Lows, and highs
duck of the innings, securing the catch on his second attempt after the ball was hit straight back to him.
Boult then struck for the fifth over in a row, bowling Chris Woakes for five to complete his sixth five-wicket bag in test cricket, leaving England 23-7 after 13 overs.
Southee then got his second, bowling Moeen Ali with a beautiful slower ball yorker for yet another duck.
At 23-8, it looked like New Zealand’s overall record for the lowest test innings of 26 was a chance to be beaten, but Overton squeezed a wide ball from Boult in his eighth over to the point boundary, taking England to 27-8.
There had already been plenty of jaw-dropping moments, but Williamson produced the pick of the innings in the 16th over, leaping to his left to grab a one-handed catch that sent Stuart Broad his way with the team’s fifth duck.
Overton slashed at one and found the boundary at third man in Boult’s ninth over, then drove him into the covers for two, and square for another two, before England’s lowest test totals: v Australia, Sydney, 1887 v West Indies, Port-of-Spain, 1994 51 v West Indies, Kingston, 2004 52 v Australia, The Oval, 1948 53 v Australia, Lord’s 1888 58 v New Zealand, Auckland, 2018 Lowest test totals against New Zealand: 51 by Zimbabwe, Napier, 2012 58 by England, Auckland, 2018 59 by Zimbabwe, Harare, 2005 64 by England, Wellington, 1978 77 by West Indies, Auckland, 1956 Trent Boult’s best test figures: v England, Auckland, 2018 v West Indies, Wellington, 2013 6-68 v England, Auckland, 2013 5-57 v England, Leeds, 2013 5-60 v Australia, Adelaide, 2015 finishing with a pull for four.
With those runs, England moved past the two innings of 30, made by South Africa against them in 1896 and 1924, and a 35 and a pair of 36s.
After Anderson escaped the firing line with a single in the 18th over, Overton took England to 44, passing four more of the all-time worst scores.