Michael Vaughan presents a signed bat to Christopher Martin-Jenkins, retiring after 35 years as cricket correspondent of the Times; CMJ is also a Test Match Special regular Vaughan wins the toss and England bat first in the deciding Test between the two sides at McLean Park, Napier But the England captain himself departs in the fourth over, lbw to 19-year-old debutant Tim Southee Southee proves his first wicket is no fluke when Andrew Strauss is caught at gully for a duck The Barmy Army outnumber the home fans, but are stunned into silence when Alastair Cook is bowled by Chris Martin And the mood in the England dressing-room is no better with the scorecard reading a horrendous 4-3 Kevin Pietersen is the only England specialist batsman to buckle down and play a proper innings Pietersen and Paul Collingwood (30) add 89 much-needed runs for the fifth wicket, but New Zealand remain in charge And England are firmly back in the mire on 147-6 when Tim Ambrose is dismissed by the spin of Jeetan Patel Pietersen completes his 11th Test century, celebrated in muted fashion, before falling late in the day for 129 A gutsy innings from Stuart Broad takes the total to 240-7 at stumps, but the day belongs to New Zealand
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