Second Test: full scoreboard Root and Brook exchange singles after that failed review and after New Zealand's bright start to the session it's starting to feel liek they really need a wicket here. Henry brings in a short leg with Brook on strike, that feels like a good move. Henry goes up an LBW against Root.
New Zealand want to have a look. Looked a shade leg side for me. Umpire's call down the leg side – Root survives.
Root is showing a willingness to be very patient here, quite against the accepted flow of England's new approach to Test cricket. Brook thumps Mitchell back over his head for six as he stops one that's slightly overpitched. Next ball Brook goes again, this time taking Mitchell over mid-wicket for another maximum.
As long as England remain wicketless in this session they will be happy but New Zealand are definitely winning this short period after lunch. Brook climbs into a wide one from Henry but his timing is slightly off and he'll have to settle for a couple. Those runs bring up the 100-partnership for these two.
Henry replies well, with Brook looking unsure of one that's just short of a length. Henry then digs one in short and Brook prods at it with little confidence. Mitchell is into the attack – strange decision maybe but Southee has already bowled 13 overs and will need to manage his load.
Root grabs a couple and then a single as the pressure valve is released ever so slightly. He then times a driver perfectly but another excellent piece of fielding from Bracewell saves the boundary. Brook is nearly punished as an ugly hack cannons off his inside edge and narrowly misses his stumps.
New Zealand have been very good since lunch. They've found their areas and tied England up for the most part, despite the visitors still trying to be aggressive. Henry is still getting plenty from this surface and even Brook looks a tad conservative now.
The pressure is building after another maiden over. Root continues to come down at Southee. He's clearly keen to try and get things ticking over but Southee is making it very tough.
Drives and cuts are well fielded by the Kiwis with Root finding it tough ot get it away. Another maiden. The green tinge to this pitch is slowly starting to disappear, suggesting the surface will only become better to bat on as the match wears on.
Henry takes a sore one on the hand as he gets down to a powerful Brook drive. Brook then gets squared up as Henry finds the awkward length he's looking for. Brook hammers the fifth ball of the over down the ground for four though before getting beaten by a lovely Henry delivery.
Good contest. Southee is Anderson-esque with his accuracy, bringing Root forward and not allowing him his more comfortable release shots off the back foot. Nicholls is alert at gully as Root looks to run one down to third man.
Maiden from Southee. Matt Henry is back into the attack and immediately Root is down the track to him. England may want to try and wrestle the initiative away from Henry – easily New Zealand's most dangerous bowler in the first session.
A few quick singles for England, three from the over. Wagner puts his body on the line to deny Root a boundary but England still get through for a single. Brook drives uppishly through the covers but there's little danger and he gets back for two.
Southee looks like he'll take the first over after lunch. The start of this session feels pivotal in how this game will eventually set up. If England come through unscathed with Root and Brook still there, a big, big total should be on the cards for the visitors with New Zealand likely to tire as the day wears on.
However, remember England are already three down, meaning just a couple of quick wickets could put the hosts right back in the driving seat. Steven Finn, speaking on BT Sport : "The freedom that Harry Brook is playing with has been incredible. The confidence that he's got, even when he's mishitting them, they're going over fielders' heads or they're missing them.
"He's always proactive and trying to take the scoreboard forward. That will take the pressure off Joe Root. "But I think the old, wily head of Root will also be thinking that later on there will be some tired boys in the bowling attack that you can take advantage of.
" By Nick Hoult, at the Basin Reserve Zak Crawley has one more innings to lift the pressure on his place after another low score as England started badly in Wellington. Crawley was caught behind for two off 12 balls as three England wickets fell in the first six overs on a greentop at the Basin Reserve before Harry Brook and Joe Root rallied. For an attacking player with a flaky defence this was always going to be a tough test for Crawley if Ben Stokes lost the toss.
