Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

You feel it is a key day today.

BJ Watling shoulders his arms to the final four deliveries.

Stuart Broad didn't quite get his line right in that opening over.

Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

You would have been tempted to bowl Archer at Nicholls but I think England might be trying to keep him fresh for the lower order.

As we saw with Jack Leach, the lower order can hang around. Lower order hate facing sheer pace the most.

Henry Nicholls brings up New Zealand's 150 with a flick down to fine leg for a single.

Stuart Broad will share the bowling duties first up for England.

He wasn't at his best yesterday, what can he conjure up this morning?

Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

I don't think there will be too much variable bounce so I think New Zealand will go about their business in the usual fashion.

Henry Nicholls shovels one through mid-wicket to get us up and running for the day.

Oh, that's a nice shot. A bit too full from Sam Curran and BJ Watling flicks him to the square leg fence. Nice way to get going for the day.

Sam Curran is going to get us under way this morning.

The Barmy Army are belting out Jerusalem.

The players are out in the middle and Henry Nicholls is taking his mark again.

The sun is beating down. We're all set for a cracking day.

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Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

Mitchell Santner will have to contribute with the bat. Kane Williamson didn't bring him on until the 70th over, which is far from a ringing endorsement of his bowling.

The current partnership is going to be crucial for New Zealand if they have any chance of winning or drawing this Test match.

Henry Nicholls averages 44.25 in Test cricket while BJ Watling averages 38.57. They are good numbers for middle-order batsman. England will have to bowl well this morning to see the back of them.

• First session: 22:00 GMT to 00:00
• Lunch: 00:00 to 00:40
• Second session: 00:40 to 02:40
• Tea: 02:40 to 03:00
• Third session: 03:00 to 05:00 (extra half hour available)

I'm willing to wager we'll definitely need the extra half hour...

Australia have taken complete control of the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba. David Warner has remembered how to bat again and finished day two on 151 not out - his first Test century since the ball-tampering incident - as the hosts closed on 312-1, in reply to the tourists 240.

You can see the full scorecard from that one here. Test Match Special will once again head over to Brisbane during the lunch interval in Tauranga.

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While over in Kolkata, India are getting their first taste of pink-ball Test cricket. Fair to say, they're enjoying the experience so far.

Ishant Sharma took five wickets as they bowled Bangladesh out for 106. Middle-order batsman Liton Das was replaced by concussion substitute Mehedi Hasan during their innings too.

In reply, India closed 174-3 with captain Virat Kohli on 59 not out.

You can see the full scorecard from that one here.

Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I just spoke to New Zealand's Matt Henry and he said he thought the wicket was almost ready a day early meaning the pitch looks like a day four wicket today rather than a day three one.

Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

Sam Curran can bowl in all three phases of the game and already has great variations. He doesn't have the pace and height you maybe usually look for in Test cricket but if he can be really accurate and move the ball both ways then he is quick enough to trouble batsmen.

He's also done well with the bat at eight and nine - it's intriguing to see how he might do up the order at six or seven.

You would think he can only improve.

England all-rounder Sam Curran on Test Match Special: "I wasn't very happy at 12:30 after getting out first ball but it was nice to get a couple of wickets towards the end of the day.

"The ball I got Kane Williamson with stood a bit off a length and that is a great sign for us with them having to bat last.

"He's a world class player and it's very nice to say I've got him out. We had a lot of plans against him and it's good to get him out without him having done too much damage.

"We need to bowl them out with a first innings lead and then bat them out of the game.

"I thought Tom Latham had hit it and Jeet Raval told him he hit it but Tom said he hadn't. I'm not going to complain!"

If you missed any of yesterday's action, then you can catch-up courtesy of the latest TMS podcast.

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Looks like we're set for another beautiful day in picturesque Tauranga...

In case you missed it, Henry Nicholls was hit on the side of the helmet by a Jofra Archer bouncer late on yesterday.

He passed all the medical tests and has again this morning so will resume on 26 not out.

Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

England did a lot of things right yesterday. Joe Root rotated the bowlers well and they worked nicely together as a bowling attack, they complimented each other.

They will feel once they break this partnership they will feel like they have a good chance of getting a healthy lead.