Summary

  • NZ set England 273 in two sessions

  • England opt against pursuit

  • Sibley 60* off 207 balls, Root 40

  • NZ declare at lunch on 169-6

  • Latham 36, Taylor 33; Robinson 3-26

  • First Test, Lord's, day five

  • Final Test, Edgbaston, starts on Thursday

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    There are some batsmen there who have to perform rather better than they did in the first innings.

  2. Rory Burns and Dom Sibley are waiting at the boundary edge.

  3. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    This typical of New Zealand in a way - this is the way they play their sport.

  4. England's highest successful run chase at Lord's is when they chased 282 against New Zealand in 2004.

    Still, England and New Zealand at Lord's. Sure it'll be nice and straightforward.

  5. Isabelle Westbury
    Ex-Middlesex captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It makes it incredibly exciting. Setting targets has become risky, so suddenly I'm very excited indeed.

  6. New Zealand declare!
    Breaking

    Well then!

    England need 273 to win. 75 overs left in the day. Game on.

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  8. What do New Zealand do? Declare over lunch? Or come back out, have a quick 20 minute dart and push the target over 300?

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  10. There's been plenty to keep England interested, but New Zealand's lead has now ticked over the 270 mark.

  11. Neil Wagner very much made his and New Zealand's intent known this morning.

  12. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Ollie Robinson is the first man to take seven wickets in his England Test debut since Toby Roland-Jones in 2017. Before that it was Graham Onions, all the way back in 2009.

  13. The great Amy Lofthouse! And I didn't even have to pay him extra for that. What an icon.

    Fun morning, wasn't it?

  14. I still think this is going to be an entertaining afternoon. We shall see. It's time for me to hand over to the great Amy Lofthouse.

    Speak later.

  15. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    If New Zealand did declare now the required run-rate would be 3.6.

  16. I think you might be forgetting England's uncanny ability to collapse there, Matthew. I wouldn't be so confident in predicting a draw.

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    Match will be a draw. Chasing 280 without Stokes & Buttler will be a big ask.

    Matthew, Edinburgh

  18. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Colin de Grandhomme has come in with just as much intent as Ross Taylor - but with more hair.

  19. Lunch - NZ 169-6

    That is officially lunch.

    New Zealand lead by 272 runs.

  20. It is still raining but not that heavily. That may well be lunch so we won't lose any time.