NZ 28-5published at 14 overs
Target 394
Is it just me getting all misty-eyed watching Stuart Broad do this again?
England really could win this today.
Summary
Broad bowls Conway for two, Williamson for a duck, Latham for 15 & Blundell for one
Nicholls nicks Robinson behind
Broad & Anderson now have record for most wickets in Tests played together, surpassing McGrath & Warne
England bowled out for 374, setting NZ 394 to win
Root, Brook & Foakes all hit fifties; Tickner & Bracewell three wickets each
Day four live text to start at 00:45 GMT
NZ 28-5published at 14 overs
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Andy: Another Broad masterclass.
Postpublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Pure theatre.
Broad asks the crowd for more noise at the top of his mark.
They respond...
WICKETpublished at 13.2 overs
Blundell b Broad 1 (NZ 28-5)
HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! A fourth wicket for Stuart Broad and it's a fourth New Zealand batter he has bowled.
It's sensational bowling. Tom Blundell, the first-innings centurion, is out.
NZ 28-4published at 13.1 overs
They still can't stop him.
Stuart Broad begins over number seven on the spin.
NZ 28-4published at 13 overs
Mitchell 3, Blundell 1
Image source, Getty ImagesI was wallpapering my bedroom wall during that Broad Ashes spell in 2009. It ended up wonky because I was running up and down the stairs after every wicket and never did get improved.
I bet a lot of people have a Stuart Broad memory.
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I remember watching Broad who had just become my favourite player at the Oval 2009, the first test I ever watched live. I still get that boyish excitement whenever he steps up to bat or bowl. Long may it continue, I don’t want to grow up!
Oliver, Maida Vale
NZ 27-4published at 12.3 overs
Robinson continues after drinks...
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Chris Woakes
England all-rounder on BT SportIt is high class international Test cricket bowling. Broad is testing the defences of some very good players and finding a way through.
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Sir Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BT SportEngland have been led by Stuart Broad, brilliantly. England have put the ball in the right areas time and time again, there has been no let up for New Zealand's world class batsmen.
Broad has been too good for them.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe players are taking a drink.
You'd take that start.
NZ 27-4published at 12 overs
Target 394
Broad runs in, each stride matching the beat of The Great Escape coming from the trumpet.
Daryl Mitchell plonks forward and defends how those before him could not.
Is that the last in Broad's spell? If it is he's bowled six overs, two maidens with three wickets for 15 runs.
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Is there anything worse than having to start driving to work just when Broady is in the middle of one of those spells?
Mark in London
Postpublished at 07:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Stuart Broad is going to start a sixth over on the bounce.
Would you try and take the ball off him? I wouldn't...
NZ 27-4published at 11 overs
Target 394
Captain Ben Stokes has read the script. He surrounds Tom Blundell with fielders everywhere he looks.
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What's the Kiwi for Calypso Collapso?
Mike, Edinburgh
Postpublished at 07:24 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
First innings centurion Tom Blundell now joins Daryl Mitchell in the middle.
These two have blunted England before but can they hold out here?
It's a huge ask.
WICKETpublished at 10.3 overs
Nicholls c Foakes b Robinson 7 (NZ 27-4)
Ollie Robinson joins the party! Henry Nicholls departs now, nicking off after having a nibble.
England couldn't win this tonight/this morning, could they?
NZ 24-3published at 10 overs
Nicholls 7, Mitchell 0
The hair may be thinner in places and a headband has been added but this has all of the hallmarks of the spells that have come before.
A ball shoots low in this over and Broad, ever the showman, gives batter Henry Nicholls a look with a glint in the eye.
He beats him with a beauty later in the over too.
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David Christian Rose: No better start to a Saturday than Stuart Broad being on one.
Jessica Kitching: The NightHawk is in one of his moods! It is a beautiful sight!
Ian Unsworth: Too good.