England fight back late on day four after New Zealand build second-innings lead

Having bowled England out for 539, a century partnership from Will Young and Devon Conway had New Zealand on the front foot before England fought back in the evening session

Trent Bridge (fourth day of five): New Zealand 553 & 224-7, England 539 – New Zealand lead by 238 runs with three second-innings wickets in hand

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A century partnership between Will Young and Devon Conway had New Zealand on the front foot at Trent Bridge before a late fightback from England’s bowlers – aided by some cheap dismissals - tipped the game in the home side’s favour.  

Play resumed on Monday morning with England 473 for 5 – Joe Root (163) and Ben Foakes (24) in the middle – and the pair came out firing, the latter blasting half a dozen boundaries inside the opening six overs to bring up his second Test half-century.

Root was eventually dismissed for 176 after being deceived by Trent Boult’s slower ball and following his departure, Boult (5 for 106) and Michael Bracewell (3 for 62) raced through the tail to wrap up the innings in the first session: England all out for 539, trailing by 14 runs.

^{Will Young enjoyed a century partnership with Devon Conway but failed to build on his half-century [Stu Forster/Getty Images]}

In reply, New Zealand endured a nightmare start to their second innings when James Anderson bowled Tom Latham for four inside the opening over, picking up his 650th Test wicket in the process.

Conway (52) and Young’s (56) second-wicket stand restored some order but both players fell cheaply either side of tea, failing to build on their respective half-centuries. Henry Nicholls departed for three in between their wickets as New Zealand slipped to 131 for 4.

Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell added 45 runs for the fifth wicket before Broad removed the latter (caught Ben Stokes) for 24.

Matthew Potts then accounted for Bracewell – who scored an aggressive 25 – before a miscommunication between Mitchell and Tim Southee resulted in the latter being run out: New Zealand 213 for 7.

Mitchell and Matt Henry survived until close, with New Zealand taking a 238-run lead into day five.

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