No captain has batted first at the Basin Reserve for nearly ten years - 50 first-class games - and England were never going to go out and take the shine off the ball once Tim Southee put them in. Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope were all out caught in the cordon. Crawley started England’s winter with an 86 ball hundred in Rawalpindi but since then he has averaged 13.
85. His job is to knock new ball bowlers out of the attack before better, more technically assured players come in and build on his work. But Crawley has been and gone in a blink of an eye since the Pindi Test; his longest innings lasting just 41 balls.
Who do England pick in his place? Alex Lees averaged 40 at a strike rate of 82 for the Lions recently but it feels as though England have moved on from him. Jonny Bairstow is an option but he has never batted higher than three and didn’t like that position either. Ollie Pope, who tried to be positive before falling to a stunning slip catch by Michael Bracewell off Matt Henry, is another possibility but also lacks any opening experience.
The easiest answer for England is Crawley making runs in the second innings. Luckily for him, Basin Reserve pitches flatten out. Alastair Cook, speaking on BT Sport : "I'd give that session quite comfortably to England if take the conditions into account and the fact that New Zealdn have only three seamers and a spinner to turn to.
"The bowlers will still be fairly fresh after lunch but if this partnership builds there will be some damage later on in the day. You can tell by the way that Joe Root is playing that he knows that. " By Nick Hoult, at the Basin Reserve Outstanding session of Test cricket – best of the series.
England recovering after the wobble against the new ball with Harry Brook making a run-a-ball fifty and the old Joe Root emerging from his Bazball cloud. Root with 23 off 65 provided the soothing balm England needed after the young dashers Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope all failed. Brook played the shot of the morning - stepping back and smashing Neil Wagner bouncer over mid on - making it look easy despite the conditions.
New Zealand started quickly in favourable conditions but you'd have to say that's England's session after a superb rally led by Brook and Root. Intriguing afternoon ahead methinks. Michael Bracewell is into the attack for an over of spin before lunch and there's some clear turn on the evidence of his first delivery.
Root is watchful before grabbing a single from a ball which is dropped too short. Brook squeezes one past point for three and reaches his fifty. Another superb knock from arguably the form player in world cricket.
And that's lunch at the Basin Reserve on day one as England tick past 100. Root pinches a cheeky single into the off side. Those ones drive bowlers mad but it's excellent work from the Yorkshireman.
Wagner tries the short stuff to Brook, who has looked a shade loose when taking on the ball which is banged in. Nothing loose about that pull though, four more. Southee's accuracy is keeping Root honest at the other end as the clock ticks towards lunch.
We're only abouty ten minutes away now and how New Zealdn would love another England scalp before the break. Look leaves one which ducks dangerously back in towards his off stump but it's well judged in the end. Brook is looking to go after Wagner but mis-times a drive.
Three balls later, Brook backs away and hacks one straight over mid-on for four. He simply will not be dictated to. Wagner comes back well though and limits England to just four from the over.
Music in between every over? I'm not a massive fan watching on from the UK but in fairness after a few cold ones I could feel rather different. Southee bowls a peach to Root, proving the assistance in the pitch is still there provided New Zealand can find the right areas. Root tries to come down to Southee and gets squared up.
This is better from the hosts' captain. Brook eases one off his legs for four as Wagner strays slightly. His ability to punish bad bowling is remarkable.
Root leans on one into the off side for a single before Brook hammers another one through mid-wicket for four. All of a sudden the runs are ticking over nicely for England. The commentary team on BT Sport suggesting New Zealand have let England off a little lightly here after the position they had them in early on.
It's tough to disagree. Brook steals a single into the leg side after a miscue before a shocking misfield – and I mean shocking – from Matt Henry allows Root to scamper through for a couple. Wagner is bowling into the wind and his relatively gentle pace could make him the perfect bowler against whom to try and up the run rate a little.
Brook tries to take him on but gets tucked up and the ball flies into the air. It drops safely but that was a little loose from England's in-form man. England have weathered at least some of the early storm it seems.
