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. 150 runs

    Root makes 150

    Joe Root brings his 150 up in style with a flick square off Matthew Henry which just beats the fielder in the deep.

    Ben Stokes calls Root and Jack Leach in. England have declared on 435-8.

  2. Eng 431-8

    Jack Leach picks up a boundary off the final delivery of Tim Southee's over with a thick edge which lifts over the New Zealand slip cordon. Joe Root on strike.

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    I really hope Leach unravels a marathon blockathon so Root can get his triple hundred.

    Tom in Bromsgrove

  4. Eng 425-8

    Jack Leach to the middle.

    A Sunday afternoon friendly heave from Joe Root as he comes down the pitch and wafts the willow across the line, but fails to make contact.

    Next ball he pulls through mid-wicket but the fielder in the deep keeps it to a single. Root moves on to 149.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Robinson c Southee b Henry 18 (Eng 424-8)

    Alas, it matters not for New Zealand.

    Ollie Robinson backs away to give himself room for a big drive on the up but ends up spooning the ball to the hands of the Kiwi skipper in a close catching position in the covers.

    Tom Blundell, a relieved man, manages a grimaced chuckle.

  6. dropped catch

    Robinson dropped on 18

    A thick edge from Matthew Henry off Ollie Robinson's bat but Black Caps wicketkeeper Tom Blundell fumbles a regulation catch behind the stumps.

  7. Eng 424-7

    Ollie Robinson miscues a pull off Tim Southee and the ball comes down with snow on. Fortunately for the England man it lands safely in the pastures.

    Robinson has a useful 18 off 25 balls. Joe Root is two runs shy of 150.

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    Thomas: The fact that people continue to question Stokes' style of play after the last year is hilarious. He's proven he can play a slow innings when necessary. Coming in at 323 with 10 or so overs before the new ball is a perfectly reasonable time to slog it.

  9. Eng 417-7

    The square-jawed Matthew Henry has a determined look on his face as he bounds in and he beats the outside edge of Joe Root's bat. A couple of balls later Root calmly guides a short one down to square leg.

    Ollie Robinson picks up a single off the last ball of the over, beating the dive of Henry, to pinch the strike.

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    Mark Burt: All this nonsense about collapses?! This how England play now and they have plenty. Egos and averages are irrelevant, all that matters is the result! Get with the programme people.

  11. Eng 414-7

    Tim Southee nips one into the pads of Ollie Robinson and appeals, with gusto. Ignored by the umpire. That looked close. New Zealand all out of reviews, though.

    Next ball a leading edge from Robinson disappears over the cordon for four before the England man hoicks it beyond mid-on for a couple more.

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    Wonder if Baz fancies sticking Bairstow in to open against the Aussies? Feels like that would be proper Bazball.

    Joe, Newcastle

  13. Eng 408-7

    Ollie Robinson in a long sleeve cable knit. Rarely seen while batting in international cricket. Probably due to sports scientists or performance anlysts.

    Anyway, Joe Root, short sleeve cable knit, has scooped Tim Southee in the manner of Tillakaratne Dilshan over the wicketkeeper's head for four.

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    Form is temporary, Root is permanent.

    Edd

  15. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Wellington

    Joe Root has taken 41 runs from 32 balls faced this morning. He was 101 from 182 overnight.

    The run map shows Joe Root scored 142 with 3 sixes, 8 fours, 1 three, 14 twos, and 61 singles for England

  16. Drinks break

    A bit of liquid refreshment. A nice cup of tea would be ideal on a chilly day in Wellington, you would imagine.

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    Doug Parr: England collapsing around a resolute Joe Root. How nostalgic.

  18. 6 runs

    Eng 401-7

    Intuition from the former skipper? Or has Joe Root has maybe got wind of the plans to declare?

    Either way he saunters down the pitch and heaves Tim Southee into the stands for sic with a premeditated pull. Next ball he reverse ramps the New Zealand skipper over the cordon for four more.

    Could be in an entertaining period before lunch, here.

  19. Eng 391-7

    A peach from Tim Southee as he squares up Tim Southee with one that nips off the seam.

    The TV cameras Ben Stokes capture having a conflab with Brendon McCullum on the players' balcony. Are they going to stick New Zealand in before lunch?

  20. new ball

    New ball

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    He's got a nice relaxed action, Michael Bracewell. He strikes Ollie Robinson, who plants his size 12s down the pitch, on his pad outside the line.

    That will probably be Bracewell's last over for a while as New Zealand skipper Tim Southee takes the new ball, and fancies an initial burst with the new cherry himself.