so impressed with BJ Watling. He looks a real quality cricketer who reads situations really quickly."
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NZ 252-4 (McCullum 53*, Watling 62*)
Having served as the "Boundary Fox" last over, Mark Wood is pressed back into service to bowl, hoping to add to his two scalps earlier in the innings. Watling is looking every inch the specialist Test batsman, having sub-contracted wicketkeeping duties to Ronchi for this Test, and he calmly adds a single to his score.
"Watling is a quiet achiever. He may well be worth his place as a number six batsman if New Zealand were to want to continue to use Ronchi as the wicketkeeper."
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Margaret Ford: It's a public holiday today in New Zealand for the Queen's birthday. Was at Lord's on Monday! Great cricket!
NZ 251-4 (19 overs left today)
The New Zealand lead inexorably moves past 250 as McCullum guides Moeen for three to Mark Wood, who's patrolling the cover boundary. He has 53, while Watling is streets ahead on 61 - but their strike rate is virtually identical.
"It was a chance, Wood just didn't get hands to it. England have dropped too many catches. McCullum has really played the supporting role for Watling, which is ominous for England."
"McCullum has now passed 6,000 Test runs. He's only the second New Zealander to reach the mark, after Stephen Fleming.
"The last five times he's made 50 in Test cricket, he's gone on to get a century - two of them were double and one a triple."
McCullum 50
NZ 247-4
Was that a chance? McCullum clubs Root just wide of the diving Mark Wood at mid-off for four, that takes him past 6,000 Test runs, while a single brings up his 29th Test fifty from 79 balls.
He's 1,169 runs behind Stephen Fleming who is New Zealand's all-time top scorer with 7,172. Making up the top five are Martin Crowe, John Wright and Ross Taylor.
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"Even when the sun is out, it's very, very cold in Leeds. Umpire Rod Tucker stands at square leg, hands in the pockets of his white coat, running on the spot. If he's chilly now, we might have to thaw him out at 7.30."
NZ 242-4 (McCullum 45*, Watling 60*)
A smattering of applause as Watling flicks a single off his legs to bring up the century stand from 150 balls. Remember, with the first-innings totals level, the lead is 242, so England are already facing a large fourth-innings chase - with more than two days of the match remaining.
"This has been a brilliant partnership. They've played the gears beautifully. McCullum and Watling realised when the lead was 140 they had to be circumspect, but in the last half an hour they've really gone up a gear and targeted Moeen Ali. It's been very clever batting and it's got the feel of a match-winning partnership."
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NZ 239-4
Root, on paper the junior spinner of these two off-tweakers, is bowling with a shade more control than Moeen, but New Zealand are picking singles and twos up at will.
"Moeen's into his 10th over and he hasn't bowled a maiden yet. Bottling an end up is such a key part of what a spinner is trying to do."
Watling dropped on 50
New Zealand again look to make hay against Moeen, McCullum smacking the bearded off-spinner for four through mid-wicket. Watling gives a very, very tough chance to keeper Jos Buttler as the ball flies through, takes the edge and come off his gloves - while Watling shows he can clear the ropes with a slog-swept six.
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Kent batsman Joe Denly: Note to self: DO NOT DROP CHRIS GAYLE ON 40!!!!!!
Gayle went on to hit an unbeaten 151 off 62 balls for Somerset, but Kent clung on to win by three runs in a thrilling T20 Blast match in Taunton.
"The only thing that can save McCullum is if this hasn't straightened."
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This should liven up the crown - Joe "Goldenarm" Root to bowl, can he fulfil his usual role of partnership-breaker? First ball, McCullum reverse-sweeps, there's a big appeal for lbw and though the umpire shakes his head, England call for a review...
"England need to break this partnership. They can't allow it to develop. But they know that wickets bring wickets at Headingley. It's at times like this in the field that you can't help but think, 'We really messed up our innings.'"
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James at Headingley: Just seen one of the minions getting arrested!
NZ 216-4 (McCullum 35*, Watling 44*)
They're restless in the stands, and Watling is restless at the crease, busily cutting Stokes for two and swatting him over the slips for four. Stokes has an unthreatening 0-34 from nine overs.
"That's the surest sign of intent. McCullum is thinking, 'Right, which bowler can I target?'"
NZ 209-4
McCullum sweeps and misses, and while England appeal for lbw, McCullum sets off for a run and then gets sent back by his partner. But then it's more like the McCullum we know and love - he comes down the wicket and launches Moeen for a huge six into the stand over long-on to stretch the lead past 200. Another big heave, of the slog-sweep variety, misses batsman and keeper alike, disappearing for four byes.
"While New Zealand are batting like this, their plan will be to stay in and occupy the crease for the next 10 to 12 overs."
T20 Blast: Notts beat Durham
Brilliant death bowling from Luke Fletcher and Harry Gurney helped Nottinghamshire beat Durham by 15 runs.
Riki Wessels smashed 67 off 41 balls and helped the hosts set Durham a target of 176. Aside from Gordon Muchall and Ryan Pringle, none of the Durham batsmen were able to score freely and quickly as they lost for the second time in three games.
As Alison points out, McCullum's patience may pay dividends here - there are still plenty of overs left in this match, and England won't get a new ball for 33 overs after this one. The Kiwi captain can't connect with an attempted uppercut over the slips, but he eventually pokes a single to fine leg to nick the strike. Even better, Graeme Swann "outs" himself on TMS as a big fan of Star Wars.
"The longer these two stay in, the more tired the bowlers get, and then they can really pick up the pace. That's the game that McCullum wants to play. Whereas New Zealand knew last night that they would get a second crack with the new ball in the fading light, England don't have that opportunity."
NZ 196-4 (McCullum 27*, Watling 36*)
Back to the Test match now, as Moeen Ali takes up the attack. Just a McCullum single from the over, Watling carefully sees off five dot balls.
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Gayle hits 151* - but Somerset lose
Somerset have lost - after a dot ball on the fifth ball of the over, Gayle hit the last ball of the match for six, but not even 151 not out from 62 balls (with 10 fours and 15 sixes) was enough to prevent a three-run defeat.
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Still taking drinks at Headingley.
At Taunton, Jamie Overton takes a single, Gayle manages a two and a four leaving 10 needed off two balls. Gayle facing the bowling of Mitchell Claydon.
Drinks break
NZ 195-4
Ben Stokes replaces Broad, who's looked a little toothless since that early two-wicket burst. Two slips in for Watling, who sees off a maiden over, and that's drinks.
In Taunton, with Gayle (139 from 58) having gone 6, 6, 4, 6 at the end of the penultimate over, Somerset need 17 off the last... and Sohail Tanvir is out off the first ball of the last over. 17 needed off five.
Neil in Sheffield: I actually think it's a shame this isn't the main five-match series of the summer as these are two well-matched sides. The Ashes may be a little one sided.
NZ 195-4
Watling edges Moeen and they run two, a single brings McCullum on strike and there's an appeal for lbw... Graeme Swann on TMS immediately says "outside the line" and the umpire concurs.
At Taunton, Gayle (129 from 56) has just hit his 13th six. 27 needed from eight balls.
"This 50 partnership has come off 83 balls, which is easily the slowest of New Zealand's five 50 partnerships in this match. The others have all come off 55 balls or fewer."
NZ 192-4 (43 overs)
McCullum plays and misses at Broad, with Geoffrey purring at a ball bowled right down his beloved corridor of uncertainty. When McCullum does connect, he swipes a single through the covers to bring up the fifty stand.
At Taunton, Gayle is on strike with two overs left, but 41 runs needed.
"280 plus would make England fidgety. When you're playing well at Headingley and you're smacking the ball when it's off-length, you think, 'This is all right.' But there's always something there for the bowlers."
NZ 190-4
Moeen spins down another over, Watling carefully dabs a two to third man. We have 33 more overs tonight.
Down at Taunton, the Gayle force has reached 115 from 52 balls. Somerset need 43 from the last 16 balls to win, with Gayle having lost the strike.
"We're not going to have a draw unless something remarkable happens here. It fees like a result, and at the moment, New Zealand are ahead. England need a wicket."
NZ 188-4 (McCullum 25*, Watling 30*)
New Zealand are cruising to the verge of a 200 lead without too much trouble here, the leg side is virtually deserted so Broad has to be tight with his line - anything on middle and leg should be an easy single. After the assault from Guptill and Taylor earlier, this is a more controlled approach from New Zealand (which I'm sure, if the situations were reversed, would have many of you emailing in complaining that England were batting too conservatively). Three singles added.
"I've seen this type of cricket before. England used to do it under Andrew Strauss. They can't get a wicket, so they bowl the ball wide of off stump and wait for a mistake. Sometimes it works."
NZ 185-4 (lead by 185)
England turn to the spin of Moeen Ali at the Football Stand End, but the ones and twos are coming easily for New Zealand here. The fact that England and New Zealand's first-innings totals were exactly level does wonders for one's maths when trying to work out the lead...
"You have to give your bowlers a little bit of protection, so that if they err a bit full you've got somebody to stop the odd boundary shot. 7-2 and 8-1 fields are very difficult for experienced bowlers, let alone a young lad in his second Test."
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Yohan from London: Test cricket is completely different from T20, both need very different skills. Test cricket requires patience and technical skills to score big totals without conceding as many wickets. Those finding Test Cricket boring should watch T20 (e.g. IPL). In the IPL, totals of over 200 are obtained with run rates going up to 11 per over. This is more exciting for some, but the higher run rate in T20s does not mean Test cricketers are bad or that Test cricket in general needs rejuvenation.
NZ 181-4
Steady from New Zealand, picking off the singles where they can as the crowd is getting a little restless. Chilly but dry in Leeds, three from the over.
"I've liked what I've seen of Watling's batting. Very sound, solid, front-foot, back-foot; he looks secure."
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"In the best weather - and batting conditions - of the day, those on the sparsely populated Western Terrace are getting rowdy for the first time. There's a little pocket of Barmy Army there too, Billy the Trumpet has been on the brass for the first time this summer."
Chris Gayle blasts off again
Chris Gayle is tearing up the T20 Blast once again.
After hitting 92 off 59 balls on his Somerset debut against Essex last Friday, he has just brought up a savage 45-ball century in today's thriller against Kent at Taunton.
Chasing a daunting/modest 228 (delete according to whether you have Gayle in your team) after Sam Northeast's 114 from 58 balls, Somerset are 145-3, needing 83 off six overs to win.
Anderson, warned earlier for running on the wicket, doesn't look entirely happy with where he's landing. Just a McCullum single from the over, this stand is worth 37 and bad news for the Headingley fans - a sign goes up telling them the bars are closing shortly.
"This is a more disciplined Brendon McCullum than we've come to know at times. He recognises the need to bat a long spell for New Zealand."
NZ 177-4 (McCullum 18*, Watling 26*)
A change of bowling at the Kirkstall Lane End as Stuart Broad replaces Mark Wood, who took 2-29 in that six-over spell. His imaginary horse can now go for a graze in the outfield, and it's as though New Zealand's batsmen have switched personalities as Watling has been the aggressor of late, with McCullum just adding a careful single to his score.
"This partnership assumes pretty important proportions for New Zealand. They're getting down the order, and they'll want these two to stay in to get them to 200, 250 even."
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Jim in London: As well as the dropped catches, our inability to exert control over the scoring rate is a bit of a worry. Allowing a team to score like this just releases any pressure that has built up. Has Cook actually been too attacking with his fields at times?
NZ 176-4 (36 overs)
Jeremy Coney on TMS thinks we may struggle to get through the remaining 40 overs today as England's over-rate is "a bit slow" - a view with which I concur. After those brief stoppages, he official close of play is now 18:53 BST (and they can go until 19:23 to bowl the overs).
The runs are starting to flow now, even off Anderson, as McCullum helps himself to a three wide of gully, while a full-length Superman dive from Ben Stokes makes a mess of the advertising rope-cover but can't stop another Watling four square of the wicket. Another well-run two takes Watling to 26 from 27 balls.
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Tom in Hertford: Over the course of this series, people have criticised almost every England player, yet we are in a good position to win 2-0 against the No.3 side in the world. Can't we praise England for what they've done well for once? Next thing you know they'll be calls to drop Jimmy!
"I know people in England will think of McCullum as a swashbuckler, but when he got his 200 and his 300, there were plenty of defensive components. I know he's been working on his defence."
McCullum faced 559 balls for his 302 at the Basin Reserve against India in February last year.
NZ 167-4 (McCullum 14*, Watling 20*)
Skies a bit brighter now at Headingley, and we have a repeat of the last over as McCullum adds a single and Watling finds a gap on the off side with a careful drive for four, this time wide of mid-off. A swashbuckling cut shot brings him four more, and he's going at a faster rate than his captain.
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George Chandler: Every time you think one team is just about to get on top in this series, the other team snatches it back! Thrilling stuff.
Jonathan Williams: This is why Test cricket is the best as Sir GB says add +2 wickets to the score and it's not great. However if Brendan gets going.
"Watling plays off the front foot with conservative ease. He uses the pace of the ball, doesn't try to overhit it."
NZ 158-4 (lead by 158)
As if nothing had happened and the rain was just an illusion, James Anderson resumes the attack from the Football Stand End, and Brendon McCullum restarts New Zealand's engines with a quick single. In contrast, BJ Watling stands tall at the crease, bat flapping high behind him, but adopts a defensive approach, waiting for the ball to hit as he works a four through cover point.
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Sam from Kent: In disbelief that people think that Test cricket needs rejuvenation and four runs an over will do this. If you can't appreciate the technical and mental application that it takes to make a 300 ball 150 against all manners of attack then watch the IPL. Many of us genuinely find a hard fought maiden over more riveting than watching McCullum's brief innings.
Robert Coventry: Totally agree with Sam in Nottingham and disagree with those saying New Zealand's approach is great to see. This is Test cricket not a two innings Twenty20 match. The best Test match teams bat with patience, grind the bowlers down and then take the game away from them after 50 overs.
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Players are coming back out and covers being removed. Goodness knows if we've lost any overs.
"I played at Windsor Castle once in a charity game, and I was caught at deep mid-wicket by Timmy Mallett as the Queen drove by in a 4x4. He was still dressed as Timmy Mallett circa 1985, with his 'Mallett's Mallet' he used to hit kids on the head with."
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While Aggers reveals he was commentating on a match at Windsor Castle recently and cheekily called out "Bowler's name?" when Prince William came on to turn his arm over, the covers are brought on. But the umpires are popping out for a quick look in any event.
"In Africa, they call this a monkey's wedding - when it rains in the sunshine. The spectators are cowering under their umbrellas, but they're still shouting at the umpires to get on with it."
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NZ 153-4
Some of the good folk of Leeds are still huddled under umbrellas as Wood finishes the over, testing Watling with a bouncer, and after he helps himself to a two off his legs, the rain returns with a vengeance - and the players go off again.
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And the covers only make it halfway onto the field before the umpires shoo them back off again and play resumes!
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NZ 151-4
McCullum powerfully straight-drives Wood, Anderson gives chase from mid-off and throws himself full-length at the ball to turn a likely four into two, which brings up the 150. He knocks a single to fine leg, with noticeable rain in the air... and they're going off. But maybe not for long.
Anderson is following the current vogue of wearing two sweaters - but wearing a sleeveless sweater on top of a full-sleeved one. Fashion? Or bad sweater etiquette?
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Hari in Bristol: Basing my view on this series, I feel Moeen is too useful a player with both bat and ball to write off. Looking at the team as a whole, the only two weaknesses really are Ian Bell and a lack of a frontline spinner. Seeing as our order goes down to around 9, is there possibility of a little switcheroo there? Then we'd have 8 batsmen (inc Stuart) and 7 bowlers (inc Joe), which is a relatively handy number of each!
NZ 148-4 (McCullum 9*, Watling 6*)
James Anderson has a short mid-wicket posted for Brendon McCullum, who faced that uncharacteristic maiden over before tea and is immediately under way with a single to fine leg. Aggers thinks it's getting a little darker and is surprised the new Headingley floodlights aren't on.
"This game is on a bit of a knife-edge. I think New Zealand need 300 here - they only have four bowlers and the pitch isn't doing much. I think there's an opportunity for New Zealand to play slightly differently than they did in the first innings. This pair need to get New Zealand through to 200."
NZ 147-4 (lead by 147)
Mark Wood, who's removed New Zealand's two danger men in this innings, will take up the attack after tea, bowling to BJ Watling, who's watchful at first before steering the ball wide of mid-off for four.
"The last over before tea was a maiden from Jimmy Anderson to Brendon McCullum. It's the first maiden McCullum has faced in four Test matches. The last one was bowled by Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez in Sharjah in November. In between maidens, he's faced 340 balls and scored 374 runs."
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Thanks, James. Hope you're all enjoying the day's play, you might want to get some iron rations in here as it's going to be a long session - 45 overs left in the day.
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Time for me to sign off and leave you in the hands of Mark Mitchener for the evening session...
On his predecessor Colin Graves, who is the new ECB chairman, franchises and T20:
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "Colin makes his views known, but he empowers the people around him to implement things. A lot of our players are born within the county and the pride they have in the County Championship is an immense enticement to pick up a bat and play for us.
"We don't like franchises as a word - Yorkshire is made up of a lot of cities and communities. Playing as 'Leeds' would alienate the rest of the county, though we can understand why others might want it [franchises]. Yorkshire doesn't have a Premier League football team now - but when it did in Hull, people from Leeds wouldn't be supporting Hull. But we'd like T20 to be a more focused competition."
On England's approach for Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie, who ultimately lost out on the role to Trevor Bayliss:
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "If he had gone, Jason would have gone with our best wishes. But we're pleased he's staying as we've got a production line of players under Jason's leadership.
"We just want to do better in one-day cricket - we need Yorkshire to win a one-day competition, we don't want to be a one-trick, four-day pony. We're delighted Jason's going to be coaching Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash, and our connections with Australia keep getting better with Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell coming over this year."
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Tim in Cheshire: Times like this show how much we miss Swanny. We need a class spinner who the captain can rely on to hold down an end and bowl maidens whilst we rotate the seamers at the other end. Moeen simply isn't good enough.
Mujeeb Rahman: Far better than watching 3-4 runs per over being scored! Full marks to NZ for clearly demonstrating what needs to be done to rejuvenate Test cricket!
What about Yorkshire's disagreement with England over the non-playing squad members in the West Indies?
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "I don't think that's what was intended. We had an issue with one player, Adil Rashid, as it seemed to us he would never get a game out there and we felt his confidence and form would be be improved by him playing for Yorkshire.
"But fundamentally we have no problem with England taking as many of our players as they like, it's a meritocracy. Then you get Geoffrey Boycott saying Yorkshire would beat England, which I think was playing to the Yorkshire audience."
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Sam in Nottingham: As exciting as New Zealand may be I don't think their approach will win them the Test match. Having to chase 350 in 50 overs is considerably more difficult than chasing 350 in two days. I don't expect New Zealand to make a larger lead than that because for 11 average test cricketers to score 500 by 'slogging' is highly unlikely. They'd be better off making a lead of 350 by the end of play tomorrow!
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "We hope there will be at least one more day's play in this game as getting people into the ground for international matches is the way we get financial stability, but we need to embrace the whole of the county. We've just changed the whole of the league structure, moving towards a premier league structure, and we might even make Headingley available for the odd cup final."
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BBC Sport at Headingley
"Covers coming on at tea. The groundstaff might know something we don't."
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Rory Stoves: Have England found the long-term replacement for Jimmy Anderson in Mark Wood?
Chris Flavell: How has Wood only just got his first couple of Tests?
Afternoon review
Yet another see-sawing session in a Test match that swings one way then the other without either side ever quite being able to grab a decisive advantage.
England got off to the perfect start, with Stuart Broad, so often at his most dangerous after a good performance with the bat, picking up the early wickets of Tom Latham and Kane Williamson.
New Zealand rebuilt quickly and thrillingly through Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor, with a counter-attacking partnership of 99 taking them into the ascendancy. But a great spell by Mark Wood before tea removed both those players to leave this Test evenly poised.
Tea scorecard
New Zealand 143-4 (30 overs) - lead by 143
Batsmen: McCullum 8*, Watling 2*
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Latham 3), 23-2 (Williamson 6), 122-3 (Taylor 48), 141-4 (Guptill 70)
Jonny in Croydon: Opinions swing like a Jimmy Anderson delivery under cloud. Doing alright or going to lose the Ashes 5-0 depending on time since the last wicket. The constant is the moaning about Cook. Bore off.
Tea - NZ 143-4 (lead by 143)
McCullum survives Anderson's over, and that's tea.
"We haven't quite got to the tail yet, but what might determine this match is how England deal with the New Zealand tail. It wagged in the first innings, and England didn't really bowl very well at them - but then again, the English tail wagged pretty well."
NZ 143-4 (Wood 6-1-28-2)
BJ Watling is the new man. He's off the mark with two through square leg.
"Mark Wood is the man picking up the wickets - there again is the virtue of bowling a fullish length to entice the drive, and it was a good catch around chest high by Joe Root. Good innings from Guptill, 70 in 72 balls, but it is another wicket. A fascinating game which keeps ebbing and flowing. The Kiwis have got a few sensible players, and BJ Watling is one of them."
