Summary

  • Pope 81*, Root 55* - target 296

  • Fluent unbroken stand worth 132

  • Root reverse-sweeps Wagner for six

  • Lees run out after mix-up with Crawley

  • Crawley 25 - miscues drives to cover

  • NZ 326: Blundell 88*, Mitchell 56

  • Leach 5-66 & 10-166 in match

  • Third test, day four, Headingley

  • England lead three-match series 2-0

  1. Postpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Is Zak Crawley a man under pressure? He'll be facing his first delivery of the innings. Trent Boult has ball in hand.

  2. Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

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  3. Eng 9-0published at 2 overs

    Target 296

    The England and New Zealand flags flutter away as the Headingley wind picks up.

    Southee straightens his line as Lees solidly blocks the remainder of the over.

  4. Postpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Jeremy Coney
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That's the start Southee didn't want.

  5. Eng 9-0published at 1.1 overs

    Down the leg side from Tim Southee. It deflects off Lees' pads and down to the fine-leg boundary. Poor start from the Kiwi seamer.

  6. Postpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Boult has got a smile on his face...

  7. Eng 5-0published at 1 over

    Edged and four! A genuine nick which pierces third slip and fully. England and off the mark with a streaky boundary. They all count.

  8. Eng 0-0published at 0.1 overs

    Target 296

    The players are already back out. The chase is on.

    Trent Boult to Alex Lees. We start with a dot ball.

  9. Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Thanks, Tom. Top work.

    This has been a weird Test.

  10. Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    So here are Alex Lees and Zak Crawley. The target is 296.

    Can England do it?

    Kal Sajad will take you through what could be a thrilling final session of the day.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    #bbccricket; text 81111

    If you want tickets for tomorrow you might want to hurry. The ground capacity is listed as 18,000 and there are 17,000 people ahead of my dad in the queue online!

    Chris from Leeds

  12. Postpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    The perfect 10 soon arrived for Jack Leach as Trent Boult went for a heave and missed, with the ball smashing into his middle stump.

  13. Postpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Five balls later Neil Wagner was gone thanks to one of the most unusual 'catches' of the summer.

    Sam Billings fumbling an edge but showing quick reactions and managing to catch the ball between his legs.

  14. Postpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Then it was the Jack Leach show.

    First Michael Bracewell, who had smashed a six earlier in the over, holed out to Zak Crawley on the boundary.

    Tim Southee arrived full of intent but was clean bowled to leave New Zealand on 305-8.

  15. Postpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    It always felt like a crucial session and so it proved.

    Matthew Potts kicked things off with the crucial wicket of Daryl Mitchell for 56.

    New Zealand 274-6 at that stage.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    #bbccricket; text 81111

    It needs to be written into Jack Leach's central contract: 'must always be a hero at Headingley'. It's amazing what confidence and being backed by your captain will do.

    Tattz in Harborne

  17. Postpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Well bowled Jack Leach. He had an indifferent Test at Trent Bridge but he's come back, stuck to his guns and bowled really, really well. He's got England back into this Test match.

  18. Ten-wicket haulpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    So Jack Leach has 5-66 in the second innings to go with his 5-100 in the first.

    Well played, Jack. Well played.

    Jack Leach holding up the ball as he walks off to applause from the crowd and his team-matesImage source, Getty Images
  19. Postpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Headingley

    Zak Crawley and Alex Lees had rushed off to towards the dressing room when the final wicket fell but waited for Jack Leach, the match ball held above his head, to lead England from the field.

  20. New Zealand 326 all outpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 26 June 2022

    That wicket means we will take an early tea.

    New Zealand all out for 326, so England need 296 to win.