First Test: England v New Zealand, May 21-25.

[SaintPowelly]

#SaveUsBrendon

[budgetmeansbudget]

Root relieved.

[ddb]

impressive from england.

[ianp1970]

3 down now, that looked plumber than Latham

[Aidan11]

Yes Broady.

[yuppie]

71 overs suddenly seems like a long way away.

[pompeymeowth]

Jimmy Kane 400.

[m@tt]

England showing why pitching the ball up is such an out-dated idea...

[Aidan11]

Good to see a team hurrying up to get more overs in.

[The Waugh Twins]

Glad I only just switched on, I would have been going nuts at the fact England were still batting. Of course now with En Zed falling apart Cook can say He did it all along to give the boys batting practice.

[The Waugh Twins]

Actually now that I see that it's lunch already I am a little lost for words. 324 runs after lunch should be a piece of cake for the Kiwis, what was Cook thinking.

[sussexpob]

New Zealand bottling this? A sustained period of pressure after lunch, and England can win this game.

Still, if these two stay around for another 10-20 overs, the pitch has died with the old ball.

[Gingerfinch]

New Zealand were in the driving seat, but decided to bat without brains intact, which allowed us to bat with less pressure. The tables have now turned full circle. Still a bit for us to do, but only two likely scenarios now.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Can the commentators stop bleating on about third man.

I'd always have one due to the percentage of runs which go down in that area, usually from a false stroke.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Equally annoying is the stuff about declaring it's boring.