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| England v New Zealand: first Test, day two – live! | England v New Zealand: first Test, day two – live! |
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| 12.33pm BST12:33 | |
| 8th over: New Zealand 25-0 (Guptill 14, Latham 7) | |
| Broad bowls across Latham, who feels for the ball, which flies past his bat and into Buttler’s gloves. There’s no edge, which is just as well as Buttler then dropped it. England had lost a wicket by this stage, obviously, but it wasn’t until they’d scored their 25th run that things really started to fall apart. Meanwhile on Sky, as Michael Holding describes the action, there is the unmistakable sound of a wine bottle being uncorked in the background. | |
| 12.29pm BST12:29 | |
| 7th over: New Zealand 24-0 (Guptill 14, Latham 6) | |
| Anderson bowls, the ball clips Guptill’s thigh pad and disappears for four. “I rounded off my best man speech with ‘The Spanish have a saying – “That which is done well, if done quickly, is doubly good.” I’m afraid I haven’t managed to do that but [bride’s name] may like to bear it in mind for later on this evening,’” writes Tom Morgan from Spain. The thing about wedding speeches – and this isn’t a comment on Tom’s in any way – is that they usually sound magical on the night, but on the page prompt nothing so much as repeated and violent head-desk interaction. | |
| Updated at 12.33pm BST | |
| 12.24pm BST12:24 | |
| 6th over: New Zealand 20-0 (Guptill 14, Latham 6) | |
| Broad bowls, and Guptill hits through midwicket for three. The over ends with England’s first lbw appeal, after the ball hit Latham’s thigh pad, but it pitched about a foot outside leg. Otherwise, worth a shout. Bob Miller’s best-man-speech advice: | |
| As you know I’m a man of few words[sits down] | |
| 12.19pm BST12:19 | |
| 5th over: New Zealand 17-0 (Guptill 11, Latham 6) | |
| Anderson bowls, and concedes a couple of singles before Guptill works the ball to deep backward point for three. “Having done two best man’s speeches I consider myself a bit of an expert,” writes Grant Woodward. “One that always goes down well is the following, in the part where you’re singing the bride’s praises: ‘I’m sure you’ll all agree [insert bride’s name here] is a wonderful girl who fully deserves to find happiness with the man of her dreams. It’s just a shame [insert groom’s name here] got hold of her before she could find him.’” Clearly the groom in this case is a man who appreciates cricket, surely opening the way to questionable puns about leather and wood and suchlike. | |
| 12.14pm BST12:14 | |
| 4th over: New Zealand 12-0 (Guptill 7, Latham 5) | |
| Probably the ball of the day so far from Broad, starting straight, moving a little off the seam and flying just past Guptill’s bat. The batsman tries to send the next, fuller and straighter, down the ground but edges it instead, totally safely, along the ground to deep cover for three runs. | |
| @simon_burnton Here you go for the Best Man Speech - https://t.co/K3Mu0YA17k | |
| 12.11pm BST12:11 | |
| 3rd over: New Zealand 9-0 (Guptill 4, Latham 5) | |
| Anderson bowls to Latham, with three slips, a little gap and then two gullies in place, and tries to tempt him into a drive. Eventually he succeeds, and Latham drives through the covers for four. | |
| Updated at 12.21pm BST | |
| 12.07pm BST12:07 | |
| 2nd over: New Zealand 5-0 (Guptill 4, Latham 1) | |
| Broad bowls from t’other end, with three slips and a short leg in place. “I’m fortunate enough to be being taken to the third day at Lord’s tomorrow,” writes Tom Wright. “I’m the best man for a wedding the following weekend and the groom and his family are taking me along to the cricket as a thank you. But I’m slightly panicked because I have no speech (not a word) and dwindling time. Could you kindly put it to the witty, urbane yet sensitive OBO community to provide their best advice for delivering a cracking wedding oration?” Right then, let’s have your best (family-friendly) wedding-speech zingers. | |
| 12.03pm BST12:03 | |
| 1st over: New Zealand 4-0 (Guptill 4, Latham 0) | |
| Guptill leaves the first few well alone, and then punches the fourth through the covers for four, a handsome way to get off the mark. The cloud cover is indeed still there. Can England do to the Kiwi top order anything like what was done to them? | |
| 11.58am BST11:58 | 11.58am BST11:58 |
