
England left New Zealand chasing a formidable 394 on night three of their series opener at Mount Maunganui, after captain Ben Stokes replaced his own head coach Brendon McCullum as the leading six-hitter in Test cricket.
A trio of half-centuries from Joe Root (54), Harry Brook (57) and Ben Foakes (51) kept the tourists motoring as they moved to 374 all out, with the Black Caps needing to comfortably eclipse their previous record of 324 for a successful fourth innings chase.