England slipped to 87 for two, in reply to New Zealand's 470 all out, at the close of play on the second day of the first Test on Thursday. Michael Vaughan was 44 not out with Andrew Strauss on one after Chris Martin took two late wickets. England was 383 runs behind on the first innings. New Zealand was bowled out during the middle session after Ross Taylor scored his maiden Test century while Daniel Vettori made 88. Jamie How had scored 92 and Brendon McCullum made a swashbuckling 51 on the first day in the other major contributions to New Zealand's innings. Alastair Cook and Vaughan slowly accumulated runs and made it through to 84 without loss. However, Cook lost concentration with less than five overs remaining and skied a catch off Martin to substitute fielder Nick Horsley for 38. Horsley was on the field for the injured Matthew Bell, who was struck in the hand by a Vaughan shot while fielding in close. Night watchman Matthew Hoggard was dismissed for two when he edged to Stephen Fleming in the slips in Martin's next over. Vaughan was lucky to still be at the crease after a confident leg before appeal from Vettori. Television replays showed he was struck on the pad before the ball bounced to his bat. New Zealand's dual spin attack could pose problems for England on the fourth and fifth days, with off-spinner Jeetan Patel already extracting considerable turn and sharp bounce. The pitches adjacent to the Test wicket are also producing large puffs of dust when the ball is hit into them. Earlier, Taylor's century was forged in an 148-run seventh-wicket record partnership against England with Vettori. The pair came together with their side on 277 for six late on the first day and dominated the second day's first session, Taylor reaching his century with a hook off Harmison to lead New Zealand to lunch at 387 for six. Taylor had moved to 120 after lunch when he played a rare false shot, slog-sweeping at part-time off-spinner Kevin Pietersen's second ball and top-edging a catch back to the bowler, who claimed his third Test wicket. Vettori then appeared to be in sight of his third Test century when he played a lazy shot to a wide Paul Collingwood delivery and was well caught by Strauss in the slips. Ryan Sidebottom, who will be on a hat trick when New Zealand bat again after capturing Patel (five) and Martin (0), was the most successful England bowler with figures of 4-90. ScoreboardNew Zealand (1st innings) How c Collingwood b Panesar 92 Bell c Cook b Harmison 19 Fleming c Cook b Sidebottom 41 Sinclair c & b Collingwood 08 Taylor c & b Pietersen 120 Oram c Cook b Hoggard 10 McCullum c Ambrose b S'bottom 51 Vettori c Strauss b Collingwood 88 Mills not out 25 Patel C Strauss b Sidebottom 05 Martin b Sidebottom 00 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 3) 11 Total (all out; 138.3 overs) 470 Falls: 1-44 (Bell), 2-108 (Fleming), 3-129 (Sinclair), 4-176 (How), 5-191 (Oram), 6-277 (McCullum), 7-425 (Taylor), 8-451 (Vettori), 9-470 (Patel), 10-470 (Martin). Bowling: Sidebottom 34.3-8-90-4 (3nb), Hoggard 26-2-122-1, Harmison 23-3-97-1 (1w), Panesar 37-10-101-1, Collingwood 15-2-42-2, Pietersen 3-1-11-1. England (1st innings) Cook c sub (Horsley) b Martin 38 Vaughan not out 44 Hoggard c Fleming b Martin 02 Strauss not out 01 Extras (nb 2) 02 Total: (for 2; 41 overs) 87 Falls: 1-84 (Cook), 2-86 (Hoggard) Bowling: Martin 12-4-27-2, Mills 6-2-17-0, Patel 9-2-23-0 (1nb), Oram 4-0-9-0, Vettori 10-5-11
