HORROR HOUR FOR ENGLAND’S TOP ORDER

▪ 2.01pm: Alex Lees dropped at slip by Daryl Mitchell off Trent Boult’s second delivery.

▪ 2.03pm: Three balls later, Boult bowls Lees with a beauty that bamboozles the England opener and clips the top of off-stump. n 2.16pm: Boult cleans up Ollie Pope with another belter that rips through his defence.

▪ 2.23pm: Zak Crawley nearly runs out Joe Root looking for a quick single. A direct hit would have sent Root packing.

▪ 2.27pm: Boult smashes one into Crawley’s stumps to become the first player to bowl three batters inside the first eight overs of a Test innings since 1902.

▪ 2.34pm: Root edges Tim Southee and England are 21 for four inside eight overs. n 2.58pm: Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow put on 34 from 21 balls before Neil Wagner has Stokes caught at mid-off.

▪ 3.02pm: Ben Foakes is out lbw in the same over and England are 55 for six after 12 overs.