Postpublished at 02:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
England scored 60 runs in that afternoon session in 27 overs, and lost two wickets. New Zealand have kept a tight reign on things.
Summary
Disciplined England dig in to build solid platform after winning toss
Stokes - dropped on 63 by Taylor at slip - ends unbeaten on 67
Denly (74) & Burns (52) make patient half-centuries
All four batsmen to fall caught behind the wicket
Postpublished at 02:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Tea - Eng 121-3published at 56 overs
Denly 41, Stokes 0
Joe Denly works a single through mid-wicket and Ben Stokes is content to play out four dot balls to get through to tea.
Postpublished at 02:40 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match SpecialAnother wicket for New Zealand and they are really in this game, and in conditions they ought not to be.
Eng 120-3published at 02:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Neil Wagner almost draws Ben Stokes into a loose prod but the England all-rounder leaves alone in time.
There is the loose prod though and Wagner gets one through between the inside edge and the stumps.
New Zealand joining the dots - that's another maiden.
Postpublished at 02:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeet Raval will be claiming his misfield to return Joe Root to the strike for that wicket was a work of genius.
Postpublished at 02:34 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match SpecialPeople talk about spinners holding an end but De Grandhomme has done that job for New Zealand today - and picked up two wickets.
Eng 120-3published at 54 overs
Colin de Grandhomme completes a maiden.
Postpublished at 02:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match SpecialHe's lucky he wasn't more advanced into his innings because he might have been more aggressive in his backing up there.
Not outpublished at 02:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
No. He has not.
Ben Stokes got back and kept his bat grounded. No freak dismissal.
Third umpirepublished at 53.1 overs
Joe Denly drives the ball back down the ground, Colin de Grandhomme gets a paw on it and the ball deflects into the stumps.
Has Ben Stokes been run out before facing a delivery?
Postpublished at 02:31 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, ReutersIt's a poor stroke from Joe Root. He's worked hard to get off the mark and then just opened the face of the bat and helped it on its way. He's given catching practice, really. It came off the face, not the edge. New Zealand have been struggling a bit all day and that's a bonus wicket.
WICKETpublished at 53 overs
Root c Southee b Wagner 2 (Eng 120-3)
Image source, ReutersAnd that'll be two and out for Joe Root.
It's a dross shot from the England captain, guiding an innocuous wide delivery straight into the hands of Tim Southee at second slip.
Neil Wagner wheels away in delight - a massive wicket for New Zealand just before the tea break.
Catching practice that.
Eng 120-2published at 02:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Neil Wagner strays onto the pads and Joe Denly taps it away for one.
Wagner takes aim at Joe Root's pads but the England captain flicks it away for a risky single...no an easy couple as Jeet Raval makes a mess of it.
Postpublished at 02:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Neil Wagner returns.
Time for some short stuff at Joe Denly? Will the Kent man keep taking it on?
Eng 117-2published at 02:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Colin de Grandhomme wobbles it down and Joe Denly inside edges through mid-wicket for a single.
Joe Root prods down the pitch. Brief shout for lbw but nothing doing.
Still the England captain can't get away, guiding out to point for no run.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 02:23 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
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Paul Donegan: Can someone fly me out to New Zealand and to where the cricket is being played. It is like the most perfect ground with grass banks around it and the weather looks gorgeous.
Postpublished at 02:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match SpecialNew Zealand are having a better period. Southee did a good job after lunch, keeping it tight, and De Grandhomme has been the pick.
Image source, AFPEng 116-2published at 02:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Trent Boult goes round the wicket and Joe Denly inside edges into his pads.
Denly sneaks a single off the last, pushing just inside mid-on, as Boult returns over the wicket.
Eng 115-2published at 50 overs
Joe Denly taps a single and Joe Root leaves his 15th ball alone. Still on nought.
England in watchful mode after the fall of Rory Burns.
Postpublished at 02:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 November 2019
Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, AFPRory Burns' innings was aesthetically functional.