England vs. New Zealand, 2nd Test, Day 1: Highlights, Scorecard, Report

New Zealand recovered from a shaky start on the opening day of the second Test against England at Headingley.

After winning the toss and electing to field, Alastair Cook’s side reduced the Black Caps to two for two in Leeds, but the tourists recovered to finish the day on 297 for eight.

Tom Latham and 34-year-old debutant Luke Ronchi shared a 120-run partnership for the sixth wicket to quell the hosts' dominance.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Guptill	c Bell	b Anderson	0	10	8	0	0
Latham	c Root	b Broad	84	236	180	13	0
Williamson	c Buttler	b Anderson	0		2	0	0
Taylor	lbw	b Broad	20	54	27	4	0
B McCullum	c Wood	b Stokes	41	43	28	6	1
Watling		b Wood	14	22	19	3	0
Ronchi	c Anderson	b Broad	88	105	70	13	3
Craig	not out		16	42	42	2	0
Southee	c Lyth	b Wood	1	16	5	0	0
Henry	not out		14	18	10	3	0
	1nb 0w 4b 14lb	1nb 0w 4b 14lb	19
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson			13	3	43	2
Broad			14	0	83	3
Wood			14	4	62	2
Stokes			13	4	43	1
Moeen			11	3	48	0

Rain washed out the morning session, but when play did begin, it didn’t take Jimmy Anderson long to make history.

Martin Guptill edged the 14th ball of the match to second slip for a duck as Anderson took his 400th Test wicket—becoming just the 12th man to do so in history.

The celebrations had barely finished as Anderson reached 401 two balls later with first Test centurion Kane Williamson edging behind, again without troubling the scorers.

Another 40 minutes was lost in the afternoon due to rain, and then Ross Taylor made a horrible misjudgement, padding up to Stuart Broad and palpably lbw for 20.

New Zealand’s run-rate was good, though, with captain Brendan McCullum hitting his first ball over cover for six and opener Latham reaching his half-century from 72 balls.

They went to tea on 123 for three, but McCullum perished to the first ball he faced after the adjournment, hitting Ben Stokes straight to mid-off after making 41 from only 28 balls.

Mark Wood had been expensive, but he then produced a beauty to peg back BJ Watling’s off stump for 14.

However, Ronchi, who came into the side for his debut after Corey Anderson was ruled out with a back problem and Watling was only fit enough to play as a batsman, played with enterprise.

His half-century came off only 37 balls, and he dominated the stand with Latham, who was dropped three times in six balls on 72 before finally being caught by Joe Root at first slip off Stuart Broad for 84.

Ronchi's dream of a maiden century ended in Broad's next over as he fell into a trap and pulled straight to Wood at long leg for 87.

Wood removed Tim Southee (1) late in the day, but many observers will feel honours were even after an entertaining day.

England lead the two-match series 1-0 after winning at Lord's on Monday.