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Guptill c Root b Wood 70 (NZ 141-4)
Brilliant from Mark Wood, removing that dangerous Martin Guptill with a full swinger outside off that draws the edge. Joe Root takes a solid catch at third slip, and the pendulum swings once again.
"It feels like a long time since Jimmy Anderson got a wicket in this match. He got two right at the start for 400 and 401 Test wickets, but only bowled 13 overs in the first innings."
NZ 140-3 (Guptill 70, McCullum 7)
James Anderson is back into the attack. What a crucial spell this could be - two free-scoring batsmen at the crease, including New Zealand's talisman, and England's premier operator with the ball in hand. McCullum hasn't quite found his timing yet but his lightning pace between the wickets helps New Zealand to run five from the over.
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"You know someone special is coming to the crease when the England fans cheer his arrival. I think only the England players and staff wouldn't enjoy an hour of Brendon McCullum here."
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Tom, Southampton: England get pumped around for a bit and all the cricket 'experts' start criticising Cook again. With NZ slogging, three or four wickets could go in no time and we could win with ease. High risk from NZ, it may work sometimes but they may just as easily shoot themselves in the foot.
Joe Alder, Bath: Why are New Zealand in such a rush? It's not a one-day international, it's a two-and-a-half-day international.
NZ 135-3 (lead by 135)
Guptill picks Wood off with a lovely flick off his pads to the midwicket boundary. The opener is just beginning to open his shoulders again after a brief lull and he adds another four with a slash behind point. Red warning lights flashing for England.
"England have posted a deep point, which is usually a run-saving position. With McCullum, it's possibly a catching position. It's now an 8-1 off-side field with a man probably catching at third man - Stuart Broad is looking a little isolated at mid-on."
NZ 127-3 (Stokes 6-0-26-0)
Ben Stokes is getting some nice shape back in to the right-hander now, he's looked the England bowler whom the New Zealand batsmen are most wary of playing shots too. McCullum, who has taken an uncharacteristic seven balls to get off the mark, opens his account with a cover-driven four when Stokes errs with a half-volley.
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Tom, London: I imagine the same people would be criticising our batting if they had thrown their wickets away attacking. NZ play a unique breed of Test cricket because it suits them. You can't expect us just to copy them. The one big partnership was the more traditional approach. Play to your strengths and the match situation.
NZ 122-3 (Guptill 61, McCullum 0)
Enter Brendon McCullum. He won't die wondering. He defends his first ball, then has a lusty swish at his second. England have an eight-one off-side field, only Stuart Broad loitering on the on side. England's plan here seems to be feed him on the off-side and hope for a mistake.
"Good thinking from England, getting the spinner out of the attack as they were comfortable against Moeen Ali. a soft dismissal was always likely to happen. Taylor has changed the momentum of the game."
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Taylor c Stokes b Wood 48 (NZ 122-3)
England have a long powwow before Mark Wood's latest over, pondering field-settings and plans, and it works a treat as Ross Taylor rather tamely prods the first ball of the over into Ben Stokes's hands at extra-cover. The partnership is ended on 99.
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China Dave: Given Ali's form with the bat he's basically in the side as a spinner. Is he good enough for that?
Mike Bell: Australians already licking their lips at the thought that Moeen will be England's frontline Test spinner.
NZ 122-2 (lead by 122)
Guptill has a wild lash at a slightly short delivery from Stokes but succeeds only in diverting the ball onto his pad. That would have gone miles if he'd got hold of it. Still, New Zealand have been just slightly becalmed in the last 10 minutes, Stokes exerting a measure of control.
"The intensity from New Zealand is what you'd expect from a one-day game, they're running hard. The short stuff doesn't usually work at Leeds, you've got to keep hanging in there around off stump."
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Jamie: Guptill and Taylor have played so well and so positively. It begs the question why did the England batsmen (Bell, Buttler, Ali) treat each ball like it was going to explode this morning? It was nipping around but if they had been a bit more positive with their strokeplay they might have scored a few more runs and not just poked easy catches to the slips. Do they think they can just play defensively and that the rain is going to save them? I've looked at the forecast and it won't.
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NZ 120-2 (Moeen 3-0-16-0)
These two batsmen have just slowed down slightly after that frenetic start - they're happy to just knock singles for now rather than leather the ball to the fence. Three from Moeen's latest set.
"They just can't keep them quiet - even every half-decent ball is being hit for one. First and foremost, they've just got to work out how to bowl a few dots to this pair. England's catching has been poor, they'll reflect on that drop from Gary Ballance earlier."
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"Some one-day batting from New Zealand has forced England into a one-day field. Singles on offer everywhere, the board moving at four or five an over with minimal effort."
NZ 117-2 (Guptill 57, Taylor 47)
There's been dash as well as thrash in this partnership - sharp running between the wickets has eared New Zealand a few bonus runs and they sneak another with a quick single in front of mid-on. Stokes produces a good delivery, hitting the pitch hard and shaping away, but Taylor doesn't chase it, just withdraws his bat, which is a sign that he's in good order.
"I enjoyed that stroke to bring up his fifty, it was effortless. He was hitting with the breeze, straight into the stands - not even a full swing, it was like a checked drive."
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NZ 113-2 (lead by 113)
Martin Guptill brings up his fifty in characteristic style with an audacious straight six over Moeen's head. As anyone who watched his exploits in the World Cup will know, Guptill in fifth gear is a dangerous proposition, capable of lacerating a bowling attack. But he's a man who has never quite succeeded in Test cricket, and England will be banking on that rash shot to come.
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Marcus Marland: I would absolutely love to be part of this NZ team. To a man they just play carefree exciting cricket.
Charles Gordon: I've been watching Test matches since 1979. I've never seen anything like the cricket played in this mini-series before.
NZ 105-2 (Stokes 3-0-15-0)
Alastair Cook has removed one of his plethora of jumpers. Getting a little hot under the collar perhaps? Stokes has kept things pretty tight since he came on, but a slightly overpitched delivery gets the scoreboard ticking again as Taylor creams him back down the ground with a beautifully perpendicular blade.
"100 lead now for New Zealand - England will keep looking at that scoreboard as they're just racing along. It's been the way all week - the Lyth-Cook partnership has been the only one played in an orthodox manner, all the others have had success by being aggressive. The ball looks like it's doing nothing now. But when it wasn't doing anything for New Zealand yesterday, they held length and line and kept it tight."
Second-wicket woes
New Zealand's second-wicket stands in this series: 0, 0, 0, 8 (average 2).
England's second-wicket stands in this series: 8, 11, 38 (average 19).
NZ 100-2 (Guptill 47, Taylor 40)
Well now, this could be interesting - Moeen Ali is into the attack. Partnership breaker, or lamb to the slaughter? A loopy full toss suggests the latter, but Taylor misses out and only gets a single. Another single off the last brings up the New Zealand 100.
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Guardian cricket correspondent and former England seamer Mike Selvey: Suspect that as this is effectively a one-innings match, Kiwis have got their black uniform under the whites.
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Ian, Barcelona: Despite the accolades for his run scoring feats, it is clear that, when the moment arrives for an adventurous captaincy decision, Alastair Cook is simply not able to take that step. Had he done so, he would almost certainly not have allowed the fateful 20 overs pre-second new ball to meander as they did. "Fortune favours the brave" but not him.
NZ 95-2 (lead by 95)
Taylor unveils a shot straight out of the one-day manual, taking a wild yahoo at a good-length delivery from Ben Stokes and finding only fresh air. A good over from the strawberry-blond talisman, just one from it.
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"Seam movement has been present throughout this match, but the sight of sunshine suggests this is now a batting afternoon. It's a tricky equation for England, who must balance attack with saving runs. Taking their catches would help too. How many would be too many?"
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OptaJason: 11,000 - Ross Taylor has become the fourth player to score 11,000 international runs for @BLACKCAPS (all formats). Club.
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Ben Graff in London: With the way New Zealand play they can lose wickets at reasonably regular intervals and still amass good scores. It's a novel approach to Test cricket, and a fantastic one to watch!
NZ 94-2 (Wood 3-0-17-0)
The benefits of looking to score off each delivery - an attempted yorker from Mark Wood that might have zeroed in on a more reticet batsman's toes is calmly converted into a full toss by Taylor, who bunts into the deep on the leg side for a couple. This is a real Test for the young Durham bowler - perfectly decent overs are leaking runs. Six from the latest.
Scorecard update
New Zealand 88-2 (16 overs) - lead by 88
Batsmen: Guptill 43*, Taylor 32*
Bowling figures: Anderson 6-2-29-0, Broad 7-1-35-2, Wood 2-0-11-0, Stokes 1-0-9-0
New Zealand first-innings 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84; Broad 5-109
James O'Donnell: New Zealand will win this. They are playing a ODI, which as we know, we are not very good at. England should have attacked.
NZ 88-2 (Guptill 43, Taylor 32)
Ben Stokes comes into the attack and his first ball is walloped high over midwicket by Taylor for a maximum. These two are playing like they've got tickets for an open-top bus tour around Leeds tomorrow morning. Time for drinks.
On Twitter: NZ 79 for 2 at the end of the powerplay....
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Kevin Potter in Caversham: This game slipping from England's grasp. They have to take their chances and get more ruthless. Australia will have us 5-0 if we don't learn to catch.
NZ 79-2 (lead by 79)
With the scores level from the first innings, this is effectively a one-innings shootout, and New Zealand have clearly decided that their best chance of success comes from treating this like a one-day match. That approach has its dangers though, as Ross Taylor shows when he drives loosely at a good delivery from Wood. The Kiwis are comfortable in attack mode though, and these two are looking very busy between the wickets - they scamper a very quick three when Taylor works one wide of mid-on, and have now put on 52 in five overs. Blimey.
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Josh in Bedford: Seriously what has happened to our catching? Under Strauss we took every chance but since then we drop more than we catch. Costly!
NZ 71-2 (Broad 7-1-35-2)
England have now used eight reviews in this series and got them all wrong. Martin Guptill slaps Stuart Broad to the point boundary as this pair continue to throw caution to the wind, and only a superb diving stop by Jimmy Anderson saves another boundary, this time wide of mid-on. Another four duly follows when Taylor cuts Broad through the vacant gully region. Runs flowing for New Zealand.
"It was obviously not out; 45 seconds before he gave his decision, he could have just said, 'It hit his pocket'. As soon as it is obviously not out, get on with it. Common sense."
NZ 58-2 (Guptill 30, Taylor 15)
Guptill adds a single off the final ball of Wood's over.
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No, huge appeal from England but the ball missed bat and hit the back trouser-leg. A moment of success for umpire Ravi, who has spent most of this Test bidding for a starring role in the next Specsavers advert. Other opticians are available...
Umpire review
Mark Wood is summoned into the bowling attack and thinks he's struck immediately to remove Martin Guptill. But umpire Ravi says no to his caught behind appeal. England want another look...
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Theo Sheridan: Can't help recalling Chris Jordan's outstanding work at slip in the Windies.
Jeffrey Yeung: This is not a coincidence anymore, England's catching is getting worse and worse compared to what it was just 1 or 2 years ago.
NZ 55-2 (lead by 55)
Alastair Cook is wearing about three jumpers at first slip - he looks like the Michelin Man. It can't be that cold, surely. Ross Taylor meanwhile comes over more like the Marlboro Man, smoking Stuart Broad past mid-off. Good counter-attack from this pair.
"It was high and it was to his left, you can tell by the dismay on the face of James Anderson and Alastair Cook that it was one that should have stuck."
Taylor dropped on 6
NZ 42-2 (Anderson 6-2-29-0)
Martin Guptill is going to look to be positive here - he guides the first ball of Anderson's over to the third-man boundary, and when Jimmy overcompensates with his next delivery, he nudges him off his legs to the fine-leg fence. And then goodness me, Taylor should have been gone! Full and swinging, the batsmen gets a thick edge and the ball bursts through the hands of Gary Ballance at second slip. Got to take those.
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BBC Sport at Headingley
"Before anyone else says it, I'll get in. Is Stuart Broad on one of his hot streaks? A (ropey) five-for, runs and now some very good seam bowling to take two wickets early in this New Zealand innings. I wonder if this game might be done and dusted tomorrow?"
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Pete: Shame this isn't a three-match series. All anyone seems to care about is the Ashes. I just want to see good, close Test cricket.
Ray in Southampton: Who decided this positive, refreshing and entertaining New Zealand side only warranted two Tests in a series? Can we have them back soon please!
NZ 28-2 (Guptill 18, Taylor 4)
Ross Taylor strides to the crease - he's the man with the experience in this New Zealand top order and they need him to stick around here. He begins by stroking his first ball from Broad to the cover boundary. Class.
"Despite the sun coming out, it didn't really help Williamson - he's fished outside off stump and got a little edge which just carried to Buttler. An important wicket, the English bowlers will be delighted with the way this session has started."
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Becky Lea: Went for a nap at Lunch, woke up to two wickets. Nicely done.
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Williamson c Buttler b Broad 6 (NZ 23-2)
This is a huge wicket. Kane Williamson, so often the bedrock of this New Zealand batting line-up, is gone, pushing at a wide tempter from Broad and getting a thin edge through to Buttler. Williamson will be disappointed with himself - he could have left that.
"Williamson, by playing late with an angled bat, gets the benefit, as a genuine edge doesn't even look like carrying to the slips."
NZ 22-1 (lead by 22)
Gorgeous shot from Williamson, punching a full ball from Anderson back down the ground with a minimum of effort. He can defend too, playing with characteristically soft hands and an angled face just to divert the swinging ball onto the ground. It looked like an edge, but it wasn't.
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A concerned "English rose" to his fair-skinned compatriots: Watch out boys and girls - the sun is a fickle enemy. You may think that being up north in Leeds is protection enough from that scarcely-seen orb of heat, but I am in Helsinki airport the colour of a beetroot. If you can burn in Finland, Headingley must be a fiery inferno!
NZ 18-1 (Broad 4-1-4-1)
Kane Williamson is clearly a man who doesn't like being stuck on 0 - he almost ran Ross Taylor out at Lord's with his first single. Broad is in rhythm - he gets one to jag back in and strike Williamson on the pad, but it's too high.
"Guptill wasn't pleased with that run from Williamson. He did it to Taylor in the first Test when Broad missed the stumps with the follow-through. Guptill stood for a moment or two, he felt that run was far too tight."
NZ 16-1 (Guptill 12, Williamson 1)
Enter Kane Williamson, on a pair, but a crucial fulcrum of this New Zealand batting line-up. A reminder of New Zealand's second-wicket partnerships in this series: 0, 0 and 0. More zeroes than a footballer's pay cheque. The sequence is nearly continued as well as this pair get off to a pretty dicey start, a jittery Williamson calling Guptill through for a very sharp single and just about surviving a direct hit at the non-striker's end.
"Latham is almost cut in half, it's too close to him to play a cut shot, it may have even been a pull shot by the end of it. The sort of breakthrough England would have wanted, with New Zealand only 15 ahead. New Zealand will want their runs quite quickly, and that may mean more shots like that."
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Stuart Broad makes the breakthrough for England. He tucks Tom Latham up with one that swings back into the body and clips the under-edge of either bat-handle or glove on its way through to Jos Buttler. Just what England wanted after lunch.
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NZ 15-0 (Latham 3, Guptill 12)
A lucky start for Martin Guptill after lunch as he edges one rather streakily between third slip and gully and down to the third-man boundary. Anderson's mood is not improved when he receives a first official warning from umpire Ravi for running on the pitch. And the sulk is deepened when his very next ball is creamed through the covers for four by Guptill. Steam coming out of his ears as he snatches his jumper back.
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New Zealand 7-0 (4 overs) - lead by 7
Batsmen: Latham 3*, Guptill 4*
Bowling figures: Anderson 2-1-6-0, Broad 2-1-1-0
New Zealand first-innings 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84; Broad 5-109
One of the batsmen smashed the ball straight to point who appeared to take a great catch but actually dropped the ball. The batsman had already started to walk off to the pavilion, the keeper took the ball and took the bails off. Should he be given run out?
"If he was leaving the wicket under misapprehension, he shouldn't be given out."
In the age of the hipster beard, is it a legal catch if a fielder catches a ball in their beard? Moving on, could players weave their beards in the slip cordon, would it be a legal catch?
"One beard, yes. Two beards: not allowed. It would be called unfair play. I would just call dead ball."
A fast bowler bowls the batsman with a no-ball, the stump cartwheels to the keeper and lands at the keeper's feet at the same time as the ball. The batsman sets off for a run, can the keeper claim a run-out by holding the stump?
"No, he has to physically pull a stump out of the ground. If there are no stumps still standing, he has to put one back in and pull it out."
You are standing at square leg and the fielding side appeal for a catch behind, you hear a noise, which you think is a nick, but your colleague who has to make the decision doesn't, so he gives 'not out'. What if anything do you do at square leg?
"Nothing. That is not in your jurisdiction. As a square leg umpire you got certain things to look at stumpings etc. but for catches and so on that is a bowlers' end umpire's decision."
Is a bowler allowed to start their run-up in front of the bowling crease, such as at mid-wicket?
"Yes, There was a former West Indian wicketkeeper who played in the Central Lancashire League, who started from cover point, ran around the wicket and bowled someone behind his legs."
If after the lunch interval, both batsmen go to the wrong end and no-one realises until the tea interval when it is brought to the attention of the umpires by the TMS team, is the afternoon session legitimate?
"Absolutely. It happened in county cricket when a new umpire, Vanburn Holder came on the scene and the batsmen tried to play a prank on him by going to the wrong end. They took guard, and at the last minute they switched."
The umpire miscounts an over and ball number seven takes a wicket, the batsman reviews and during the review process the mistake becomes apparent. Although the decision to give the batsman out is correct, is the batsman out?
"The decision still stands, that is in the Laws of Cricket. if the umpires have miscounted, it is just unfortunate."
As "dead ball" is a favourite subject of Ask the Umpire, what about the recent Women's County Championship match? Sussex needed two to win off the final ball, bowled by Charlotte Edwards, the batter missed the ball and the Kent keeper Lauren Griffiths removed the bails in a failed stumping attempt. The non-striker was already halfway down the pitch and they took a run as Kent prematurely celebrated. The umpires ruled the ball had not been dead at the time of the run. The result was appealed to the ECB, who didn't overturn the result. Is the ball dead when the stumping is attempted?
"The ball is not dead because the keeper's broken the wicket. The only way the ball would be dead id if a wicket had fallen. So the run stands."
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Jay: The scores may be level but NZ are ahead given that England have to bat last. Not that straightforward. Certainly not a waste.
J J Gass: Surely Scott was being sarcastic. Or do I mean ironic? Anyway, I doubt he really meant it had been a waste.
Do you like the fact the DRS decision-making can now be heard on TV and radio?
"Not really. It's more intrusion into umpires' decision-making. I'm not a lover of DRS. DRS has reversed wrong decisions which is a good thing, but it's not a perfect system and these last-ball scenarios are where it's going to cause confusion. In front of 90,000 at the MCG or Eden Gardens, it could cause a riot."
A few years ago in a limited-overs school match, the batting side need six to win from the final ball. The captain sent all 10 fielders to the boundary, the batsman top-edged a hook and the ball was caught at deep fine leg by the wicketkeeper. The batting side claimed that this was unfair and said the keeper had become an outfielder, but the umpire disagreed and said I was out. Was this right?
"Once you go so back so far, you cease to be keeper. It becomes a farce when the keeper can go out so far back with the gloves. That shouldn't have been allowed."
This has been bothering me since 1986. When bowled after a ball ricocheted onto my stumps from where the artificial turf wicket met the natural grass, should I have been given out?
"The umpires should agree exactly where the wicket is. If it hits the ridge, it should be a wide. But if you don't agree it, you get a grey area."
A batsman is attempting a run, the fielder shies at the stumps and the ball deflects off the bat or the batsman onto the stumps, with the batsman still out of his ground. Is he out?
"Yes, he's out. The ball is still live. Another nonsense is the non-striker leaving his ground early. He's only doing that for one reason, to gain a yard or two - and if he's already been warned for it, you should be run out. You're coached that you turn and watch the bowler, and you leave the crease as he bowls."
Adam Lyth tried to kick the ball yesterday when he had played it and it nearly went onto his stumps. Could he have put his hands on the bails to stop them coming off?
"No. That is unfair play, he would have been out obstructing the field."
Someone rushes up, doesn't complete the single for whatever reason, comes back for a second run and it is called one short, but a single is given, where is the logic of giving the batsman a run when he has not completed a run at either end?
"You have to contact the MCC and get them to change the Laws of Cricket. But he can't run short deliberately."
Play is suspended for bad light, but can play be suspended for bad heat, if it's dangerously hot or unseasonably cold?
"I umpired an ODI in Bombay between India and West India where we had to stop play because players were falling over in the heat, and we stopped for extra drinks."
Can fielders other than the wicketkeeper wear gloves in the cold?
What if a plastic bag blows onto the ground and the ball is hit into the bag and runs down to third man? Is it a dead ball?
"No, it's the same as if a ball hits a bird flying by, it's an act of God. If it hits Spidercam it's a dead ball, that's a regulation brought in by the ICC."
