England v New Zealand: first Test, day two – live!

Yet another one! Southee gets some sharp movement away, Foakes follows it and that’s a simple catch at first slip.

39th over: England 127-8 (Foakes 7, Anderson 1) Kane Williamson decides to spread the field for Foakes, which is nearly always a bad idea. Foakes helps himself to a single second ball, showing some trust in Anderson, who repays it with three dots and even takes a single himself off the last ball. Not sure if that’s chutzpah or hubris.

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