NOTTINGHAM, England, ⁠June 29 - New Zealand need another three wickets to wrap ⁠up victory against England in the third test and take ‌the series at Trent Bridge.

• England, who were 191-7 at lunch, needing another 182 to win, fought hard through the Surrey pair Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson who ​put on 75 for the seventh wicket. ⁠However, Atkinson was trapped lbw ⁠for 19 by spinner Mitchell Santner's arm ball seven minutes before the ⁠interval.

• ‌England’s faint hopes had receded further with the loss of two wickets in the space of five balls in ⁠the fourth over of the morning.

• Emilio Gay, batting ​at No. 6 ‌after Ben Stokes’s decision to promote himself to opener, was ⁠the first man ​to go. Unsettled by a delivery which took off in the previous over, Gay edged a good ball from Nathan Smith to wicketkeeper Tom ⁠Blundell for 10.

• Four balls later Joe ​Root was run out for 18 by Henry Nicholls at backward point. It was a brilliant piece of fielding by Nicholls, hitting one stump ⁠off balance as he fell to the ground, but an ill-judged run to take on as Jamie Smith tried to get off the mark.

• Smith, back in the England side after missing the second ​test on paternity leave, was unbeaten on 47 ⁠off 77 balls at lunch, a largely watchful innings which included one ​straight six off Santner.

• New Zealand’s depleted ‌attack was weakened further by the ​loss of Will O’Rourke to a hamstring strain mid-over after 35 minutes’ play.

(Reporting by Neil Squires; Editing by Toby Chopra)