Summary

Have your say on England men this summer

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by Mike Peter & Timothy Abraham

  1. NZ 209-7

    Lead by 293 runs

    A lesser-spotted no-ball for having three players behind square, after Emilio Gay wanders into the wrong part of the field at deep square leg.

    Zak Foulkes showing the maker's name as he defends the rest of Jofra Archer's over without scoring.

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    An obvious pick, but The Art Of Captaincy by Mike Brearley. So many lessons in leadership applicable well beyond the cricket field.

    Rachel, Leeds

    The Badminton Library's Book of Cricket (1888), which you can find online since it's out of copyright, is a Victorian gem. CLR James called it 'beautifully written and to this day as entertaining and instructive as anything that has ever been published on the game.'

    Sam, Edinburgh

    Another Bloody Tour by Frances Edmunds - telling the story of how England faced the West Indies away in 1986 and got the bruises to prove it. A story of brutal unrelenting fast bowling & batsmen trying to survive. Not for the squeamish.

    Steve, Kent

    Why does Reading get its own National Year? What about other towns on the M4?

    Pete, Great Missenden

  3. NZ 208-7

    The crowd are considerably more revved up now as Ben Stokes runs in.

    Zak Foulkes considers charging the England captain's fourth ball before wisely ducking out the way when he sees the length of it.

    Stokes finishes the over with a delivery wide of the crease which beats the outside edge of Daryl Mitchell's defensive shot.

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    Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    This is Daryl Mitchell's slowest Test fifty. His previous slowest came off 145 balls.

  5. NZ 206-7

    Jonny Bairstow is only down the road at Queens Park in Chesterfield.

    How will Daryl Mitchell approach this now with three wickets left? Time to go up through the gears?

  6. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Trent Bridge

    Target of 299? Send for Jonny.

  7. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I have got one thing right so far in this Test match, is that the wicket of Rachin Ravindra accelerated the game. This is a brilliant spell by Jofra Archer in this second innings.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Smith c Smith b Archer 1 (NZ 206-7)

    A beauty from Jofra Archer!

    Nathan Smith attempts to defend one in the corridor of uncertainy from Archer and nicks off.

    Jamie Smith gobbles up a straightforward catch and tosses the ball into the air in delight.

    England celebrating a wicketGetty Images

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    Ian Ridley's 'A Breath Of Sadness'. About finding joy through grief via county cricket after the passing of his wife. Reminds us that there are bigger things than our game, but that also our game can teach us about the bigger things in life. Simply beautiful!

    John, Bath

    Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann. We all see a little bit of ourselves in that book.

    Adam Charlotte, NC

    For non-fiction cricket writing, Wisden each year has no equal. We’re on the 163rd edition, and it keeps getting better. I couldn’t do without my little yellow Bible each spring.

    James, Elveden

  10. NZ 206-6

    A decent effort from England in the afternoon session so far.

    New Zealand's lead is 290 now so we're edging towards a record Test run chase at this venue.

  11. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England will be pleased to see the back of Mitchell Santner because he is that kind of player.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Santner c Smith b Stokes 0 (NZ 205-6)

    Ben Stokes might need to get the wax syringed from his ears.

    A clear nick shown on UltraEdge off the bat of Mitchell Santer to a delivery from the England skipper just outside off.

    Jamie Smith, standing back, took it and played his part by persuading Stokes to review that one.

    Ben Stokes and team celebrating wicketGetty Images

  13. England review

    England think Mitchell Santner has possibly nicked Ben Stokes into the gloves of Jamie Smith.

    Ball goes close to the bat.

    Stokes took some persuading to review it.

  14. 50 runs

    Fifty for Mitchell

    Daryl Mitchell is known as New Zealand's man for a sticky spot.

    He brings up his half-century off a single off Ben Stokes.

    It's come off 170 balls which gives an indication of his grit.

  15. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    He did well to catch that.

    I wasn't totally convinced but then he managed to balance himself.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Blundell c Gay b Archer 18 (NZ 204-5)

    Short. Hooked. Caught at deep square.

    It's a short-pitched delivery from Jofra Archer and Tom Blundell decides to take it on but his execution is a bit top-edgey.

    Emilio Gay has a little bit of a tricky catch on the boundary edge but he manages to cling on tumbling backwards.

    England have their fifth wicket.

    Emilio GayGetty Images

  17. NZ 200-4

    Tom Blundell nicks the first ball of Jofra Archer's 16th over wide of the diving Jacob Bethell at gully.

    Close for England but not close enough. The ball races away through the third region for four.

    A total of 59 runs through third in this innings.

    Jacob BethellGetty Images

  18. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    I've loved watching Daryl Mitchell bat because it's been such a challenge for him. He'll be battered and bruised when he gets back to the hotel.

  19. NZ 196-4

    Ben Stokes is bowling wide of the crease, angling it into Daryl Mitchell.

    A big appeal from Stokes after his fifth ball nips back into Mitchell and hits him on the top of the pad.

    It's an appeal laced with desperation, if we're honest. Way too high.

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    If you were listening to the TMS lunch discussion then you'll know 2026 is the National Year of Reading, the biggest campaign in a generation designed to help more people to discover or rediscover the joy of reading.

    The theme is to “go all in” on passions and interests and when it comes to a tradition of writing about a sport cricket has a rich and varied history.

    From the iconic Beyond a Boundary by CLR James to Harry Thompson’s Penguins Stopped Play. From Duncan Hamilton’s biography of Harold Larwood to the groundbreaking autobiography of Marcus Trescothick Coming Back to Me.

    We had a bit of a chat on Friday in this live on cricket in fiction, let's talk about your preferred cricketing non-fiction today. Any recommendations?