Summary

  • NZ close day one on 37-3, trailing by 288

  • Robinson removes Latham before Anderson dismisses Williamson and Nicholls

  • England declare on 325-9 after losing four wickets for 27 runs

  • Brook makes sublime 89; Duckett hits sparkling 84 off 68 balls

  • Day two live text will start at 00:45 GMT on Friday

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Sam Drury

  1. Eng 135-2

    A ball into the session and we've got a delay. It looks like Joe Root has got something in his eye, it's enough of an issue that the physio is on.

  2. Uh-oh. Well, it's still dry in Mount Maunganui for the moment and the players are back out.

    Ollie Pope is on strike to face Neil Wagner and we're ready for the start of the second session.

    I'm sticking with second session, I'm never entirely sure what we call them in a day-night Test.

  3. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Mount Maunganui

    Without being pessimistic, there was just a bolt of lightning in the distance, followed by a rumble of thunder.

  4. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BT Sport

    New Zealand started really well - Southee was excellent - and Crawley was in all kinds of trouble. To the swinging ball Crawley lines up too straight. The ball he nicked, he has tried to hit that to mid-on when he should be looking to mid-off.

    I wonder whether it is just nerves or the occasion.

  5. While Duckett had some fun, his opening partner Zak Crawley found it tough in his brief innings.

    He was dropped on nought and bowled off a no-ball before finally being dismissed for four.

  6. Duckett's record-equalling fifty

    England opener Ben Duckett v New ZealandGetty Images

    He may have become the latest England batter to fall just short of Gilbert Jessop's record but Ben Duckett played beautifully in that first session.

    And he did bag one record, well a share of it anyway. CricViz tell us that his 36-ball fifty is the joint-fastest by an England opener in Tests, matching Ben Stokes v West Indies and Zak Crawley against South Africa.

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  8. When you hear of the sudden and unexpected rise in the popularity of cricket in South America, remember where it started. Keep up the good work, Mish!

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    Just stepped out into the smoking area from a bar in Santiago, couple of bemused locals watching me whilst I stream ‘el baz ball’ - got to love the time difference.

    Mish, Chile

  10. Thanks, Matt.

    England have picked up where they left off in Pakistan then, this brand of Test cricket really does make staying up through the night a whole lot more enjoyable.

  11. I'm off to find a sugar rush. Sam Drury is primed to take you through the next session.

  12. Chris Woakes
    England all-rounder on BT Sport

    Once New Zealand found a good length and a good line, that run-rate came down a little bit. They went a bit full and chased the wickets a little bit early on.

    The last half hour or so, they'll be pleased with their work.

  13. 'The pitch looks very flat'

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BT Sport

    New Zealand dragged it back, which feels quite strange to say when England are scoring at just shy of six runs an over.

    It looked like they could go at seven or eight when Ben Duckett was out there. But as you'd expect, Joe Root and Ollie Pope are just taking a little bit of time.

    The pitch looks very flat. This is historically a very good place to bat and England have made a good start.

  14. A reminder, with this being a day-night Test, this break is just the short 20-minute one.

    Basically I am telling you that you have no excuse but to stay up longer.

  15. Tea - Eng 134-2

    There's a little bit there for off-spinner Michael Bracewell but Joe Root adds a couple of twos in the final over of the session.

    England have rattled along at 5.83 runs per over after being put into bat.

    You'd take that.

  16. We're going to have the cliché over of spin before the break.

  17. Eng 130-2

    Pope 30, Root 5

    We have seen some shots today but this is the best of them from Joe Root. It's a textbook cover drive off Neil Wagner to get off the mark with the ball rolling along the grass from the moment it left his bat.

    He's good.

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    My wife met Mike Gatting at Lord's and he invited her to the top floor of the Allen Stand, she got an autograph and a small pork pie.

    Rick, York

  19. Eng 124-2

    That wicket has perked the Kiwis up.

    They're oooing and ahhing as Ollie Pope leaves one from Tickner, who I am starting to think looks more like a police officer from a 60s drama.

    There are groans as Pope edges through a gap to end the over. That would have been the first maiden too.

  20. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Mount Maunganui

    Once more, Gilbert Jessop is tested but not defeated. I've lost count of how many times England have put us on Jessop-watch since June. Ben Stokes was asked if he knew of the record earlier this week and said he'd never heard of the great man. Remember, the record for the fastest Test hundred by anyone is held by Brendon McCullum - 54 balls. McCullum and Stokes are currently tied for most Test sixes - 107.