| And they’re back out, England have huddled and Anderson has the ball. Let’s play (more) cricket! Or at least watch other people play it. | And they’re back out, England have huddled and Anderson has the ball. Let’s play (more) cricket! Or at least watch other people play it. |
| Updated at 12.09pm BST | |
| 11.53am BST11:53 | 11.53am BST11:53 |
| Innings break | Innings break |
| And around Lord’s and indeed the nation, people turn to each other and say, “Well from 30-4 you’d take that.” | And around Lord’s and indeed the nation, people turn to each other and say, “Well from 30-4 you’d take that.” |
| England 389. 30-4 at the start; 35-4 at the end. 324-2 in the middle. The classic innings of three halves. 150% cricket. | England 389. 30-4 at the start; 35-4 at the end. 324-2 in the middle. The classic innings of three halves. 150% cricket. |
| 11.49am BST11:49 | 11.49am BST11:49 |
| 100.5 overs: England 389 all out | 100.5 overs: England 389 all out |
| The day’s first bowling change sees Matt Henry replace Southee at the Nursery End, and brings instant rewards. Before that, though, England earned a place in the history books: | The day’s first bowling change sees Matt Henry replace Southee at the Nursery End, and brings instant rewards. Before that, though, England earned a place in the history books: |
| This is now the highest score made by any side in Test history after being 30 or fewer for 4. #bbccricket | This is now the highest score made by any side in Test history after being 30 or fewer for 4. #bbccricket |
| Updated at 11.50am BST | Updated at 11.50am BST |
| 11.48am BST11:48 | 11.48am BST11:48 |
| WICKET! Anderson c & b Henry 11 (England 389 all out) | WICKET! Anderson c & b Henry 11 (England 389 all out) |
| Anderson chips the ball limply over Henry’s right shoulder, and he sticks out a hand and takes the catch! | Anderson chips the ball limply over Henry’s right shoulder, and he sticks out a hand and takes the catch! |
| Updated at 12.02pm BST | |
| 11.45am BST11:45 | 11.45am BST11:45 |
| 100th over: England 389-9 (Wood 8, Anderson 11) | 100th over: England 389-9 (Wood 8, Anderson 11) |
| Boult, having claimed the last three wickets to fall (as well as Ballance much earlier) is on a five-for, but he doesn’t really threaten England’s tail-enders here, and they each take a single. | Boult, having claimed the last three wickets to fall (as well as Ballance much earlier) is on a five-for, but he doesn’t really threaten England’s tail-enders here, and they each take a single. |
| 11.40am BST11:40 | 11.40am BST11:40 |
| 99th over: England 387-9 (Wood 7, Anderson 10) | 99th over: England 387-9 (Wood 7, Anderson 10) |
| Lovely shot! Anderson cracks the ball past point for four! And then terrible shot! Anderson tries to hit down the ground, gets a thick top edge and the ball flies over the slip cordon and away for four! | Lovely shot! Anderson cracks the ball past point for four! And then terrible shot! Anderson tries to hit down the ground, gets a thick top edge and the ball flies over the slip cordon and away for four! |
| Updated at 11.49am BST | Updated at 11.49am BST |
| 11.36am BST11:36 | 11.36am BST11:36 |
| 98th over: England 379-9 (Wood 7, Anderson 2) | 98th over: England 379-9 (Wood 7, Anderson 2) |
| Boult’s first ball goes way down leg side and past a diving Latham before disappearing for four byes, and he then bowls a wide full toss to Wood, which is diverted past point for four. | Boult’s first ball goes way down leg side and past a diving Latham before disappearing for four byes, and he then bowls a wide full toss to Wood, which is diverted past point for four. |
| 11.33am BST11:33 | 11.33am BST11:33 |
| 97th over: England 369-9 (Wood 3, Anderson 1) | 97th over: England 369-9 (Wood 3, Anderson 1) |
| Wood works the first ball off his pads again and gets a single for his pains, and then Anderson pokes the last to cover for another. Here’s an idea (though I think the cloud cover is expected to stick around, so no hurry). | Wood works the first ball off his pads again and gets a single for his pains, and then Anderson pokes the last to cover for another. Here’s an idea (though I think the cloud cover is expected to stick around, so no hurry). |
| Clever thought from Tufnell: declare now while there's some cloud cover and plenty of swing. Two wickets now worth more than 15 extra runs | Clever thought from Tufnell: declare now while there's some cloud cover and plenty of swing. Two wickets now worth more than 15 extra runs |
| 11.28am BST11:28 | 11.28am BST11:28 |
| 96th over: England 368-9 (Wood 2, Anderson 0) | 96th over: England 368-9 (Wood 2, Anderson 0) |
