New Zealand v England: third men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened

Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson took three wickets apiece as England fought back well on an entertaining first day

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.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian