New Zealand vs England 1st Test Day 2 Live Score Updates

We are back with the second innings. The two umpires are already out to the middle and the fielders of New Zealand spread out to their positions. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett are the two English openers. Tim Southee to operate with three regular slips in place for New Zealand. And here we go...

... SECOND INNINGS ...

Right then, New Zealand had been bowled out on 348 and with the ball doing some mischief, moving both ways through the air, the Kiwi pacers would be aiming to get quick early wickets to put pressure on the English batters. England on the other hand won't shy away from their approach and will surely try to score runs at a good pace. A riveting next phase of play on cards, folks! Stay tuned.

For New Zealand, after putting into bat first, they didn't get a good start as they lost Devon Conway in the second over of the match. But it was followed by a strong partnership between skipper Tom Latham and Kane Williamson. The hosts dominated the first two sessions and what followed was a dramatic collapse. From a commanding position of being 199/3, New Zealand slipped to 252/7, losing Kane Williamson on 93. The middle order batters did get starts but couldn't extend those into substantial scores. It was Glenn Phillips who rescued New Zealand with his gutsy and pacy stint of 58 runs with the bat to propel the hosts past the 300-run mark. He got a good hand from Matt Henry and then a little cameo from Tim Southee as well.

A good day to start for England following an ascendancy towards the end of the first day.. They did the basic things right this morning. The seamers extracted the movement off the pitch and troubled the tailenders of New Zealand. Shoaib Bashir and Brydon Carse were the heroes for England as they shared four wickets apiece and ran through the middle order and the tailenders quite effectively. Gus Atkinson picked a couple as well while Chris Woakes bowled 20 overs but stayed wicketless.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! That's a beauty from Carse! He completes his 4-fer and wraps up New Zealand's innings in style. It couldn't be a better ball to bowl against a tailender. Carse steams in from over the stumps and bowls a pinpoint yorker on the stumps, William O'Rourke the tall man bends low and tries to jam his bat in the way, but gets beaten by the pace and the ball beats the edge of his bat before shattering the off and middle stumps. New Zealand finish at 348.

Back of a length, skidding through the surface, on middle and leg, Glenn Phillips hops on the back foot and glides it on the bounce towards deep backward square leg for a single.

Hits the deck hard does Carse, on middle with a hint of outswing. Glenn Phillips gets behind the line and blocks it off.

Hones it full and outside off. Phillips drives it to the left of long off and calls for two straightaway. Stokes from the in-field chases it to the deep and the batters hare back for the second.

Length ball outside off. Phillips backs away and cuts it to deep point.

FOUR BYES! That's gone past everyone! 'Oh, wow!' exclaims Glenn Phillips. A real nip-backer off the surface, swinging into the batter on a good length, Glenn Phillips is totally undone by the ball tailing back into him as he looks to block it off. It goes past his inside edge and runs through beating the wicket-keeper to his left and goes to the fence. Carse is bowling some serious gas out there.

A wild inswinger now, starts from outside off and curves back into the batter on middle, William O'Rourke prods ahead to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Back of a length outside off. Phillips drives it towards deep backward point for a single.

Wild swing and a miss! Not too far away from the outside edge. Chris Woakes keeps the line of attack outside off, on a good length, shaping away a touch. Glenn Phillips does not move his feet and goes for a wild slash over the cover region but misses it all.

WIDE! An over-the-head-bumper from Woakes now. Wide called.

Good length and just outside off. Phillips punches it to cover.

Woakes now follows up with an inswinger on a length outside off. Phillips gets cramped for room as he fends it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Whoa, lightning-fast hands from Glenn Phillips there. Woakes offers some width, on a good length, outside off, Glenn Phillips stands in his crease and transfers his weight on the back foot and just slashes it through the cover-point gap for a cracking boundary. That's hit with some brute force as it races away like a tracer-bullet.

Back of a length on the stumps. O'Rourke stands tall and tucks it to mid-wicket.

Fuller length, outside off. it just shapes away after pitching. O'Rourke looks to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge.