48th over: New Zealand 164-2 (Williamson 24, Ravindra 17)

47th over: New Zealand 160-2 (Williamson 20, Ravindra 17) Ravindra steers Potts to third for four, then drives the next ball gracefully through mid-off for another boundary. He’s raced to 17 from 12 balls.

46th over: New Zealand 152-2 (Williamson 20, Ravindra 9) England appeal for another leg-side strangle, this time against Williamson. It’s turned down on the field and Stokes, the bowler, decides not to review. Ollie Pope was really keen to go upstairs but Stokes wasn’t having it. And he was right: replays show the deviation was off Williamson’s hip.

Stokes remains wicketless but his figures are good: 13-3-29-0.

45th over: New Zealand 150-2 (Williamson 19, Ravindra 8) The new batter Rachin Ravindra gets going with successive boundaries off Potts, a slash over gully and a wristy on-drive. Lovely, silky stuff.

WICKET! New Zealand 142-2 (Latham c Pope b Potts 63)

44th over: New Zealand 141-1 (Latham 63, Williamson 19) While this has been a frustrating day for England, they certainly won’t think they’re out of the game. They beat New Zealand at Trent Bridge in 2022 after conceding 553 in the first innings, so

43rd over: New Zealand 139-1 (Latham 61, Williamson 18)

42nd over: New Zealand 139-1 (Latham 61, Williamson 18) Stokes beats Williamson with a beautiful good-length outswinger. Amid the loose stuff England have bowled some jaffas, which makes me think New Zealand’s score is a fair way above par.

41st over: New Zealand 138-1 (Latham 61, Williamson 17) That Potts over sums up England’s performance today. Two or three deliveries were spot on, demanding good defensive strokes from Latham, but he also speared a couple down the leg side. England haven’t been terrible, just a bit erratic.

40th over: New Zealand 138-1 (Latham 61, Williamson 17) Three singles from Stokes’s over. There’s still a bit happening for the seamers, which is why we haven’t seen Shoaib Bashir, but you’d imagine he’ll be the next bowling change unless England take a wicket.

39th over: New Zealand 135-1 (Latham 60, Williamson 16) A double bowling change, with Atkinson giving way to Potts. A reminder that he has a brilliant head-to-head record v Kane Williamson: three runs, three dismissals.

Williamson makes it seven runs, three dismissals with a fantastic swivel-pull for four. That shot could have been played by Ricky Ponting circa 2002.

38th over: New Zealand 131-1 (Latham 60, Williamson 12) Apologies, we’re having a few technical problems. Stokes returns in place of Carse and draws a thick edge from Latham that flies past gully for four more.

37th over: New Zealand 127-1 (Latham 56, Williamson 12)

36th over: New Zealand 126-1 (Latham 55, Williamson 12) For the second time in as many overs, Carse pulls out halfway through his delivery stride. The immediate look over his shoulder confirms that it’s something to do with the footholds.

Carse’s expensive day continues when Williamson pulls emphatically for four to move into double figures.

35th over: New Zealand 121-1 (Latham 54, Williamson 8) Latham reaches his fifty with a gorgeous drive through mid-off when Atkinson overpitches. He barely celebrates at all, just a quick raise of the bat, and he’ll be desperate to convert this into a first Test century in two years.

That dream almost dies when he is dropped by Duckett for the second time today. It was a really tough chance, diving low to the left at third slip, and Duckett couldn’t hang on.

34th over: New Zealand 116-1 (Latham 49, Williamson 8) A better over from Carse. Williamson is beaten by a lifter, then hit in the youbetchas by a nasty nipbacker. He responds with a pristine off-drive for four. Carse has been for nine fours in his eight overs so far.

“I’d like to claim that I entirely missed the first session in sympathy with Guardian journalists,” says Brian Withington. “In truth I was distracted by an episode of Dalgleish featuring the quiet unshowy intelligence of Bertie Carvel, the Chris Woakes of investigators. Speaking of whom, do we know why he has been suspended on full pay for this one?”

If it was a series decider I’m sure he’d be playing, but in the circumstances it’s a good chance to have another look at Potts. While I still dream of a nice big penny dropping in the vicinity of Ollie Robinson, there’s a fair chance that either Woakes or Potts will take the new ball with Gus Atkinson at the start of the Ashes.

33rd over: New Zealand 112-1 (Latham 49, Williamson 4) A quiet over from Atkinson to Latham, who stays on 49. The only runs were a couple of leg-byes.

32nd over: New Zealand 110-1 (Latham 49, Williamson 4) Carse, who has hardly bowled badly at Williamson himself in this series, continues. He’s been nowhere near his best today, though, and Williamson jumps all over a long hop with a slap through extra cover for four.

31st over: New Zealand 105-1 (Latham 48, Williamson 0) The new batter is Kane Williamson. It’ll be interesting to see whether Ben Stokes hooks Brydon Carse after one over to get Matt Potts on. He had a remarkable record against Williamson in the 2022 series: 32 balls, three runs, three dismissals.

WICKET! New Zealand 105-1 (Young c Brook b Atkinson 42)

30th over: New Zealand 105-0 (Latham 48, Young 42) Latham brings up the century stand with two boundaries off Carse, a drive through mid-on and a clip through midwicket. Before this game the eight opening partnerships in the side, four per side, has produced a tiotal of 67 runs.

Latham gets his third boundary when an edge scuttles past the diving Bethell in the bully. Carse stomps back to his mark smiling wryly.

29th over: New Zealand 93-0 (Latham 36, Young 42) Atkinson returns to the attack after lunch with a maiden to Will Young. It takes him a few deliveries to find his line; when he does, Young is beaten on the inside by a dangerous nipbacker. England have simultaneously been unlucky and slightly under-par.

“Putting Australia in at the Gabba?” says Tom Hopkins. “When has that ever gone wrong?”

Ha, quite. I suppoe it helps when you have Jasprit Bumrah.

The third Test between Australia and India has just got underway at the Gabba. India won the toss and put Australia into bat. You can follow that with Martin Pegan.

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