Caddick celebrates the first wicket of the day

Overall England bowled poorly after the opening overs but Harris survived one major slice of luck when he was wrongly given not out off Matthew Hoggard.

The experienced left-hander, then on 28 and having batted for an hour-and-a-half, gloved a short ball onto his hip for Mark Ramprakash to take an easy catch at short leg.

But umpire Doug Cowie, who had had a flawless day up until then, declined the appeal.

Harris went to his half century with a fine punch through point for four off Matthew Hoggard, at the same time bringing up a 50 partnership with Adam Parore (24 not out).

Harris and Craig McMillan had begun the home side's recovery by putting on 67 for the fifth wicket, before Caddick claimed his fourth wicket at the stroke of lunch by dismissing McMillan lbw for 41 with a slower ball.

The first four wickets had fallen in the first nine overs as Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming's bizarre decision to bat first on a drop-in wicket backfired.

Gem

Caddick had the initial strike as Mark Richardson fell for two, bowled through the gate by a gem of a delivery.

Fleming was soon back in the pavilion too, Hoggard having him comfortably caught at short leg off a swinging lifter for one.

And it was no surprise when Lou Vincent was out for 10 - a second victim for Caddick and another man bowled through the gate to a swinging ball.

Graham Thorpe then took a stunning catch to remove Nathan Astle for two.

Fielding at third slip, he dived full length to his left to grasp the ball millimetres from the turf.

Test Match Special has live coverage on BBC Radio Four LW, 5 Live Sports Extra on digital radio and channel 907 on digital TV. Day two starts at 2200 GMT on Saturday.

New Zealand: M Richardson, L Vincent, SP Fleming (capt), CZ Harris, NJ Astle, CD McMillan, AC Parore (wkt), AR Adams, DL Vettori, DR Tuffey, CJ Drum.

England: ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan, MA Butcher, N Hussain (capt), GP Thorpe, MR Ramprakash, A Flintoff, AF Giles, JA Foster (wkt), AR Caddick, MJ Hoggard.

Umpires: S Venkataraghavan (Ind) & DB Cowie.
3rd Umpire: T Hill.
Match referee: JL Hendriks (WI).