00:00.
00:09Joyce pick for England now.
00:12So he's been given his head with the first over from the pavilion end.
00:18And what a start for Josh Tong.
00:22That has flattened that off stump, much as he did to Tom Blundell late last evening.
00:27And Glenn Phillips goes.
00:34Runs to be had here.
00:35Nice looking drive from Nathan Smith.
00:41Yeah, he's going to play some shots.
00:44This one runs away to the boundary.
00:46It was a thick outside edge, but the intent is very clear from Kyle Jamieson.
00:54Nicely clipped.
00:55Good looking shot.
00:58Club cricket, league cricket, got runs.
01:04Oh, there's another one.
01:06A number of times in this game we've seen batters leave the ball.
01:11A misjudgment that has been so costly.
01:13This time it's Nathan Smith who's left it alone and the ball has just come back onto the top of
01:19off stump.
01:20Another for Josh Tong.
01:22He's got something against the off stump, Josh Tong, because this is a beauty.
01:26This is really nipped back.
01:28The first two, Blundell, Phillips, have been in and around the off stump and just held their line.
01:37Slower ball and Jamieson has swung that away and has hit it rather well.
01:44Straight six into the pavilion.
01:51Well, they've got fielders on the boundary, but they're catching it in the grandstand.
02:02No, that is not the way to go.
02:05It is, if you're Jamieson, back-to-back sixties.
02:08Stokes needs to have a word with his bowler.
02:14Bluff and gone.
02:16Full outside edge.
02:18Don't leave there.
02:20Brook with the catch.
02:21Atkinson with the wicket.
02:25Good bowling change and a brilliant bit of bowling.
02:32Long on Stokes.
02:34It looks like it's going over his head, but not all the way.
02:37Stokes signals four.
02:42Gone.
02:43Middle stump, not back.
02:45Five wickets on the honours board he goes.
02:48What a successful return to the England test side.
02:52Brilliant from Robinson.
02:56Had two balls at the number 11.
02:59With a back spasm.
03:03And he makes them.
03:06Slash to that.
03:08And it's gone past Conway in that gully region.
03:12England are finally away.
03:13Duckett is finally away.
03:16Latham agrees with you.
03:19Flashed and flashed again through that gully region.
03:30Just about there, but he's been absolutely punished through extra cover.
03:35Risk and reward.
03:37Lords as well.
03:39Goal.
03:41Now, did that carry.
03:42New Zealand shell two in the.
03:47Stands up nice and tall.
03:49And it's an elegant looking shot.
03:50Back with a point there for Gay.
04:01That's through, though.
04:02So he's played and missed on a couple of occasions.
04:05There's Emilio Gay.
04:06This time, though.
04:12Has it a guess that Ben Duckett, after being worked over by Will O'Rourke, will be quite happy to
04:16be on strike to a bowler that's just a little bit ginger.
04:24And again, he won't even move an inch, Ben Duckett, other than just to turn the head to watch it.
04:32Hit the boundary padding.
04:41Well, look to Duck.
04:43Took his eyes off it a fraction, but then held the shot.
04:50Oh, hands.
04:51Lose the hands.
04:52It goes full, really full.
04:54And after a brilliant pull shot, it's O'Rourke that bounces back and breaks this opening partnership.
05:04Got into a beautiful position and trusted his hands.
05:09It'll make him feel good.
05:14Make that, Henry.
05:16And Mitchell's done the splits.
05:25A little push down the hill.
05:27It's running slightly quicker than what it was yesterday.
05:31And quick enough for Bethel's first four.
05:41Phillips, with the acrobatic dive, can't get a hand on it.
05:46And Bethel, new to the crease, but still with two boundaries to his name.
05:53Oh, it's a nasty one to finish off.
05:59Now, that's close.
06:00That's close.
06:01What about this time?
06:08Having...
06:10Pitching outside of impact in line.
06:13We get some players called.
06:15I'll go back to it.
06:15An eventful first over after lunch.
06:19One they should have reviewed, which would have been out.
06:25Lovely drive.
06:27Bit of a flourish.
06:30Really is a wonderful sight.
06:32A left-hander playing a square drive.
06:38In the air.
06:39Put down.
06:40What is happening to New Zealand's fielding?
06:46Oh, kept low.
06:48What can you do with that?
06:49Absolutely nothing.
06:50It'll make New Zealand potentially a little bit nervous for their fourth innings.
06:54But for now, they can celebrate the wicket of Bethel.
06:58It's rolled along the floor.
07:00Matt Henry, bit of angle back.
07:06And this will be a great angle to see how little this has bounced.
07:11Straight under the blade of Jacob.
07:15Just throws the hands at it.
07:19He's played some elegant shots off the front foot for four.
07:24This one, lack of footwork, but still finds the boundary.
07:30Yeah, in control this time, though.
07:32Allowed the ball to come underneath the eyes and finds that exact same gap.
07:38Yeah, I'll let him have that one.
07:39I think that was deliberate.
07:40Just opened the face late.
07:42That's what he wanted to do.
07:47And it's only taken him two innings to compile his first milestone in England colours.
