Summary

  • Bad light stops play with NZ 192-6, having been 36-5

  • De Grandhomme (72) in stand of 142 with Watling (77*)

  • England 307 all out (Bairstow 101, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87)

  • Second Test (NZ lead series 1-0)

  • David Warner "resigned to fact" that he may never play for Australia again

  1. Postpublished at 06:08 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's dark now - the electronic advertising boards are standing out like beacons. I can't understand why the batsmen aren't making more of a fuss. Although we are in a tinted greenhouse.

  2. NZ 192-6published at 74.4 overs

    There's seven overs left to try and squeeze in.

    Ooh, is that out? Mark Wood goes short, into Tim Southee's ribs, and the ball balloons up to short leg, where Mark Stoneman takes the catch. That's come off the thigh, though, and Southee gets himself off strike a few balls later.

  3. Postpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Mumbai

    England needed something and Jenny Gunn has delivered. She takes two wickets in an over, firstly with diving wicketkeeper Amy Jones taking a very good diving catch to remove Ashleigh Gardner for 33.

    Then, Alyssa Healy is bowled for the same score.

    Australia are 72-3 in the ninth over.

    Follow the game here with our scorecard.

  4. Bad light threatening to curtail playpublished at 06:03 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The light is degenerating. And because we're past the official close of play of 06:00 BST, once they're off, they can't come back.

    Clouds above Hagley OvalImage source, Getty Images
  5. NZ 191-6published at 74 overs

    Trail by 116

    BJ Watling calls Tim Southee through for a quick single as he drops the ball down at his feet, and Jonny Bairstow's throw flies well over the stumps.

    It does seem to have got a bit gloomy out there, weather wise.

  6. Postpublished at 06:00 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    The physio is out for Tim Southee after he took that blow to the elbow.

    A bit of a grimace as he gets checked over, but Southee seems to be okay.

  7. Postpublished at 05:59 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    In my mind, this is intimidatory bowling. They're bowling every ball at his head, and that's just wrong. What are you waiting for, someone to get hit? The umpires have just washed their hands of it.

    You accept as a tail-ender these days that you're going to get it. Jake Ball in the recent Ashes at Brisbane didn't get a ball in his half.

  8. NZ 189-6published at 73 overs

    Two players on the boundary - and Tim Southee's whacked the ball between both of them!

    It's an ugly looking shovel from Southee but somehow he's got the ball between Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad, who both just look at each other as the ball bounces past them.

  9. Postpublished at 05:57 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    They now have four men catching on the legside fence, plus a short leg and a silly point, and a third man in case he tries to ramp it.

    If he gets caught hooking now, his team-mates won't be impressed. But if Wood pitches it up, it's free runs.

  10. NZ 185-6published at 72.4 overs

    Four! Up on one leg goes Tim Southee, and he pulls Mark Wood away to the fence.

    There's four men out on the boundary, which means Southee's about to get some short stuff. He sways out of the way, dropping his hands down, before he gets a thwack on the arm guard. Ouch.

  11. Postpublished at 05:52 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on Test Match Special

    If each of the four remaining partnerships can get 20-30 runs and take New Zealand to, say, 280, they won't be conceding too many runs on first innings. But the second new ball tomorrow morning could be key.

  12. NZ 181-6published at 72 overs

    I always find Tim Southee's batting quite entertaining. You never know which way it's going to go.

    He has Stuart Broad staring at the sky as he flicks uppishly off his hip for a single. BJ Watling then ends just short of the slip cordon.

  13. Postpublished at 05:48 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Women's T20 tri-series final: Australia v England

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Mumbai

    England struck early in the final - Tash Farrant pinned Beth Mooney lbw for a duck, but since then Alyssa Healy has got Australia going.

    She hit Farrant for a six and a four, while Ashleigh Gardner has just hit Sophie Ecclestone for a monstrous maximum. Australia are 34-1 after four.

    You can follow the scorecard here.

  14. NZ 180-6published at 71 overs

    Mark Wood continues, two slips and a gully in place, and comes wide of the crease as he hustles his way through a tidy maiden.

  15. How's stat?!published at 05:44 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    It's not only De Grandhomme's longest Test innings, it's his third longest in first-class cricket.

    Stuart Broad has also gone past Curtly Ambrose with his 406th Test wicket - he's on his own in 14th place in the all-time list., external

  16. NZ 180-6published at 70 overs

    Trail by 127

    That wicket ended a 142-run partnership. Colin de Granhomme was furious with himself as he walked off.

    Tim Southee is the next man in, and he's off the mark with a scampered two. Broad gets one to lift into his gloves in reply. That's an excellent over.

  17. Postpublished at 05:41 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Bryan Waddle
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Stuart Broad continues to be the most threatening of England's bowlers.

  18. Postpublished at 05:40 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on Test Match Special

    That's too wide to play at, short of a length and it's encouraged De Grandhomme to punch it through the off side, and he's got a fine edge. A decent partnership, but those remaining overs take on a great deal of importance.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 69.2 overs

    De Grandhomme c Bairstow b Broad 72 (NZ 178-6)

    There's the breakthrough!

    It's taken Stuart Broad just two balls to shift Colin de Grandhomme, and end what's been an excellent partnership for New Zealand. There's a touch of away movement for Broad and de Grandhomme, chasing the ball, ends up getting a healthy edge through to Bairstow.

  20. Postpublished at 05:38 British Summer Time 31 March 2018

    Double change for England - Stuart Broad is back on.