England require 10 wickets to win on the final day against New Zealand in Christchurch as they go in search of their first Test win of the winter, and first in their last 13 overseas Tests.​​​​​​​
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New Zealand vs England

April 2, 2018, 10:30pm
SCORECARD | AS IT HAPPENED
New Zealand could still win the second Test, having battled through to 42-0, in pursuit of 382, when bad light stopped play early on day four.
More likely, though, is New Zealand look to just bat out the final day for a draw, securing a 1-0 series win following their victory by an innings in the first Test in Auckland. England need to win to tie the series.
England began the fourth day in a dominant position at 202-3 in the second innings, leading by 231 runs, but they lacked ambition in a first session where they added only a further 76 runs to their total and lost both of their set batsmen.
Joe Root (54) and Dawid Malan (53) went through to fifty, but fell within three balls of each other, with Malan first tamely flicking Colin de Grandhomme (4-94) to midwicket before Root chased a wide one from Neil Wagner (2-51), edging behind.
Joe Root and Dawid Malan both hit half centuries before falling within three balls of each other
England showed more aggression in the afternoon session, but lost wickets at regular intervals as a result - Ben Stokes (12) the first to go, falling in an almost identical manner to Malan.
England's lead at that stage was 311, and Jonny Bairstow should have departed two balls later, but a thin nick off Trent Boult went undetected by umpire Marais Erasmus and New Zealand had no reviews remaining.
Bairstow was on only two at the time and, had he departed, the home side would have been eyeing up a chase of 350 or less but, as it was, the first-innings centurion scored 36 crucial runs to lift England up above 380 by the time the declaration came with the fall of his wicket.
New Zealand's openers then came through two testing spells from England's new-ball pair of James Anderson and Stuart Broad - who reduced them to 17-4 in the first innings - either side of tea, putting on the best opening stand, from either side, in the series.
James Anderson appeals unsuccessfully as England went in search of wickets on day four
Tom Latham (25no) offered up one chance, thick-edging Anderson to third slip when on 23, but James Vince put down a difficult catch diving away to his left.
Left-arm spinner Jack Leach also caused some problems, finding decent spin in his opening three overs, which will encourage England going into the fifth day.
But, a big frustration for the visitors will be the 24 scheduled overs lost when bad light brought play to a premature end - time running out for them to take the 10 wickets they need. Eight of those overs will be added on to the fifth day's play.