New Zealand put themselves in a strong position in the second Test against England thanks to half-centuries from Devon Conway and Will Young.
After England were bowled out for 303, with Dan Lawrence left stranded on 81 not out, Conway (80) and Young (82) both made the most of some good fortune to help the Black Caps close the second day on 229-3, trailing by just 74.
Fresh from his double ton on debut at Lord’s, Conway survived on 22 when the third umpire adjudged that his edge to Zak Crawley had been grounded, much to England’s chagrin, while Young was dropped at slip with only seven to his name, and the pair went on share a stand of 122 for the second wicket.
Stuart Broad (2-22) broke the partnership with the second of his two wickets, taking him to 520 in Test cricket and above Courtney Walsh into sixth on the all-time list.
Young fell to what proved to be the last ball of the day from Lawrence (1-8) but, after his third-wicket stand of 92 with Ross Taylor (46no), New Zealand remain in a commanding position going into day three.
The day started with England hoping to get themselves up towards 300 with Lawrence the man expected to have to do most of the work.
Instead, Mark Wood came out firing and ended the first over of the day by drilling Trent Boult through extra cover for four, the first of six boundaries from the England No 9 in the opening five overs.
That flurry took the home side up to 288-7, but Matt Henry (3-78) ended Wood’s fun on 41 as he uprooted his off stump, via the inside edge and when Broad (0) feathered Boult behind in the next, England were in danger of falling short of that 300 mark.
However, James Anderson (4), who came out to a standing ovation in his record-breaking 162nd Test match, held on for long enough to allow Lawrence to reach a career-best Test score with a couple of boundaries and enable England to nudge their way up to 303 before the No 11 was lbw to Boult (4-85).
New Zealand lost stand-in captain Tom Latham (6) early, the left-hander caught on the crease and plumb lbw as Broad attacked from around the wicket, but that proved to be the only damage they incurred before lunch.
That only told half the story, though, as England were left distinctly unimpressed after Broad found Conway’s outside edge, only for the third umpire – after a soft signal of ‘not out’ on the field – to adjudge that the ball had been grounded before Crawley claimed the catch, despite replays suggesting the fielder got his fingers under it.
