Summary

  • Match drawn - NZ win series 1-0

  • Broad takes wickets with first two balls of day five

  • Jack Leach takes his first Test wickets

  • NZ needed theoretical 382 to win

  1. Postpublished at 06:38 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That was missing leg by a long way. It would have looked very close to those behind the bat.

  2. NZ 248-7published at 116.1 overs

    Huge shout as Leach spins it into Wagner's pads.

    England desperately want it but Bruce Oxenford shakes his head and the tourists have no reviews left.

    It was going down leg though.

  3. Postpublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Swanny gets his wish. Jack Leach is coming back on...

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Text 81111

    Ian Sheppard: The chances of England taking 10 wickets on the final day are the same as if England needed to bat out the day - zero!

    Andy in Newark: One yorker in the last hour? England don't deserve to win if they're continuously bowling short balls. They might as well just shake hands with the Kiwis now.

  5. Postpublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There's still a belief. You always think that 'we get one, we get another one.' You need to get Leach back on - get your best spinner on.

  6. NZ 248-7published at 116 overs

    Six overs left

    Six men round the bat for Malan. Wagner is not fazed and dabs away the first five balls before slicing the last down towards third man for a single.

  7. Postpublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Dawid Malan does get a second over...

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    #bbccricket

    Jack Kelly: Perfectly calm as I sit amongst the Cherry Blossom of Kyoto taking the occasional selfie and refreshing the page at regular intervals.

    Harry Mullett: Its a real shame this series is only two Tests. Properly competitive, good sportsmanship and beautiful grounds. Much more fun than the last few Ashes series. Can we come back in the summer?

  9. NZ 247-7published at 115 overs

    Seven overs left

    Sodhi defends out the rest of the over.

    What a tremendous, determined knock this has been.

  10. Postpublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Stoneman is so close that he couldn't react.

  11. dropped catch

    Close!published at 114.2 overs

    Mark Stoneman is the latest England fielder to get on his knees at short leg and just misses out on snaffling Ish Sodhi.

    Sodhi fends it down but Stoneman is so close he can't react in time, the ball drifting past his despairing fend at it.

    He had 0.343 seconds to react to that. Funnily enough, he didn't get there.

  12. If you're just joining us...published at 06:30 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    If you're just waking up, we're into a tense period of play. England need to take three New Zealand wickets to win the second Test and square the series - but the weather may foil them.

    The last hour of the game began at 06:04 BST, with a minimum of 15 overs possible - but bad light, which has not allowed play later than 06:46 during this Test, looks likely to end play early.

    England made a cracking start with Stuart Broad taking wickets with the first two balls of the day, and two more soon followed with Jack Leach taking his first Test wicket. But a great rearguard action by Colin de Grandhomme (45) and Ish Sodhi (who's still there) has taken New Zealand to the brink of saving the game.

  13. Postpublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Oh, that's a good delivery! Wagner didn't pick it. Malan's done enough there to earn himself another over.

  14. NZ 247-7published at 114 overs

    Eight overs left

    Malan goes round the wicket at the left-handed Wagner. He drifts one into the footholes and Wagner leaves well as the ball doesn't turn enough to trouble the stumps.

    Ooof! Malan tosses up a googly that rips past the outside edge. Given Malan can bowl that good a wrong'un, it's ridiculous that England didn't get him on earlier.

  15. Postpublished at 06:26 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It's desperately frustrating for England. They took four wickets in the first hour and they were well on their way.

  16. Postpublished at 06:26 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    That edge struck Sodhi in the fingers.

    The physio is on for a delay that England really don't want.

    Oh, Vic gets his wish - Dawid Malan is coming on.

    Part-time leg-spin for the win?

  17. Postpublished at 06:25 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The only minor puzzle to me - even though it's partly wishful thinking - is you've got somebody who has 52 first-class wickets in Dawid Malan, someone who bowls out of the back of the hand. You'd have thought he might have been tossed the ball somewhere along the way.

  18. NZ 247-7published at 113 overs

    Nine overs left

    Stokes does push one up near yorker length but Sodhi's eye is in and he deflects it calmly away.

    He edges the next but it's along the ground.

    Stokes goes round the wicket and Sodhi defends the rest of the over.

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    #bbccricket

    Simon Hewitt: For goodness sake - try a yorker!

    Paul Roberts: To take two wickets with the first two deliveries of the day - including their captain & best batsman - and not go on to clinch victory, would sadly be a further indictment of Root’s captaincy.

  20. Postpublished at 06:22 British Summer Time 3 April 2018

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That's a nasty ball, right up in the ribs. He took his eye off that one.