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Just three singles from Leach's over... wait, no, the last delivery is a no-ball. Spinners bowling front-foot no-balls, I'm not saying anything.

Anyway, New Zealand need another 72 runs to avoid the follow-on.

Sir Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BT Sport

If it was a boxing match, I think New Zealand might have thrown in the towel. It feels like after the first Test match and how far ahead England are in this game, I can't see a way back for New Zealand.

It's just a matter of when, if the weather allows, they polish off this victory. Which would be an extraordinary five Test matches away from home this winter, all won.

A couple of swings and misses from Southee but he does get hold of one, slapping a not-particularly-bad ball from Robinson through extra cover for four.

The England bowler ends the over with a bouncer, not played brilliantly by Southee. Might that be the tourists plan to him now?

David Gower
Ex-England captain on BT Sport

If Stokes had held that it would have been the catch of the century. And there's quite a few years left in it. Seems harsh to call it a chance!

Southee does get hold of Leach later in the over, thumping the ball back down the ground for four.

It's clear how the New Zealand skipper is going to approach his innings this morning.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Wellington

That would have been the best catch of all-time. There is hardly another cricketer in the world who would have even thought it was on.

Southee dropped on 26published at 43.2 overs

43.2 overs

NZ 150-7

I feel bad even writing the word 'dropped' here because Ben Stokes has nearly taken an absolute stunner running back from mid-on.

Southee tries to hit Leach over the top, the ball hangs in the air for an age, it's swirling around in the wind and Stokes is running back, the ball dropping over his shoulder before diving forward.

The England skipper gets a hand to it but can't cling on and the ball trickles away for four.

Now that's a funky field!

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It's going to be Jack Leach to start from the other end.

Robinson just trying to find his length in that over.

He is driven through the covers, for three by Southee and four by Blundell, but also beats the latter's edge and then finds it - the ball drops just short of Harry Brook at third slip.

Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BT Sport

One thing for certain is that the pitch will flatten out at the Basin Reserve and batting will become easier. That will surely come into Ben Stokes' thinking about the follow-on.

The players are back out and we're ready to go on day three in Wellington.

Ollie Robinson is set to bowl the first over of the day. England have three first-innings wickets to get.

David Gower
Ex-England captain on BT Sport

The key is this, if England bowl out New Zealand quickly, they won't have expended much energy so they can knock a few of the top over pretty easy again you would think by enforcing the follow-on.

Whether Ben Stokes agrees is another matter. Some would say it's a bowling day, the locals would say a batting day.

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Of the seven wickets that England took yesterday, there is no doubt which of them was the most memorable.

Ollie Pope took a stunning one-handed catch at short leg to remove Daryl Mitchell with the last ball before tea.

No wonder bowler Jack Leach has told BT Sport this morning that he's "grateful" to have the Surrey man in there.

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Joe Root says he "owed" his first century in eight Tests to his England team-mates.

Root's 153 not out in the second Test against New Zealand helped England to 435-8 declared in Wellington.

"It's been a while since I made a solid contribution," former captain Root told BBC Sport.

"I had the bit between my teeth. It felt like the lads have carried me for a while so it was my turn to chip in."

He's back in the runs now and England will be hoping this is just the start with the Ashes just around the corner.

New Zealand will resume on 138-7, still trailing by 297 runs. That means we should get a few questions answered in this session...

Can England bowl the Kiwis out cheaply enough to bring the follow-on into play?

If they do so, will they actually enforce it?

And if they do that, could they win the match - and the series - today/ tonight?

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Evening all! After rain cut the first two days short, we're back a little earlier again and hoping it stays dry on day three.

The good news is that it is dry in Wellington at the moment so we're all set for a 21:30 GMT start with England in a dominant position.