| Boult gives Anderson some width, and he wildy slashes his bat at it and makes no contact. Then he bowls at the stumps, and Anderson gives himself some width, wildly slashes his bat at it and makes no contact. The ball clears the stumps by a smidgeon. | Boult gives Anderson some width, and he wildy slashes his bat at it and makes no contact. Then he bowls at the stumps, and Anderson gives himself some width, wildly slashes his bat at it and makes no contact. The ball clears the stumps by a smidgeon. |
| 11.24am BST11:24 | 11.24am BST11:24 |
| WICKET! Broad c Latham b Boult 3 (England 368-9) | WICKET! Broad c Latham b Boult 3 (England 368-9) |
| Well, he didn’t get nought. A nice delivery, angled into the batsman before fading away a fraction, tickling the outside edge and flying through to the keeper. | Well, he didn’t get nought. A nice delivery, angled into the batsman before fading away a fraction, tickling the outside edge and flying through to the keeper. |
| Broad edges Boult to the keeper for 3. Only surprise is that he got that many really #ENGvNZ @WisdenIndia | Broad edges Boult to the keeper for 3. Only surprise is that he got that many really #ENGvNZ @WisdenIndia |
| Updated at 11.38am BST | Updated at 11.38am BST |
| 11.22am BST11:22 | 11.22am BST11:22 |
| 95th over: England 368-8 (Broad 3, Wood 2) | 95th over: England 368-8 (Broad 3, Wood 2) |
| Another single for Wood, who edges the ball through his legs to square leg while attempting a cover drive. Southee bowls a wide bouncer at Broad which couldn’t be easier to evade, and then goes full and straight. Broad quite stylishly pushes it down the ground, and even if it doesn’t quite reach the boundary, it’s still a fine way to get off the mark. | Another single for Wood, who edges the ball through his legs to square leg while attempting a cover drive. Southee bowls a wide bouncer at Broad which couldn’t be easier to evade, and then goes full and straight. Broad quite stylishly pushes it down the ground, and even if it doesn’t quite reach the boundary, it’s still a fine way to get off the mark. |
| Updated at 11.30am BST | Updated at 11.30am BST |
| 11.17am BST11:17 | 11.17am BST11:17 |
| 94th over: England 364-8 (Broad 0, Wood 1) | 94th over: England 364-8 (Broad 0, Wood 1) |
| Wood comes in and tucks his second ball off his pads to long leg for a single, and Broad survives the last two deliveries. | Wood comes in and tucks his second ball off his pads to long leg for a single, and Broad survives the last two deliveries. |
| 7 - Since hitting 108* v Sri Lanka last June, Moeen Ali has hit seven 50+ scores in first-class cricket, none converted to 100s. Starts. | 7 - Since hitting 108* v Sri Lanka last June, Moeen Ali has hit seven 50+ scores in first-class cricket, none converted to 100s. Starts. |
| 11.14am BST11:14 | 11.14am BST11:14 |
| WICKET! Moeen Ali c Latham b Boult 58 (England 363-8) | WICKET! Moeen Ali c Latham b Boult 58 (England 363-8) |
| Moeen is surprised by a little extra bounce, gets a thin top-edge on a ball he’s trying to drive, and Latham looks particularly relieved after he takes the catch. A disappointing way for England to lose their last recognised batsman, really. | Moeen is surprised by a little extra bounce, gets a thin top-edge on a ball he’s trying to drive, and Latham looks particularly relieved after he takes the catch. A disappointing way for England to lose their last recognised batsman, really. |
| Mo nicks off and out for 58. Eng 363 for eight. | Mo nicks off and out for 58. Eng 363 for eight. |
| Updated at 11.26am BST | Updated at 11.26am BST |
| 11.12am BST11:12 | 11.12am BST11:12 |
| 93rd over: England 363-7 (Moeen 58, Broad 0) | 93rd over: England 363-7 (Moeen 58, Broad 0) |
| This time Moeen takes a single off Southee’s third delivery, well fielded by McCullum at midwicket, and Broad is on strike again. This time there’s no really short stuff (Broad still ducks, though, to a delivery that passes him at chest height) and the final delivery of the over whistles across the batsman, straightens and bounces just over the stumps. “Interesting to compare Stokes’ and Flintoff’s records after 10 Tests,” writes Tom Bowtell, before supplying the figures: | This time Moeen takes a single off Southee’s third delivery, well fielded by McCullum at midwicket, and Broad is on strike again. This time there’s no really short stuff (Broad still ducks, though, to a delivery that passes him at chest height) and the final delivery of the over whistles across the batsman, straightens and bounces just over the stumps. “Interesting to compare Stokes’ and Flintoff’s records after 10 Tests,” writes Tom Bowtell, before supplying the figures: |
