After spending most of Saturday kicking their heels waiting for the rain to stop, England resume at 89-0 on day four at Lord's Alastair Cook is the first wicket to fall since Friday, as he is caught behind off Chris Martin for 61 Cook's dismissal brings captain Michael Vaughan to the crease, walking out amid a colourful sea of MCC members But Strauss falls for 63 when he is trapped lbw by all-rounder Jacob Oram, bowling around the wicket Kevin Pietersen plays down the wrong line to an arm-ball from Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori and is adjudged lbw Ian Bell soon follows after lunch, edging Chris Martin behind to keeper Brendon McCullum for 16, leaving England 180-4 Captain Michael Vaughan steers England past 200, and also soon reaches his own half-century But Vettori ensnares Paul Collingwood and wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose in successive deliveries to leave England 208-6 Vaughan receives better support from Stuart Broad (25), with the seventh-wicket pair adding 61 together Vaughan adds 48 with Ryan Sidebottom (16), eventually reaching his hundred and equalling Graham Gooch's six Test hundreds at Lord's But after Sidebottom falls, Monty Panesar follows for a duck and Vaughan eventually holes out for 106 as Vettori takes 5-69 Jamie How and Aaron Redmond survive 15 overs without loss, leaving England just two runs ahead going into the final day
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