Summary

  • First Test, day three, Lord's

  • Persistent rain sees played called off for day at 17:30 BST

  • Robinson bowls Ravindra for eight before trapping Mitchell lbw for duck

  • Play started at 13:00 after rain delay before several more interruptions on a stop/start day, with no play since 14:10

  • New Zealand's victory target is 254; England require five more wickets

  • Watch highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer from 19:30 BST

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Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Ffion Wynne

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    Good to see Ffion getting into the spirit and going for lunch when the cricket can be played.

    Steve, London

  2. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    If you are gonna chase 250, you're going to need some luck and some positivity.

  3. NZ 43-3

    Target 254

    Big drive from Devon Conway first ball back and Gus Atkinson finds the edge... but the ball is skewed wide of gully for four.

    More control from Conway next ball, a defensive shot into the covers for a single.

    Dot ball to finish so Rachin Ravindra is still waiting to get off the pair.

  4. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    The wait continues for Rachin Ravindra to get off his first pair in Test cricket. Overall, he has recorded just seven ducks in 119 first-class innings and has only once been dismissed for a duck in both innings of a match, against Canterbury in 2019.

  5. Thanks, Ffion.

    Yep, everyone is back out there which is good, get some play in while you can. The latest weather radar I looked at suggested this rain-free spell won't last long.

  6. Restart at 13:22 BST

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    Well, there we go.

    Play will resume within the next few minutes and as I'm sure you can all understand, I am absolutely exhausted after live-texting those 11 balls, so here's Sam Drury to see how long this stint lasts.

  7. I'm told that it has now stopped raining and all that's left to do is get the hover cover off.

    Based on how today's gone so far, let's assume that'll take another hour and three more bouts of rain.

  8. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

    Nothing more predictable. Took lunch when it was dry, then it rains when it's finally time to play.

  9. Cricket really doesn't help itself sometimes, does it?

  10. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    NZ 37-3

    We managed 11 balls.

    Remember what I said about that lunch break looking silly?

  11. Guess what?

  12. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    Ollie Robinson may have been incredibly nervous [on Thursday] but he looked totally in control. It's been a big moment, coming back.

  13. NZ 37-3

    Target 254

    That drizzle hasn't turned into anything worse, thankfully.

    Ollie Robinson picks up where he left off, conceding just a single from his first to Devon Conway. Rachin Ravindra remains on nought - after a golden duck and two dropped catches, he could do with a redemption innings.

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    There seems to be no other sport in which timings for play have to revolve around players’ meal arrangements…

    Nick, Suffolk

  15. Oh, and obviously, it is now drizzling.

  16. NZ 36-3

    Ravindra survives his first ball.

  17. This was the last ball of play last night, meaning Rachin Ravindra is on strike mid-Atkinson over and he is on a king pair.

  18. Right, it looks like we're going to get some cricket! How much, exactly, remains a mystery but let's take the positives for now.

  19. Play should be starting in 15 minutes' time.

    A nervous wait to see whether that 1pm rain materialises...

  20. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

    The weather is dry, the covers are off. Bar the creases being repainted, the ground is ready. The players are out warming up. Why are we not playing?