New Zealand vs England, 1st Test Day 3 Live Score Updates

NZ vs ENG, 1st Test Live Updates: England look to extend their 98-run lead over New Zealand on Day 3 of the 1st Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The visitors lost openers Ben Duckett, for 25, and Zak Crawley, for 28, in reaching 79-2 off 16 overs at stumps on Day 2. Earlier, Tom Blundell's career-best 138 steered his side to 306 and just 19 runs short of England's 325-9 declared. Blundell shared a 75-run partnership with opener Devon Conway (77) but just as valuable were late stands with tailenders Kuggeleijn and Blair Tickner -- both on Test debut -- of 53 and 59 respectively. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Right then, England lead by 98 runs and there's still plenty of time left in the Test match. Day 3 is known as the moving day but every day so far has been a moving day in this game and we will hope that the game continues to move at a good pace. The visitors have their noses well in front and would want to stretch this lead at least beyond the 300-run mark. New Zealand on the other hand will look to keep the lead to a minimum as batting will definitely get a bit tougher late on Day 3 and on the remaining days as well. Do join us for the action at 6.30 am IST (1 am GMT) on Saturday. You can also catch the build-up for the day a lot earlier. Cheers!

New Zealand did extremely well to claw their way back into the game but when they had the chance to bowl with the new ball under lights, they didn't make full use of it. The lack of a second new-ball bowler cost them a bit but Blair Tickner came on as the first change and after a bit of perseverance, he got the breakthrough. After this Tim Southee bowled some probing lines but didn't get any reward. Scott Kuggeleijn came on to bowl late on in the day and picked up a wicket in