Tea New Zealand 132 and 128 for 4 (Mitchell 43*, Blundell 39*) lead England 141 (Crawley 43, Southee 4-55) by 199 runs

New Zealand found some timely resistance with the bat during the afternoon session at Lord's, as a see-sawing Test began to tip their way once again. Daryl Mitchell found the right balance between defence and counterattack, and was ably assisted by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell in posting their first half-century partnership of the match.

Their unbroken stand helped push England back after the fall of Devon Conway left New Zealand precariously placed on 56 for 4, leading by 47. The wicket of Conway, gloving down the leg side off Stuart Broad, was the only wicket to fall during the middle session as Mitchell, in particular, pulled and drove judiciously. Matt Parkinson, the legspinner brought in for his debut as a concussion sub, was given a first bowl in Tests, although the closest he came to a breakthrough was when deflecting a Blundell drive into the non-striker's stumps - only for Mitchell to have regained his ground.

England had been in the ascendant again, with Matthew Potts to the fore, but there were signs that batters were beginning to get used to the conditions. Mitchell had started watchfully, moving to 17 off 47 at drinks, before switching into a more aggressive mode: twice he went hard at James Anderson, the first producing an edge that flew wide of the cordon, the second a big air shot. The next over, bowled by Ben Stokes, featured a pair of controlled fours, off the pads and then down the ground.

Mitchell became the first member of New Zealand's top six to pass 20, and Blundell followed him as the partnership swelled, glancing Anderson off his pads and twice crashing Parkinson to the cover boundary when the spinner missed his lengths.

Wickets had continued to tumble during the morning at Lord's, with debutant Potts adding to the good impression he made in the first innings. Potts struck twice, removing Kane Williamson cheaply for the second time in the match, as New Zealand stuttered again with the bat after completing a resurgent display with the ball.

England had crept into a first-innings lead during the first part of the session, but the advantage was only nine runs. The last three wickets fell in just over half-an-hour's play, Tim Southee taking two of them to finish with 4 for 55 and improve his record on the ground to 24 at 23.66 - just two behind the best tally for an overseas bowler, jointly held by Richard Hadlee and Glenn McGrath.

New Zealand had scrapped their way back into the contest, taking all ten England wickets for the addition of 82 runs, but initially ball continued to dominate bat in their second innings. They were still in arrears when, for the second day in succession, Anderson found Will Young's outside edge, with the first ball of his second over - Ben Foakes this time completing the dismissal with a diving grab.

New Zealand needed something from their two most experienced batters, Williamson and Tom Latham. The pair briefly drew the sting of the opening spells from Anderson and Broad, but the introduction of Potts sent those in the visiting dressing room scrambling once again.

Williamson was fortunate when an edge off Anderson landed inches short of second slip, but he soon fell to Potts' nagging examination outside off. The Durham seamer struck with his fifth ball in the first innings, but this time was made to wait until his eighth, Williamson taken comfortably by Jonny Bairstow at third slip aiming a back-foot punch. Potts then removed Latham in his next over, grazing the outside edge so gently that neither the batter nor Foakes behind the stumps were convinced - but DRS confirmed the decision.

England resumed on Friday still 16 runs behind on first innings, having suffered a dramatic collapse on the first evening after making a stellar start to the international summer by bowling New Zealand out for 132. They were eight down in the second over the day, Broad bowled by Southee two balls after pumping him for four through mid-on.

Anderson was promoted to No. 10, following Parkinson's arrival for a debut as a concussion substitute, and he looked to hang around in partnership with the senior batter, Foakes. But England were still two runs short of parity when Foakes was lured into dabbing at Southee outside off, sending a thick edge to slip.

Anderson brought the scores level with a push down the ground off Trent Boult, and there were ironic cheers when Parkinson's flick for two put England into the lead, as well as earned him his first Test runs. The Lancashire legspinner, who was handed his cap in the dressing room before play by Jeetan Patel, managed one nicely timed drive for four before steering Boult to first slip. That seemed to leave the momentum with New Zealand, having fought back themselves from the perilous position of 45 for 7 shortly after lunch on day one.