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Matthew Hoggard came of age as a Test cricketer by producing a career best performance to put England in a commanding position at Jade Stadium.

They led by 144 when bad light ended play early after Hoggard had returned figures of seven for 63 despite having two catches dropped off his bowling.

It was exactly the performance skipper Nasser Hussain wanted in the field after his own 106 had enabled England to post a respectable first day total on a pitch offering help to the bowlers.

New Zealand-born Andrew Caddick chipped in with three wickets in one over as the Kiwis trailed by 81 on first innings, with Daniel Vettori (42) and Craig McMillan (40) the only batsmen to counter attack with any degree of success.

England's second innings began badly when Michael Vaughan fell for a duck, but an aggressive 33 by Marcus Trescothick carried their lead into three figures.

No early alarms

Vettori took 10 off one over from Hoggard, including a slash over slips for four and superb cover drive off the next ball, after rain had delayed the start for 75 minutes.

But the Yorkshireman soon had his revenge as, bowling to a disciplined line and length and swinging the ball consistently, he removed Matt Horne for 14.

Graham Thorpe took the catch moving to his left at gully, but was unable to cling on in Hoggard's next over when he dived to his right after Lou Vincent got a thick edge.

Vettori continued to attack anything loose but Hoggard's switch to bowling round the wicket paid off immediately as an injudicious cut shot gave James Foster an easy catch behind the stumps.

Vincent looked all at sea as Hoggard probed away around off stump and he was given another life when Mark Butcher put down a regulation chance at second slip.

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