England require a further five wickets to wrap up the series 2-0 on day four of the final Test at Trent Bridge.

The beleaguered New Zealanders require a further 64 runs just to make England bat for a second time.

They will not be able Calzaghe lining up career finale ...
Calzaghe & Hopkins trade insults ...
IPL blamed for India Test defeat ... to rely on assistance from the weather, with clear skies in Nottingham and the barometer set fair for the next couple of days.

They have Jacob Oram at the crease and Daniel Vettori to come, both of whom have made Test centuries.

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By Ben Dirs

1103 - 178-5
Broad with the first over of the day and his first ball is Harmison-esque, a wide which starts outside off-stump and swings even wider. Hopkins misses out on a wide half-bunger, punching the ball straight to Bell in the covers. More tempters from Broad, but Hopkins just watches each delivery swing harmlessly out of reach.

"Sat in the office with a large coffee and expectant finger poised over the F5 button. If we take quick wickets I may just let my underlings run the lunch service this week."
Jonno Blagbrough in the TMS inbox

1056: Gareth Hopkins has a highest first-class score of 175, so he's certainly no slouch with the willow, and Jacob Oram has five Test tons to his name, so the Kiwis can't be written off yet. Bit of Jerusalem on the Trent Bridge PA and here come England, emerging from the pavillion onto the verdant Trent Bridge pitch. What a pearler of a day it is, summer has sprung...

"Sweets! Never too early, I've been at work since 4am and already have scoffed some flying saucers, some Revels and a Wham Bar! I love Sunday."
Nick in the TMS inbox

"New Zealand have got to set England a target of around 160 to have the remotest chance, and that means the last five wickets adding another 230 runs..."

Bryan Waddle on TMS

"Painful arm hair is a definite symptom of man flu. I daren't tell my wife the hairs on my arms hurt in case she, as the only one of us who has borne several children (one of which was BIG), turns on me in a fit of rage. Suffer in silence Ben."
Ian, Sharjah, in the TMS inbox

1049: Siders being interviewed on Sky and he sounds exactly like Mark Owen out of Take That! Fact! Wonder if he still sounds like Mark Owen when he's directing a volley of expletives the way of a Kiwi batsman. Just been offered a wine gum - surely 1045 is too early for sweets?

"I loved John Le Mesurier in Dad's Army, much preferred him to Mainwaring. Though I don't know him from much else. Somehow I feel that I've missed out, are there any other gems of his that I can find?"
James, Hitchin, in the TMS inbox

1040: Not sure England fans can be 100% confident of winning this game today. It looks like a crackerjack day up in Nottingham and they've got the handy Oram at the crease and captain reliable Daniel Vettori to come - both men are capable of sticking around for a fair while.

1035: Yo yo yo yo! Good morning everybody. The good news is England should have this wrapped up by the end of today - just five second innings wickets needed. The bad news is I feel ruddy awful. Is there something going around? My hair hurts, on my head and on my arms... no idea what that might be... office chat this morning centres around Dad's Army stalwart John Le Mesurier. A magnificent comic actor and - not many people know this - narrator of Bod.

(BBC)

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