Summary

  • New Zealand win by one run to draw two-match series 1-1

  • Number eleven Anderson dismissed by Wagner to give NZ victory

  • Foakes (35) & Leach took England to within seven runs of victory before former fell

  • Root out hooking for 95 & Stokes, batting in pain, makes 33

  • Four wickets and two catches for hostile Wagner

  • Brook run out without facing as England slip to 80-5

  • England also lose Pope, Duckett and Robinson early on day five

Live Reporting

Tom Mallows and Sam Drury

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    We need the Nighthawk for later to close this out. It is going to be tricky

    Dave from Bradford

  2. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on BT Sport

    The last thing England need is an ill-judged run out.

  3. Eng 75-3

    Pope 10, Root 6

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    It's a very productive over for England with 11 from it and that is helped by some good running, a two for each batter and a three for Pope.

    There was also nearly some very bad running. Pope dropped the ball into the gap on the off side, set off for a single, stopped, started again and eventually turned back just in time.

    Good decision in the end.

  4. Eng 64-3

    After a jittery start, Pope is off the mark with a flick past the man at short mid-wicket for a single.

    Root then pushes the last ball of the Southee over back to the left of mid-on for two.

  5. We've seen a lot of that with Bazball, Greg. It really hasn't been much slogging, it's just the shots they chose tend to be from the attacking section of the textbook.

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    Greg: When you need around 200 from around 100 overs just play normal cricket shots. Let’s hope some of them remember how.

  7. Eng 61-3

    Target 258

    Joe Root comes in and gets off the mark first ball, clipping Henry through backward square for a couple.

    What a start for New Zealand, though! We've really got a game on now.

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    Duckett c Blundell b Henry (Eng 59-3)

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    Edged and gone!

    Having played the cut shot so well in this last over, Duckett tries it again as Matt Henry hangs the ball wide of off.

    The England opener perhaps tries to go a little harder at it but can only nick it through to Tom Blundell.

  9. Eng 59-2

    Need another 199 runs to win

    Lovely timing from Duckett, guiding the ball through the vacant gully region for the first boundary of the day.

    The fielder at a deep backward point/wide third position is moved finer so a repeat of the shot only brings a single.

  10. Eng 54-2

    After Pope's use of the feet in Southee's over, Tom Blundell is up to the stumps as soon as he gets on strike to Henry.

    Another play and a miss follows, then an edge but played with soft hands so it falls short of second slip.

    It's fair to say that Pope is yet to settle at the crease!

  11. Eng 53-2

    A wicket maiden from Southee and plenty of encouragement for New Zealand.

    Prior to the wicket, the seamer got one to stay low to Robinson.

    He then beats Pope twice in three balls, the first nipping back past the inside edge and the next beating the batter on the outside as he advanced.

    If you were expecting it to be easy for England, it may be time to think again.

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    Patrick Brennan: I think Stuart Broad's position as nighthawk is safe.

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    Robinson c Bracewell b Southee 2 (Eng 53-2)

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    England's nightwatchman falls early.

    It's the first time that Ollie Robinson attempts a big shot but a thick edge balloons up and Michael Bracewell is able to go back from slip to take the catch.

    Good start for New Zealand. Ollie Pope is the new man for England.

  14. Eng 53-1

    Target 258

    It's Matt Henry starting from the other end for the Black Caps and Duckett punches his first ball into the covers.

    He calls for a second and, despite Robinson being a bit slow to react, they get back comfortably.

    The pair exchange singles before the over is out. A steady rather than spectacular start to the day from England.

  15. '210 is a tricky chase'

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BT Sport

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    This England side has really flipped how we see these scenarios. 210 is a tricky chase because of the mental and physical fatigue of a five-day Test match, which is what makes it so interesting.

    But the fact we are talking about how quickly England can get the runs rather than whether it will be a challenge shows how well they have been playing.

    I think New Zealand will have a say about that though. They will want to be the people who turn this round and brings England's run to an end.

  16. Conway off the field

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    Some news from the New Zealand camp. Devon Conway has a tight right abductor (groin) and will not take the field on day five as a precaution. Conway sustained the injury while fielding late on day four.

  17. Eng 49-1

    Target 258

    Southee is bang on the money in this first over and Duckett is happy to have a look for now.

    Fifth ball, the left-hander dabs the ball into the off side for a single and England are up and running.

  18. 'No demons in the pitch'

    David Gower
    Ex-England captain on BT Sport

    The pitch has not deteriorated, the difference in colour is very obvious. It's now a nice light brown, it's dried out.

    There is analysis that tells us it has turned a little bit more each day so Michael Bracewell will have a part to play if New Zealand are going to make inroads.

    But by and large, everyone says the Basin Reserve gets better throughout the game. There's always something, the odd ball, but there will be no demons in that pitch.

  19. It is worth noting that England did not hang about in any of those chases. In fact, the first of them - against New Zealand at Lord's - was the only one in which they scored at less than four runs an over.

    Anyway, the players are out there. Tim Southee is set to bowl the first over. Here we go...

  20. England run chases under Stokes and McCullum

    Since the Stokes-McCullum era began, England have faced fourth-innings' run-chases on six occasions and been successful each time...

    • 378-3 v India, Edgbaston, July 2022
    • 299-5 v New Zealand, Trent Bridge, June 2022
    • 296-3 v New Zealand, Headingley, June 2022
    • 279-5 v New Zealand, Lord's, June 2022
    • 170-2 v Pakistan, Karachi, December 2022
    • 130-1 v South Africa, The Oval, September 2022

    Will they make it seven from seven today?