| Stokes: 527 @ 32.17 and 25 @ 39.20Flintoff: 255 @ 15.93 and 7 @ 66.42(And, for perspective, Botham after 10, erm: 479 @ 43.54 and 53 @ 17.33) | Stokes: 527 @ 32.17 and 25 @ 39.20Flintoff: 255 @ 15.93 and 7 @ 66.42(And, for perspective, Botham after 10, erm: 479 @ 43.54 and 53 @ 17.33) |
| 11.08am BST11:08 | 11.08am BST11:08 |
| 92nd over: England 362-7 (Moeen 57, Broad 0) | 92nd over: England 362-7 (Moeen 57, Broad 0) |
| After four Boult balls Moeen takes a single to square leg, and Broad is on strike for the first time. His first delivery is short and straight, and he does an awkward combination of jumping and ducking, but successfully gets out of the way. So will the next also be short, or will it be full and aimed at the stumps? Well, neither – it bounces harmlessly past the batsman, and Broad leaves it alone. “I’ve just heard Jonathan Agnew talking to Andrew Strauss on TMS, and he (Strauss, I mean) turned startlingly bristly and snotty: ‘You’re being unbelievably negative,’ he said, in response to a mild and justified question,” writes Mark Smith. “It reminded me of the debate on OBO yesterday about how England are a hard team to like sometimes … why so thin-skinned and petulant? It was Aggers, not Paxman.” I’m not sure the best way to combat negativity is to react negatively to it. | After four Boult balls Moeen takes a single to square leg, and Broad is on strike for the first time. His first delivery is short and straight, and he does an awkward combination of jumping and ducking, but successfully gets out of the way. So will the next also be short, or will it be full and aimed at the stumps? Well, neither – it bounces harmlessly past the batsman, and Broad leaves it alone. “I’ve just heard Jonathan Agnew talking to Andrew Strauss on TMS, and he (Strauss, I mean) turned startlingly bristly and snotty: ‘You’re being unbelievably negative,’ he said, in response to a mild and justified question,” writes Mark Smith. “It reminded me of the debate on OBO yesterday about how England are a hard team to like sometimes … why so thin-skinned and petulant? It was Aggers, not Paxman.” I’m not sure the best way to combat negativity is to react negatively to it. |
| 11.03am BST11:03 | 11.03am BST11:03 |
| 91st over: England 361-7 (Moeen 56, Broad 0) | 91st over: England 361-7 (Moeen 56, Broad 0) |
| So in comes Stuart Broad – last four Test innings 0, 0, 10, 0 – but Moeen takes strike for the first over of the day, bowled by Southee, and he cracks the ball through midwicket for four to complete his half-century, and pushes the next through the covers, McCullum stopping eventually chasing it down a foot from the rope. | So in comes Stuart Broad – last four Test innings 0, 0, 10, 0 – but Moeen takes strike for the first over of the day, bowled by Southee, and he cracks the ball through midwicket for four to complete his half-century, and pushes the next through the covers, McCullum stopping eventually chasing it down a foot from the rope. |
| Updated at 11.12am BST | Updated at 11.12am BST |
| 10.57am BST10:57 | 10.57am BST10:57 |
| Game on! Er, nearly! | Game on! Er, nearly! |
| Mark Nicholas signals the start of play! #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/nXV0RYXUkD | Mark Nicholas signals the start of play! #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/nXV0RYXUkD |
| 10.47am BST10:47 | 10.47am BST10:47 |
| Man, you’ve really got me here. All these questions you’re asking I’ve never been asked. [Thoughtful pause] | Man, you’ve really got me here. All these questions you’re asking I’ve never been asked. [Thoughtful pause] |
| There’s an excellent Small Talk with Curtly Ambrose available for your delectation here. Turns out he’s not very good at answering questions. | |
| Updated at 12.20pm BST | |
| 10.41am BST10:41 | 10.41am BST10:41 |
| The big questions for this morning are: will Mark Wood be an unlikely batting hero? Can Stuart Broad bat at all? Can England work their way beyond 400? Here, though, is an early contender for catch of the day: | The big questions for this morning are: will Mark Wood be an unlikely batting hero? Can Stuart Broad bat at all? Can England work their way beyond 400? Here, though, is an early contender for catch of the day: |
| Cracking catch from Gary Ballance during slip practice #EngvNZ #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/rFp97aHtWu | Cracking catch from Gary Ballance during slip practice #EngvNZ #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/rFp97aHtWu |
