New Zealand vs England Live Score, 1st Test: Day 3

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Short and onto the body, nipping back in. William O'Rourke fails to get away and takes the blow on the body.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Back of a length, just on off, William O'Rourke presses ahead and stabs it to point.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Way too short and on the body, William O'Rourke tries to take it on and goes for the pull shot, misses.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Gus Atkinson bowls a surprise bumper on middle, William O'Rourke tries to ride the bounce and it goes off the handle of the bat towards the cover region.

Chris Woakes to Daryl Mitchell, Sliding down the leg side, on a fuller length. Daryl Mitchell goes for a hoick across but plays over the wrong line and gets pinned on the front pad. The ball lobs off his pad and falls in the vacant short mid-wicket region.

Chris Woakes to William O'Rourke, O'Rourke is off the mark and off the strike as well. Full and angling in on leg, William O'Rourke flicks it wide of mid on for a single.

Chris Woakes to Daryl Mitchell, TEST FIFTY NUMBER 13 FOR DARYL MITCHELL! His 6th against England. Short of a good length, outside off, punched away to deep cover for a single. An inning of grit and resilience from the right-hander. He has held one end brilliantly so far.

Chris Woakes to Daryl Mitchell, Short and on the middle, pulled away to deep square leg. 

Chris Woakes to Daryl Mitchell, IN THE AIR AND JUST SHORT OF LONG OFF! Woakes delivers it full and outside off, Daryl Mitchell lofts it over mid off and it goes flat towards long off and just dips on the fielder. The fielder gets his hands on the full and parries it to the deep cover region. Two taken.

Chris Woakes to Daryl Mitchell, Hurls it on a good length, outside off, Daryl Mitchell stands tall and mistimes the punch down to long off. Denies the single.

Chris Woakes is into the attack now. He is 13-1-39-3 so far, and replaces Brydon Carse.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Gus Atkinson hits the deck hard onto the pads, William O'Rourke tucks it nicely along the ground to deep square leg. No run taken. 

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Nice and full, on off, driven firmly to the cover region. NO BALL called as Gus Atkinson has overstepped. That is number 12 in this innings.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Steep bumper on off, William O'Rourke arches back and lets it pass to the keeper.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, WIDE! Over the head bumper, on leg, ducked away. Wide called.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Back of a length, going down the leg stump. O'Rourke sways away from the line and lets it be.

Gus Atkinson to William O'Rourke, Fuller length around middle and leg. O'Rourke blocks it.

William O'Rourke is the last batter in for New Zealand.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, OUT! HIGH UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! A spectacular catch by Joe Root and third time unlucky for Southee as he holes out this time around! Gus Atkinson comes from around the stumps and fires it in, full and on the leg stump line. Tim Southee gets the front foot out of the way to creat some room. Doesn't try to keep it down and goes through the shot swinging too hard at it. Loses his shape a bit and mistimes it in the air. Gets the elevation but it goes only as far as the deep mid-wicket region. Joe Root does the hard yards from deep square leg as he runs to his left, locks his eyes on the ball and takes a fine catch by sliding in the end.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Bangs a shorter one, on middle, angling across, Tim Southee tries to hoick it aerially but misses.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Tests the batter with another bumper, Daryl Mitchell is firm to duck under it.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Pitched fuller in length, on the stumps, Daryl Mitchell prods ahead and pushes it to long off for a couple of runs.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, A bit full and outside off, Daryl Mitchell decides to leave it alone. Some constant chirping by Carse now.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Good length, on middle and off. Mitchell pushes it to mid on.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Banged short, outside leg, Daryl Mitchell sways out of the line.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Around the wicket. A length ball down the leg side. Mitchell misses to flick and gets a thick inside edge onto his pad and then to the keeper.

Drinks! Well, it has been an entertaining first hour of play at Hagley, to say the least. As conditions looked pretty good to bat on with the sun out, England invoked a barrage of short balls to trouble the batters. But they were dealt with caution from Nathan Smith and Daryl Mitchell. However, the moment Brydon Carse changed his length and went fuller, he struck a double whammy and also got his 5-fer. New Zealand lead by 56 runs and need to do a lot more to get to a challenging total. Whereas, England would be desperate to get those two remaining wickets as quickly as possible and come out to bat.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, This time, he lets it go through. Short and top of the stumps, Tim Southee gets his sight off the ball and leaves.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, SIX MORE! Southee upping the ante here! Just gets enough! Gus Atkinson again bowls a short one, across off, Tim Southee backs away and swings through swiftly. Pulls it just behind the deep mid-wicket region. The two fielders in the deep lurk around for the catch but it just sails over the ropes for a six. Southee's 95th six.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Around the wicket now. Gus Atkinson fires in a yorker, on the legs, Tim Southee adjusts well and jams his bat ahead in time.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, SIX! TEST SIX NUMBER 94 FOR SOUTHEE! Banged short, on the stumps, Tim Southee gets in position quickly and pulls it aerially. Gets the connection right and dispatches it behind deep square leg for a huge biggie. And the lead goes past 50 runs now for New Zealand. The 200 also comes up for the Blackcaps.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Gus Atkinson now fires in an attempted yorker. Tim Southee clears the front foot to create some room to dig it out but gets an inside edge that runs to the left of the keeper. Ollie Pope does pretty well to collect the ball on the dive. A front foot NO BALL as Gus Atkinson has overstepped.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Swing and a miss! Gus Atkinson bashes the hard length, just outside off, Tim Southee clears his front foot to pull across but only meets thin air.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Shortish and on the leg stump line, Tim Southee shuffles a bit to pull but gets it off the bottom edge to the left of the keeper.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Short and zips through the deck, Daryl Mitchell exercises again to duck underneath the ball.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Length ball on the leg stump. Mitchell works it to mid-wicket.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Hard length, pitching outside leg and coming high on the body, Daryl Mitchell gets behind it and tries to pat it on the surface but ends up fending it in front. Carse scoots forward and collects it on a couple of bounces.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Another bounce, on the stumps, Daryl Mitchell squats under it safely.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Attacks the batter with another bumper, a steep one that flies off the surface. Daryl Mitchell can only duck under it. Carse chirps to Daryl Mitchell and the latter exchanges a smirky smile.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, WIDE! Way too short, down leg and over the head. Mitchell opts out of the way. Wide given.

Brydon Carse to Daryl Mitchell, Back of a length, outside off, Daryl Mitchell climbs on the bounce and guides it to cover-point.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Back of a length going way down the leg. Southee misses the flick.

A mandatory concussion test is in place for Tim Southee. Some fluids in and he is fine to continue.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Ouch! That is right onto the helmet! Gus Atkinson bangs it into the surface, a vicious bumper, on the bodyline, Tim Southee decides to take on and goes through the pull shot but the ball gets a bit heavy on him and strikes right on the grille.

Gus Atkinson to Tim Southee, Length delivery on the stumps. Southee taps it back to the bowler.

Halt! Oh dear! Ben Stokes looked in a bit of discomfort right after delivering the ball. Felt something on his right foot and straightaway decided to get out of attack. Gus Atkinson to continue the remaining over.

Ben Stokes to Tim Southee, Sharp bumper on off, Tim Southee just ducks underneath it.

Ben Stokes to Daryl Mitchell, A leg-cutter from Stokes, on a length and on the stumps at 126.7 kph. Mitchell gets inside the line and glances it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Ben Stokes to Daryl Mitchell, Full and at the stumps. Mitchell taps it back to the bowler.

Tim Southee is in at number 10.