What if you play the ball and it then trickles towards the stumps?
"Once you've played the ball with the bat, you can kick it away, but you cannot touch the ball with your hand, even if it's a no-ball. You have no right to handle the ball with the hand off the bat."
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"This morning session was just as good as all the other sessions. You think you know what's going to happen and you don't. Southee and Boult bowled beautifully, and just when you thought New Zealand were going to get quite a substantial lead, they fell into the same trap as England: bouncing the tail-enders."
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Ben Dalton: Saying first-innings parity is a waste is like saying a 2-2 draw at half-time is too. Test cricket joy is in the building tension.
Sue: Re: 13:09. Two days of entertaining matchplay "a waste", Scott? Maybe you'd be better suited to watching a different sport?
Lunch - NZ 7-0
Broad concedes his first run as Guptill guides a single down to Mark Wood, patrolling the fine leg boundary. Broad follows Anderson in switching to bowling round the wicket to the left-handed Latham, and brings Adam Lyth over as a second gully fielder in a six-man cordon. But he sees the Black Caps through to lunch unscathed.
"I think the result of this match will depend on which set of bowlers can be disciplined and patient throughout the innings."
NZ 6-0 (Latham 3*, Guptill 3*)
Anderson shines the ball furiously on his flannels, while Latham fidgets long enough at the crease to suggest that both wouldn't mind if this is the last over before lunch. Boycott Bingo followers can tick off the "the best way to face fast bowling is from the other end" box on their bingo cards as Anderson sends down a probing over from round the wicket. A maiden - and time for one more, in fact.
"I've always said, it's a great skill bowling out tail-enders quickly and cheaply. It should be easy but it isn't for some bowlers. It's real asset if you have bowlers who can do it in your team - it lifts spirits and takes the pressure off the opening batsmen."
NZ 6-0 (lead by 6)
Stuart Broad, fresh from his 46 with the bat, is soon yelling for lbw but the ball - the very first he delivered - looked to be slanting down the leg side. Guptill is stout in defence, seeing out a maiden over.
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Ben Thomas: The scores might be exactly the same, but the way both teams went about getting them could not be more different.
Scott Keene: Both on 350. Almost a waste of two-and-a-half days.
"It's funny how left-handed batsmen muck up a bowler's lines. If I ever come back, I'm coming back as a left-hander - it's easier."
NZ 6-0
New Zealand are up and running as Latham guides a two wide of gully. A single brings Guptill on strike, on a pair - but he matches his partner's score as he knocks a three through the covers.
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Rafi in Cambridge: Broad is criminally underrated with both bat and ball. He has 280 wickets at a better average than Anderson, and apart from the last 18 months, has been a consistent deliverer of runs from the lower order. His record already marks him as a really, really good test cricketer, and if he keeps it up for another few years, he ought to be considered a genuine great.
Joe Kenelm: Good to see Broad getting some runs at the close there- as well as a five-wicket haul in the first innings. Would it be fair to say he's been inspired and perhaps driven by Jimmy's achievement?
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Right-hander Guptill took the first ball in the first innings, but this time round, as Geoffrey suggested, it's his left-handed partner Tom Latham taking strike. Game on.
"If they've any sense, the left-hander Latham should face first, because a lot of bowlers don't like starting against left-handers, and Guptill is on a pair."
"It's a difficult time to bat, because the ball's going to be swinging around a bit."
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Jonathan in Solihull: Why are people criticising England for not abandoning their plans? Both captains are paying situational cricket, NZ have to win so want the game to move forward quickly so they batted at five an over, England don't need to win and are doing exactly the opposite of what McCullum wants them to do and scored at three an over. Both will end up with around 350 so NZ need to take even more risks to force a result and may end up losing as a result.
Jonathan sent this "both will end up with around 350" text before England were bowled out. Perhaps he could text us next week's lottery numbers?
An interesting mini-session coming up, with only 15 minutes for New Zealand to face before lunch. Opener Martin Guptill is on a pair, as is number three Kane Williamson.
"It will be interestingly to see how New Zealand go about this, because we know they are instinctively positive players, but there's a lot of time left, and they can't afford to mess this up."
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"New Zealand troop off - they've been through a rollercoaster of emotions in that session. They thought they might get a lead of 80 runs at one stage."
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Broad b Henry 46 (Eng 350 all out)
I must have jinxed him there - no fifty for Broad, he is bowled by Henry attempting another legside heave, and would you believe that, the scores are exactly level. (Or if you prefer, the last two-and-a-half days have been entirely pointless!).
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Eng 350-9 (Broad 46*, Anderson 10*)
Broad pushes a single and England are level, to a warm smattering of applause. And Broad is only four short of what would be his first Test fifty since a 65 against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2013.
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Paul in Newcastle: What has been so lovely about this series has been the atmosphere of true sportsmanship, good fellowship and friendliness shown by both teams towards each other. We haven't seen any sign of the awful macho sledging and posturing that England and the Aussies have far too often engaged in that brings the game into disrepute, especially in regard to youngsters watching and learning from their heroes. Have I really seen the opposition clapping the new batsman in? Applauding their achievements and valuing good cricket all round? It has been wonderful to watch the game played in this warm and friendly but nonetheless competitive atmosphere.
Eng 349-9
Broad pulls another short ball from Henry, it's not quite firm enough to beat the fielder and it's two rather than four. Frustration is building among the New Zealanders, a single reduces the deficit to one.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"The segregated part of the Western Terrace, 'the Zoo', is virtually empty today, as if the animals have escaped, or are having a lie-in to ease the hangover. In Leeds, the lion sleeps this morning. I'm not surprised, I saw two lorries full of beer arrive last night to replace what had been consumed."
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Richard Cutcher: This rally from Broad and the tailenders serves to highlight how badly Moeen, Stokes, Butler and Bell judged the situation.
Eng 346-9 (Craig 25-12-47-2)
Now Anderson, four short of 1,000 Test runs, gets the reverse sweep out of his locker but can't connect cleanly. Craig, shirt billowing in the wind, tosses the ball up invitingly as Anderson sees off a maiden over. The last two wickets have added 79.
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Jonathan Dale: Hang on, I thought it was our openers who failed and middle order who rode in to save them. Can't both ever be on form at once?
Jeffrey Yeung: When the top order performs the middle order fails and vice versa, talent is there just need right mind set for the situation.
Eng 346-9 (trail by 4)
Matt Henry replaces Southee, but Broad swats the right-arm seamer through mid-wicket and into the stand for a flat six! Another big heave over the covers sails into the air but falls safely and they plunder two more. It's now his highest score since he had his nose broken by Varun Aaron at Old Trafford last year and had to retire hurt. Third man is brought up into the slips... and fortune favours Broad as he slashes the ball over the cordon and straight to where that third man fielder would have been! Broad to 42 from 27 balls.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Who has decided that chin music is the way to remove a tailender? Alastair Cook and England rightly got slaughtered for this tactic yesterday. As good a captain as Brendon McCullum is, he looks to have this one wrong."
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Merlyn: Couldn't be happier that Broad has decided to play some shots. This is what he should do. Keep going!
BBC Sport's Richard McElvanney: Jimmy reaching 1,000 Test runs could be the most important landmark of #ENGvNZ in the context of this game.
Anderson will reach that landmark when he gets to 14.
Eng 333-9 (Broad 30*, Anderson 10*)
Will Broad take on the spinner? He takes a fresh guard before prodding a single to mid-wicket. Anderson slog-sweeps and misses, but a more orthodox approach bears fruit as an off-driven four brings a roar from the Headingley crowd. Another four from the "Burnley Lara", this time through mid-wicket, takes England to triple-Nelson and reduces the deficit to a manageable 17.
"Where has the slower ball out of the back of the hand gone? When tailenders are batting like this, going at the ball with hard hands, it just offers something different."
"This is now Broad's best Test score since he made 37 against India at The Oval last year."
Eng 324-9 (trail by 26)
It's Broad facing Southee, who has switched ends, with three leg-side boundary fielders in place - mirroring Broad's plan of attack against New Zealand's tailenders yesterday morning? Broad pulls a single to long leg, not totally convincingly, while the field changes for last man James Anderson with a four-man slip cordon posted. But Anderson is off the mark with a single off his legs, while Broad fences at a lifter and it brings him over the keeper's head. Anderson adds a single, while Broad again keeps the ball down as he pulls a single to one of those deep fielders.
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Toby Foot: Vital partnership from Broad and Wood scoring crucial runs, mirroring the input of the New Zealand tail yesterday morning.
Tom Bridge: Attack is always the best form of defence.
"McCullum is a wonderful captain. He reads situations so well. It was the change of pace that did for Mark Wood, but he played nicely."
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Wood c Ronchi b Craig 19 (Eng 318-9)
Wood comes forward to Craig, with a slip and a short leg in attendance - but the off-spinner finds the edge as the number 10 tries a cut shot and New Zealand have made an important breakthrough. Caught Ronchi, bowled Drinks Break?
"It's just starting to spin a bit. Trent Boult's foot-holes have appeared, so there's something there for the off-spinner to aim at. Moeen Ali will be looking at that."
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Just for once, the batsmen look ready and eager to resume after drinks, while the fielders get another pep-talk from their skipper. And Michael Vaughan has his wish - off-spinner Mark Craig, whose dark beard looks more immaculately groomed than it was yesterday, is returning in place of Southee (who took 4-27 in that 10-over spell with the new ball).
"Now is the time for New Zealand to turn the pace down and put the spinner on."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Test cricket attracts an eclectic crowd, but there is a certain look of someone heading for a day at the cricket. They tend to be rugged up under a fleece or waterproof, but also optimistically thinking of sunshine with a pair of shades or jaunty hat. There's a coolbox or carrier bag full of enough food to feed Huddersfield and a bag containing the following tools for the day - sun cream, a pen, a tea towel (to wipe down your wet seat) and a radio. Test match survival kit."
"This is a terrific partnership. Since Broad and Wood have come to the crease, they've played a little more unorthodox, tried to play a few shots, and suddenly the ball doesn't look dangerous. This is the way Broad's got to play - I think he's been overcomplicating."
Drinks - Eng 318-8 (trail by 32)
Broad smashes the ball so hard back at Boult that it hits the left-arm seamer on the forearm in his follow-through - so fiercely that he was trying to protect himself rather than take what would have been a stunning caught-and-bowled. To add insult to injury, they take a run. Wood rotates the strike, and Broad continues his assault, crashing another four back past the stumps and whacking a four through backward point which brings up the fifty stand, to warm applause. A well-earned drinks break for the ninth-wicket pair.
"These are critical runs, both from a numerical perspective and also because they are just lifting spirits in the England dressing-room. This is an important and impressive innings from Wood - he looks comfortable in the Test arena. And this is the best innings Broad has played for England for a little while."
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Chris Lewis: Yesterday when Cook was out England were 177-1 at the end of the 59th over. 20 overs to the new ball, 20 overs to press home their position before the new ball. Easiest time in match to bat. Why not send in Root or even Stokes to press on and take advantage of the benign conditions? Instead Ballance went in and we only scored 60 in those 20 overs. Why is the order so set in stone. At 10-1 Ballance is the man to go in, but at 177-1 in perfect batting conditions?
Eng 308-8 (trail by 42)
Southee is one short of a five-for, but it's been advantage England for the last couple of overs - Wood hammers a four through the covers with a fluent drive of which any top-order batsman would be proud. However, he's fortunate as he nearly chops the last ball of the over onto the stumps. We've had nearly an hour of play, how long before England can see off Southee and Boult? This stand is already worth 41 - the second highest of the innings.
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Jon in Leicester: Some of the texts you've had this morning re: Bell are staggering. Last time Aus were here he won us the series with three centuries from difficult positions. Get behind the team instead of calling for someone's head every time we have a tough session.
Tim in London: Lot of comments here and in the WI illustrate one of England's problems - always looking at the Ashes or elsewhere. Play each match as if it's the only match.
Eng 303-8 (Broad 17*, Wood 14*)
Wood clips Boult quickly past short leg and away for four to mid-wicket, this is now his highest Test score. A single takes him to 12, while the increasingly confident Broad hooks a four through square leg and wide of Watling who is still sweeping on that boundary. A terrific on-drive brings the Nottinghamshire man another three and pushes England past the magic 300 figure, Boult goes round the wicket and Wood helps himself to a couple more to fine leg. 14 from the over - England's best over of the day.
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Ben Newby: Looks like it's up to Broad to ensure we are not behind by the runs he leaked to the NZ tail.
Thomas Measures: If Broad can get 30+ it might do wonders for him. He always seem to bowl better when he gets a score.
Totum: Have a go, play some shots, what's the point of this leave, leave, edge it strategy? We are like turkeys waiting for Christmas.
Eng 289-8 (trail by 61)
Wood, who might not mind having a bowl in these overcast conditions, connects well but can only direct the ball straight to captain Brendon McCullum at mid-off. Southee's radar is a little off, sending a couple down the leg side, but another firm off drive beats McCullum's dive and brings Wood a scampered three.
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BBC Sport at Headingley
"The crowd are always the first to tell us about the weather. There are a couple of umbrellas up."
"What's looking crucial to me is the 50 runs New Zealand got in that mini-session yesterday morning. That was poor cricket from England, it was a wasteful spell, and it could be the difference between the first innings."
Eng 286-8 (Broad 10*, Wood 4*)
Broad is left fishing at thin air as he plays inside the line and Boult sends one over the stumps.
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Rob, exasperated, in Manchester: So, Messrs Broad, Anderson and Cook. Short-pitched bowling the way to go at Headingley? It's four slips and two gullies all the way.
"Wood doesn't look the worst lower-order batsman. There's enough to suggest that he might be able to play a role."
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Eng 286-8
A few spots of rain on the TV cameras as Broad chips Boult towards deep mid-wicket and is dropped by the diving BJ Watling, normally to be found behind the stumps but playing as a batsman in this match because of a knee injury he picked up at Lord's. Would have been a terrific grab. Wood is off the mark with a well-timed cover drive for four, a missed hook shot yields another bye over the keeper, and then we have a remarkable moment as the ball flies out of Boult's hands, it disappears high over where leg slip would stand, and is called a no-ball for height before disappearing to the boundary. It certainly wasn't deliberate, and was so high and wide that Broad was in no danger.
"You just sense that the probing, slightly surgical quality that the New Zealanders are operating with at the moment and the accuracy of the catching, that there is an element of I am only here for so long, particularly with the tail-enders."
Eng 275-8 (Broad 9*, Wood 0*)
Broad, backing away from Southee a little, looks intent on playing a few shots, forcing him through mid-wicket for four, before jabbing his bat down and getting the ball past gully. Three Kiwis give chase and the batsmen run three. Skies are grey and overcast in Leeds, but the rain is holding off for now.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"High-quality swing bowling from New Zealand, fully using the second new ball and cloud cover to their advantage. However, an England slide of six wickets for 29 runs is alarming, especially with Johnson, Starc and Harris to come this summer. Also, Adam Lyth's wasteful run-out is starting to look pretty crucial."
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Ben in Daventry: Only a month ago people were denying us any chance of even turning up against NZ. Now 1-0 up in the series, those people are using this success to predict doom in the Ashes! Enough of the pessimism surrounding English cricket! We can't all be Geoffrey Boycott.
Simon in Leeds: Dave in Sunbury your remarks are amazing. Century in Lyth's third Test innings. Shedloads of runs for Yorkshire. Of course he's in for the Ashes series. The Whitby Wizard done good.
Eng 268-8 (trail by 82)
Can Mark Wood and his imaginary horse ride to England's rescue? They still trail by 83 as Broad pulls Boult for a single to bring Wood, one of only four right-handers in this England side, on strike. It's as much as he can do to defend the rest of the over.
"Yesterday Southee looked as though he was struggling. Today he's finally found his rhythm. The luck has changed around as well - edges that were dropping short yesterday are carrying today."
"That's the best catch of the lot. What an opportunity New Zealand now have to win this match and level this series."
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Moeen c Guptill b Southee 1 (Eng 267-8)
Another one gone, and another slip catch! Moeen edges, this time it's third slip Martin Guptill with safe hands and it's seven wickets lost for 52 runs. Southee has three wickets in 17 balls this morning, figures of 3-1-6-3 today., and England are 31-6 with the new ball.
"Stuart Broad has 23 runs in his last six Test innings."
Eng 267-7
New batsman Stuart Broad - who looks a world away from the man who scored 169 in a Test in 2010 - is nearly out first ball as he jabs the ball just wide of short leg and they run one.
"Southee's just starting to hit form. At Lord's he looked just short of a gallop, but now he's starting to get back to using the crease very nicely, and getting the right line so that he draws the stroke."
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Buttler c Taylor b Southee 10 (Eng 266-7)
Buttler goes! Again a Southee late outswinger does the trick as Buttler plays defensively, this time it's Ross Taylor at first slip taking a regulation catch. England have lost six wickets for 51 runs.
"There's a lot about slip fielding that isn't apparent. You're constantly adjusting. For me the key is to see the ball got through to the keeper, watch the pace, and imagine it coming to you every ball."
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Wisden editor Lawrence Booth: Since his 143 in the first innings in Antigua, Bell's Test scores are: 11, 1, 0, 0, 1, 29 and now 12.
Barney: Ian Bell rarely looks out of touch but this series he has looked all at sea with the willow; and in the slips. Worrying times.
Eng 266-6
While a certain breed of England fans are sharpening their knives and prepare to throw them in the direction of Ian Bell (it's clearly his turn to be the "batsman under pressure", a role which is a mainstay of any England side), there are also reports of rain on the way... meanwhile, Moeen Ali sees off a maiden from Boult.
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Merlyn: Ian Bell once again proves that he is not the man for any kind of tough situation. Can we dispense with his services?
Adam Wheeler: Some poor form from Bell. Will he be looking over his shoulder.
Joe Robinson: Ian Bell having an absolute nightmare. Lucky for him there's no outstanding middle order batsmen who could replace him...
"New Zealand's third innings could be England's best chance of winning, if they go at it in a headless fashion."
Eng 266-6
Finally England put bat to ball in the runs department, as Moeen is off the mark with a nudge off his legs for one. Buttler drives at an outswinger and gets an edge... and the ball sails just wide of Kane Williamson at gully. England survive, and Buttler is in double figures.
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Simon Goodall: I hope we do a NZ here and play a few shots. Defending and defending will only cost wickets.
Tom Holmes: Big wicket that. England need these two to counter punch because there's not much coming after them.
"I'm surprised they haven't got the lights on. They've got them, why not use them?"
Eng 261-6 (Buttler 6*, Moeen 0*)
Some Minions take their place in the stands as Boult pings in a bouncer which flies over Buttler's head and over the grasp of keeper Luke Ronchi, who is unlucky to be charged with four byes for a delivery which he had little chance of reaching, though he gets the very tip of his glove to it. Next ball, it's Buttler's turn to suffer as an inswinger whacks him in the unmentionables. Three maidens so far today.
"I thought at the beginning of the day that parity would be the most likely scenario. But with the ball swinging, now you think there's the possibility of maybe a bit of a lead for New Zealand."
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BBC Sport at Headingley
"That's poor from Ian Bell, almost an exact replica of his second-innings dismissal at Lord's, when England were in similar peril. If some pieces of the Ashes jigsaw are in place, then Bell's form is one that doesn't quite fit at the moment. Still, Moeen Ali is 108 not out at Headingley."
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Moeen Ali returns to the scene of his heroic backs-to-the-wall hundred against Sri Lanka last year, with three slips, gully and a short leg in attendance. He sees off a wicket maiden, Southee takes his cap with the smile of a cheeky schoolboy, and England are yet to score a run off the bat today.
"A classic right-arm swing bowler's dismissal. Full enough, Southee drew the drive off the front foot, and the ball moved away at the last moment."
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Boult's partner-in-crime Tim Southee makes an immediate impact, as an outswinger is prodded by Ian Bell to Mark Craig at second slip without adding to his overnight score.
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Stuart Mitchell: Re: Dave in Sunbury (11:13), you only gain experience by playing in Test matches, Lyth has been given the chance stick with him.
Tom Audsley: Pipe down Dave in Sunbury. It's not his fault, he should have had three tests in the Caribean under his belt too.
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Boult, bowling lively left-arm over, slants the ball in towards Buttler's pads, but pushes one too far towards leg stump and Buttler helps it away for four leg byes, the only blemish on a maiden over. Still plenty of seats yet to be taken.
"These are awkward times for the batsmen. There's still plenty of shine on the new ball, and a nice hard seam. Boult has got the perfect conditions for bowling too."
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Trent Boult to open from the Football Stand End, Jos Buttler on strike.
"Those three wickets late in the day stopped England getting away from New Zealand and building a very large first-innings lead. That possibility has gone."
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Talking of anthems, "Jerusalem" is being belted out around Headingley, so we're nearly ready to start. New Zealand's fielders, all sporting "proper" cable knit sweaters, are in a huddle just inside the boundary.
It's a calm team talk from captain Brendon McCullum, rather than a Curtly Ambrose-style "fire and brimstone" speech - while umpire Rod Tucker looks like he wants the Yorkies to put another shilling in the electric meter and turn the floodlights on.
