Summary

  • Leach picks up three wickets in afternoon session

  • Pope takes two brilliant catches off Leach at bat-pad

  • Anderson also takes three wickets, reducing NZ to 21-3

  • England declare on 435-8, after Root brings up 150

  • Tourists add 120 runs on second morning

  • Brook chips return catch to Henry, falling for 186 off 176 balls

  • Stokes out in ugly fashion - slapping ball to mid-off

  • England lead two-match series 1-0

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham and Sam Drury

  1. Welcome

    Evening all,

    On a pitch greener than Greta Thunberg's recycling bin (copyright, Stephan Shemilt) the Harry Brook and Joe Root show rolled into town in Wellington.

    From 21-3 to 315-3 is some effort. Whatever the pitch. More of the same please, gentlemen.

    Welcome to our live coverage of day two of the second Test from Wellington.