Root appears willing to take his time, while Brook patience is peppered with moments of outrageous aggression. Southee's relentless accuracy continues and it's just two from the over. Neil Wagner is going to have a bowl now, he'll just offer something a little different for New Zealand now.
He's looking to bring the ball back into the two right-handers. Sharp work from Bracewell at short cover saves a Root boundary. Southee is back into the attack in relief of Matt Henry.
Root sees one keep a shade low from the New Zealand captain, acting as a reminder that there are still a few gremlins in this pitch. England appear to be getting used to the military medium of Mitchell, as evidenced by Brook smashing him back over his head for four. More comfortable for the visitors now.
Just seen an angle of how far Root is batting outside his crease to Henry. The seam movement has really got England thinking here. One from the over.
More tidy work from Mitchell, who is just getting enough nip off the surface to keep things interesting. Three from the over. By Nick Hoult, at the Basin Reserve We will learn something about wonderkid Harry Brook today.
This is the first time he has batted under pressure in the first innings on a difficult pitch in Test cricket. He’s off to a flier with three fours in a row off Southee but it is his defence that is going to be tested today. This is a classic county pitch, the kind he has been brought up on in early summer championship cricket, which is why England are batting out of their crease and trying to nullify the seam movement.
Brook is very lucky not to play on off the first ball of Henry's over before being surprised by an excellent bouncer. The England man sees one race down to fine leg off his thigh pad for four. England have countered somewhat after New Zealand's quick start but they are a long way from being in control here.
Daryl Mitchell is on to bowl his awkward medium pace. On these sorts of wickets, bowling like this can be a real handful. Just ask any club player playing in April in England.
Root looks awkward as negotiates a maiden from Mitchell. Vital partnership this not least for Joe Root, who would love to end this winter with a decent score to carry forward into the summer. Root squeezes one past gully for four.
A little edgy but he was just about in control. He's then beaten all ends up by Henry, who really has been excellent so far this morning. Brook piles into a cover drive off Southee but there's plenty of risk in that shot, not sure the hosts will mind seeing that.
The next ball is short and wide and punished through point by Brook before the next ball also disappears to the boundary. Brook is not going to adjust his style here, that much is clear. Henry finds Brook's edge but this time England are fortunate as the ball finds the gap between third slip and gully and races away for four.
The greentop holds the edge over Bazball early on here. Man-of-the-moment Harry Brook is in and surely England need to just slightly tweak their approach here. Or not.
Brook skips down the wicket and tucks one away off his legs for three off Southee. What. A.
Catch. Duckett reaches for one outside off stump on the drive and Bracewell launches himself, full stretch to take a superb one-handed grab. England are under serious pressure here.
FOW: 21-3 All action over that. Didn't get a chance to mention that Joe Root is of course England's new man. New Zealand have burnt two reviews in the first hour.
Have New Zealand got Root first ball here? He's come a long way down but it's close. DRS shows the ball was going over. .
. breath a sigh of relief England fans. What a delivery and Pope's gone.
The ball after getting crashed through cover for four, Pope is beaten by a superb delivery from Henry. Bracewell holds a good catch at third slip. FOW: 21-2 Southee turns to the umpire for LBW decision but he's round the wicket to Duckett, who's clearly outside the line.
Two balls later, Duckett goes for an expansive drive and again gets it wrong before a leading edge flies over the slips the very next ball. Ollie Pope is the new man and he's looking to be positive early, coming down to Henry to try and whip one through mid-wicket. The very next ball, he does just that and that's England's first boundary of the morning.
Crawley's gone. . .
It's a beauty from Henry in fairness, which just does enough off the pitch to keep the England opener honest. It's featherweight nick through the Blundell and England a one down early. FOW: 5-1 Southee gets his first look at Duckett, who looks keen to move out of his crease early on here in an effort to negate any early movement.
Duckett has a big swipe at a wide half-volley but appears deceived by the pac
