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."

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."

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Headingley

"Covers coming on at tea. The groundstaff might know something we don't."

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?

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.

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.

McCullum survives Anderson's over, and that's tea.

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."

BJ Watling is the new man. He's off the mark with two through square leg.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Martin Guptill's scores in this series: 70, 0, 0, 70."

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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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."

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."