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

  1. Postpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    It is a bit chastening when the nightwatchman does this to you.

  2. Postpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I've not seen a better number 11 in Test cricket.

  3. Postpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Wagner has absolutely leathered that. This is what New Zealand need to do.

  4. NZ 72-2published at 32 overs

    Latham 31, Wagner 10

    Neil Wagner does indeed have a slash off the bowling of Broad and gets an edge for down towards the Lord's pavilion.

    And again! This is even better - a wristy flick Brian Lara would be proud of. A sensational shot.

    10 from the over.

  5. NZ 62-2published at 11:04 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Lead by 165

    Accurate stuff from Robinson, probing at Tom Latham's defence. Latham is still measured with no sign of a quick slog yet. Wagner may treat this differently.

    Stuart Broad is going to bowl from the other end.

  6. Postpublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

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  7. NZ 62-2published at 30.1 overs

    Tom Latham defends Robinson's first ball. We're under way.

  8. Postpublished at 10:59 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I think and hope New Zealand's first port of call this morning will be "come on, let's just have a look."

  9. Postpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    The players are making a slow wander out to the middle. Joe Root is smiling, Tom Latham too.

    It looks like Ollie Robinson is going to start with the ball.

  10. Postpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't think New Zealand have to gamble too much. I don't see England winning from here. When you get an ounce of a chance of winning away from home, I think New Zealand have got to try and do something in this morning session.

  11. Postpublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Jeremy Coney
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This New Zealand group have been together for a long time and, for some of them, I don't know whether they'll all be at Lord's together again. So it would be nice for them to have a memorable match. I'd like to see Colin de Grandhomme come up the order and just have a little crack.

  12. 'All three results possible'published at 10:53 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    New Zealand bowler Tim Southee, speaking to BBC TMS: "I've played here a number of times now. It's a ground that, as a cricketer, brings a lot with it and it's nice to have played here a number of times.

    "Losing day three wasn't ideal. We'll talk this morning about how we want to approach the game, but all three results are possible."

  13. Postpublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes: "It's going to be predominantly cloudy. The first hour, there is a chance of an odd fleeting patch of rain. Later on this afternoon, there is a risk of some showers. Perhaps right at the end of the day, you might see some brighter spells coming through."

  14. Postpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    It's a more overcast day with the prospect of a shower later on. A bowling day?

    Weather
  15. Postpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Ollie Robinson has taken both of the wickets in this innings so far. It would take something spectacular this morning for England to have a hope of victory.

  16. Postpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    The draw is still the most likely outcome, but you never know.

  17. Postpublished at 10:44 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    The draw is certainly the most likely result but it's not a certainty.

    New Zealand already lead by 165 runs. If they could quickly add another hundred before lunch and get bowling then England will have to bat out the rest of the day to escape unbeaten.

    Two long sessions is plenty of time to bowl this England team out...

  18. Postpublished at 10:41 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Good morning.

    This game looks to be heading towards a draw but anyone who has watched England in recent years will know it is rarely that simple.

    There'll still be a few more twists, won't there?

  19. Postpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Day five at Lord's. What could possibly go wrong?

    James Anderson, Joe Root, Stuart BroadImage source, Getty Images