Nathan Smith to Pope, FOUR, the off drive and the pose, that's confidence!

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, short of length delivery just around off stump, Pope defends off the back foot

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Pope drives and finds cover

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, length angling in, Pope clips it to mid-wicket

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, back of a length now after bowling nice and full last ball,

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, Pope starts with a crunchy drive, shame he picked out mid-off

Welcome back for the post-lunch session.

13:03 Local Time, 00:03 GMT, 05:33 IST: Quite an eventful and entertaining morning session that was! New Zealand won the toss and dominated the first hour by picking up four wickets, but Brook and Pope counterattacked following the drinks break. Henry removed both the England openers, while Nathan Smith got rid of Root and Bethell as they troubled the England batters with the new ball. Just when New Zealand had things under control, Brook broke the shackles by punishing the New Zealand pacers. Pope gave him proper support from the other end as the two middle-order batters steadied the ship and avoided any further damage. They also brought up the 50-run partnership quickly with their aggressive approach by dealing in boudaries. The ball is still moving around a bit, so it would be interesting to how New Zealand bowl in the post-lunch session as they will be refreshed. The piitches in New Zealand tend to flatten out as the game progresses, so the batters will have a good time going forward. Stokes and Woakes are yet to bat, hence England do have a chance to post a formidable first innings score. Back in 40 minutes for the post-lunch session, do join us.

William ORourke to Brook, no run

William ORourke to Brook, no run, on a length around off, Brook gets an inside edge on to the pads as he tries to defend

William ORourke to Brook, wide, short ball down the leg-side, Brook goes for a pull and misses. Called a wide for height by the square leg umpire

William ORourke to Brook, no run, 142.2kph, banged in short and quick, Brook ducks for cover

William ORourke to Brook, no run, tad fuller on middle and leg, pushed to mid-on

William ORourke to Pope, 1 run, to fine leg

William ORourke to Pope, no run, 144.6kph, short of a length outside off, Pope slices it towards backward point

Last over of the session coming up..

Nathan Smith to Brook, no run

Nathan Smith to Pope, 1 run,

Nathan Smith to Pope, no run, outside off, the ball nips back in as Pope lets it through to the keeper

Nathan Smith to Brook, 1 run, worked through the leg-side by Brook for a single