Summary

Have your say on England men this summer

  1. How's stat?!published at 13:58 BST

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    First five overs of this innings New Zealand have been able to find 1.6 degrees of swing, and 0.57 degrees of seam - both of them are lower than England.

    England were also bowling around half a metre fuller than New Zealand at this stage of their bowling innings.

  2. Eng 37-0published at 6 overs

    A tentative prod from Emilio Gay to the final ball of the over from Kyle Jamieson. Gay then rehearses the leave straight after.

    He knows he should have left that well alone.

  3. Postpublished at 13:55 BST

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I like that a lot. That was full commitment from Duckett. It's a great shot.

  4. Eng 33-0published at 5.4 overs

    Not quite timed by Ben Duckett, who unfurls a drive to Kyle Jamieson which plops over mid-off

    Much more conviction from Duckett off the fourth ball of the over, though, after he thumps a powerful drive through the covers for four.

    Crisp striking from the England opener.

  5. Postpublished at 13:53 BST

    Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's getting a bit muggy, there are clouds gathering behind the pavilion.

  6. Eng 25-0published at 5 overs

    Matthew Henry continues after lunch.

    Emilio Gay takes a evasive action to a couple of bumpers from Henry before the Kiwi seamer arrows one past the outside edge of the opener's bat.

    Close. A maiden over.

  7. Postpublished at 13:47 BST

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Kyle Jamieson is a real threat. He's looking the most likely at the minute for New Zealand.

  8. Eng 25-0published at 4 overs

    Kyle Jamieson is round the wicket to the left-handed Ben Duckett and the England opener guides it on the up through gully and point for four.

    Not an entirely risk-free shot by Duckett but England's first boundary of the afternoon from the third ball.

  9. Postpublished at 13:43 BST

    Anyway, back to this match.

    Emilio Gay and Ben Duckett back out in the middle.

    Kyle Jamieson has the ball in hand.

  10. Stokes in Durham squadpublished at 13:40 BST
    Breaking

    Well, that happened quicker than anticipated...

    Ben Stokes will be in Durham's squad to play Northamptonshire in their County Championship match starting on Friday.

    The 35-year-old all-rounder has played two matches in the Championship for Durham so far this season.

    The last of those was against Kent at Beckenham in mid-May.

  11. Postpublished at 13:36 BST

    By the way there's been no word, as of yet, on whether Ben Stokes will play for Durham against Northants in their County Championship match starting tomorrow.

    A colleague who covers cricket in the region says Durham usually announce their squad mid-afternoon the day before the match.

    We'll keep you updated on that one.

  12. Postpublished at 13:32 BST

    Here's that full England squad for the Test at Lord's against India.

    Nat Sciver-Brunt (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones (wicketkeeper), Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Grace Potts, Ellie Threlkeld, Mady Villiers, Issy Wong.

  13. Dean left out of Test squadpublished at 13:28 BST

    Charlie DeanImage source, Getty Images

    Some more England Test news.

    England have left white-ball vice-captain Charlie Dean out of their squad for the historic Test at Lord's against India next month.

    Dean, 25, who has played three Tests, is set to captain England at the ongoing T20 World Cup. with captain Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out of the next two matches at least because of a calf injury.

    But, having had a back injury of her own at the start of the season and returning earlier than planned when Sciver-Brunt also missed the start of the summer, England have omitted Dean to manage her workload.

    The Test starts on 10 July, just five days after the T20 World Cup final and nine of England's squad for that tournament are included, including Sciver-Brunt.

    More on that story here...

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 13:21 BST

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    What an inane comment to say 'Joe Root is no captain' (12:46). He is managing so many new players to Test cricket against a mature team, at short notice. He is doing a supportive job with what he has!

    Peter, Shropshire

    It's hard to judge Joe Root as captain in this test because he's a stand-in and merely following the Baz blueprint with a line-up of bowlers who aren't exactly Test match level. Nonetheless it does feel like the Caribbean 2022 all over again.

    With all due respect to Joe Root he is not captaincy material. There’s an argument to be made that Ben Stokes should be in the team for his captaincy alone.

    Yechiel, London

  15. Postpublished at 13:15 BST

    Media caption,

    Phillips reaches his first Test hundred for New Zealand

    Media caption,

    Bethell picks up his third wicket as he bowls Jamieson for 41

    Glenn Phillips' maiden Test hundred was arguably the salient them of the morning session.

    Were England guilty of bowling too much short stuff? Probably.

    Should they have picked a frontline spinner? Almost certainly.

    Jacob Bethell finished with 3-26 from 10 overs. Handy figures for a part-timer.

  16. Postpublished at 13:10 BST

    Thanks, Mike,

    That was a tricky little period for England to negotiate before lunch.

  17. Postpublished at 13:06 BST

    Mike Peter
    BBC Sport journalist

    Well, very much New Zealand's session, but England will take heart from the fact it looks like a decent track.

    Here's Timothy Abraham to guide you through the afternoon.

  18. Postpublished at 13:04 BST

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That was a genuine opportunity for a run out. I think that took Emilio Gay by surprise, he was miles out if that had hit.

  19. Lunch - Eng 15-0published at 3 overs

    Duckett 7, Gay 8; England trail by 376

    Out with a direct hit...

    Ben Duckett taps to mid-off and immediately sets off - it's Nathan Smith who gathers and throws down the stumps, with the ball scudding a little wide of the poles as Emilio Gay scrambled for the crease.

    Gay then sends Matt Henry's penultimate delivery neatly through long-off for four.

    That's lunch.

  20. Eng 10-0published at 2 overs

    Having stood at the non-striker's end for all of the opening over, Emilio Gay faces Kyle Jamieson.

    The left-hander guides the towering seamer's first ball through the covers for four - he also did that off the same bowler in England's first innings at Lord's.

    Jamieson then nips one past Gay's bat. We'll have one more over before lunch.