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by Mike Peter

  1. NZ 164-4

    Jofra Archer bowls his entire over to Daryl Mitchell, who takes a two to backward square but otherwise doesn't score.

    New Zealand are going along at just under 3.5 runs an over.

  2. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Joe Root has definitely changed since the last time he was captain.

    Maybe after tea he can have a look at the short ball but I still think if you get the ball in the right zone for long enough, there is something being offered.

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    Re 15:19 Professions XI and Dermot Reeve. A 'reeve' was often appointed for a shire. Called a 'shire reeve', from which the word 'sheriff' originates.

    John, Penn, High Wycombe

    This is the kind of etymology we are here for, John...

  4. NZ 162-4

    Harry Brook continues for a second over, with two leg slips in - Joe Root is getting funky in his old age.

    Brook mixes it up a bit - one of his deliveries is 73mph.

    Daryl Mitchell takes three through point off the final ball of the over, with Jacob Bethell pulling off a decent stop on the boundary.

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

    You're not going to get 166 overs in this game, that's for sure.

  6. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Since lunch, PitchViz has dropped to 5.8/10, the easiest for any session in the series.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    The 50 partnership between Blundell and Mitchell has been reached in 9.2 overs.

  8. NZ 158-4

    Here is Jofra Archer, for the first time in this session.

    His first delivery is struck sweetly by Tom Blundell past point, bringing up New Zealand's 150.

    A further four comes from leg byes off the New Zealand wicketkeeper, and that's the fifty partnership too.

  9. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at The Oval

    This might be a changover over from Harry Brook, so Fisher can swap ends for Archer to return.

  10. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That was a one day yahoo. You'll be disappointed with that stroke if you're England. When you're facing part timers, a hit like that scares them.

  11. NZ 149-4

    Matthew Henry's leading question at 14:24 bears fruit - here is Harry Brook... England's frontline slower bowler?

    He replaces Sonny Baker.

    Daryl Mitchell, who now seems to have his eye in a bit, sends Brook flying in the air over the covers, with the ball landing a little inside the boundary and then running to the rope.

  12. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This pitch is a really good pitch for batting. It's the kind of pitch where is someone really wants to go, they could go very quickly.

    England have bowled well though, a lot of pace out there.

  13. NZ 145-4

    Another powerful four for Daryl Mitchell, thumping Matthew Fisher's first ball through the off side.

    As of the end of the over, this partnership is worth 38.

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    Carl Hooper (barrel maker, and legend).

    Russell, Minchinhampton

    Professions XI - working hard in the office are Joe Clarke and Lauren Filer.

    Rachel, Leeds

    Can we add Amy Hunter, Charlie Dean and Linsey Smith to the professions XI?

    Jim, Haworth

  15. NZ 140-4

    Oh, hello.

    Daryl Mitchell has looked pretty scratchy thus far, but he absolutely flays Sonny Baker's wide-ish delivery through the covers for four.

    Tom Blundell gets in on the action off the over's final ball, offering a textbook drive through the same area to pick up his first boundary.

  16. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    New Zealand have just played. There's been no effort to get after the inexperienced bowlers.

  17. NZ 127-4

    Daryl Mitchell's turn to take two, sending Matthew Fisher out to mid-wicket.

    We've got just over half an hour until tea, with the structure of the day adjusted after we started half an hour late.

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    Have we had Bishop David Sheppard yet? The only person to ever play Test cricket whilst being an ordained priest! Nominative determinism on many levels!

    Revd Seabourne, St Giles Church, West Bridgford, Notts

    Re: Professions XI. Can't forget the Smith brothers - especially given 'The Judge' and the recent memorial, much missed!

    Jim, Portsmouth

    Surely Jordan Cox is the fourth 'professional' in this team - steering the England cricket ship to success.

    Alex, Birmingham

  19. NZ 124-4

    Another two for Tom Blundell, sending Sonny Baker square.

    The young seamer's final delivery has some good carry and passes the bat of the New Zealand wicketkeeper.

    Meanwhile here's how Baker dismissed Rachin Ravindra.

    'I think he enjoyed that!' - Baker takes his first Test wicket

  20. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    England have bowled well on a surface that hasn't really given them anything.