11.01am: I'm not sure the hour had even ticked over there, before England's batters were trooping back to the dressing room. Which is surely a metaphor of some sort. So New Zealand will need 38 to win, and they could probably be on the first tee by midday

"Anyone reason why play started before 11am?" Might as well get this shambles over and done with, Liam

"Don't New Zealand still hold the record for the lowest test score? There is still hope...." They do, Martin G. But remember, it's a "batting day" at Edgbaston. Get through to lunch and I think they'll be fine

Phoney war latest, from Joe Masepus: "It's classic rope-a-dope tactic by England. Now they've lulled the Aussies into a false sense of security. Genius."

Right then. Trent Boult has the ball in hand. Why not head over to the Live Report and see what fun Valkerie Baynes has in store?

10.58am: Almost time to stick a fork in this one. Looks a lovely day in Birmingham - perhaps for a picnic, or a round of golf? Here come the players, England's last-wicket pair of Olly Stone and James Anderson, and the merciless Black Caps - they've been duffing up teams at home for years, and now they are looking to get into exports

"One thing for England to take away from this series is that without Archer, Anderson and Broad, you have some what decent replacements in Woakes, Robinson and Stone. Not to say that they aren't missing Archer though. Definitely the batting that has cost them the series." Yes, Aniruddh, relying on the bowlers to score the runs, too, seems to be a flaw

Here's Proudfoot: "Dobell has nailed it in his latest article, and so did the commentators on air yesterday. At a time like this, when teams like India are making batting look simple, English batsmen look like they're batting on a minefield. "The ECB will reap what it sows" - top stuff from Dobell! "

10.50am: As our resident Kiwi-fancier Andrew McGlashan observed overnight, NZ thoughts will already be turning towards the World Test Championship final, also against India - and an extra day's rest won't do them any harm, either. Will Young, Ajaz Patel and Matt Henry (who needs one more wicket for Test-best figures) have been the fringe players to impress here, in the push for a spot in next week's XI. Trent Boult looks to have proved his fitness, too, while Neil Wagner keeps reminding everyone of his immense utility.

Here's Dave Bull on that subject: "I expect the big topic to be next week's team. I expect the selectors to select the established players that got the team to the final. Conway has forced his way in and perhaps Patel will be needed. So Latham, Conway, Williamson, Taylor, Nicholls, de Grandhomme, Jamieson/Patel, Watling, Wagner, Southee and Boult. Doesn't matter if Young or Henry are better, they won't play unless there's injury." Jamieson only a maybe??

"Sunday evening in New Zealand gonna stay awake and watch this, should be over within the hour." Setting up nicely for an early night, S Fletcher

10.40am: So, we'll get to the autopsy soon enough, and praise for this NZ side that is strong enough to have made six changes from Lord's and still mopped the floor with the home side. They came to Fortress Edgbaston yesterday and made it look like a bouncy castle... the only real question for this morning is how quickly England can be deflated and folded away, ready to be patched up in time for India in August. "Bright sunshine this morning…" says Matt Roller, our man on the ground, "batting day." That's something for Joe Root, at least. All England need now is, say, a 100 or so runs from the last pair, and they might be in with a squeak.

"On the train to Birmingham from London right now and almost all the reserved seats are empty," reports Sam. "Telling signs of how the game went yesterday!" As if our Covid-wracked economy hadn't suffered enough, now England have blown the Sunday catering budgets, too

10.30am: Morning all. How's the headache? England lost this game on day three - or rather, New Zealand won it, because they should be the ones scripting the narrative here. You'd have forgiven them a few beers in the changing room, though they're doubtless too professional to have gone overboard, with a job still to finish. But England (and England fans) will have woken up with a familiar sense of dread and self-loathing, whether or not they touched a drop. One of peculiarities of Test cricket is that the game can be done, but you still have to come back the next day and complete the formalities. England are still batting, but the white flag was run up by about 5pm yesterday afternoon; their unenviable task is to turn out again in front of a less-than-gruntled home crowd - who've had to go through various hoops to be here, remember - and have their deserts served to them. For New Zealand, this should be one of those deliciously rare moments in sport, when you can be almost certain of what's coming: in this case, a maiden Test victory at Edgbaston, and a first series win in England since 1999. They're looking in fine nick for the World Test Championship final, too. The only headaches they have to worry about are good ones.

6.35pm: Well, I didn't see that coming. Of course, NZ being on top isn't a surprise, but the flaccid attempt to get back on level terms was something else from England. They lurched to 76 for 7, and it took an eighth-wicket stand between Olly Stone and Mark Wood to get them in front - and take this game into a fourth day. In the end they limped in nine down and 37 runs ahead, and the inquisition for England's batting line-up has already begun: scores of 0, 8, 17, 11, 23, 0, 8 from the top seven, with only Root lasting more than 27 deliveries. NZ bowled well, certainly, but England were a wreck. Anyway, this one is not quite done, we'll be back for the last rites tomorrow. Valkerie's report will be in the slot soon, but from myself, Monga and Thilak, that's your lot. Ta ra

This will probably be the last scheduled over... unless the wicket falls and the umpires offer NZ a go at wrapping it up tonight

Here's Krishnan Anand: "It is now abundantly clear that the Kiwis are the team to beat. They have always been brilliant but for some strange reason never been in the limelight and more often than not fall just short of victory as they did during the World Cup and the media royally ignore them. Now with Williamson and very bold selection choices they are beginning to play and win like the champions they always were."

Out comes Jimmy Anderson, playing his 162nd Test, and with probably as many colourful words for England's batting. Strains of "Oh Jimmy, Jimmy" from the stands. They know the jig is nearly up

"And to think people were complaining we didn't push for a win in the last test," sighs AwaliCamel. "THIS is why we didn't push for a win. We can't actually bat."

This could still end tonight, if the umpires feel an extra half an hour will do it. Out comes Stuart Broad

Now NZ do get their way, and the ball is changed. Neil Wagner replaces Patel, maybe time for three or four more overs today

"This Mark Wood fella looks a class batsman," chuckles Andy