| 10.35am BST10:35 | 10.35am BST10:35 |
| Hello world! | Hello world! |
| It’s another glorious London morning. Weather forecast latest: it’ll cloud over this afternoon and rain later, though after the day’s cricket is done. We had a spectacular first day to this Test, with all sorts of drama and intrigue. More of the same please, lads. | It’s another glorious London morning. Weather forecast latest: it’ll cloud over this afternoon and rain later, though after the day’s cricket is done. We had a spectacular first day to this Test, with all sorts of drama and intrigue. More of the same please, lads. |
| Updated at 11.06am BST | Updated at 11.06am BST |
| 10.21am BST10:21 | 10.21am BST10:21 |
| Good morning. Simon will be here soon. While you wait, here is Vic Marks on how Ben Stokes’ instinctive 92 from 94 balls dragged his side back into the first Test against New Zealand after a dreadful start had left the home side 30 for four. | Good morning. Simon will be here soon. While you wait, here is Vic Marks on how Ben Stokes’ instinctive 92 from 94 balls dragged his side back into the first Test against New Zealand after a dreadful start had left the home side 30 for four. |
| It was an “I was there” innings, not a monumental one but memorable. Ben Stokes, in the space of two hours, cheered everyone up. Whether Stokes’s 92 against New Zealand will linger quite as long as Ted Dexter’s 70 against West Indies in 1963, so vividly recalled by our correspondent the other day, is debatable. Yet Stokes, alongside dependable old Joe Root, 24 years old going on 34, fashioned a recovery every bit as startling as Lord Ted all those years ago, and at a similar rate. | It was an “I was there” innings, not a monumental one but memorable. Ben Stokes, in the space of two hours, cheered everyone up. Whether Stokes’s 92 against New Zealand will linger quite as long as Ted Dexter’s 70 against West Indies in 1963, so vividly recalled by our correspondent the other day, is debatable. Yet Stokes, alongside dependable old Joe Root, 24 years old going on 34, fashioned a recovery every bit as startling as Lord Ted all those years ago, and at a similar rate. |
| The bald facts: England were 30 for four when Stokes arrived at the crease; when he departed for 92 from 94 balls they were 191 for five, out of the woods, if not over the horizon. | The bald facts: England were 30 for four when Stokes arrived at the crease; when he departed for 92 from 94 balls they were 191 for five, out of the woods, if not over the horizon. |
| The gremlins were at work before Stokes’s arrival. So this was the brave new world: 30 for four against a set of pace bowlers who were on the other side of the globe a few days ago. There was scope for the morass of despair to get stickier still albeit mixed up with a touch of village green farce when Moeen Ali, in his training gear, was sighted scuttling back to the pavilion from a Nursery end net as quickly as he decently could without suggesting too much panic. He needed to get his whites on sharpish. | The gremlins were at work before Stokes’s arrival. So this was the brave new world: 30 for four against a set of pace bowlers who were on the other side of the globe a few days ago. There was scope for the morass of despair to get stickier still albeit mixed up with a touch of village green farce when Moeen Ali, in his training gear, was sighted scuttling back to the pavilion from a Nursery end net as quickly as he decently could without suggesting too much panic. He needed to get his whites on sharpish. |
| Then we were transported from all the agonising at England’s recent malaise by their reaction to a dire situation. Wondrously the cricket took over. Despite the flurry of early wickets the batsmen opted to attack with vim. Root may have analysed that this was an appropriate response. Stokes seemed to be pursuing a simpler process. “See ball, hit ball” – where have I heard that before? | Then we were transported from all the agonising at England’s recent malaise by their reaction to a dire situation. Wondrously the cricket took over. Despite the flurry of early wickets the batsmen opted to attack with vim. Root may have analysed that this was an appropriate response. Stokes seemed to be pursuing a simpler process. “See ball, hit ball” – where have I heard that before? |
| Continued here. | Continued here. |
| Updated at 11.11am BST | Updated at 11.11am BST |