"We're hearing that for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff, there will be so much going on beforehand that they may have to bring the toss forward, though that's not confirmed. There will be three national anthems, for a start - the Welsh, English and Australian, and I think they're hoping for the Red Arrows too."
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Dave in Sunbury: Albeit Lyth got a century against a moderate NZ bowling attack one can't help but think Australia will be a different proposition. Too inexperienced for the Ashes.
An early notification - TMS will be joined at lunchtime today by former international umpire John Holder for the popular "Ask The Umpire" slot where he will answer your umpiring queries.
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"I agree with Vic Marks - the allocation of Test matches in England shouldn't come down to who generates the most cash, it should be which grounds provide the best pitches. If grounds produce poor pitches consistently, they should go down the pecking order."
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We're about 10 minutes from the start, the Headingley groundstaff are making their final preparations, with a tractor being driven at high speed around the outfield ("a Formula 1 tractor", notes Aggers) with an attached rope brushing off the rain.
New Zealand spinner Mark Craig speaking to TMS last night: "I thought the boys bowled really well, and picking up those two wickets at the end there was really crucial. It was nice to be able to do a job for the boys today, to be able to hold up an end and let the other boys rotate. I was nowhere near at my best at Lord's, but to be able to bounce back and be a little bit more consistent was pleasing. I didn't do anything different, just relaxed a bit. I think we're set nicely, we get two cracks with the new ball so first thing in the morning will be crucial. The boys are pretty happy."
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Dougie Gillies: What a start to the Test match summer, NZ really came to play and have done England a favour in their prep for the Ashes.
"Two or three years ago, New Zealand were at their lowest ebb. McCullum said, 'We're good at one-day cricket, why don't we try and play that way in Test cricket?' and it's got them to a level where they can compete against the best teams. These seven days have shown that Test match cricket is very much alive if it's played in the right style."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"What was all the fuss about? Rain? A trifling 15-minute delay. On arriving at the ground, you'd know nothing was amiss. The players were out warming up, England in the nets that are erected each morning on the western side of the square. Joe Root bowling to Alastair Cook, beating the skipper with a ripping off break."
Start-of-play scorecard
If you're just joining us, play is starting at 11:15 BST after some overnight rain. A reminder of the state of play:
England 253-5 (88 overs) - trail by 97
Batsmen: Bell 12*, Buttler 6*
Fall of wickets: 177-1 (Cook 75), 215-2 (Lyth 107), 238-3 (Ballance 29), 239-4 (Root 1), 247-5 (Stokes 6)
Alex in Basingstoke: Think it's about even. NZ were at a similar score with five down, only difference is they had a big middle partnership, we did it at the beginning.
Daz, Widnes: Re: 10:30 - so effectively yesterday we could have all had a lie in and started after lunch with England batting?
"If you look at T20, you have certain players that come in at certain stages. I think you might see that in Test cricket, send in a certain player at 60 overs. If England want to improve and be really radical, they might look back at yesterday and wonder if they could have sent Stokes, or Buttler, or Moeen in earlier, to play more expansively against the new ball than Gary Ballance."
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Charles Gordon: New Zealand are so good to watch I can't help feeling they deserve something out of this 'series'.
Is cricket speeding up?
Alison Mitchell, Michael Vaughan and Vic Marks on TMS are now asking - "is Test cricket speeding up"?
The average runs per over in Tests in the 1990s was 2.94, the modern average is well above three, while New Zealand forged ahead at a terrific rate in this game, scoring their 350 in only 72.1 overs - 4.84 per over.
"What I was impressed is the way Lyth left the ball, his composure and patience. He has always been able to hit the ball and be an eye-catching player, but he left the ball like a Test player rather a county player who is having a good run."
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A bit more info on timings today. With play starting at 11:15 BST, lunch will be at 13:15, with tea at 15:55. And as we're still making up time which was lost on the first day, we could be in for a long final session - Aggers and Geoffrey Boycott could be doing the podcast in their PJs.
Talking of which, you can hear the dynamic duo review day two on the TMS podcast page, where you can also listen again to the "View from the Boundary" interview with comedian and TV presenter Dom Joly, who once owned a grumpy dog named "Boycott".
"Adam Lyth is a nice player to watch. He doesn't try and overly hit the ball - he just times it. It was a true opener's innings. He's started his Test career against a really good New Zealand attack, and he's come through with flying colours. I think he'll cope with the extra pace of the Australia attack, where he has to get better is against spin."
England batsman Adam Lyth speaking to TMS last night: "It's reward for a lot of hard work. I'm very proud of my achievement today. To get three figures in a Test match, it doesn't get much better than that, but I would have liked to be there at the end. It was nice to put on a large partnership with Cooky, and great to see him get the record. Obviously it's early days in my international career, I'd love to play in the Ashes but obviously I've got another innings to go and I'd like to get runs in that."
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"New Zealand were excellent throughout the day yesterday. Even when they weren't getting wickets, they held their length, they held their lines. I just wonder if England will look back on that and wonder if they moved through the gears quickly enough to capitalise on the conditions they were batting in. Then New Zealand got some late wickets and ended up winning that day, in my opinion."
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So, message from the Weather Centre is to pack the waterproofs if you're off to Headingley. That goes for any of you in fancy dress as well...
"Alastair Cook is looking much more comfortable now. He's batting in the old Alastair Cook way - he's not searching for the ball."
Weather forecast
BBC Weather's Louise Lear on TMS: "There are some showers coming, and that may be why they've delayed the start. I think we'll see some showers in the next few hours, but a slight improvement into the afternoon.
"It should stay dry later on, but we could have some bad light and showers towards the end of the day. The temperature is around 11 degrees, which is very disappointing for this time of year.
"The forecast is looking better for tomorrow, but I think on Tuesday we could have a lot of showers and interruptions."
England captain Alastair Cook speaking to TMS last night: "We had to fight very hard yesterday. We were disappointed to lose three wickets yesterday - a couple too many - but under the lights these days it's difficult. Credit to the way Tim Southee and Trent Boult bowled. We thought we were edging ahead at 175-0, but this is what cricket can do to you.
"It was a fantastic day for Adam Lyth, I've been so impressed by the way he's gone about his business - to have a poor Test match at Lord's and then bounce back and get a century at his home ground is what dreams are made of."
Start delayed
Play will start at 11:15 BST unless there is any more rain, because there's a small wet patch on the outfield in the region of mid-off, which is being worked on by the ground staff.
With a few small drops of rain in the air, the covers are briefly back on as a precaution.
"Mark Craig has had a very decent match for New Zealand. He got 41 not out, he took a very good catch to dismiss Stokes - reverse-cup - and the most important thing was the way he bowled. He gave McCullum an extra bowler yesterday, in a sense."
Weather forecast
"Don't look at the clouds, it's a lovely day here in Leeds," enthuses Yorkshire's Michael Vaughan on TMS, somewhat less than 100% convincingly. Here's the BBC weather forecast for today...
"The ball has swung, when there is cloud cover around. It doesn't seem to matter whether it is cold. But if Bell and Buttler can get through the first half-hour, I expect them to play in very aggressive, almost Kiwi manner."
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A sporting cliche describes a "game of two halves" - but yesterday saw three contrasting sessions at Headingley.
New Zealand resumed on 297-8 but courtesy of some rather strange short-pitched bowling from England, the tourists crashed and bashed their way to 350 all out in not much time. But those extra 53 runs were effectively cancelled out by England reaching 54-0 at lunch.
England then forged ahead in the afternoon session, with Adam Lyth (107) reaching a maiden Test century and sharing an opening stand of 177 with the record-breaking Alastair Cook (75).
But having been 163-0 at tea, England then lost five wickets in the final session to finish on 253-5, still trailing by 97.
"It was a fascinating day yesterday. The happy synthesis of a new ball and some cloud cover leaves the game tantalisingly poised with plenty of time left for a result for either side."
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Fans of both New Zealand and England could make a half-decent case for their noses being slightly in front at this stage. But there may be clouds on the horizon - and not metaphorical ones. The covers are off, and there will be an inspection at 10:30 BST.
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That's about it from us - you can already read Stephan Shemilt's match report from Headingley and listen again to "Ask the Umpire" on the TMS podcast page, where it will be joined by the Agnew and Boycott review very soon.
You can also read about an astonishing T20 game at Taunton where not even 151 from 62 balls from the self-styled coolest man in cricket was enough to save Somerset from defeat.
Unquestionably New Zealand's day - but I know you'll want to join us tomorrow to bring you every cough and spit of day four. Test Match Special will be on air from 10:25 BST. Until then, enjoy the rest of your evening - see you on the morrow. TTFN.
Highest chases at Headingley
Geoffrey said earlier that records are there to be broken - well, only once have a team scored more than 315 in the fourth innings to win a Test at Headingley - and that team contained a certain Donald George Bradman. The highest successful chases are:
New Zealand reaction
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill on Sky Sports, on team-mate BJ Watling: "He is a gritty little character, he can bat anywhere in the order. When Watling gets going he can really get big scores."
On how the pitch is behaving: "There is still a bit of up and down movement. it can only be good signs for us as we have to bowl last."
Coach reaction
More from England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "The New Zealand batsmen have been attacking. They hit some good balls and took the attack to us. They haven't allowed us to control our lengths.
"We have set plans for every batsman but they haven't allowed us to settle into those plans. You can't have six slips if you aren't bowling enough balls in the right area. We just haven't created enough pressure on them with dot balls to be able to get the edge.
"Tailenders have become a lot more competent with the bat than they used to be. Most tailenders are batting a lot better, they are hitting the ball harder. Pitching it up isn't always the best way. And there is no real right and wrong way."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Broad played splendidly. You hope that innings will bring his confidence back, because he's a good player down the order. Make no mistake, it's going to be a tough ask for England tomorrow."
Forecast for Monday
If you're travelling to Headingley tomorrow, it should be sunny early on but it looks like we might have a shower or two in the afternoon. (A cynic might add, if England haven't been bowled out by then).
Coach reaction
More from England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "The one thing I have noticed about this team is that there is a lot of character in the dressing room. We haven't been as good as we could have been, but the character in the dressing room, means that we aren't out of this. We just lacked control.
"There is a little bit in the pitch when you bowl into length. But we were guilty of overdoing it, we tried too hard to get wickets; we haven't been patient enough. We know we can bowl a lot better than that."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"England have seven left-handers in their line-up and it's going to be important that they don't let the spinner Mark Craig settle."
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I, Rob: It might be time to warm up those rain dances.
John M Butt: Magic Anderson seem to have lost his magic this last year.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"This match has been splendiferous and we want a result, whoever wins. If it's going to be be England, they're going to have to play out of their skins, but records are there to be broken."
Coach reaction
England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on TMS: It has been a difficult day, the Kiwis have put us under pressure with their attacking cricket and we haven't been as good as we can be. We've played ourselves into a hole, but there's still a lot of time left in this game.
"As a bowling unit we try to bowl dot balls and create pressure and they haven't allowed us to do that. Stuart Broad knows his game inside out and we've been working on his mentality more than anything else, how to get players out when the ball's not swinging and stuff like that. Mark Wood is young, raw, full of energy and he's quite skilful as you saw when he got Brendon McCullum out."
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Mark in Dulwich: I think England have placed too much stock in Moeen's performances with the ball against a disinterested India last summer. If we're going to compete in the Ashes we need to find a spinner who can either take wickets or can tie down an end. In 2015 Moeen has managed neither, and it's pretty obvious that Cook doesn't trust him to bowl more than a few overs at a time. Play him up the order as a specialist batsman who occasionally bowls, or don't play him at all. At eight he's a passenger.
Player reaction
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More from Tim Southee on TMS: "It started last night with that spell of bowling with the new ball and it was nice to be able to finish them off reasonably quickly this morning. The tail-enders came out and played their shots and if you get a couple out of the middle it's there to be hit.
"My performance was disappointing at Lord's but you always want to get better and I looked back on a few things over the break so it was pleasing to get wickets. There's still a lot of time left in the game so hopefully we can edge that lead."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's a fact of life that Moeen Ali isn't a bowler. He's a batsman who bowls a bit. To ask him to follow a top-class spinner who's retired [Graeme Swann], he will be exposed as he's a nice cricketer, but he can't control an end. The Aussies will target him as they've got a lot of right-handers, but you can't take it away from New Zealand today - BJ Watling batted magnificently. He can seriously bat, he's one of the unsung New Zealanders and I really enjoyed his innings."
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New Zealand bowler Tim Southee on TMS: "With the way the guys batted it turned out to be a pretty good day for us. BJ Watling is just a gutsy, determined player and it's nice to see him get the rewards for the hard work he puts in. If you'd said yesterday afternoon that we would end the day in the position that we are we would have grabbed it with both hands."
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Stand by for some words of wisdom from Tim Southee on TMS, while who have England put up for interview? Err... it's bowling coach Ottis Gibson.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The whole tenor of the innings was playing in a positive, sensible frame of mind, not looking to whack it but not missing out on anything to score off. Take McCullum, we all know how expressive he is. He played a couple of shots early on, then realised England weren't going to get a new ball tonight and played very sensibly."
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Simon Goodall: Time for Ali and Bell to move on. Just not good enough I'm afraid.
george atutkwengo: BJ Watling has got to be the man of the series for New Zealand.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I thought it was a fantastic day's cricket again. The match has moved on and New Zealand won the day hands down. The total that England are going to have to get will be tough. In the morning, Stuart Broad got England up to par - he did to the New Zealand bowlers what they did to him. Martin Guptill can't have been looking forward to batting, but he batted beautifully."
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Tom in Newcastle: Hang on BBC; I'm at the Magic Weekend in Newcastle being bored to tears by six hours of rugby league, wishing I was watching six hours of cricket in Leeds. Imagine my delight when I received a wicket notification from the BBC sports app saying Watling was out for 91, only for him to now be closing in on his century! Admittedly, I appreciate the momentary raising of my spirits, but now I'm even more depressed. You tease, BBC, you tease.
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Stand by for Aggers and Boycott's review of the day. Taking a punt on this one, you may wish to cover your ears if you're a member of the Moeen Ali Fan Club.
County Championship review
All the County Championship games were on fast-forward mode on a rain-hit first day.
In Division One, three late wickets for Worcestershire meant Hampshire ended day one on 119-4, while Warwickshire finished on 148-3 at Lord's against Middlesex.
Everything went according to plan for Leicestershire, who bowled Essex out for 166 after sending them in and finished the day on 28-0 of their Division Two clash.
Craig Meschede's run-a-ball century helped Glamorgan score 371 in just 71.3 overs against Northants in Cardiff.
Gloucestershire recovered from 199-5 to close on 251-6 against Derbyshire, while at The Oval Surrey reached 145-4 after being put into bat by Lancashire, with former England batsman Kevin Pietersen making only two.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
"That lack of maidens in Moeen's column is a real difficulty for England at the moment - they don't have a spinner to play that containing role."
Close of play scorecard
New Zealand 338-6 (75 overs) - lead by 338
Batsmen: Watling 100*, Craig 15*
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)
Bowling figures: Anderson 16-4-58-1, Broad 13-1-52-2, Wood 14-2-64-3, 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
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Watling has played some lovely shots. He's been at the epicentre of this New Zealand effort. His best friend Kane Williamson is clapping wildly at the dressing-room window. It's looking like New Zealand will go into the rest of this Test match with quite a substantial total behind them - it's just a question of whether they are good enough to bowl England out."
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Captain Cook and some of the England fielders shake BJ Watling's hand before they allow him to lead the players off. Good sportsmanship all round.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
"It's been a feature of this innings that runs have been picked off at will."
Close of play
NZ 338-6
Moeen Ali, who it's fair to say has not had his most memorable day in an England shirt, will bowl the last over - and Craig easily guides a four past mid-on. "Too full," notes Jeremy Coney on TMS, and Craig sees off the rest of the over without any further qualms - he'll resume on 15 tomorrow morning.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Watling scored his hundred off 136 balls - the fastest of his five Test centuries. He's the first New Zealander to score a century in Leeds, in their eighth Test at this ground.
"This would now be England's highest ever run-chase in Test cricket."
NZ 334-6 (lead by 334)
Craig steers a single wide of mid-on. Last over coming up.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Fantastic innings. He's driven very well today, looked immaculate off the front foot, cuts like a keeper and outscored McCullum in their partnership. He's held this New Zealand innings together."
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
"It's a century which has put New Zealand in a very good position to win this Test match."
Watling 100
NZ 333-6
That's the century - BJ Watling pulls Anderson for a single to bring up his fifth Test hundred, and he removes his helmet before lifting his bat in celebration. They'll be dancing in the streets of Northern Districts...
NZ 332-6
Watling is progressing in singles - a dab to deep cover takes him to 99. Craig guides a two wide of gully to move to double figures. Two to come and Watling on strike...
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Richard Beaumont: Did Yorkshire forget to sell tickets for the weekend or are the Yorkshire folk happy watching their own?
billybunter3rd: Very poor crowd at Headingley. Perhaps used to Boycott style batting, Yorkshire crowds not keen on attacking cricket?
andy mcclelland: packed in at Headingley aren't they? Do they only fill the stadiums when the tickets are free?
NZ 329-6 (Watling 98*, Craig 8*)
Anderson finds a bit of bounce as a delivery rears up and strikes Watling on the gloves, the right-hander taking one hand off the bat as he winces with pain. A single takes him to 98 from 134 balls. Gary Ballance dons a helmet and a box to crouch at short leg for Craig, but the left-hander defends immaculately. Three overs to come.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Craig is quite an attacking player once he gets going."
NZ 328-6
A change in the bowling as Stuart Broad replaces Root at the Kirkstall Lane End. Watling, on 92, confidently bisects cover and mid-off for four. A single takes him to 97, showing (justified) confidence in Craig's ability to hold out with four balls of the over left. Adam Lyth claps his hands in the covers, as much to keep them warm as to encourage his team-mates, I suspect. England are nine overs away from getting a new ball to use - and four overs from the close of play.
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DW in Sussex: Delighted and saddened to hear John Holder's comments on league cricket. Foul language, dissent and poor sportsmanship is widespread and sets a poor example to young players. It is evident on most grounds on a Saturday afternoon and the authorities need to get a grip. Plenty of talented young players have left the game after moving up from youth cricket, disillusioned by what they see. Thanks, New Zealand for showing us how competitive cricket should be played.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Watling would love to get that hundred tonight, if he possibly can."
NZ 323-6
Anderson goes round the wicket to the left-handed Craig, can one breakthrough bring two? Craig plays and misses a couple of times, it's a maiden over. Five overs left.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Moeen Ali has not had much of a run recently. He bowled poorly in Barbados, which might have dented his confidence, and also Cook's confidence in him. At the moment, he doesn't seem to be able to keep an end going."
NZ 323-6
It's still Root on - Craig unleashes a sumptuous cover drive for four, though can't connect cleanly with a juicy pie Root serves up short and wide outside off stump. (You can't beat a Root pie. I'll get my coat). But he does help himself to a three to push the lead to 323.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"There are things that have got to be sorted out for England after this series. Catching is one, and the ability to tie an end down and restrict the scoring rate is another."
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Dave in Bradford: Has there ever been a Test match where the score for the first THREE innings has been identical? Just wondering!
Andrew, do you have an answer?
NZ 316-6 (Watling 92*, Craig 1*)
England are through the wicketkeepers and into the bowlers now - Mark Craig is the new batsman, he shoulders arms to his first ball and is millimetres away from being bowled, but the left-hander is up and running with a single off his legs to end the over. Seven to come tonight if they can get them in by 19:23.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Ronchi will be kicking himself, thinking, 'Why didn't I just smack it?' Can England, as New Zealand did last night, claim a few wickets now? It's difficult territory, but they are still in the game."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"That's a very important wicket for England. Ronchi is such a dangerous player for New Zealand. But New Zealand will keep pushing on, there's no doubt about that."
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Ronchi c Buttler b Anderson 31 (NZ 315-6)
But then Anderson strikes - two-and-a-half days after his 401st Test wicket, his 402nd comes as he induces a rather tame, hesitant edge to the keeper from Ronchi.
For a brief instant, while 31 not out, Ronchi had the highest average in the history of Test cricket (119). It's now down to a manageable 59.5.
NZ 315-5
Send for the Burnley Express - James Anderson replaces Stokes, who's been rather expensive, and his introduction nearly forces an error as Ronchi nearly edges onto his stumps. Watling opens the face to steer a four past the slips to the vacant third man boundary - that's the fifty stand off only 40 balls.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"England are looking at a 350-plus chase. It's a slightly wearing pitch with a little bit of erratic bounce. Someone is going to have to play well for them. Is it going to be Cook, or Lyth, or Bell?"
NZ 309-5 (Watling 87*, Ronchi 30*)
Joe Root on for some more part-time off-spin, but Watling is in no mood to quieten down, shovelling a four between the keeper and leg slip to move to within 13 of his century.
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Geoff Ashton: Reading a detective novel and checking the score after each chapter. The scoreboard's beating the pace of the plot hands down.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"It's been a clever innings from Watling: he's found the gap all the time, just push-and-run, push-and-run, and he's hit a few boundaries too."
