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by Mike Peter

  1. 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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    Cricketers who played pro football were legion in days gone by - CB Fry, Andrew Ducat, Denis and Leslie Compton for example (there are many more) - but fewer in more recent times although one IT Botham played football for Scunthorpe methinks…

    Jon, Woodstock

  3. 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.

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  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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    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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

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  10. 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.

  11. Eng 315-6

    One single off the opening over of the session, with Harry Brook tucking Zak Foulkes into the leg side.

    The run-ups have been repaired over the interval, there's fresh patches of grass over the filled-in holes.

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  12. Right, off we go then.

    Zak Foulkes is going to bowl the first over of the afternoon session to Harry Brook, who resumes on 51.

    Gus Atkinson is down the other end on eight, with England resuming on 314-6, trailing by 124.

  13. Liam PlunkettOakland Ballers/Darrell Lavin

    Meanwhile, if you're searching for some reading to take you through to the start of the afternoon session, take a look at Timothy Abraham's news that Liam Plunkett, who made his minor league baseball debut yesterday at the age of 41.

    I'm open to contributions on cricketers who've played two different sports professionally.

    Suzie Bates is a good one - she represented New Zealand at basketball in the 2008 Olympics, having already made her debut as an international cricketer.

  14. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    In the last eight overs of the morning session, New Zealand have found 0.7° of seam movement on average, compared to 0.4° across the previous 15 overs. An indicator that the pitch has dried out and is starting to do a bit more.

    Percentage of deliveries with big seam movement this morning (Big seam movement = 0.75° or more)

    • First 15 overs: 16%
    • Last 8 overs: 31%

    There have been almost twice as many deliveries with significant seam movement in the last eight overs as there were in the previous 15 overs this morning.

  15. It's Saturday, so it's View from the Boundary day on Test Match Special.

    Comedian, actor and impressionist Luke Kempner is in the studio, you can listen in at the top of the page.

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

    Do the groundstaff have GPS trackers on them? Because I would be interested to see how much this guy is doing.

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    Not sure why anyone thinks England are in a good position over 100 behind and having to bat last

    Nike, Rutland

  18. Can I just say, I was offered two scotch eggs, and I nobly handed one to a colleague.

    Anyway, how are we doing?

    Well, WinViz has it all pretty even.

    WinViz gives England 35% chance of victory, New Zealand 35% chance and the draw 30%CricViz

  19. Timothy Abraham
    BBC Sport

    The players have left the field and Nottinghamshire groundstaff immediately begin working on the run-up issue which has delayed things a little this morning.

    Almost as busy as Mike Peter, who has just demolished a scotch egg.

    He'll talk you through the lunch break, once he's wiped the crumbs from his mouth.

  20. England 314-6 at lunch

    Gus Atkinson sees off the remainder of Nathan Smith's over and England reach the interval without any further loss.