07:55He likes scoring big runs.
07:58Oh, nicer.
08:00Even nicer.
08:02So he reset himself, capitalised on the next.
08:06Handy way to finish off that Smith over.
08:08He comes back into the attack.
08:13Yeah, lateness.
08:15Let the ball come to him with that little bit of extra pace.
08:18Long way from winning, but they're going OK.
08:21Oh, a tickle as it carried.
08:24Emilio Gay turns and walks back to the pavilion.
08:28His maiden test match 50 is over.
08:31He has worked so hard for his 57.
08:36Oh, that's a lot of movement.
08:38He's already played a shot.
08:40And he's limping.
08:41He's been given.
08:42So there'll be a discussion now.
08:44In fact, he's reviewed it straight away.
08:47Maybe clipping top of leg.
08:53Oh, that's got to be close as well.
08:55Gone.
08:56What a passage of play for New Zealand.
09:00Well, that's zipped back up the hill and kept low.
09:06Pitching outside off.
09:07Impact in line.
09:09We'll get some fires called.
09:11I'll go back to Adrian on field.
09:12Play for New Zealand.
09:13England from 126 for 2.
09:16And now 127 for 5.
09:20Root, Brooke, gone.
09:24Goal, beauty.
09:25What an absolute ripper.
09:28Stokes stands there.
09:29Cannot believe it.
09:31The stumps are rattled.
09:33The stumps are rattled.
09:33And England are rattled.
09:37Driven right.
09:39Really nicely down the hill at Lourdes.
09:42The time gone by wouldn't even chase that.
09:44But the outfield is a bit slower.
09:49Through the gap.
09:51Not in full control of the drive.
09:58Nicked.
09:59And finds the gap again.
10:06Oh, and swinging Yorker.
10:07Is it going down leg?
10:09I think it probably is.
10:11Did swing.
10:12Certainly worth the go.
10:17Come back firing.
10:18Because there's still enough in this surface.
10:20That's bounced and beaten the outside edge.
10:25In the air.
10:26To the bowler.
10:28Caught and bowled.
10:29The partnership comes to an end.
10:31Jameson with his first wicket in the second innings.
10:34New Zealand needed that.
10:37Oh, bowled him.
10:39Kept low again.
10:40Jamie Smith.
10:42He turns and walks away quickly.
10:46England's lead.
10:473.52.
10:48Smith charges in again.
10:50Searching for five.
10:51And he has it.
10:52Top of off stump.
10:54He has deserved five wickets.
10:56He has come running in hard.
10:58Given Matt Henry.
11:00His back spasms.
11:02He's bowled today.
11:03But not as much as perhaps he would have done.
11:06So the others have had to contribute a little more.
11:11I think going down.
11:13Again, more lavish movement this time from a fuller length.
11:19There is a discussion they're going to ask.
11:21Don't think it's going to go New Zealand's way.
11:28It's high in the air.
11:29This should be the end of England's innings.
11:32Phillips won't drop that.
11:34It's 2.26 all out.
11:37He's a brilliant fielder.
11:39But even he may have had wobbly knees under that one.
11:43Must have really given their all for New Zealand.
11:46They have.
11:47They'll reflect as a team on some missed opportunities that we mentioned a moment ago.
11:52But nevertheless.
11:54Still a terrific performance.
11:56From the three main seamers today.
11:59Given Matt Henry's back problems.
12:05Whip.
12:06Gone.
12:07What a start for Atkinson.
12:09What a start for England.
12:16Squirted away.
12:17Back with a point through the gully region.
12:26Huge shout.
12:27I think it's just done too much.
12:32It does hit.
12:33It'll only be clipping.
12:39Pitching in line.
12:40Impact in line.
12:41Wickets missing.
12:42I'll go back to Adrian on field.
12:46Excellent decision.
12:47From Adrian Holdstock.
12:48It just didn't look right.
12:52Oh shot.
12:53Dreamy.
12:54Straight drive.
12:57From Kane Williamson.
13:05Don't miss those.
13:06Really good players are not going to miss out when it's short and wide.
13:10This has still got zip.
13:14Big appeal.
13:16No shake of the head.
13:18It's that plan again.
13:20Running it back.
13:24Hitching outside of.
13:25Impact umpire's call.
13:27Wickets hitting.
13:28I'll go back to Adrian on field.
13:32Mighty close.
13:33Conway was given out in the first innings to one that was very, very close and just scratching.
13:41This is out.
13:42Is it?
13:43Yes.
13:43The finger goes up.
13:45England have that wicket that they're searching for.
13:49Williamson is just hanging around.
13:51He's looking down at his pad.
13:53Where the ball has struck him.
13:54He has to make a decision whether he thinks it's too high.
14:00Oh.
14:00Top of off.
14:02What a beauty.
14:03Right at the end of the day from Gus Atkinson.
14:06Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:11Wobble seam.
14:12Big seam movement.
14:14A top order player is going to struggle to play that.
14:16Let alone a night watchman.
14:18That is an absolute.
14:20Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:25Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:26Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:26Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:26Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:28Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:29Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:29Good decision from Ben Stokes to swap it around.
14:30You
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