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by Mike Peter & Timothy Abraham

  1. new ball

    Eng 342-7

    Trail by 96

    Jofra Archer rubs salt in Ben Sears' wound, edging the next delivery past slip while attempting a big drive - that's four.

    New ball time at the end of the over - New Zealand take it immediately and Nathan Smith is coming on to use it.

    Jofra ArcherGetty Images

  2. Not out

    Eng 338-7

    Yeah, that was very hopeful.

    Ball tracking has the delivery sliding quite a way down leg.

    New Zealand lose their final review, England have three remaining.

  3. New Zealand review

    The wicketless Ben Sears is going to seek a dismissal on review.

    He strikes Gus Atkinson on the pad, it looks to be sliding down leg, but the tourists are going to use their final review.

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    Arnie Sidebottom played cricket for England and football for Manchester United.

    Phil, York

    Max Woosnam - Sports CV (including cricket) speaks for itself. A 147 break in snooker and beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife!

    Sam, Croatia

    What about Jeff Wilson, played Test cricket and rugby for New Zealand.

    Nick in Leeds

  5. Eng 338-7

    Mitchell Santner is having a better time of it in the afternoon session - this over goes for two singles as well.

    That means England now trail by exactly 100 - the first innings deficit they conceded at The Oval.

  6. Eng 336-7

    Jofra Archer denies Ben Sears a maiden, taking a single off the seamer's final over to retain the strike.

    Excluding the subbed Blair Tickner, Sears is the only New Zealand seamer without a wicket - he has figures of 0-69 from 16 overs.

  7. Eng 335-7

    Ah, here's Mitchell Santner, who's coming on for Zak Foulkes.

    The spinner has been expensive thus far, going for 0-55 from eight overs.

    He concedes a couple of singles from this effort.

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    Jim, Croydon

    Funny enough, Jim, we interviewed Nigel Martyn last month after his call-up into the England's over-60s cricket setup. You can read more about here...

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    That was crunch from Archer then.

  10. Eng 333-7

    Parried... and to the ropes.

    Jofra Archer cuts Ben Sears a little aerially towards the backward point boundary.

    Rachin Ravindra runs round to try and gather, but can't quite gather cleanly as Archer picks up his first four.

  11. Eng 327-7

    Hey, first boundary of the session.

    Gus Atkinson either gets a touch of bat or some pad on a full Zak Foulkes delivery and the ball hurries away fine.

    The runs end up in Atkinson's column.

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    Jon, Woodstock

  13. Eng 323-7

    Gus Atkinson digs out the full ball from Ben Sears, sending a single down to fine leg.

    Jofra Archer faces four more dot balls - England have scored nine runs in the six overs since lunch.

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    Tennis player Ash Barty played T20 Big Bash, won Wimbledon and has tried her hand at golf, too, I believe.

    Amanda, London

  15. Eng 322-7

    Jofra Archer faces three dot balls to see out Zak Foulkes' over - the seamer has figures of 2-30 now.

    Meanwhile Andy Zaltzman informs us that, in innings where Harry Brook has made a half-century, he's been dismissed in the fifties on four of the last five occasions and seven of the last 11.

  16. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on Test Match Special

    That is exactly why Foulkes is still bowling. It was a lovely delivery.

    Brook batted so sensibly out in the field today, on another day he would have been thinking should I have just hit that for six.

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Brook b Foulkes 58 (Eng 322-7)

    Fantastic bit of bowling.

    Concussion sub Zak Foulkes has his second wicket, a little movement off the seam and taking the top of Harry Brook's off stump.

    Brook offered a sensible defence, but was beaten all ends up.

    England's last senior batter departs, and they still trail by 116.

  18. Eng 320-6

    Harry Brook comes down the pitch to take a single off Ben Sears, before Gus Atkinson faces five dot balls from the New Zealand seamer.

  19. Eng 318-6

    Very nice.

    Zak Foulkes' delivery lifts and beats the edge of Gus Atkinson's bat.

    The 24-year-old has bowled very well since coming in as a concussion sub for Blair Tickner yesterday.

    Gus AtkinsonGetty Images

  20. Eng 316-6

    Same again in the following over, Harry Brook works a delivery off his pads for a single off Ben Sears' bowling - the only scoring shot from the six deliveries.