Summary

  • Young 82 - falls in final over of day

  • Lawrence claims maiden Test wicket

  • Young dropped on 7 by Root

  • Conway 80, Taylor 46*

  • England 303: Burns 81, Lawrence 81*

  • Wood 41; Boult 4-85, Henry 3-78

  • Second Test, Edgbaston, day two

  • Two-Test series level at 0-0

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    Cricketers as construction materialspublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

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    Ashley Tiles. Mason Crane. Rishabh Paint. Trent Bolt. Real fertile ground.

    Felix, Sale

  2. Postpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Devon Conway is making batting look very, very easy at the moment.

  3. NZ 76-1published at 24 oves

    Trail by 227

    Devon Conway leans on another drive to pick up two more.

    James Anderson is getting annoyed here. He scurries to pick up a defensive push and turns rounds in anger, as if he's going to launch the ball at Conway.

    That comes after Richard Kettleborough has a quiet word about staying off the pitch.

  4. Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Jeremy Coney
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Will Young is from the middle of the North Island. He plays for the Central Districts and he has been a solid player for them for some time. He bats at four and above.

    I haven't seen a lot of him, but I know he's scored quite a lot of runs. He's been waiting for quite a while.

  5. Postpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It was a full ball at some pace by Stone but that was a lovely drive by Young. We've seen some lovely on-drives in this match.

  6. NZ 74-1published at 23 overs

    Trail by 229

    Offt! That's a shot. Will Young hasn't quite got going yet, but he leans on a straight drive to caress it to the fence.

    He picks up another boundary with a steer through gully to end the over.

    Is he going to make Joe Root pay for that drop?

  7. Postpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    We didn't manage to get this to you before the gremlins, but here's how Stuart Broad removed Tom Latham to move level with Courtney Walsh on the all-time Test wicket-takers list.

  8. Postpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is played beautifully by Conway. It's the economy of his movement. You'd despair as a bowler seeing that.

  9. NZ 64-1published at 22 overs

    Trail by 239

    Hey everyone! Sorry about that...

    Like yesterday the Hollies stand and Edgbaston have got more vocal most lunch. They've been singing about Harry Maguire, not wanting to go home and of course about Jimmy Anderson.

    Talking of Jimmy, he's found a little bit more movement since lunch, beating the outside edge of Devon Conway a few overs ago.

    Conway, however, has just carried on from where he finished at Lord's. He's played a beautiful cover drive since lunch, and he steers through the cordon to move to 45.

  10. Postpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    I'll leave you with Callum Matthews for the rest of the afternoon. Be nice.

  11. get involved

    Cricketers as construction materialspublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

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    Monty Panelsaw would help with the drywall.

    Martin in Preston

  12. Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    The good news is that your suggestions for cricketers as construction materials have been flooding in. Quite possibly the highlight of my day.

  13. NZ 60-1published at 14:10 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Trail by 243

    It all adds up to New Zealand moving on to 60-1, with Devon Conway - he of the Lord's double century - on 41 and Will Young on seven. Fingers crossed, we'll be with you for the rest of the day now...

  14. Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    It got worse for England after lunch, with captain Joe Root spilling an absolute sitter at first slip off Olly Stone to reprieve Will Young on seven. Easy doesn't do it justice. You'll see tougher catches taken up and down the country in village cricket this weekend.

    Olly StoneImage source, Reuters
  15. Postpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    The main talking point was Stuart Broad believing he had Devon Conway caught for 22 by Zak Crawley at third slip. The umpires sent it upstairs with a soft signal of not out and the third umpire didn’t see anything to overturn that call.

    Broad and England were incensed, believing Crawley had managed to get the fingers of his right hand under the ball in time before gathering it in both. But once the soft signal didn’t go England’s way, it was no surprise the third umpire didn't overturn the on-field call. Another one of those very marginal decisions where it is so hard to tell from the replays.

    Stuart BroadImage source, Getty Images
  16. We're back!published at 14:06 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Sorry, sorry, sorry everyone. Technical problems, as they say. Gremlins very much in the system.

    Here is what you missed since our laptops went up in smoke...

  17. How's stat?!published at 12:34 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Will Young is playing his third Test. He played a couple over our winter for New Zealand.

    He made his Test debut against West Indies in December and made five in his first Test and 43 in the second Test. He just batted once in both of those.

    In first-class cricket he has been playing for Durham and he struggled in the first couple of games before scoring 124 against Warwickshire and 103 against Worcestershire. He averages 42 in first-class cricket.

  18. Postpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

    Tom Latham did at least get in one sublime shot before he fell...

  19. NZ 19-1published at 8 overs

    Will Young has his outside edge beaten again but otherwise is stoic in defence as he plays out a maiden from Stuart Broad.

    England are really zipping through their overs here.

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    Cricketers as construction materialspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 11 June 2021

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    Graham, Coventry

    Could we bring Dominic Cork out of retirement?

    David, Birmingham