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Hello and welcome to live, belated over-by-over coverage of the second Test between New Zealand and England in Wellington. As you may be aware, Guardian and Observer members of the National Union of Journalists have been on strike for the last 48 hours, hence the late start to our coverage. If you’d like to know more about that, click here.
If you’re here for the cricket, the whole cricket and nothing but the cricket, here’s a summary of the morning session.
England, put in by New Zealand, reached 124 for four from 26 overs at lunch
They were 43 for 4 after Matt Henry and Nathan Smith took two wickets apiece
Zak Crawley (17), Ben Duckett (0), Jacob Bethell (16) and Joe Root (3) all fell cheaply
Harry Brook made a 48-ball fifty, with two sixes and five fours, and added 81 for the fifth wicket with Ollie Pope (29 not out)
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