England paceman James Anderson registered his fourth five-wicket haul to put his side in control of the second Test against New Zealand at the end of the second day on Friday.
England, courtesy of Anderson's five for 73, bowled the hosts out for 198 late on the second day at the Basin Reserve, giving the tourists a 144-run lead on the first innings.
England reached four without loss at the close in their second innings, a lead of 148 with three days remaining, with Alastair Cook on two and captain Michael Vaughan yet to score after the openers safely negotiated a tricky five-over spell.
Ross Taylor top-scored with 53 and Daniel Vettori contributed 50 not out in New Zealand's first innings, while Paul Collingwood chipped in with career-best figures of three for 23 for England. Recalled after being overlooked for the first Test, Anderson ripped through the top of New Zealand's batting order to reduce the home side to 31 for three before he returned to take another two wickets later in the innings.
New Zealand, who lead the three-Test series 1-0, had bowled England out for 342 just before lunch after wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Ambrose had scored his maiden Test century.
A 71-run stand between Stephen Fleming and Taylor and a brutal 52-run partnership from Brendon McCullum and Vettori were the only bright spots of a poor batting display from the hosts.
Fleming and Taylor's partnership rescued New Zealand's innings after Anderson's initial spell removed Matthew Bell, Jamie How and Mathew Sinclair cheaply. Meanwhile, Fleming became the 32nd player to pass 7,000 Test runs.
Score board
ENGLAND (I Innings, O/n: 291/5):
Cook c McCullum b Oram 44
Vaughan b Oram 32
Strauss c Sinclair b Mills 8
Pietersen b Gillespie 31
Bell c McCullum b Martin 11
Collingwood lbw Gillespie 65
Ambrose c Taylor b Mills 102
Broad b Oram 1
Sidebottom c Bell b Gillespie 14
Panesar c McCullum b Gillespie 6
Anderson (not out) 0
Extras (B-5, LB-15, NB-8) 28
Total (all out, 107 overs) 342
Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-82, 3-94, 4-126, 5-136, 6-300, 7-305, 8-335, 9-342,
Bowling: Martin 20-1-80-1, Mills 30-4-86-2, Gillespie 20-2-79-4, Oram 29-11-46-3, Vettori 8-0-31-0.
NEW ZEALAND (I Innings):
How c Strauss b Anderson 7
Bell b Anderson 0
Fleming c Pietersen b Anderson 34
Sinclair c Ambrose b Anderson 9
Taylor c Ambrose b Anderson 53
Oram lbw Sidebottom 8
McCullum c Strauss b Broad 25
Vettori (not out) 50
Mills c Bell b Collingwood 1
Gillespie b Collingwood 0
Martin b Collingwood 1
Extras (LB-8, W-1, NB-1) 10
Total (all out; 57.5 overs) 198
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-9, 3-31, 4-102, 5-113, 6-113, 7-165, 8-176, 9-180.
Bowling: Sidebottom 17-3-36-1, Anderson 20-4-73-5, Broad 12-0-56-1, Collingwood 7.5-1-23-3, Panesar 1-0-2-0.
ENGLAND (II Innings):
Cook (batting) 2
Vaughan (batting) 0
Extras (NB-2) 2
Total (for no loss, 5 overs) 4
Bowling: Martin 3-2-3-0, Mills 2-1-1-0.
