Summary

  • Watling 100*, fifth Test century

  • Guptill 70, McCullum 55, Taylor 48

  • Three wickets for Wood

  • Second Test, day three, Headingley

  • England lead two-match series 1-0

  1. Postpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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...

  2. Umpire reviewpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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...

  3. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

  4. NZ 55-2 (lead by 55)published at 14:36 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

  5. How's stat?!published at 14:33 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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."

  6. published at 14:31 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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."

  7. Taylor dropped on 6published at 14:31 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

    Gary BallanceImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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?"

    Stuart BroadImage source, AP
  9. Text 81111published at 14:27 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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!

  10. NZ 28-2 (Guptill 18, Taylor 4)published at 14:27 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

  11. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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."

    England celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  12. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Becky Lea: Went for a nap at Lunch, woke up to two wickets. Nicely done.

  13. WICKETpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

    Stuart Broad and Kane WilliamsonImage source, Reuters
  14. Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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."

  15. NZ 22-1 (lead by 22)published at 14:21 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

  16. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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!

  17. NZ 18-1 (Broad 4-1-4-1)published at 14:16 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.

  18. How's stat?published at 14:12 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "That was Stuart Broad's 50th wicket against New Zealand, and his 500th first-class wicket."

    Stuart Broad celebratesImage source, Getty Images
  19. Postpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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."

  20. NZ 16-1 (Guptill 12, Williamson 1)published at 14:12 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    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.