Postpublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2019
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
Joe Root, for me, is so important to England's chances today.
Summary
New Zealand win by an innings and 65 runs
England bowled out after tea
Denly only batsman to last longer than 85 balls
NZ go 1-0 up in two-match series
Second Test begins in Hamilton on Thursday (22:00 GMT)
Postpublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2019
Postpublished at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2019
Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialIt would be easy to underestimate Mitchell Santner because of his previous record but he's slipped in a really nice rhythm in this game.
Eng 67-3published at 40 overs
Trail by 195 runs
Four! An actual four!
Lovely from Joe Root, picking up a shorter Mitchell Santner delivery and punching it through a vacant mid-on and into the boundary rope. It's important that England put those bad balls away.
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Michelle Garland: I'm hoping Joe Denly picks up the mantle that was last worn by Jonathan Trott.
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Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialI'm enjoying what I'm seeing from England, it's been really calm. There have been no wafty drives and the England dressing room will be pretty calm at the moment.
Eng 63-3published at 39 overs
Joe Denly's batting a long way out of his crease to Colin de Grandhomme, trying to negate the cracks that are opening up underneath his nose.
That'll be the fourth maiden in a row.
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Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialI don't think anyone is a sitting duck, but it's a day five wicket so the odd ball will misbehave. You do have to be on your guard.
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This is very good from Mitchell Santner.
His final ball has Joe Root caught in two minds, pressing forward but not really committing, and he's lucky that the ball bounces off the outside edge before it reaches the slips.
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Stuart Broad's six runs off 77 balls - with one four - in Auckland in 2013 was particularly pleasing.
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Saam: Wouldn't say no to a blockathon from England. An old fave is SA's survival attempt in India in 2015: Amla's 25 off 244 balls and de Villiers' 43 (297) being the highlights joined by Bavuma (117 balls) and du Plessis (97 balls).
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A little clunky from Joe Denly, aiming a few drives at Colin de Grandhomme's opening couple of deliveries, and he muscles one just short of the man at mid-off.
De Grandhomme's going fuller, aiming for a yorker length, and Denly pats his way through a maiden.
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Colin de Grandhomme is coming on in place of Tim Southee.
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Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialShort leg and silly point had the wrong helmets on for the first ball so they did a synchronised throw. It was nice that, almost poetic.
Eng 63-3published at 36 overs
Root 7, Denly 8
Two crates of wine for securing a draw! What would he have got for the win?
There's still four men around the bat for Joe Root. Get them a chair, they're settled in for the day. Root whistles a ball off his hip and on the bounce to Henry Nicholls at short leg, who fields it with his stomach.
Postpublished at 22:27 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2019
Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialYes there was, from two senior members of the changing room in Alastair Cook and James Anderson. It was like a bribe.
It was a crate of wine, from each of them, for each session I survived. I batted for two and a half sessions but they didn't count the last session because of the shot I played to get out.
Only two crates turned up I think, I don't think James Anderson ever sent them. That could be slander and I just missed them.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match SpecialTalking about Dunedin, was there some sort of incentive to keep on batting?
Eng 63-3published at 35 overs
Trail by 199 runs
Solid from Joe Root, getting forward and showcasing an immaculate defence to Tim Southee's first few deliveries.
It's not swinging for Southee, despite his best efforts, and Root shoots him one of those cat that got the cream sort of grins.
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Jonny: Right, who needs sleep?! In for the long haul ahead of a state of happy delirium around 5am tomorrow after Stuart Broad has blocked out the last 10 overs with Jofra Archer. Or something like that...
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There is turn there for Mitchell Santner but it's the sort of turn that Joe Denly can let drift idly by his pads and through to BJ Watling.
Maiden. Six overs negotiated. 84 more to go.
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Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialTim Southee is moving around the crease trying to find an angle where he can get the ball to swing from straight.