NZ 304-5
More easy accumulation - that's six from Ronchi as he launches Stokes over the ropes at mid-wicket and into about the fourth row of the stand. Two balls later, the Kiwi debutant swipes four more over third man to push the lead past the landmark figure of 300. Another loose delivery from Stokes is pummelled through extra cover for three, and the bowler shows his frustration by angrily throwing the ball at the stumps at the striker's end, despite there being no hope of a run-out.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"So far there's no question whose day it has been, despite England's little rally with the tail, and if New Zealand can get through the next 10 overs without losing another wicket then they hold the cards."
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"If things go really well, New Zealand could have some fun tomorrow and set England 400 to win. Once you get a certain sense of security in the number of runs you've scored - say 330, 340 - you can have a party."
NZ 289-5
Watling moves effortlessly into the 80s as he slices Wood over gully for four, before a more careful prod to the cover sweeper brings him a single. Do they have honours boards at Headingley? If they do, the Durban-born right-hander could well be the next name painted on. Ronchi, though, nicks the strike with a cheeky single to deep mid-wicket.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The outcome of this Test could all depend on the weather. If it's sunny like this, the ball seems to behave well. If there's cloud cover tomorrow, it will jag around."
NZ 283-5 (Watling 77*, Ronchi 14*)
Scrappy from Stokes, as Ronchi knocks the ball back to the bowler but Stokes can't field it cleanly and the ball scoots past the stumps as they scamper an unearned two. New Zealand basking in the evening sunshine, we're not too far away from the Longest Day so don't bank on bad light saving England tonight..
The entertaining "Ask the Umpire" feature from lunchtime today is now available to listen again on the TMS podcast page.
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Zishan: What a bowler Mark Wood is and potentially could be.
Thomas Van Klaveren: Great bowling by Wood, crucial wicket. England need a couple more cheap wickets to get back in the driving seat though.
NZ 280-5 (12 overs left today)
Wood's effort today has been rewarded with three big wickets, can he find another? Not when Ronchi's in this mood - he's up into double figures after a couple of fortunate edges through gully bring him a two and a four, while another double off the last delivery takes him to 12 from nine balls.
As things stand, this would be the third highest successful Test run chase on this ground - after that 404 we mentioned earlier, there's a 315 England made against Australia in 2001 when Mark Butcher saw England home.
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Fenners: Moeen Ali doesn't contribute with ball, bat or in the field. Got to ask yourself why he gets selected.
Ross Matthewman: I think we're going to have to accept that Moeen simply isn't good enough to be our spin bowler. Back to the drawing board.
Gareth Keightley: Moeen should be taking wickets now. I'm afraid he's not good enough to be main spinner. Michael Clarke will be licking his lips.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"That's a poor coming-back over from Stokes. He just couldn't get his rhythm right. It's one of those things you really have to learn at the highest level, how to get through that first over when you're not quite loose without damage."
NZ 271-5 (Watling 75*, Ronchi 4*)
Moeen Ali is removed from the attack after 14 wicketless overs, but the runs keep flowing as his replacement Ben Stokes is flogged through the covers for a couple of boundaries by Watling and Ronchi when he drops it short.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"If England are going to give themselves a chance here, they need to take these last five wickets quickly."
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Brendon McCullum has played 94 Test matches unbroken. If he continues, he will play his 100th Test match against Australia in New Zealand next spring."
Andrew Samson adds: "If McCullum does get there, he will be the first player to play his first 100 Tests consecutively. AB de Villiers is currently on 98 Test matches but will miss the upcoming Test in Bangladesh because of paternity leave."
NZ 262-5 (Wood 12-2-49-3)
One wicketkeeper replaces another as Luke Ronchi, who made that sparkling debut 88 in the first innings, takes McCullum's place.
There are 14 overs left today, and as things stand we can't go beyond 19:23 BST so we may need all of that time.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It was an excellent innings, not quite the one everyone expected from McCullum, not full of all those sparkling shots he sometimes plays, but very valuable. Mark Wood has got something, he skids the ball in to right-handers."
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McCullum lbw Wood 55 (NZ 262-5)
There's no Hotspot, clearly missing the bat. It looks a little high, but that might be umpire's call? Yes - impact in line, umpire's call on height (clipping the leg bail by a few millimetres) - so it's all over for McCullum. A different sort of innings from which we're used to, but no less important for his side.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's brilliant from Wood. He's gone wide on the crease and got it to skim."
Umpire review
Persistence from Wood looks to have made a breakthrough as he traps McCullum in front - but the Kiwi captain immediately calls for a review...
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"In his four Test matches this year, including this one, Moeen averages more than 43 with the ball. No matter how many runs he gets batting at number eight, England will need a better return than that in the Ashes. Mind you, dropped catches aren't helping."
NZ 262-4 (Wood 11-1-49-2)
A bit of a comedy moment as Watling goes for a bloodthirsty slog-sweep against Moeen, doesn't connect cleanly but as he follows through, the ball ricochets off the back of his bat and flies over slip for four! I guess when the luck's with you... Or do you make your own luck at this level of cricket?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's still a terrific scoring rate. It really has been a joy to watch the way New Zealand have gone about their batting in this innings."
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Wood's release achieves a little bit of movement back in to the right-hander. He goes down the side of the ball. The ball is keeping a bit low and it's just getting a bit hard to judge the bounce."
NZ 257-4 (59 overs)
Wood probes outside McCullum's off stump but the New Zealand captain holds firm. Two singles from the over.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"History tells you that you don't often chase 350 at Leeds."
Australia chased 404 in 1948, with a certain DG Bradman making 173 not out.
NZ 256-4
Moeen, bowling round the wicket, begins his 13th over, but New Zealand continue to play him with ease. Watling helps himself to a two and a single to move to 65 from 104 balls. I'm starting to wonder what the highest successful run chases at Headingley are...
Honours for New Zealand duo
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and coach Mike Hesson have been recognised by the Honours Committee as Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours for their performances during the Cricket World Cup earlier this year.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I've been so impressed with BJ Watling. He looks a real quality cricketer who reads situations really quickly."
NZ 252-4 (McCullum 53*, Watling 62*)
Having served as the "Boundary Fox" last over, Mark Wood is pressed back into service to bowl, hoping to add to his two scalps earlier in the innings. Watling is looking every inch the specialist Test batsman, having sub-contracted wicketkeeping duties to Ronchi for this Test, and he calmly adds a single to his score.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Watling is a quiet achiever. He may well be worth his place as a number six batsman if New Zealand were to want to continue to use Ronchi as the wicketkeeper."
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Margaret Ford: It's a public holiday today in New Zealand for the Queen's birthday. Was at Lord's on Monday! Great cricket!
NZ 251-4 (19 overs left today)
The New Zealand lead inexorably moves past 250 as McCullum guides Moeen for three to Mark Wood, who's patrolling the cover boundary. He has 53, while Watling is streets ahead on 61 - but their strike rate is virtually identical.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"It was a chance, Wood just didn't get hands to it. England have dropped too many catches. McCullum has really played the supporting role for Watling, which is ominous for England."
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"McCullum has now passed 6,000 Test runs. He's only the second New Zealander to reach the mark, after Stephen Fleming.
"The last five times he's made 50 in Test cricket, he's gone on to get a century - two of them were double and one a triple."
McCullum 50
NZ 247-4
Was that a chance? McCullum clubs Root just wide of the diving Mark Wood at mid-off for four, that takes him past 6,000 Test runs, while a single brings up his 29th Test fifty from 79 balls.
He's 1,169 runs behind Stephen Fleming who is New Zealand's all-time top scorer with 7,172. Making up the top five are Martin Crowe, John Wright and Ross Taylor.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Even when the sun is out, it's very, very cold in Leeds. Umpire Rod Tucker stands at square leg, hands in the pockets of his white coat, running on the spot. If he's chilly now, we might have to thaw him out at 7.30."
NZ 242-4 (McCullum 45*, Watling 60*)
A smattering of applause as Watling flicks a single off his legs to bring up the century stand from 150 balls. Remember, with the first-innings totals level, the lead is 242, so England are already facing a large fourth-innings chase - with more than two days of the match remaining.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This has been a brilliant partnership. They've played the gears beautifully. McCullum and Watling realised when the lead was 140 they had to be circumspect, but in the last half an hour they've really gone up a gear and targeted Moeen Ali. It's been very clever batting and it's got the feel of a match-winning partnership."
NZ 239-4
Root, on paper the junior spinner of these two off-tweakers, is bowling with a shade more control than Moeen, but New Zealand are picking singles and twos up at will.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Moeen's into his 10th over and he hasn't bowled a maiden yet. Bottling an end up is such a key part of what a spinner is trying to do."
Watling dropped on 50
New Zealand again look to make hay against Moeen, McCullum smacking the bearded off-spinner for four through mid-wicket. Watling gives a very, very tough chance to keeper Jos Buttler as the ball flies through, takes the edge and come off his gloves - while Watling shows he can clear the ropes with a slog-swept six.
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Kent batsman Joe Denly: Note to self: DO NOT DROP CHRIS GAYLE ON 40!!!!!!
Gayle went on to hit an unbeaten 151 off 62 balls for Somerset, but Kent clung on to win by three runs in a thrilling T20 Blast match in Taunton.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"This is really poor batting. If a guy is coming round the wicket, he's trying to get you out sweeping - just play with a straight bat."
NZ 223-4 (McCullum 36*, Watling 50*)
Was that England's chance? Another sweep, this time an orthodox sweep from Watling, but again the umpire shakes his head.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Alastair Cook is trying to find a combination just to get some sort of control here, because New Zealand are scoring at such a rate."
NZ 222-4
In fact, Hotspot shows the ball flicking the bottom of McCullum's glove, and he survives. England must do without any reviews for the next 29.5 overs.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The only thing that can save McCullum is if this hasn't straightened."
Umpire review
This should liven up the crown - Joe "Goldenarm" Root to bowl, can he fulfil his usual role of partnership-breaker? First ball, McCullum reverse-sweeps, there's a big appeal for lbw and though the umpire shakes his head, England call for a review...
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"That's the fourth time that BJ Watling has got to 50 in his last five Test innings."
50 for Watling
NZ 222-4
Watling sweeps Moeen for four to reach his 11th Test fifty, from 79 balls. The Black Caps are "Richie Benaud" for four.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England need to break this partnership. They can't allow it to develop. But they know that wickets bring wickets at Headingley. It's at times like this in the field that you can't help but think, 'We really messed up our innings.'"
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James at Headingley: Just seen one of the minions getting arrested!
NZ 216-4 (McCullum 35*, Watling 44*)
They're restless in the stands, and Watling is restless at the crease, busily cutting Stokes for two and swatting him over the slips for four. Stokes has an unthreatening 0-34 from nine overs.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England are very poor at reviews at the moment. They don't have any characters strong enough to demand reviews."
As we mentioned earlier, England have used eight reviews in this series, and none of them have been successful.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
"That's the surest sign of intent. McCullum is thinking, 'Right, which bowler can I target?'"
NZ 209-4
McCullum sweeps and misses, and while England appeal for lbw, McCullum sets off for a run and then gets sent back by his partner. But then it's more like the McCullum we know and love - he comes down the wicket and launches Moeen for a huge six into the stand over long-on to stretch the lead past 200. Another big heave, of the slog-sweep variety, misses batsman and keeper alike, disappearing for four byes.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"While New Zealand are batting like this, their plan will be to stay in and occupy the crease for the next 10 to 12 overs."
T20 Blast: Notts beat Durham
Brilliant death bowling from Luke Fletcher and Harry Gurney helped Nottinghamshire beat Durham by 15 runs.
Riki Wessels smashed 67 off 41 balls and helped the hosts set Durham a target of 176. Aside from Gordon Muchall and Ryan Pringle, none of the Durham batsmen were able to score freely and quickly as they lost for the second time in three games.
Click here for the final scorecard.
NZ 197-4
As Alison points out, McCullum's patience may pay dividends here - there are still plenty of overs left in this match, and England won't get a new ball for 33 overs after this one. The Kiwi captain can't connect with an attempted uppercut over the slips, but he eventually pokes a single to fine leg to nick the strike. Even better, Graeme Swann "outs" himself on TMS as a big fan of Star Wars.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
"The longer these two stay in, the more tired the bowlers get, and then they can really pick up the pace. That's the game that McCullum wants to play. Whereas New Zealand knew last night that they would get a second crack with the new ball in the fading light, England don't have that opportunity."
NZ 196-4 (McCullum 27*, Watling 36*)
Back to the Test match now, as Moeen Ali takes up the attack. Just a McCullum single from the over, Watling carefully sees off five dot balls.
Gayle hits 151* - but Somerset lose
Somerset have lost - after a dot ball on the fifth ball of the over, Gayle hit the last ball of the match for six, but not even 151 not out from 62 balls (with 10 fours and 15 sixes) was enough to prevent a three-run defeat.
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Still taking drinks at Headingley.
At Taunton, Jamie Overton takes a single, Gayle manages a two and a four leaving 10 needed off two balls. Gayle facing the bowling of Mitchell Claydon.
Drinks break
NZ 195-4
Ben Stokes replaces Broad, who's looked a little toothless since that early two-wicket burst. Two slips in for Watling, who sees off a maiden over, and that's drinks.
In Taunton, with Gayle (139 from 58) having gone 6, 6, 4, 6 at the end of the penultimate over, Somerset need 17 off the last... and Sohail Tanvir is out off the first ball of the last over. 17 needed off five.
Commentary on that, and all today's county games, can be found on the BBC Sport website.
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Neil in Sheffield: I actually think it's a shame this isn't the main five-match series of the summer as these are two well-matched sides. The Ashes may be a little one sided.
NZ 195-4
Watling edges Moeen and they run two, a single brings McCullum on strike and there's an appeal for lbw... Graeme Swann on TMS immediately says "outside the line" and the umpire concurs.
At Taunton, Gayle (129 from 56) has just hit his 13th six. 27 needed from eight balls.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"This 50 partnership has come off 83 balls, which is easily the slowest of New Zealand's five 50 partnerships in this match. The others have all come off 55 balls or fewer."
NZ 192-4 (43 overs)
McCullum plays and misses at Broad, with Geoffrey purring at a ball bowled right down his beloved corridor of uncertainty. When McCullum does connect, he swipes a single through the covers to bring up the fifty stand.
At Taunton, Gayle is on strike with two overs left, but 41 runs needed.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"280 plus would make England fidgety. When you're playing well at Headingley and you're smacking the ball when it's off-length, you think, 'This is all right.' But there's always something there for the bowlers."
NZ 190-4
Moeen spins down another over, Watling carefully dabs a two to third man. We have 33 more overs tonight.
Down at Taunton, the Gayle force has reached 115 from 52 balls. Somerset need 43 from the last 16 balls to win, with Gayle having lost the strike.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"We're not going to have a draw unless something remarkable happens here. It fees like a result, and at the moment, New Zealand are ahead. England need a wicket."
NZ 188-4 (McCullum 25*, Watling 30*)
New Zealand are cruising to the verge of a 200 lead without too much trouble here, the leg side is virtually deserted so Broad has to be tight with his line - anything on middle and leg should be an easy single. After the assault from Guptill and Taylor earlier, this is a more controlled approach from New Zealand (which I'm sure, if the situations were reversed, would have many of you emailing in complaining that England were batting too conservatively). Three singles added.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I've seen this type of cricket before. England used to do it under Andrew Strauss. They can't get a wicket, so they bowl the ball wide of off stump and wait for a mistake. Sometimes it works."
NZ 185-4 (lead by 185)
England turn to the spin of Moeen Ali at the Football Stand End, but the ones and twos are coming easily for New Zealand here. The fact that England and New Zealand's first-innings totals were exactly level does wonders for one's maths when trying to work out the lead...
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"You have to give your bowlers a little bit of protection, so that if they err a bit full you've got somebody to stop the odd boundary shot. 7-2 and 8-1 fields are very difficult for experienced bowlers, let alone a young lad in his second Test."
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Yohan from London: Test cricket is completely different from T20, both need very different skills. Test cricket requires patience and technical skills to score big totals without conceding as many wickets. Those finding Test Cricket boring should watch T20 (e.g. IPL). In the IPL, totals of over 200 are obtained with run rates going up to 11 per over. This is more exciting for some, but the higher run rate in T20s does not mean Test cricketers are bad or that Test cricket in general needs rejuvenation.
NZ 181-4
Steady from New Zealand, picking off the singles where they can as the crowd is getting a little restless. Chilly but dry in Leeds, three from the over.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I've liked what I've seen of Watling's batting. Very sound, solid, front-foot, back-foot; he looks secure."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"In the best weather - and batting conditions - of the day, those on the sparsely populated Western Terrace are getting rowdy for the first time. There's a little pocket of Barmy Army there too, Billy the Trumpet has been on the brass for the first time this summer."
Chris Gayle blasts off again
Chris Gayle is tearing up the T20 Blast once again.
After hitting 92 off 59 balls on his Somerset debut against Essex last Friday, he has just brought up a savage 45-ball century in today's thriller against Kent at Taunton.
Chasing a daunting/modest 228 (delete according to whether you have Gayle in your team) after Sam Northeast's 114 from 58 balls, Somerset are 145-3, needing 83 off six overs to win.
Get the latest score here, and listen to commentary on all today's T20 Blast games here.
NZ 178-4
Anderson, warned earlier for running on the wicket, doesn't look entirely happy with where he's landing. Just a McCullum single from the over, this stand is worth 37 and bad news for the Headingley fans - a sign goes up telling them the bars are closing shortly.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"This is a more disciplined Brendon McCullum than we've come to know at times. He recognises the need to bat a long spell for New Zealand."
NZ 177-4 (McCullum 18*, Watling 26*)
A change of bowling at the Kirkstall Lane End as Stuart Broad replaces Mark Wood, who took 2-29 in that six-over spell. His imaginary horse can now go for a graze in the outfield, and it's as though New Zealand's batsmen have switched personalities as Watling has been the aggressor of late, with McCullum just adding a careful single to his score.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"This partnership assumes pretty important proportions for New Zealand. They're getting down the order, and they'll want these two to stay in to get them to 200, 250 even."
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Jim in London: As well as the dropped catches, our inability to exert control over the scoring rate is a bit of a worry. Allowing a team to score like this just releases any pressure that has built up. Has Cook actually been too attacking with his fields at times?
NZ 176-4 (36 overs)
Jeremy Coney on TMS thinks we may struggle to get through the remaining 40 overs today as England's over-rate is "a bit slow" - a view with which I concur. After those brief stoppages, he official close of play is now 18:53 BST (and they can go until 19:23 to bowl the overs).
The runs are starting to flow now, even off Anderson, as McCullum helps himself to a three wide of gully, while a full-length Superman dive from Ben Stokes makes a mess of the advertising rope-cover but can't stop another Watling four square of the wicket. Another well-run two takes Watling to 26 from 27 balls.
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Tom in Hertford: Over the course of this series, people have criticised almost every England player, yet we are in a good position to win 2-0 against the No.3 side in the world. Can't we praise England for what they've done well for once? Next thing you know they'll be calls to drop Jimmy!
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I know people in England will think of McCullum as a swashbuckler, but when he got his 200 and his 300, there were plenty of defensive components. I know he's been working on his defence."
McCullum faced 559 balls for his 302 at the Basin Reserve against India in February last year.
NZ 167-4 (McCullum 14*, Watling 20*)
Skies a bit brighter now at Headingley, and we have a repeat of the last over as McCullum adds a single and Watling finds a gap on the off side with a careful drive for four, this time wide of mid-off. A swashbuckling cut shot brings him four more, and he's going at a faster rate than his captain.
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George Chandler: Every time you think one team is just about to get on top in this series, the other team snatches it back! Thrilling stuff.
Jonathan Williams: This is why Test cricket is the best as Sir GB says add +2 wickets to the score and it's not great. However if Brendan gets going.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Watling plays off the front foot with conservative ease. He uses the pace of the ball, doesn't try to overhit it."
NZ 158-4 (lead by 158)
As if nothing had happened and the rain was just an illusion, James Anderson resumes the attack from the Football Stand End, and Brendon McCullum restarts New Zealand's engines with a quick single. In contrast, BJ Watling stands tall at the crease, bat flapping high behind him, but adopts a defensive approach, waiting for the ball to hit as he works a four through cover point.
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Sam from Kent: In disbelief that people think that Test cricket needs rejuvenation and four runs an over will do this. If you can't appreciate the technical and mental application that it takes to make a 300 ball 150 against all manners of attack then watch the IPL. Many of us genuinely find a hard fought maiden over more riveting than watching McCullum's brief innings.
Robert Coventry: Totally agree with Sam in Nottingham and disagree with those saying New Zealand's approach is great to see. This is Test cricket not a two innings Twenty20 match. The best Test match teams bat with patience, grind the bowlers down and then take the game away from them after 50 overs.
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Players are coming back out and covers being removed. Goodness knows if we've lost any overs.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"I played at Windsor Castle once in a charity game, and I was caught at deep mid-wicket by Timmy Mallett as the Queen drove by in a 4x4. He was still dressed as Timmy Mallett circa 1985, with his 'Mallett's Mallet' he used to hit kids on the head with."
