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I fell asleep at 02.35 (just after tea) with Broad on 0n.o. I woke up later with Broad still on 0n.o. and thought I'd been sleeping for 5 minutes, turns out it was an hour and a half. Top blocking!

NZ played with a lot of heart in this series and they've got some more than useful players in Fulton, Rutherford, McCullum, Boult and Southee. It's a shame their fans never showed up to create any atmosphere; that final day was owned by the Barmy Army.

NZ unlucky there, Prior's ball that hit the stumps when the bails stayed on was the key moment.

Yessssssss! Prior Man Of The Series. Remarkable knock, pure guts.

2 balls left.

Now 3 and Monty gets the single!

5 balls left.

1 over left. Monty faces. Nerve- wracking :(

19 balls left, 9 down. C'mon Sussex!

All hail Matt Prior. Ton up!

50 for Bell. 4 hours. Good effort, that.

Bairstow out. Never looked comfortable. We can't afford any more wickets to fall in this session.

You never see their rugby players dropping the ball like that!

And again! Kiwi shambes.

Dropped! And loving the circus trumpet music too.

NZ have plundered 140 runs in the morning session and there's still an over to go.

If you love cricket and sado-masochism then this morning's play is right up your street. Monty is getting a real spanking here.

Crazy decision not to enforce the follow-on. England were in blocking mode and firmly on the back foot, with an inexperienced captain and fragile middle order. Now if we can get McCullum cheaply we could be looking at a target of 350-360 in 5 sessions. Hard to achieve but if you can get to 130...

What's really damaging for test cricket is that there's every chance there will be a couple of sporting declarations and that this series will end with a one day-style run chase. Which will then beg the question "what is the point of test cricket". NZ groundsmen have to look at this. The...