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Have your say on England men this summer

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by Ffion Wynne

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    You cannot ignore the difficult conditions here. The quicker we get out the better and see how NZ do. It looks ridiculously difficult to get in

    James, Sutton

  2. Eng 126-9

    This has got to be one of the tallest bowling duos in the game at the moment, surely?

    Will O'Rourke charges in, but is driven nicely for four by Josh Tongue at the end of his over.

  3. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

    I reckon Jofra Archer would have been a handful with the ball today.

  4. Side note, how long is it going to take until we get bowling conditions like this and no longer immediately think, "Broad and Anderson would be unplayable here"?

  5. Eng 120-9

    Shoaib Bashir joins Josh Tongue as England attempt to scramble as many last-gasp runs as possible.

    Robinson was pretty quick to make his way off the pitch after his dismissal. He, Tongue and Gus Atkinson will be itching to get the ball in hand.

  6. Jeremy Coney
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That's fantastic for Kyle Jamieson. It's been such a battle. He found it easy at the start [of his career], took a lot of wickets but he was such a good bowler. He then had to sit out because of two stress fractures. He's had to change things.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Robinson c Blundell b Jamieson 1 (Eng 118-9)

    But Blundell was right!

    There's a tiny spike as the ball passes the bottom of Ollie Robinson's bat, another one that keeps low and he swishes outside off stump.

    Kyle Jamieson has his five-for. He has been sensational.

  8. NZ review

    We've got a review for something, I think it's for a catch behind but it's hard to tell because Jamieson didn't go up for it, and keeper Tom Blundell gave half an appeal.

  9. Right, let's finally restart. Ollie Robinson faces up to Kyle Jamieson, who has figures of 4-50.

  10. There have been some questionable shots from England's batters but New Zealand have bowled beautifully, especially considering they are a seamer down with Matt Henry's back troubles.

    It helps when you have Kane Williamson taking catches like this, too.

    Williamson takes 'outstanding' catch as Stokes goes for 12

  11. Play will restart at 16:51 BST.

    It's dry and there are no covers on, so I can only assume there must be some surface water to get rid of, otherwise it looks like they could be getting back out there sooner.

  12. Good news!

    Most of the covers are off, the skies are bright and you can almost see the sun. The umpires will be heading out for their inspection shortly so hopefully we'll see some play soon.

  13. Just a few days ago, it was announced that the ICC would be trialling the use of pink balls to limit bad light delays like we've just had.

    Pink ball Tests have been in existence since 2015 but it's never been interchangeable with the red ball before.

    A timeframe is yet to be decided, so it's not in place to be used at the moment. When introduced, both teams involved in a Test would have to give prior agreement that a pink ball can be used in instances of bad light.

    Read more here.

  14. Saying that, it might be more enjoyable than watching England's batting.

    'Jamie Smith what were you doing?!' - England fall to 55-5

  15. Thanks, Sam.

    And thank goodness that the weather is improving, because nobody should have to put up with me chatting nonsense for two hours (possibly even longer).

  16. Sam Drury
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    The evening session would have been starting about now were in not for that brief, but heavy, downpour.

    Instead, although we now have bright sunshine, we will have to wait a little longer to get the surface fit for play.

    It shouldn't take too long so Ffion Wynne should have more cricket to tell you about in the not-too-distant future.

  17. It is already looking much brighter here... and, actually, the rain seems to have stopped.

    The sun is shining so light is certainly not an issue. A quick clean up and hopefully it won't be too long until they're back under way.

  18. Still chucking it down here at Lord's and the groundstaff are getting the covers pegged down.

    While we wait for the rain to stop, here's a look at the best shots from an entertaining Harry Brook innings...

    Best shots of Brook's 56

  19. rain stops play

    It's raining...

    Ah, here comes the rain.

    It's hammering it down now. I can confidently state that they will be off for more than 20 minutes.

    How much longer depends on how long this downpour lasts.

  20. More covers are coming on now. Are the groundstaff anticipating another downpour or is this just precautionary?

    We shall see.

    Anyway, a disappointing day for England's batters but I think a lot of credit has to go to the New Zealand attack.

    They've been a bowler down from 10 overs in and have largely earned their wickets rather than being gifted them by the batters.