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While Aggers reveals he was commentating on a match at Windsor Castle recently and cheekily called out "Bowler's name?" when Prince William came on to turn his arm over, the covers are brought on. But the umpires are popping out for a quick look in any event.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"In Africa, they call this a monkey's wedding - when it rains in the sunshine. The spectators are cowering under their umbrellas, but they're still shouting at the umpires to get on with it."
Rain stops play
NZ 153-4
Some of the good folk of Leeds are still huddled under umbrellas as Wood finishes the over, testing Watling with a bouncer, and after he helps himself to a two off his legs, the rain returns with a vengeance - and the players go off again.
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And the covers only make it halfway onto the field before the umpires shoo them back off again and play resumes!
Rain stops play
NZ 151-4
McCullum powerfully straight-drives Wood, Anderson gives chase from mid-off and throws himself full-length at the ball to turn a likely four into two, which brings up the 150. He knocks a single to fine leg, with noticeable rain in the air... and they're going off. But maybe not for long.
Anderson is following the current vogue of wearing two sweaters - but wearing a sleeveless sweater on top of a full-sleeved one. Fashion? Or bad sweater etiquette?
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Hari in Bristol: Basing my view on this series, I feel Moeen is too useful a player with both bat and ball to write off. Looking at the team as a whole, the only two weaknesses really are Ian Bell and a lack of a frontline spinner. Seeing as our order goes down to around 9, is there possibility of a little switcheroo there? Then we'd have 8 batsmen (inc Stuart) and 7 bowlers (inc Joe), which is a relatively handy number of each!
NZ 148-4 (McCullum 9*, Watling 6*)
James Anderson has a short mid-wicket posted for Brendon McCullum, who faced that uncharacteristic maiden over before tea and is immediately under way with a single to fine leg. Aggers thinks it's getting a little darker and is surprised the new Headingley floodlights aren't on.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This game is on a bit of a knife-edge. I think New Zealand need 300 here - they only have four bowlers and the pitch isn't doing much. I think there's an opportunity for New Zealand to play slightly differently than they did in the first innings. This pair need to get New Zealand through to 200."
NZ 147-4 (lead by 147)
Mark Wood, who's removed New Zealand's two danger men in this innings, will take up the attack after tea, bowling to BJ Watling, who's watchful at first before steering the ball wide of mid-off for four.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"The last over before tea was a maiden from Jimmy Anderson to Brendon McCullum. It's the first maiden McCullum has faced in four Test matches. The last one was bowled by Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez in Sharjah in November. In between maidens, he's faced 340 balls and scored 374 runs."
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Thanks, James. Hope you're all enjoying the day's play, you might want to get some iron rations in here as it's going to be a long session - 45 overs left in the day.
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Time for me to sign off and leave you in the hands of Mark Mitchener for the evening session...
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
On his predecessor Colin Graves, who is the new ECB chairman, franchises and T20:
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "Colin makes his views known, but he empowers the people around him to implement things. A lot of our players are born within the county and the pride they have in the County Championship is an immense enticement to pick up a bat and play for us.
"We don't like franchises as a word - Yorkshire is made up of a lot of cities and communities. Playing as 'Leeds' would alienate the rest of the county, though we can understand why others might want it [franchises]. Yorkshire doesn't have a Premier League football team now - but when it did in Hull, people from Leeds wouldn't be supporting Hull. But we'd like T20 to be a more focused competition."
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On England's approach for Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie, who ultimately lost out on the role to Trevor Bayliss:
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "If he had gone, Jason would have gone with our best wishes. But we're pleased he's staying as we've got a production line of players under Jason's leadership.
"We just want to do better in one-day cricket - we need Yorkshire to win a one-day competition, we don't want to be a one-trick, four-day pony. We're delighted Jason's going to be coaching Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash, and our connections with Australia keep getting better with Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell coming over this year."
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Tim in Cheshire: Times like this show how much we miss Swanny. We need a class spinner who the captain can rely on to hold down an end and bowl maidens whilst we rotate the seamers at the other end. Moeen simply isn't good enough.
Mujeeb Rahman: Far better than watching 3-4 runs per over being scored! Full marks to NZ for clearly demonstrating what needs to be done to rejuvenate Test cricket!
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What about Yorkshire's disagreement with England over the non-playing squad members in the West Indies?
New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "I don't think that's what was intended. We had an issue with one player, Adil Rashid, as it seemed to us he would never get a game out there and we felt his confidence and form would be be improved by him playing for Yorkshire.
"But fundamentally we have no problem with England taking as many of our players as they like, it's a meritocracy. Then you get Geoffrey Boycott saying Yorkshire would beat England, which I think was playing to the Yorkshire audience."
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Sam in Nottingham: As exciting as New Zealand may be I don't think their approach will win them the Test match. Having to chase 350 in 50 overs is considerably more difficult than chasing 350 in two days. I don't expect New Zealand to make a larger lead than that because for 11 average test cricketers to score 500 by 'slogging' is highly unlikely. They'd be better off making a lead of 350 by the end of play tomorrow!
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New Yorkshire chairman Steve Denison on TMS: "We hope there will be at least one more day's play in this game as getting people into the ground for international matches is the way we get financial stability, but we need to embrace the whole of the county. We've just changed the whole of the league structure, moving towards a premier league structure, and we might even make Headingley available for the odd cup final."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Covers coming on at tea. The groundstaff might know something we don't."
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Rory Stoves: Have England found the long-term replacement for Jimmy Anderson in Mark Wood?
Chris Flavell: How has Wood only just got his first couple of Tests?
Afternoon review
Yet another see-sawing session in a Test match that swings one way then the other without either side ever quite being able to grab a decisive advantage.
England got off to the perfect start, with Stuart Broad, so often at his most dangerous after a good performance with the bat, picking up the early wickets of Tom Latham and Kane Williamson.
New Zealand rebuilt quickly and thrillingly through Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor, with a counter-attacking partnership of 99 taking them into the ascendancy. But a great spell by Mark Wood before tea removed both those players to leave this Test evenly poised.
Tea scorecard
New Zealand 143-4 (30 overs) - lead by 143
Batsmen: McCullum 8*, Watling 2*
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Latham 3), 23-2 (Williamson 6), 122-3 (Taylor 48), 141-4 (Guptill 70)
Bowling figures: Anderson 8-3-32-0, Broad 7-1-35-2, Wood 6-1-28-2, Stokes 6-0-26-0, Moeen 3-0-16-0
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
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Jonny in Croydon: Opinions swing like a Jimmy Anderson delivery under cloud. Doing alright or going to lose the Ashes 5-0 depending on time since the last wicket. The constant is the moaning about Cook. Bore off.
Tea - NZ 143-4 (lead by 143)
McCullum survives Anderson's over, and that's tea.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"We haven't quite got to the tail yet, but what might determine this match is how England deal with the New Zealand tail. It wagged in the first innings, and England didn't really bowl very well at them - but then again, the English tail wagged pretty well."
NZ 143-4 (Wood 6-1-28-2)
BJ Watling is the new man. He's off the mark with two through square leg.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Martin Guptill's scores in this series: 70, 0, 0, 70."
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Mark Wood is the man picking up the wickets - there again is the virtue of bowling a fullish length to entice the drive, and it was a good catch around chest high by Joe Root. Good innings from Guptill, 70 in 72 balls, but it is another wicket. A fascinating game which keeps ebbing and flowing. The Kiwis have got a few sensible players, and BJ Watling is one of them."
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Guptill c Root b Wood 70 (NZ 141-4)
Brilliant from Mark Wood, removing that dangerous Martin Guptill with a full swinger outside off that draws the edge. Joe Root takes a solid catch at third slip, and the pendulum swings once again.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It feels like a long time since Jimmy Anderson got a wicket in this match. He got two right at the start for 400 and 401 Test wickets, but only bowled 13 overs in the first innings."
NZ 140-3 (Guptill 70, McCullum 7)
James Anderson is back into the attack. What a crucial spell this could be - two free-scoring batsmen at the crease, including New Zealand's talisman, and England's premier operator with the ball in hand. McCullum hasn't quite found his timing yet but his lightning pace between the wickets helps New Zealand to run five from the over.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"You know someone special is coming to the crease when the England fans cheer his arrival. I think only the England players and staff wouldn't enjoy an hour of Brendon McCullum here."
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Tom, Southampton: England get pumped around for a bit and all the cricket 'experts' start criticising Cook again. With NZ slogging, three or four wickets could go in no time and we could win with ease. High risk from NZ, it may work sometimes but they may just as easily shoot themselves in the foot.
Joe Alder, Bath: Why are New Zealand in such a rush? It's not a one-day international, it's a two-and-a-half-day international.
NZ 135-3 (lead by 135)
Guptill picks Wood off with a lovely flick off his pads to the midwicket boundary. The opener is just beginning to open his shoulders again after a brief lull and he adds another four with a slash behind point. Red warning lights flashing for England.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England have posted a deep point, which is usually a run-saving position. With McCullum, it's possibly a catching position. It's now an 8-1 off-side field with a man probably catching at third man - Stuart Broad is looking a little isolated at mid-on."
NZ 127-3 (Stokes 6-0-26-0)
Ben Stokes is getting some nice shape back in to the right-hander now, he's looked the England bowler whom the New Zealand batsmen are most wary of playing shots too. McCullum, who has taken an uncharacteristic seven balls to get off the mark, opens his account with a cover-driven four when Stokes errs with a half-volley.
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Tom, London: I imagine the same people would be criticising our batting if they had thrown their wickets away attacking. NZ play a unique breed of Test cricket because it suits them. You can't expect us just to copy them. The one big partnership was the more traditional approach. Play to your strengths and the match situation.
NZ 122-3 (Guptill 61, McCullum 0)
Enter Brendon McCullum. He won't die wondering. He defends his first ball, then has a lusty swish at his second. England have an eight-one off-side field, only Stuart Broad loitering on the on side. England's plan here seems to be feed him on the off-side and hope for a mistake.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Good thinking from England, getting the spinner out of the attack as they were comfortable against Moeen Ali. a soft dismissal was always likely to happen. Taylor has changed the momentum of the game."
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Taylor c Stokes b Wood 48 (NZ 122-3)
England have a long powwow before Mark Wood's latest over, pondering field-settings and plans, and it works a treat as Ross Taylor rather tamely prods the first ball of the over into Ben Stokes's hands at extra-cover. The partnership is ended on 99.
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China Dave: Given Ali's form with the bat he's basically in the side as a spinner. Is he good enough for that?
Mike Bell: Australians already licking their lips at the thought that Moeen will be England's frontline Test spinner.
NZ 122-2 (lead by 122)
Guptill has a wild lash at a slightly short delivery from Stokes but succeeds only in diverting the ball onto his pad. That would have gone miles if he'd got hold of it. Still, New Zealand have been just slightly becalmed in the last 10 minutes, Stokes exerting a measure of control.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"The intensity from New Zealand is what you'd expect from a one-day game, they're running hard. The short stuff doesn't usually work at Leeds, you've got to keep hanging in there around off stump."
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Jamie: Guptill and Taylor have played so well and so positively. It begs the question why did the England batsmen (Bell, Buttler, Ali) treat each ball like it was going to explode this morning? It was nipping around but if they had been a bit more positive with their strokeplay they might have scored a few more runs and not just poked easy catches to the slips. Do they think they can just play defensively and that the rain is going to save them? I've looked at the forecast and it won't.
NZ 120-2 (Moeen 3-0-16-0)
These two batsmen have just slowed down slightly after that frenetic start - they're happy to just knock singles for now rather than leather the ball to the fence. Three from Moeen's latest set.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"They just can't keep them quiet - even every half-decent ball is being hit for one. First and foremost, they've just got to work out how to bowl a few dots to this pair. England's catching has been poor, they'll reflect on that drop from Gary Ballance earlier."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Some one-day batting from New Zealand has forced England into a one-day field. Singles on offer everywhere, the board moving at four or five an over with minimal effort."
NZ 117-2 (Guptill 57, Taylor 47)
There's been dash as well as thrash in this partnership - sharp running between the wickets has eared New Zealand a few bonus runs and they sneak another with a quick single in front of mid-on. Stokes produces a good delivery, hitting the pitch hard and shaping away, but Taylor doesn't chase it, just withdraws his bat, which is a sign that he's in good order.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I enjoyed that stroke to bring up his fifty, it was effortless. He was hitting with the breeze, straight into the stands - not even a full swing, it was like a checked drive."
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NZ 113-2 (lead by 113)
Martin Guptill brings up his fifty in characteristic style with an audacious straight six over Moeen's head. As anyone who watched his exploits in the World Cup will know, Guptill in fifth gear is a dangerous proposition, capable of lacerating a bowling attack. But he's a man who has never quite succeeded in Test cricket, and England will be banking on that rash shot to come.
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Marcus Marland: I would absolutely love to be part of this NZ team. To a man they just play carefree exciting cricket.
Charles Gordon: I've been watching Test matches since 1979. I've never seen anything like the cricket played in this mini-series before.
NZ 105-2 (Stokes 3-0-15-0)
Alastair Cook has removed one of his plethora of jumpers. Getting a little hot under the collar perhaps? Stokes has kept things pretty tight since he came on, but a slightly overpitched delivery gets the scoreboard ticking again as Taylor creams him back down the ground with a beautifully perpendicular blade.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"100 lead now for New Zealand - England will keep looking at that scoreboard as they're just racing along. It's been the way all week - the Lyth-Cook partnership has been the only one played in an orthodox manner, all the others have had success by being aggressive. The ball looks like it's doing nothing now. But when it wasn't doing anything for New Zealand yesterday, they held length and line and kept it tight."
Second-wicket woes
New Zealand's second-wicket stands in this series: 0, 0, 0, 8 (average 2).
England's second-wicket stands in this series: 8, 11, 38 (average 19).
NZ 100-2 (Guptill 47, Taylor 40)
Well now, this could be interesting - Moeen Ali is into the attack. Partnership breaker, or lamb to the slaughter? A loopy full toss suggests the latter, but Taylor misses out and only gets a single. Another single off the last brings up the New Zealand 100.
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Guardian cricket correspondent and former England seamer Mike Selvey: Suspect that as this is effectively a one-innings match, Kiwis have got their black uniform under the whites.
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Ian, Barcelona: Despite the accolades for his run scoring feats, it is clear that, when the moment arrives for an adventurous captaincy decision, Alastair Cook is simply not able to take that step. Had he done so, he would almost certainly not have allowed the fateful 20 overs pre-second new ball to meander as they did. "Fortune favours the brave" but not him.
NZ 95-2 (lead by 95)
Taylor unveils a shot straight out of the one-day manual, taking a wild yahoo at a good-length delivery from Ben Stokes and finding only fresh air. A good over from the strawberry-blond talisman, just one from it.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Seam movement has been present throughout this match, but the sight of sunshine suggests this is now a batting afternoon. It's a tricky equation for England, who must balance attack with saving runs. Taking their catches would help too. How many would be too many?"
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OptaJason: 11,000 - Ross Taylor has become the fourth player to score 11,000 international runs for @BLACKCAPS (all formats). Club.
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Ben Graff in London: With the way New Zealand play they can lose wickets at reasonably regular intervals and still amass good scores. It's a novel approach to Test cricket, and a fantastic one to watch!
NZ 94-2 (Wood 3-0-17-0)
The benefits of looking to score off each delivery - an attempted yorker from Mark Wood that might have zeroed in on a more reticet batsman's toes is calmly converted into a full toss by Taylor, who bunts into the deep on the leg side for a couple. This is a real Test for the young Durham bowler - perfectly decent overs are leaking runs. Six from the latest.
Scorecard update
New Zealand 88-2 (16 overs) - lead by 88
Batsmen: Guptill 43*, Taylor 32*
Bowling figures: Anderson 6-2-29-0, Broad 7-1-35-2, Wood 2-0-11-0, Stokes 1-0-9-0
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
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James O'Donnell: New Zealand will win this. They are playing a ODI, which as we know, we are not very good at. England should have attacked.
NZ 88-2 (Guptill 43, Taylor 32)
Ben Stokes comes into the attack and his first ball is walloped high over midwicket by Taylor for a maximum. These two are playing like they've got tickets for an open-top bus tour around Leeds tomorrow morning. Time for drinks.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
On Twitter: NZ 79 for 2 at the end of the powerplay....
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Kevin Potter in Caversham: This game slipping from England's grasp. They have to take their chances and get more ruthless. Australia will have us 5-0 if we don't learn to catch.
NZ 79-2 (lead by 79)
With the scores level from the first innings, this is effectively a one-innings shootout, and New Zealand have clearly decided that their best chance of success comes from treating this like a one-day match. That approach has its dangers though, as Ross Taylor shows when he drives loosely at a good delivery from Wood. The Kiwis are comfortable in attack mode though, and these two are looking very busy between the wickets - they scamper a very quick three when Taylor works one wide of mid-on, and have now put on 52 in five overs. Blimey.
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Josh in Bedford: Seriously what has happened to our catching? Under Strauss we took every chance but since then we drop more than we catch. Costly!
NZ 71-2 (Broad 7-1-35-2)
England have now used eight reviews in this series and got them all wrong. Martin Guptill slaps Stuart Broad to the point boundary as this pair continue to throw caution to the wind, and only a superb diving stop by Jimmy Anderson saves another boundary, this time wide of mid-on. Another four duly follows when Taylor cuts Broad through the vacant gully region. Runs flowing for New Zealand.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It was obviously not out; 45 seconds before he gave his decision, he could have just said, 'It hit his pocket'. As soon as it is obviously not out, get on with it. Common sense."
NZ 58-2 (Guptill 30, Taylor 15)
Guptill adds a single off the final ball of Wood's over.
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No, huge appeal from England but the ball missed bat and hit the back trouser-leg. A moment of success for umpire Ravi, who has spent most of this Test bidding for a starring role in the next Specsavers advert. Other opticians are available...
Umpire review
Mark Wood is summoned into the bowling attack and thinks he's struck immediately to remove Martin Guptill. But umpire Ravi says no to his caught behind appeal. England want another look...
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Theo Sheridan: Can't help recalling Chris Jordan's outstanding work at slip in the Windies.
Jeffrey Yeung: This is not a coincidence anymore, England's catching is getting worse and worse compared to what it was just 1 or 2 years ago.
NZ 55-2 (lead by 55)
Alastair Cook is wearing about three jumpers at first slip - he looks like the Michelin Man. It can't be that cold, surely. Ross Taylor meanwhile comes over more like the Marlboro Man, smoking Stuart Broad past mid-off. Good counter-attack from this pair.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Nought and six for Kane Williamson in the match, his second lowest total of runs in his Test career. He got four against Zimbabwe."
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It was high and it was to his left, you can tell by the dismay on the face of James Anderson and Alastair Cook that it was one that should have stuck."
Taylor dropped on 6
NZ 42-2 (Anderson 6-2-29-0)
Martin Guptill is going to look to be positive here - he guides the first ball of Anderson's over to the third-man boundary, and when Jimmy overcompensates with his next delivery, he nudges him off his legs to the fine-leg fence. And then goodness me, Taylor should have been gone! Full and swinging, the batsmen gets a thick edge and the ball bursts through the hands of Gary Ballance at second slip. Got to take those.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Before anyone else says it, I'll get in. Is Stuart Broad on one of his hot streaks? A (ropey) five-for, runs and now some very good seam bowling to take two wickets early in this New Zealand innings. I wonder if this game might be done and dusted tomorrow?"
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Pete: Shame this isn't a three-match series. All anyone seems to care about is the Ashes. I just want to see good, close Test cricket.
Ray in Southampton: Who decided this positive, refreshing and entertaining New Zealand side only warranted two Tests in a series? Can we have them back soon please!
NZ 28-2 (Guptill 18, Taylor 4)
Ross Taylor strides to the crease - he's the man with the experience in this New Zealand top order and they need him to stick around here. He begins by stroking his first ball from Broad to the cover boundary. Class.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Despite the sun coming out, it didn't really help Williamson - he's fished outside off stump and got a little edge which just carried to Buttler. An important wicket, the English bowlers will be delighted with the way this session has started."
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Becky Lea: Went for a nap at Lunch, woke up to two wickets. Nicely done.
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Williamson c Buttler b Broad 6 (NZ 23-2)
This is a huge wicket. Kane Williamson, so often the bedrock of this New Zealand batting line-up, is gone, pushing at a wide tempter from Broad and getting a thin edge through to Buttler. Williamson will be disappointed with himself - he could have left that.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Williamson, by playing late with an angled bat, gets the benefit, as a genuine edge doesn't even look like carrying to the slips."
NZ 22-1 (lead by 22)
Gorgeous shot from Williamson, punching a full ball from Anderson back down the ground with a minimum of effort. He can defend too, playing with characteristically soft hands and an angled face just to divert the swinging ball onto the ground. It looked like an edge, but it wasn't.
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A concerned "English rose" to his fair-skinned compatriots: Watch out boys and girls - the sun is a fickle enemy. You may think that being up north in Leeds is protection enough from that scarcely-seen orb of heat, but I am in Helsinki airport the colour of a beetroot. If you can burn in Finland, Headingley must be a fiery inferno!
