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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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."

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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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.

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."

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."

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.

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."

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.

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.

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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