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.

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."

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.

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."

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.

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."

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...

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."

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.

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.

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."

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 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.

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.

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."

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."

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?

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.

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!