Summary

  • Burns 59*, Root 42*

  • England recover from 18-2

  • NZ 378: Conway 200 on Test debut

  • NZ slip from 288-3 to 338-9

  • Nicholls 61, number 11 Wagner 25*

  • Debutant Robinson 4-75, Wood 3-81

  • First Test, Lord's, day two

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Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Eng 92-2

    Trail by 286

    There are still 18 overs left today but, once again, we can safely say we won't get all of those in. We can keep playing until 18:30 BST.

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    Just had my Covid jab! Thought I would have a nice 15 minutes of listening to the commentary before leaving the clinic, but turned up to find it is being held in a signal-free basement. It seems that the batting has pushed on in my absence, though, so now I am well chuffed on two fronts!

    Lucy in Leeds

  3. Eng 90-2

    Burns 53, Root 29

    Root is looking better now and has grown into this innings. There's bad news, however, because his nemesis Colin de Grandhomme is returning to the attack.

  4. Eng 89-2

    I'd usually agree, Chris, but this seems to work so often for Neil Wagner.

    There's a bit of rough for Santner to aim for outside Burns' off stump.

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    Chris Morgan: Not convinced by the 80mph bumper strategy. Surely a left-arm bowler's biggest weapon is their ability to work the angles and not bang it into the pitch.

  6. Eng 89-2

    Burns 53, Root 29

    Burns was dropped during England's tour of India so this is a timely return to form for the Surrey man.

    England have scored 31 runs in just four innings since drinks. As a result, we're going to see the spin of Mitchell Santner for the first time.

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    It is good for Burns to get some runs after he lost his way in the winter. It's a nice start to the international summer for him.

  8. 50 runs

    50 for Burns

    Oh it's so good to hear this noise. There's loud applause ringing around Lord's as an England batter gets to fifty.

    It's a four, tickled down to fine leg, that gets Rory Burns there. Well batted.

  9. Eng 84-2

    Burns 48, Root 29

    Burns and Root are both taking on Wagner's constant short-pitched bowling. Neither look like they want to watch the balls go by.

    Burns climbs into another and creams the ball to the boundary much to the delight of the home crowd.

  10. Here's how Conway's 200 was seen from the TMS box...

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  11. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Devon Conway's hundred is the first by opener in a Lord's Test since Australia's Chris Rogers in 2015. The man to get closest in that time was Jack Leach, who made 92 as nightwatchman against Ireland in 2019.

    Leach is currently having a net on the Nursery Ground. A penny for his thoughts. Sam Billings is bowling some decent off-spin.

  12. Eng 78-2

    I'm with you, Phil.

    Wagner continues to pepper the England batters with a quite extraordinary leg-side field in place.

    I showed you Neil Wagner's pitch map a few moments ago. It has changed a little now...

    Neil Wagner pitch mapHawk-Eye

  13. A mullet or not?

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    A mullet is made up of two key ingredients: business up front and (most importantly) party in the back. Colin de Grandhomme's barnet undoubtedly has both ingredients and must, therefore, be a mullet.

    Phil

  14. Eng 77-2

    Trail by 301

    Four more to Root - again on the cut. This is a good little spell for England. Kyle Jamieson has his hands on his head, I think believing gully was in with a chance of a catch, but it looked to be very safe to me.

  15. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    There were 15 runs from that over - 13 from the bat and two no balls.

  16. NZ 73-2

    Burns 42, Root 24

    It is indeed Bouncer Time for Wagner. There's a joke in there somewhere about X-Factor contestant Wagner.

    Root's response is to smartly cut the left-armer to the boundary. With a couple of no-balls and another four for Burns, it's a thoroughly unsuccessful over for the Kiwi quick.

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  17. Jeremy Coney
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It is unlike Wagner to be bowling this full for this long.

    Neil Wagner's pitch mapHawk-Eye

  18. Eng 59-2

    I reckon, after a few slurps of his isotonic drink, Neil Wagner has decided it's time for the bouncer theory.

  19. Umpires withdraw discrimination claim

    News from off the field...

    Former umpires John Holder and Ismail Dawood have withdrawn their claim of racial discrimination against the England and Wales Cricket Board.

    The pair announced their intention to sue the ECB in December after alleging "institutionalised racism" in November.

    Mediation talks took place last week, attended by ECB managing director of county cricket Neil Snowball and Hundred managing director Sanjay Patel.

    No payment has been made by the ECB to Holder or Dawood.

    Read the full story.

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    Matt Andrews: Jeremy Coney stayed at the hotel I work at a couple of years ago. Sat with him after we closed, just taking cricket for ages. No-one I work with likes cricket and didn't understand my facscination.