NZ 18-1 (Broad 4-1-4-1)
Kane Williamson is clearly a man who doesn't like being stuck on 0 - he almost ran Ross Taylor out at Lord's with his first single. Broad is in rhythm - he gets one to jag back in and strike Williamson on the pad, but it's too high.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"That was Stuart Broad's 50th wicket against New Zealand, and his 500th first-class wicket."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Guptill wasn't pleased with that run from Williamson. He did it to Taylor in the first Test when Broad missed the stumps with the follow-through. Guptill stood for a moment or two, he felt that run was far too tight."
NZ 16-1 (Guptill 12, Williamson 1)
Enter Kane Williamson, on a pair, but a crucial fulcrum of this New Zealand batting line-up. A reminder of New Zealand's second-wicket partnerships in this series: 0, 0 and 0. More zeroes than a footballer's pay cheque. The sequence is nearly continued as well as this pair get off to a pretty dicey start, a jittery Williamson calling Guptill through for a very sharp single and just about surviving a direct hit at the non-striker's end.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Latham is almost cut in half, it's too close to him to play a cut shot, it may have even been a pull shot by the end of it. The sort of breakthrough England would have wanted, with New Zealand only 15 ahead. New Zealand will want their runs quite quickly, and that may mean more shots like that."
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Latham c Buttler b Broad 3 (NZ 15-1)
Stuart Broad makes the breakthrough for England. He tucks Tom Latham up with one that swings back into the body and clips the under-edge of either bat-handle or glove on its way through to Jos Buttler. Just what England wanted after lunch.
NZ 15-0 (Latham 3, Guptill 12)
A lucky start for Martin Guptill after lunch as he edges one rather streakily between third slip and gully and down to the third-man boundary. Anderson's mood is not improved when he receives a first official warning from umpire Ravi for running on the pitch. And the sulk is deepened when his very next ball is creamed through the covers for four by Guptill. Steam coming out of his ears as he snatches his jumper back.
Lunch scorecard
New Zealand 7-0 (4 overs) - lead by 7
Batsmen: Latham 3*, Guptill 4*
Bowling figures: Anderson 2-1-6-0, Broad 2-1-1-0
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
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Thanks Mitch. James Anderson to continue after lunch...
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And that's it for Ask the Umpire, the players are out, and it's time for James Gheerbrant to take over text commentary duties...
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
The keeper chases the ball to the boundary and hits the stumps with his throw, is it run-out or stumped?
"Only the striker can be out stumped, the non-striker would be run out. It would be the non-striker running, so run out "
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
One of the batsmen smashed the ball straight to point who appeared to take a great catch but actually dropped the ball. The batsman had already started to walk off to the pavilion, the keeper took the ball and took the bails off. Should he be given run out?
"If he was leaving the wicket under misapprehension, he shouldn't be given out."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
If you do stand behind the stumps for a free hit, can the keeper stand in front of the batsman and take the ball in front of him?
"Yes, absolutely. But then the game becomes a farce as the striker wouldn't have the chance to hit the ball."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
In the age of the hipster beard, is it a legal catch if a fielder catches a ball in their beard? Moving on, could players weave their beards in the slip cordon, would it be a legal catch?
"One beard, yes. Two beards: not allowed. It would be called unfair play. I would just call dead ball."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
A bowler advises the umpire and the batsmen that he is going to bowl under-arm...
"In the laws of cricket, it is not allowed."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
A fast bowler bowls the batsman with a no-ball, the stump cartwheels to the keeper and lands at the keeper's feet at the same time as the ball. The batsman sets off for a run, can the keeper claim a run-out by holding the stump?
"No, he has to physically pull a stump out of the ground. If there are no stumps still standing, he has to put one back in and pull it out."
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Can you overrule your umpiring colleague by calling over if you think six balls have already been bowled?
"If you are not certain, consult your colleague, and if you're still not certain, consult the scorers."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
A batsman is bowled, the bails fly in the air, cross over in the air, swap places and land back in the grooves. Is it out?
"Not out, if the bails have not hit the ground."
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You are standing at square leg and the fielding side appeal for a catch behind, you hear a noise, which you think is a nick, but your colleague who has to make the decision doesn't, so he gives 'not out'. What if anything do you do at square leg?
"Nothing. That is not in your jurisdiction. As a square leg umpire you got certain things to look at stumpings etc. but for catches and so on that is a bowlers' end umpire's decision."
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Is a bowler allowed to start their run-up in front of the bowling crease, such as at mid-wicket?
"Yes, There was a former West Indian wicketkeeper who played in the Central Lancashire League, who started from cover point, ran around the wicket and bowled someone behind his legs."
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If after the lunch interval, both batsmen go to the wrong end and no-one realises until the tea interval when it is brought to the attention of the umpires by the TMS team, is the afternoon session legitimate?
"Absolutely. It happened in county cricket when a new umpire, Vanburn Holder came on the scene and the batsmen tried to play a prank on him by going to the wrong end. They took guard, and at the last minute they switched."
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The umpire miscounts an over and ball number seven takes a wicket, the batsman reviews and during the review process the mistake becomes apparent. Although the decision to give the batsman out is correct, is the batsman out?
"The decision still stands, that is in the Laws of Cricket. if the umpires have miscounted, it is just unfortunate."
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As "dead ball" is a favourite subject of Ask the Umpire, what about the recent Women's County Championship match? Sussex needed two to win off the final ball, bowled by Charlotte Edwards, the batter missed the ball and the Kent keeper Lauren Griffiths removed the bails in a failed stumping attempt. The non-striker was already halfway down the pitch and they took a run as Kent prematurely celebrated. The umpires ruled the ball had not been dead at the time of the run. The result was appealed to the ECB, who didn't overturn the result. Is the ball dead when the stumping is attempted?
"The ball is not dead because the keeper's broken the wicket. The only way the ball would be dead id if a wicket had fallen. So the run stands."
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Jay: The scores may be level but NZ are ahead given that England have to bat last. Not that straightforward. Certainly not a waste.
J J Gass: Surely Scott was being sarcastic. Or do I mean ironic? Anyway, I doubt he really meant it had been a waste.
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Could the batsman stand behind the stumps to hit a free hit after a no-ball?
"He can stand wherever he likes."
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Do you like the fact the DRS decision-making can now be heard on TV and radio?
"Not really. It's more intrusion into umpires' decision-making. I'm not a lover of DRS. DRS has reversed wrong decisions which is a good thing, but it's not a perfect system and these last-ball scenarios are where it's going to cause confusion. In front of 90,000 at the MCG or Eden Gardens, it could cause a riot."
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A few years ago in a limited-overs school match, the batting side need six to win from the final ball. The captain sent all 10 fielders to the boundary, the batsman top-edged a hook and the ball was caught at deep fine leg by the wicketkeeper. The batting side claimed that this was unfair and said the keeper had become an outfielder, but the umpire disagreed and said I was out. Was this right?
"Once you go so back so far, you cease to be keeper. It becomes a farce when the keeper can go out so far back with the gloves. That shouldn't have been allowed."
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This has been bothering me since 1986. When bowled after a ball ricocheted onto my stumps from where the artificial turf wicket met the natural grass, should I have been given out?
"The umpires should agree exactly where the wicket is. If it hits the ridge, it should be a wide. But if you don't agree it, you get a grey area."
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A batsman is attempting a run, the fielder shies at the stumps and the ball deflects off the bat or the batsman onto the stumps, with the batsman still out of his ground. Is he out?
"Yes, he's out. The ball is still live. Another nonsense is the non-striker leaving his ground early. He's only doing that for one reason, to gain a yard or two - and if he's already been warned for it, you should be run out. You're coached that you turn and watch the bowler, and you leave the crease as he bowls."
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Adam Lyth tried to kick the ball yesterday when he had played it and it nearly went onto his stumps. Could he have put his hands on the bails to stop them coming off?
"No. That is unfair play, he would have been out obstructing the field."
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Someone rushes up, doesn't complete the single for whatever reason, comes back for a second run and it is called one short, but a single is given, where is the logic of giving the batsman a run when he has not completed a run at either end?
"You have to contact the MCC and get them to change the Laws of Cricket. But he can't run short deliberately."
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Play is suspended for bad light, but can play be suspended for bad heat, if it's dangerously hot or unseasonably cold?
"I umpired an ODI in Bombay between India and West India where we had to stop play because players were falling over in the heat, and we stopped for extra drinks."
Can fielders other than the wicketkeeper wear gloves in the cold?
"No."
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What if a plastic bag blows onto the ground and the ball is hit into the bag and runs down to third man? Is it a dead ball?
"No, it's the same as if a ball hits a bird flying by, it's an act of God. If it hits Spidercam it's a dead ball, that's a regulation brought in by the ICC."
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Can you be out handled the ball off a no-ball?
"Yes."
What if you play the ball and it then trickles towards the stumps?
"Once you've played the ball with the bat, you can kick it away, but you cannot touch the ball with your hand, even if it's a no-ball. You have no right to handle the ball with the hand off the bat."
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Former international umpire John Holder: "I haven't umpired since last summer. I stood in the Lancashire leagues for three years and I saw more bad behaviour in those three years than I did in 20 years standing in first-class cricket."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"This morning session was just as good as all the other sessions. You think you know what's going to happen and you don't. Southee and Boult bowled beautifully, and just when you thought New Zealand were going to get quite a substantial lead, they fell into the same trap as England: bouncing the tail-enders."
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Ben Dalton: Saying first-innings parity is a waste is like saying a 2-2 draw at half-time is too. Test cricket joy is in the building tension.
Sue: Re: 13:09. Two days of entertaining matchplay "a waste", Scott? Maybe you'd be better suited to watching a different sport?
Lunch - NZ 7-0
Broad concedes his first run as Guptill guides a single down to Mark Wood, patrolling the fine leg boundary. Broad follows Anderson in switching to bowling round the wicket to the left-handed Latham, and brings Adam Lyth over as a second gully fielder in a six-man cordon. But he sees the Black Caps through to lunch unscathed.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I think the result of this match will depend on which set of bowlers can be disciplined and patient throughout the innings."
NZ 6-0 (Latham 3*, Guptill 3*)
Anderson shines the ball furiously on his flannels, while Latham fidgets long enough at the crease to suggest that both wouldn't mind if this is the last over before lunch. Boycott Bingo followers can tick off the "the best way to face fast bowling is from the other end" box on their bingo cards as Anderson sends down a probing over from round the wicket. A maiden - and time for one more, in fact.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I've always said, it's a great skill bowling out tail-enders quickly and cheaply. It should be easy but it isn't for some bowlers. It's real asset if you have bowlers who can do it in your team - it lifts spirits and takes the pressure off the opening batsmen."
NZ 6-0 (lead by 6)
Stuart Broad, fresh from his 46 with the bat, is soon yelling for lbw but the ball - the very first he delivered - looked to be slanting down the leg side. Guptill is stout in defence, seeing out a maiden over.
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Ben Thomas: The scores might be exactly the same, but the way both teams went about getting them could not be more different.
Scott Keene: Both on 350. Almost a waste of two-and-a-half days.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's funny how left-handed batsmen muck up a bowler's lines. If I ever come back, I'm coming back as a left-hander - it's easier."
NZ 6-0
New Zealand are up and running as Latham guides a two wide of gully. A single brings Guptill on strike, on a pair - but he matches his partner's score as he knocks a three through the covers.
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Rafi in Cambridge: Broad is criminally underrated with both bat and ball. He has 280 wickets at a better average than Anderson, and apart from the last 18 months, has been a consistent deliverer of runs from the lower order. His record already marks him as a really, really good test cricketer, and if he keeps it up for another few years, he ought to be considered a genuine great.
Joe Kenelm: Good to see Broad getting some runs at the close there- as well as a five-wicket haul in the first innings. Would it be fair to say he's been inspired and perhaps driven by Jimmy's achievement?
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Right-hander Guptill took the first ball in the first innings, but this time round, as Geoffrey suggested, it's his left-handed partner Tom Latham taking strike. Game on.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"If they've any sense, the left-hander Latham should face first, because a lot of bowlers don't like starting against left-handers, and Guptill is on a pair."
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Bryan Waddle
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"It's a difficult time to bat, because the ball's going to be swinging around a bit."
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Jonathan in Solihull: Why are people criticising England for not abandoning their plans? Both captains are paying situational cricket, NZ have to win so want the game to move forward quickly so they batted at five an over, England don't need to win and are doing exactly the opposite of what McCullum wants them to do and scored at three an over. Both will end up with around 350 so NZ need to take even more risks to force a result and may end up losing as a result.
Jonathan sent this "both will end up with around 350" text before England were bowled out. Perhaps he could text us next week's lottery numbers?
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"This third innings will decide the match."
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An interesting mini-session coming up, with only 15 minutes for New Zealand to face before lunch. Opener Martin Guptill is on a pair, as is number three Kane Williamson.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"It will be interestingly to see how New Zealand go about this, because we know they are instinctively positive players, but there's a lot of time left, and they can't afford to mess this up."
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Coming up at lunch at 13;15 BST (remember we had a delayed start), TMS will be hosting John Holder with the popular "Ask the Umpire" feature, where the former international umpire will be answering your cricketing queries.
Send in your questions to tms@bbc.co.uk (with "Ask the Umpire" in the subject line), or tweet @bbctms with the hashtag #askumpire - thanks in advance.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Bell has got some serious problems, let me tell you. It's the way he gets out - push-driving at the ball and being caught at slip. It's poor."
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Mark in Newcastle: Expecting McCullum to get slaughtered as Cook did yesterday for same reasons. Maybe not, it's probably still Cook's fault.
George in Cirencester: England's tail getting a few runs, does this mean that McCullum is as bad a captain as Cook now!?
End-of-innings scorecard
England 350 all out (108.2 overs) - scores level
Lyth 107, Cook 75, Southee 4-83
Fall of wickets: 177-1 (Cook 75), 215-2 (Lyth 107), 238-3 (Ballance 29), 239-4 (Root 1), 247-5 (Stokes 6), 257-6 (Bell 12), 266-7 (Buttler 10), 267-8 (Moeen 1), 318-9 (Wood 19), 350-10 (Broad 46)
Bowling figures: Boult 30-7-98-2, Southee 30-5-83-4, Henry 20.2-4-92-1, Craig 26-12-48-2, Williamson 2-1-5-0
First innings: New Zealand 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84, Broad 5-109
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"This is only the eighth time in Test history that both sides have made the same score in their first innings, and only the second time in England."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"New Zealand troop off - they've been through a rollercoaster of emotions in that session. They thought they might get a lead of 80 runs at one stage."
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Broad b Henry 46 (Eng 350 all out)
I must have jinxed him there - no fifty for Broad, he is bowled by Henry attempting another legside heave, and would you believe that, the scores are exactly level. (Or if you prefer, the last two-and-a-half days have been entirely pointless!).
Eng 350-9 (Broad 46*, Anderson 10*)
Broad pushes a single and England are level, to a warm smattering of applause. And Broad is only four short of what would be his first Test fifty since a 65 against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2013.
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Paul in Newcastle: What has been so lovely about this series has been the atmosphere of true sportsmanship, good fellowship and friendliness shown by both teams towards each other. We haven't seen any sign of the awful macho sledging and posturing that England and the Aussies have far too often engaged in that brings the game into disrepute, especially in regard to youngsters watching and learning from their heroes. Have I really seen the opposition clapping the new batsman in? Applauding their achievements and valuing good cricket all round? It has been wonderful to watch the game played in this warm and friendly but nonetheless competitive atmosphere.
Eng 349-9
Broad pulls another short ball from Henry, it's not quite firm enough to beat the fielder and it's two rather than four. Frustration is building among the New Zealanders, a single reduces the deficit to one.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"The segregated part of the Western Terrace, 'the Zoo', is virtually empty today, as if the animals have escaped, or are having a lie-in to ease the hangover. In Leeds, the lion sleeps this morning. I'm not surprised, I saw two lorries full of beer arrive last night to replace what had been consumed."
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Richard Cutcher: This rally from Broad and the tailenders serves to highlight how badly Moeen, Stokes, Butler and Bell judged the situation.
Eng 346-9 (Craig 25-12-47-2)
Now Anderson, four short of 1,000 Test runs, gets the reverse sweep out of his locker but can't connect cleanly. Craig, shirt billowing in the wind, tosses the ball up invitingly as Anderson sees off a maiden over. The last two wickets have added 79.
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Jonathan Dale: Hang on, I thought it was our openers who failed and middle order who rode in to save them. Can't both ever be on form at once?
Jeffrey Yeung: When the top order performs the middle order fails and vice versa, talent is there just need right mind set for the situation.
Eng 346-9 (trail by 4)
Matt Henry replaces Southee, but Broad swats the right-arm seamer through mid-wicket and into the stand for a flat six! Another big heave over the covers sails into the air but falls safely and they plunder two more. It's now his highest score since he had his nose broken by Varun Aaron at Old Trafford last year and had to retire hurt. Third man is brought up into the slips... and fortune favours Broad as he slashes the ball over the cordon and straight to where that third man fielder would have been! Broad to 42 from 27 balls.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Who has decided that chin music is the way to remove a tailender? Alastair Cook and England rightly got slaughtered for this tactic yesterday. As good a captain as Brendon McCullum is, he looks to have this one wrong."
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Merlyn: Couldn't be happier that Broad has decided to play some shots. This is what he should do. Keep going!
BBC Sport's Richard McElvanney: Jimmy reaching 1,000 Test runs could be the most important landmark of #ENGvNZ in the context of this game.
Anderson will reach that landmark when he gets to 14.
Eng 333-9 (Broad 30*, Anderson 10*)
Will Broad take on the spinner? He takes a fresh guard before prodding a single to mid-wicket. Anderson slog-sweeps and misses, but a more orthodox approach bears fruit as an off-driven four brings a roar from the Headingley crowd. Another four from the "Burnley Lara", this time through mid-wicket, takes England to triple-Nelson and reduces the deficit to a manageable 17.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Where has the slower ball out of the back of the hand gone? When tailenders are batting like this, going at the ball with hard hands, it just offers something different."
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Alison Mitchell
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"This is now Broad's best Test score since he made 37 against India at The Oval last year."
Eng 324-9 (trail by 26)
It's Broad facing Southee, who has switched ends, with three leg-side boundary fielders in place - mirroring Broad's plan of attack against New Zealand's tailenders yesterday morning? Broad pulls a single to long leg, not totally convincingly, while the field changes for last man James Anderson with a four-man slip cordon posted. But Anderson is off the mark with a single off his legs, while Broad fences at a lifter and it brings him over the keeper's head. Anderson adds a single, while Broad again keeps the ball down as he pulls a single to one of those deep fielders.
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Toby Foot: Vital partnership from Broad and Wood scoring crucial runs, mirroring the input of the New Zealand tail yesterday morning.
Tom Bridge: Attack is always the best form of defence.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"McCullum is a wonderful captain. He reads situations so well. It was the change of pace that did for Mark Wood, but he played nicely."
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Wood c Ronchi b Craig 19 (Eng 318-9)
Wood comes forward to Craig, with a slip and a short leg in attendance - but the off-spinner finds the edge as the number 10 tries a cut shot and New Zealand have made an important breakthrough. Caught Ronchi, bowled Drinks Break?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's just starting to spin a bit. Trent Boult's foot-holes have appeared, so there's something there for the off-spinner to aim at. Moeen Ali will be looking at that."
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Just for once, the batsmen look ready and eager to resume after drinks, while the fielders get another pep-talk from their skipper. And Michael Vaughan has his wish - off-spinner Mark Craig, whose dark beard looks more immaculately groomed than it was yesterday, is returning in place of Southee (who took 4-27 in that 10-over spell with the new ball).
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Now is the time for New Zealand to turn the pace down and put the spinner on."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"Test cricket attracts an eclectic crowd, but there is a certain look of someone heading for a day at the cricket. They tend to be rugged up under a fleece or waterproof, but also optimistically thinking of sunshine with a pair of shades or jaunty hat. There's a coolbox or carrier bag full of enough food to feed Huddersfield and a bag containing the following tools for the day - sun cream, a pen, a tea towel (to wipe down your wet seat) and a radio. Test match survival kit."
Scorecard update
England 318-8 (101 overs) - trail by 32
Batsmen: Broad 26*, Wood 19*
Fall of wickets: 177-1 (Cook 75), 215-2 (Lyth 107), 238-3 (Ballance 29), 239-4 (Root 1), 247-5 (Stokes 6), 257-6 (Bell 12), 266-7 (Buttler 10), 267-8 (Moeen 1)
Bowling figures: Boult 30-7-98-2, Southee 29-5-77-4, Henry 18-4-76-0, Craig 22-10-38-1, Williamson 2-1-5-0
New Zealand 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84, Broad 5-109
England won toss
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This is a terrific partnership. Since Broad and Wood have come to the crease, they've played a little more unorthodox, tried to play a few shots, and suddenly the ball doesn't look dangerous. This is the way Broad's got to play - I think he's been overcomplicating."
