Summary

  • Second Test, day one, The Kia Oval

  • England win toss and bowl

  • NZ 291-7 at the close: Blundell 51, Phillips 49*; Bethell 2-8, Baker 2-63

  • Hosts are 1-0 up in three-match series

  • Watch highlights in BBC Two and iPlayer from 19:00 BST

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Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Timothy Abraham

  1. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Jofra Archer's opening over had an average speed of 89.9 mph. That's the fastest first over of a Test match in his career and the fastest ever recorded opening over in England.

  2. NZ 19-1

    Tom Latham is showing the necessary discipline and judgment here.

    The New Zealand opener appears content to see the shine off the new ball from Matthew Fisher as he grafts through a maiden.

    Latham sees the final ball of Fisher's over hoop back into his heels, but it's tailing away to the leg side so there's nothing really doing despite the England seamer's exasperated expression.

    Latham is eight off 36 balls.

  3. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Tom Latham's batting average for the last three years:

    • 1st innings of the Test - 41.77
    • 2nd innings of the Test - 18.80

  4. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at The Oval

    Re 11:55 - Joe Root had a leg slip, a leg gully and a short leg in that over.

  5. NZ 19-1

    A smart change, then, Michael, to bring Josh Tongue into the fray.

    The Nottinghamshire seamer is immediately into the corridor of uncertainty forcing Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls to play at a few more deliveries

    Nicholls shows expert judgment to leave a nip-backer from Tongue from the penultimate delivery of the over. Two types of leave etc.

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

    Mid afternoon, this pitch is going to be doing nothing. If there's going to be any movement, it's going it be now. England are going to have to make use of it.

  7. NZ 17-1

    Matthew Fisher has his hands on his head at the end of the over after another delivery goes through to wicketkeeper James Rew.

    In truth, there was plenty in that over for Tom Latham to leave well alone.

    Fisher, perhaps, trying to create a bit of theatre.

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

    It looks a beauty of a pitch, really good batting pitch. There isn't a great deal out there for the seamers, maybe a bit of nibble.

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    Derek Bingle, Winchester: Re George from Essex at 11:48. Sadly, you've peaked too early and it's all downhill from here.

  10. NZ 17-1

    Jofra Archer catching a ball being thrown to his right handGetty Images

    A peach from Jofra Archer at the start of the seven over.

    The England fast bowler fizzes a short-ish delivery past a tentative defensive prod from Tom Latham.

    Great to see Archer back in the whites and bowling at full throttle.

  11. How's stat?!

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Matthew Fisher's average swing so far is 3.3 degrees, highest for any spell for any bowler in the series so far.

  12. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Little bit of a strangle. Face of the bat, Conway almost paddled it around there, Rew is delighted. How is that, he'll be delighted with that.

    England make the breakthrough, a bit of a wrangle but I don't mind that in this Oval pitch.

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

    Fisher has got a wicket on his return!

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    WICKET

    Conway c Rew b Fisher 9 (NZ 14-1)

    Matthew Fisher continues to probe. He beats the outside edge of Tom Latham's bat with his second delivery.

    Devon Conway then attempts a kind of legside flash at the final ball of the over, rather half-heartedly, and ends up strangled.

    Wicketkeeper James Rew gobbles up his first catch behind the stumps.

  15. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at The Oval

    Fine leg, leg gully, short-ish mid-wicket. Is this Joe Root's funky field era?

  16. NZ 12-0

    A maiden from Jofra Archer to Tom Latham.

    It's tight from the England quick but he arguably needs to dangle the carrot to the Kiwi opener a bit more here.

    Latham content to leave plenty alone.

  17. NZ 12-0

    England cricketer Matthew Fisher.Getty Images

    Matthew Fisher finds a bit of nip off the pitch and plenty of movement through the air. New Zealand's opening pair largely revert to survival mode.

    Tom Latham picks up a couple with an inside edge which goes square.

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    George, Essex: A-levels finished yesterday, England in a Test match, and then football tonight. Does life get any better?

  19. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at The Oval

    Jofra Archer's last Test for England was the third of the Ashes series in Adelaide. He's missed three matches. Aside from Jofra, only four England players have survived from that XI.

  20. NZ 9-0

    Wooosh.

    Quick again from Jofra Archer and Devon Conway flashes an expansive drive wide of off stump to the penultimate delivery of the England fast bowler's second over.

    The ball sails through the cordon, just wide of gully, and he picks up a rather fortunate four.