New Zealand were grateful for a century partnership between Tom Blundell and Daryl Mitchell, their third of the series, that dragged them to an overnight score of 225 for five at the end of an eventful opening day to the fourth Test at Headingley, but still admitted that their main emotion after stumps was disappointment.
Having won the toss in blazing sunshine and decided to bat, the Kiwis would have hoped for a better return – even if a significantly worse fate looked likely after Tom Latham was dismissed for a duck in the opening over and they soon found themselves 83 for four.