Drinks - Eng 318-8 (trail by 32)
Broad smashes the ball so hard back at Boult that it hits the left-arm seamer on the forearm in his follow-through - so fiercely that he was trying to protect himself rather than take what would have been a stunning caught-and-bowled. To add insult to injury, they take a run. Wood rotates the strike, and Broad continues his assault, crashing another four back past the stumps and whacking a four through backward point which brings up the fifty stand, to warm applause. A well-earned drinks break for the ninth-wicket pair.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"These are critical runs, both from a numerical perspective and also because they are just lifting spirits in the England dressing-room. This is an important and impressive innings from Wood - he looks comfortable in the Test arena. And this is the best innings Broad has played for England for a little while."
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Chris Lewis: Yesterday when Cook was out England were 177-1 at the end of the 59th over. 20 overs to the new ball, 20 overs to press home their position before the new ball. Easiest time in match to bat. Why not send in Root or even Stokes to press on and take advantage of the benign conditions? Instead Ballance went in and we only scored 60 in those 20 overs. Why is the order so set in stone. At 10-1 Ballance is the man to go in, but at 177-1 in perfect batting conditions?
Eng 308-8 (trail by 42)
Southee is one short of a five-for, but it's been advantage England for the last couple of overs - Wood hammers a four through the covers with a fluent drive of which any top-order batsman would be proud. However, he's fortunate as he nearly chops the last ball of the over onto the stumps. We've had nearly an hour of play, how long before England can see off Southee and Boult? This stand is already worth 41 - the second highest of the innings.
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Jon in Leicester: Some of the texts you've had this morning re: Bell are staggering. Last time Aus were here he won us the series with three centuries from difficult positions. Get behind the team instead of calling for someone's head every time we have a tough session.
Tim in London: Lot of comments here and in the WI illustrate one of England's problems - always looking at the Ashes or elsewhere. Play each match as if it's the only match.
Eng 303-8 (Broad 17*, Wood 14*)
Wood clips Boult quickly past short leg and away for four to mid-wicket, this is now his highest Test score. A single takes him to 12, while the increasingly confident Broad hooks a four through square leg and wide of Watling who is still sweeping on that boundary. A terrific on-drive brings the Nottinghamshire man another three and pushes England past the magic 300 figure, Boult goes round the wicket and Wood helps himself to a couple more to fine leg. 14 from the over - England's best over of the day.
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Ben Newby: Looks like it's up to Broad to ensure we are not behind by the runs he leaked to the NZ tail.
Thomas Measures: If Broad can get 30+ it might do wonders for him. He always seem to bowl better when he gets a score.
Totum: Have a go, play some shots, what's the point of this leave, leave, edge it strategy? We are like turkeys waiting for Christmas.
Eng 289-8 (trail by 61)
Wood, who might not mind having a bowl in these overcast conditions, connects well but can only direct the ball straight to captain Brendon McCullum at mid-off. Southee's radar is a little off, sending a couple down the leg side, but another firm off drive beats McCullum's dive and brings Wood a scampered three.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"The crowd are always the first to tell us about the weather. There are a couple of umbrellas up."
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"What's looking crucial to me is the 50 runs New Zealand got in that mini-session yesterday morning. That was poor cricket from England, it was a wasteful spell, and it could be the difference between the first innings."
Eng 286-8 (Broad 10*, Wood 4*)
Broad is left fishing at thin air as he plays inside the line and Boult sends one over the stumps.
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Rob, exasperated, in Manchester: So, Messrs Broad, Anderson and Cook. Short-pitched bowling the way to go at Headingley? It's four slips and two gullies all the way.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Wood doesn't look the worst lower-order batsman. There's enough to suggest that he might be able to play a role."
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Eng 286-8
A few spots of rain on the TV cameras as Broad chips Boult towards deep mid-wicket and is dropped by the diving BJ Watling, normally to be found behind the stumps but playing as a batsman in this match because of a knee injury he picked up at Lord's. Would have been a terrific grab. Wood is off the mark with a well-timed cover drive for four, a missed hook shot yields another bye over the keeper, and then we have a remarkable moment as the ball flies out of Boult's hands, it disappears high over where leg slip would stand, and is called a no-ball for height before disappearing to the boundary. It certainly wasn't deliberate, and was so high and wide that Broad was in no danger.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"I think it's important that New Zealand get some sort of lead, because they've got to face Anderson and Broad in these conditions."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"You just sense that the probing, slightly surgical quality that the New Zealanders are operating with at the moment and the accuracy of the catching, that there is an element of I am only here for so long, particularly with the tail-enders."
Eng 275-8 (Broad 9*, Wood 0*)
Broad, backing away from Southee a little, looks intent on playing a few shots, forcing him through mid-wicket for four, before jabbing his bat down and getting the ball past gully. Three Kiwis give chase and the batsmen run three. Skies are grey and overcast in Leeds, but the rain is holding off for now.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"High-quality swing bowling from New Zealand, fully using the second new ball and cloud cover to their advantage. However, an England slide of six wickets for 29 runs is alarming, especially with Johnson, Starc and Harris to come this summer. Also, Adam Lyth's wasteful run-out is starting to look pretty crucial."
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Ben in Daventry: Only a month ago people were denying us any chance of even turning up against NZ. Now 1-0 up in the series, those people are using this success to predict doom in the Ashes! Enough of the pessimism surrounding English cricket! We can't all be Geoffrey Boycott.
Simon in Leeds: Dave in Sunbury your remarks are amazing. Century in Lyth's third Test innings. Shedloads of runs for Yorkshire. Of course he's in for the Ashes series. The Whitby Wizard done good.
Eng 268-8 (trail by 82)
Can Mark Wood and his imaginary horse ride to England's rescue? They still trail by 83 as Broad pulls Boult for a single to bring Wood, one of only four right-handers in this England side, on strike. It's as much as he can do to defend the rest of the over.
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Bryan Waddle
BBC Test Match Special
"Yesterday Southee looked as though he was struggling. Today he's finally found his rhythm. The luck has changed around as well - edges that were dropping short yesterday are carrying today."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This slip cordon is working very nicely and confidently together with each other."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"That's the best catch of the lot. What an opportunity New Zealand now have to win this match and level this series."
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Moeen c Guptill b Southee 1 (Eng 267-8)
Another one gone, and another slip catch! Moeen edges, this time it's third slip Martin Guptill with safe hands and it's seven wickets lost for 52 runs. Southee has three wickets in 17 balls this morning, figures of 3-1-6-3 today., and England are 31-6 with the new ball.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Stuart Broad has 23 runs in his last six Test innings."
Eng 267-7
New batsman Stuart Broad - who looks a world away from the man who scored 169 in a Test in 2010 - is nearly out first ball as he jabs the ball just wide of short leg and they run one.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Southee's just starting to hit form. At Lord's he looked just short of a gallop, but now he's starting to get back to using the crease very nicely, and getting the right line so that he draws the stroke."
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Buttler c Taylor b Southee 10 (Eng 266-7)
Buttler goes! Again a Southee late outswinger does the trick as Buttler plays defensively, this time it's Ross Taylor at first slip taking a regulation catch. England have lost six wickets for 51 runs.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"There's a lot about slip fielding that isn't apparent. You're constantly adjusting. For me the key is to see the ball got through to the keeper, watch the pace, and imagine it coming to you every ball."
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Wisden editor Lawrence Booth: Since his 143 in the first innings in Antigua, Bell's Test scores are: 11, 1, 0, 0, 1, 29 and now 12.
Barney: Ian Bell rarely looks out of touch but this series he has looked all at sea with the willow; and in the slips. Worrying times.
Eng 266-6
While a certain breed of England fans are sharpening their knives and prepare to throw them in the direction of Ian Bell (it's clearly his turn to be the "batsman under pressure", a role which is a mainstay of any England side), there are also reports of rain on the way... meanwhile, Moeen Ali sees off a maiden from Boult.
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Merlyn: Ian Bell once again proves that he is not the man for any kind of tough situation. Can we dispense with his services?
Adam Wheeler: Some poor form from Bell. Will he be looking over his shoulder.
Joe Robinson: Ian Bell having an absolute nightmare. Lucky for him there's no outstanding middle order batsmen who could replace him...
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"New Zealand's third innings could be England's best chance of winning, if they go at it in a headless fashion."
Eng 266-6
Finally England put bat to ball in the runs department, as Moeen is off the mark with a nudge off his legs for one. Buttler drives at an outswinger and gets an edge... and the ball sails just wide of Kane Williamson at gully. England survive, and Buttler is in double figures.
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Simon Goodall: I hope we do a NZ here and play a few shots. Defending and defending will only cost wickets.
Tom Holmes: Big wicket that. England need these two to counter punch because there's not much coming after them.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"I'm surprised they haven't got the lights on. They've got them, why not use them?"
Eng 261-6 (Buttler 6*, Moeen 0*)
Some Minions take their place in the stands as Boult pings in a bouncer which flies over Buttler's head and over the grasp of keeper Luke Ronchi, who is unlucky to be charged with four byes for a delivery which he had little chance of reaching, though he gets the very tip of his glove to it. Next ball, it's Buttler's turn to suffer as an inswinger whacks him in the unmentionables. Three maidens so far today.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I thought at the beginning of the day that parity would be the most likely scenario. But with the ball swinging, now you think there's the possibility of maybe a bit of a lead for New Zealand."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"That's poor from Ian Bell, almost an exact replica of his second-innings dismissal at Lord's, when England were in similar peril. If some pieces of the Ashes jigsaw are in place, then Bell's form is one that doesn't quite fit at the moment. Still, Moeen Ali is 108 not out at Headingley."
Eng 257-6
Moeen Ali returns to the scene of his heroic backs-to-the-wall hundred against Sri Lanka last year, with three slips, gully and a short leg in attendance. He sees off a wicket maiden, Southee takes his cap with the smile of a cheeky schoolboy, and England are yet to score a run off the bat today.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"What a lovely catch by Craig. He made that look easy. Moeen's got to be tight here, because the ball is swinging."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"A classic right-arm swing bowler's dismissal. Full enough, Southee drew the drive off the front foot, and the ball moved away at the last moment."
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Bell c Craig b Southee 12 (Eng 257-6)
Boult's partner-in-crime Tim Southee makes an immediate impact, as an outswinger is prodded by Ian Bell to Mark Craig at second slip without adding to his overnight score.
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Stuart Mitchell: Re: Dave in Sunbury (11:13), you only gain experience by playing in Test matches, Lyth has been given the chance stick with him.
Tom Audsley: Pipe down Dave in Sunbury. It's not his fault, he should have had three tests in the Caribean under his belt too.
Eng 257-5
Boult, bowling lively left-arm over, slants the ball in towards Buttler's pads, but pushes one too far towards leg stump and Buttler helps it away for four leg byes, the only blemish on a maiden over. Still plenty of seats yet to be taken.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"These are awkward times for the batsmen. There's still plenty of shine on the new ball, and a nice hard seam. Boult has got the perfect conditions for bowling too."
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Trent Boult to open from the Football Stand End, Jos Buttler on strike.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"This is a big session for both teams. England will not necessarily relish batting in these gloomy conditions."
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Those three wickets late in the day stopped England getting away from New Zealand and building a very large first-innings lead. That possibility has gone."
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Talking of anthems, "Jerusalem" is being belted out around Headingley, so we're nearly ready to start. New Zealand's fielders, all sporting "proper" cable knit sweaters, are in a huddle just inside the boundary.
It's a calm team talk from captain Brendon McCullum, rather than a Curtly Ambrose-style "fire and brimstone" speech - while umpire Rod Tucker looks like he wants the Yorkies to put another shilling in the electric meter and turn the floodlights on.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"We're hearing that for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff, there will be so much going on beforehand that they may have to bring the toss forward, though that's not confirmed. There will be three national anthems, for a start - the Welsh, English and Australian, and I think they're hoping for the Red Arrows too."
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Dave in Sunbury: Albeit Lyth got a century against a moderate NZ bowling attack one can't help but think Australia will be a different proposition. Too inexperienced for the Ashes.
Ask the Umpire
BBC Radio Test Match Special
An early notification - TMS will be joined at lunchtime today by former international umpire John Holder for the popular "Ask The Umpire" slot where he will answer your umpiring queries.
Do email in any questions you may have for John - email tms@bbc.co.uk (with "Ask the Umpire" in the subject line), or tweet them @bbctms - we can promise you an entertaining interval.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I agree with Vic Marks - the allocation of Test matches in England shouldn't come down to who generates the most cash, it should be which grounds provide the best pitches. If grounds produce poor pitches consistently, they should go down the pecking order."
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We're about 10 minutes from the start, the Headingley groundstaff are making their final preparations, with a tractor being driven at high speed around the outfield ("a Formula 1 tractor", notes Aggers) with an attached rope brushing off the rain.
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New Zealand spinner Mark Craig speaking to TMS last night: "I thought the boys bowled really well, and picking up those two wickets at the end there was really crucial. It was nice to be able to do a job for the boys today, to be able to hold up an end and let the other boys rotate. I was nowhere near at my best at Lord's, but to be able to bounce back and be a little bit more consistent was pleasing. I didn't do anything different, just relaxed a bit. I think we're set nicely, we get two cracks with the new ball so first thing in the morning will be crucial. The boys are pretty happy."
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Dougie Gillies: What a start to the Test match summer, NZ really came to play and have done England a favour in their prep for the Ashes.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Two or three years ago, New Zealand were at their lowest ebb. McCullum said, 'We're good at one-day cricket, why don't we try and play that way in Test cricket?' and it's got them to a level where they can compete against the best teams. These seven days have shown that Test match cricket is very much alive if it's played in the right style."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley
"What was all the fuss about? Rain? A trifling 15-minute delay. On arriving at the ground, you'd know nothing was amiss. The players were out warming up, England in the nets that are erected each morning on the western side of the square. Joe Root bowling to Alastair Cook, beating the skipper with a ripping off break."
Start-of-play scorecard
If you're just joining us, play is starting at 11:15 BST after some overnight rain. A reminder of the state of play:
England 253-5 (88 overs) - trail by 97
Batsmen: Bell 12*, Buttler 6*
Fall of wickets: 177-1 (Cook 75), 215-2 (Lyth 107), 238-3 (Ballance 29), 239-4 (Root 1), 247-5 (Stokes 6)
Bowling figures: Boult 23-4-63-2, Southee 23-4-57-1, Henry 18-4-76-0, Craig 22-10-38-1, Williamson 2-1-5-0.
New Zealand 350: Ronchi 88, Latham 84, Broad 5-109
England won toss
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Alex in Basingstoke: Think it's about even. NZ were at a similar score with five down, only difference is they had a big middle partnership, we did it at the beginning.
Daz, Widnes: Re: 10:30 - so effectively yesterday we could have all had a lie in and started after lunch with England batting?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"If you look at T20, you have certain players that come in at certain stages. I think you might see that in Test cricket, send in a certain player at 60 overs. If England want to improve and be really radical, they might look back at yesterday and wonder if they could have sent Stokes, or Buttler, or Moeen in earlier, to play more expansively against the new ball than Gary Ballance."
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Charles Gordon: New Zealand are so good to watch I can't help feeling they deserve something out of this 'series'.
Is cricket speeding up?
Alison Mitchell, Michael Vaughan and Vic Marks on TMS are now asking - "is Test cricket speeding up"?
The average runs per over in Tests in the 1990s was 2.94, the modern average is well above three, while New Zealand forged ahead at a terrific rate in this game, scoring their 350 in only 72.1 overs - 4.84 per over.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"What I was impressed is the way Lyth left the ball, his composure and patience. He has always been able to hit the ball and be an eye-catching player, but he left the ball like a Test player rather a county player who is having a good run."
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A bit more info on timings today. With play starting at 11:15 BST, lunch will be at 13:15, with tea at 15:55. And as we're still making up time which was lost on the first day, we could be in for a long final session - Aggers and Geoffrey Boycott could be doing the podcast in their PJs.
Talking of which, you can hear the dynamic duo review day two on the TMS podcast page, where you can also listen again to the "View from the Boundary" interview with comedian and TV presenter Dom Joly, who once owned a grumpy dog named "Boycott".
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Adam Lyth is a nice player to watch. He doesn't try and overly hit the ball - he just times it. It was a true opener's innings. He's started his Test career against a really good New Zealand attack, and he's come through with flying colours. I think he'll cope with the extra pace of the Australia attack, where he has to get better is against spin."
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England batsman Adam Lyth speaking to TMS last night: "It's reward for a lot of hard work. I'm very proud of my achievement today. To get three figures in a Test match, it doesn't get much better than that, but I would have liked to be there at the end. It was nice to put on a large partnership with Cooky, and great to see him get the record. Obviously it's early days in my international career, I'd love to play in the Ashes but obviously I've got another innings to go and I'd like to get runs in that."
Get involved
As ever, we'd like to hear from you - who do you think is ahead at this stage? When play does get under way, how should Ian Bell and Jos Buttler approach their innings - see off the first hour and then step up a gear? And will the threat of more rain affect either side's tactics?
You can email tms@bbc.co.uk (with "for Mark Mitchener" in the subject line), text 81111 if you're in the UK (please remember to add your name), tweet via #bbccricket or get involved on the BBC Sport Facebook page. (You're welcome to send carrier pigeons, but the BBC cannot be held responsible for their welfare).
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"New Zealand were excellent throughout the day yesterday. Even when they weren't getting wickets, they held their length, they held their lines. I just wonder if England will look back on that and wonder if they moved through the gears quickly enough to capitalise on the conditions they were batting in. Then New Zealand got some late wickets and ended up winning that day, in my opinion."
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So, message from the Weather Centre is to pack the waterproofs if you're off to Headingley. That goes for any of you in fancy dress as well...
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Alastair Cook is looking much more comfortable now. He's batting in the old Alastair Cook way - he's not searching for the ball."
Weather forecast
BBC Weather's Louise Lear on TMS: "There are some showers coming, and that may be why they've delayed the start. I think we'll see some showers in the next few hours, but a slight improvement into the afternoon.
"It should stay dry later on, but we could have some bad light and showers towards the end of the day. The temperature is around 11 degrees, which is very disappointing for this time of year.
"The forecast is looking better for tomorrow, but I think on Tuesday we could have a lot of showers and interruptions."
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England captain Alastair Cook speaking to TMS last night: "We had to fight very hard yesterday. We were disappointed to lose three wickets yesterday - a couple too many - but under the lights these days it's difficult. Credit to the way Tim Southee and Trent Boult bowled. We thought we were edging ahead at 175-0, but this is what cricket can do to you.
"It was a fantastic day for Adam Lyth, I've been so impressed by the way he's gone about his business - to have a poor Test match at Lord's and then bounce back and get a century at his home ground is what dreams are made of."
Start delayed
Play will start at 11:15 BST unless there is any more rain, because there's a small wet patch on the outfield in the region of mid-off, which is being worked on by the ground staff.
With a few small drops of rain in the air, the covers are briefly back on as a precaution.
Record-breaking Cook
If you were immersed in the FA Cup final on the BBC yesterday, there's plenty to catch up on with regard to Alastair Cook's record-breaking run landmark.
We've heard from some of the formative people in his life about Cook the choir boy, golden boy and tractor boy - how he once sang for the Queen, and how he's afraid of snakes.
Jonathan Agnew salutes Cook's "outstanding achievement" - while we've also raided Cookie's school archives to bring you some pictures of his life and times. Enjoy.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Mark Craig has had a very decent match for New Zealand. He got 41 not out, he took a very good catch to dismiss Stokes - reverse-cup - and the most important thing was the way he bowled. He gave McCullum an extra bowler yesterday, in a sense."
Weather forecast
"Don't look at the clouds, it's a lovely day here in Leeds," enthuses Yorkshire's Michael Vaughan on TMS, somewhat less than 100% convincingly. Here's the BBC weather forecast for today...
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The ball has swung, when there is cloud cover around. It doesn't seem to matter whether it is cold. But if Bell and Buttler can get through the first half-hour, I expect them to play in very aggressive, almost Kiwi manner."
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A sporting cliche describes a "game of two halves" - but yesterday saw three contrasting sessions at Headingley.
New Zealand resumed on 297-8 but courtesy of some rather strange short-pitched bowling from England, the tourists crashed and bashed their way to 350 all out in not much time. But those extra 53 runs were effectively cancelled out by England reaching 54-0 at lunch.
England then forged ahead in the afternoon session, with Adam Lyth (107) reaching a maiden Test century and sharing an opening stand of 177 with the record-breaking Alastair Cook (75).
But having been 163-0 at tea, England then lost five wickets in the final session to finish on 253-5, still trailing by 97.
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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It was a fascinating day yesterday. The happy synthesis of a new ball and some cloud cover leaves the game tantalisingly poised with plenty of time left for a result for either side."
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
Test Match Special are already on the airwaves - you can listen on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave, and via the BBC iPlayer Radio app, BBC Sport website and app - in short, if you're not listening, we'll know you're trying very, very hard not to do so.
Commentator Simon Mann has just tweeted this picture from Headingley:
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Morning, everyone. After a day when records fell and Alastair Cook became England's highest Test run scorer, it's eyes down for day three of the second Test, with the match intriguingly poised.
Fans of both New Zealand and England could make a half-decent case for their noses being slightly in front at this stage. But there may be clouds on the horizon - and not metaphorical ones. The covers are off, and there will be an inspection at 10:30 BST.