Day one begins at 10pm GMT in HamiltonRoot: Bairstow can become one of world’s best Test batsmenAnd you can email Tim or send him a tweet 10.44pm GMT
10th over:
New Zealand 20-1 (Latham 12, Williamson 3) Joe Root takes Jofra Archer off, as if determined to err on the side of under-bowling him for once. Rather than Sam Curran, the third seamer is Chris Woakes, who has endangered his image as the perfect son-in-law by GROWING A BEARD. His hair remains tidy, as does his bowling, but Kane Williamson gets off the mark with a characteristic back-foot drive for three.
An answer of sorts for Dean Kinsella (2nd over). “The overseas TMS link doesn’t seem to work in Australia,” says Allan Hobbs, “and all those radio apps that promise so much always fail to deliver. However, for my fellow English types I’m delighted to reveal that radio.org.nz/sport has the good stuff.” 10.38pm GMT
9th over: New Zealand 17-1 (Latham 12, Williamson 0) Broad, scenting blood, beats Latham with a ball that’s considerably better than the one that did for Raval. The wicket, one of the commentators points out, was Broad’s first of the series.