Summary

  • Southee bowls Crawley to end frenetic innings

  • Leach takes five wickets as NZ bowled out for 483 - a lead of 257

  • NZ lose last five wickets for 28 runs

  • Collapse begins when part-time bowler Brook has Williamson (132) caught down leg side

  • Bracewell then run out by Foakes after failing to ground his bat in the course of a run

  • Blundell hits 90 & Mitchell 54 as NZ middle order frustrates England

  1. NZ 430-5published at 144 overs

    Lead by 204

    Ollie Robinson grunts as he hits his delivery stride. Kane Williamson looks strong in defence, though. His judgment on when to play and when to leave has been beyond reproach.

    A maiden from the England seamer - his sixth in 27 overs.

  2. Postpublished at 03:14 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BT Sport

    Kane Williamson has been imperious. it's not often a batter of his quality goes too long without a big score. He doesn't look like he will throw it away for nothing.

    The run map shows Kane Williamson scored 117 with 10 fours, 5 threes, 13 twos, and 36 singles for New Zealand
  3. NZ 430-5published at 143 overs

    Just checked, Ben Duckett bowls off-breaks.

    Anyway, Jack Leach is quickly through another over. Kane Williamson happy to poke him into the gaps for the time being. It's going to take something special to get him out, you sense.

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    Stubbs: Does Ben Stokes know that Ben Duckett has two first-class wickets? Time to send him into action I reckon!

  5. NZ 426-5published at 141.4 overs

    I think every other tweet since the follow-on, has been about the follow-on.

    Nicely bowled from Ollie Robinson as he gets one to climb off a length into the body of Tom Blundell. It catches the Kiwi wicketkeeper on the thigh of his back leg as he attempts to fend it off.

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    Chris Jones: Can I be the first to say; This is why you never choose the follow-on. From Arthur Timer in hindsight, Warwickshire.

  7. Postpublished at 03:07 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BT Sport

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    New Zealand will not be able to get enough runs to declare tonight, especially when they think what England have been chasing down. England will just embrace this position and when they go and bat it will be full throttle.

  8. NZ 424-5published at 141 overs

    Just the one run for Tom Blundell from that Jack Leach over. Ollie Robinson has the ball in hand.

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    It will be interesting if it gets to a point where NZ declare. What do you have to set England to generate the chances you need. 400 in 50 overs? 500 in 70?

    Rob

  10. NZ 423-5published at 140.1 overs

    Jack Leach starts for England after tea. Tom Blundell dabs down his second delivery following the interval which is well fielded by the diving Joe Root at slip.

  11. Postpublished at 03:03 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    The players are just heading back out on to the field. We'll be under way again shortly.

  12. Postpublished at 03:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    David Gower
    Ex-England captain on BT Sport

    We have seen chances, half chances go begging. Which on a bad day can happen. The positivity is still there and England will back themselves to chase 300 plus. Even if it does go horribly wrong tomorrow it will be passed off as blip, a bump in the road. None of us like losing games, but they are good at resetting.

  13. Postpublished at 02:52 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    That's the spirit, Martin.

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    Ben Stokes is proving to be an excellent tactician. Dry up runs, force Southee to play for the draw and lose the series. Southee can't declare with less than 400 lead, that's only 4ish per over on the final day.

    Martin in Worcester

  15. Postpublished at 02:50 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BT Sport

    The bowlers might be mildly weary. It's been a grind. Up to this session it's been conventional plans. We've seen a full box of tricks now from Ben Stokes.

  16. Postpublished at 02:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    Thanks, Sam. Let's hope it's prolific not profligate.

    The caveat to New Zealand's position is the pitch still looks pretty good. Not a day five minefield, in essence.

  17. Postpublished at 02:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

    Right, I'm off to give myself a stern talking to after failing to take even a single wicket in that session.

    To take you through the tea break and the evening session, it's over to the prolific Timothy Abraham.

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    Matt R: I realise that betting against Bazball is a losing game, but it was a silly decision to enforce the follow on yesterday. We could have, and would have, batted them out of the game. We've risked losing when we could have secured an easy win. I await being proven wrong.

  19. Tea - NZ 423-5published at 140 overs

    Lead by 197

    Hands on heads for England as Blundell attempts a very expansive drive, trying to hit over the in-field and gets it to land in between the two catchers and the man set back slightly deeper.

    What is going on here? Blundell tries another big shot, swinging and missing with a drive. Very odd and from nowhere.

    That's tea after an excellent session for New Zealand, 98 runs added and no wickets lost.

  20. From the press boxpublished at 02:40 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2023

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