Summary

Have your say on England men this summer

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Mike Peter

  1. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    England's batting has just been off it. The expected average (i.e. the quality of the balls both teams have bowled) has been identical, 31.6 - but England are on track to significantly underperform that.

  2. Eng 236-7

    Kyle Jamieson sends down a maiden to Matthew Fisher, with one short ball rebounding off his back and looping to the slips.

    No-one is cheeky enough to appeal that one.

  3. Eng 236-7

    Trail by 155

    Matthew Fisher arrives at the crease with some work to do.

    He edges his second ball from Matt Henry, but the ball drops short of slip.

    A single gets him off strike, and Henry slams a delivery into Jofra Archer's pads - via a nick of the bat.

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

    Such a big wicket because Jordan Cox you would think would have been so important for England to get this lead down to a manageable amount.

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

    That's not England want at all. Perhaps Cox was a little casual there.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Cox c Latham b Henry 27 (Eng 235-7)

    New Zealand's Matt Henry and Tom Latham celebrate wicket.Getty Images

    Well, Jordan Cox isn't hanging around to enjoy that batting track.

    The debutant clips Matt Henry to Tom Latham, who has positioned himself at short mid-wicket.

    The New Zealand captain makes no mistake with the catch, holding on diving to his right.

    England's last senior batter departs, it's down to the tail now.

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

    This pitch feels like a really good batting deck. You get so well rewarded.

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

    Jofra Archer waited, drifted through and timed it very well.

  9. Eng 235-6

    Jofra Archer gets going in style, twice drives Kyle Jamieson for four past point.

    Between those two shots Jamieson did jag one past Archer's bat.

  10. Eng 227-6

    Well, Jordan Cox won't mind that.

    Matt Henry delivers a ball on the pads and Cox tucks it away for four through square.

    The only scoring shot of the over, so Jofra Archer will face Kyle Jamieson in the next over - he failed to score off 11 balls yesterday evening.

  11. Eng 223-6

    Trail by 168

    Jordan Cox faces five dot balls from Kyle Jamieson to start his day, then guides the final delivery of the over through backward point for a single.

  12. England begin batting on day 3Getty Images

    Blue skies at The Oval, it looks like a lovely day for batting.

    England will hope they can enjoy as much of these conditions as possible.

    The teams are out there, Jordan Cox, on 22, will face Kyle Jamieson from the Pavilion End.

    Jordan Archer is at the non-striker's end - he's yet to score.

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    I fear the weather forecast of sun all day will make for easy batting conditions for New Zealand’s 2nd innings. I think it could get quite ugly today unless Cox and the tail can pull of something special.

    Gus, Oxford

  14. While we wait for day three to start, we've got plenty for you to tuck into.

    Why not take a read of Stephan Shemilt's day two report?

    If you're a sucker for punishment, there's Today at the Test on iPlayer.

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  15. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Chester-le-Street

    Ben Stokes

    Meanwhile at Chester-le-Street...

    There are more TV cameras and photographers here than you may expect for a match in the second division of the County Championship.

    Ben Stokes, after everything that has gone on, plays for his county today 250 miles or so from The Oval.

  16. England are of course without captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson after a certain nightclub incident, and yesterday's showing plenty of the crowd might have wondered what could have been had they been present.

    We've got a fresh round of County Championship matches today, and we've got a man on the scene...

  17. Hello there.

    Things can only get better for England... right?

    After a dismal day yesterday, they resume at The Oval on 222-6, still trailing by 169.

    Debutant Jordan Cox, who has Jofra Archer alongside him, will need to knuckle down this morning if he is to dig England out of their hole.

    Let's see what he can do...