Anderson: England's hero on day two at Trent Bridge

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Third npower Test Match
Trent Bridge - Day Two
England 364 (K P Pietersen 115, T R Ambrose 67, S C J Broad 64, I E O'Brien 4-74) v New Zealand 96-6 (J M Anderson 6-42)

James Anderson produced Test-best figures with both bat and ball as England took a firm grip on the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand.

The Lancashire seamer followed up scoring 28 by claiming all six wickets, as the Black Caps limped to 96-6 in reply to the home side's first innings total of 364.

He struck twice with the new ball and then had a double-wicket maiden in the fourth over after tea to leave the tourists in dire straits before bad light spared them any further suffering.

Jamie How managed to make 40 before becoming Anderson's fifth victim and Jacob Oram fell just before umpires Steve Bucknor and Darrell Hair decided conditions were too gloomy to carry on just after 5pm.

Partnership

New Zealand couldn't get off soon enough after a disappointing day that had seen them suffer throughout at the hands of Anderson, who started the morning at the crease alongside Stuart Broad.

Resuming the second morning on 273-7, the duo spent nearly two hours at the crease to put on 76, although the partnership could well have been ended in the opening minutes of the first session.

Brendon McCullum, playing only as a batsman due to a back injury, shelled a straightforward chance at second slip that would have seen the back of Broad for just 21.

The mistake proved a costly one as the tourists had to wait another 21 overs before Anderson's defiance finally came to an end after 85 balls, while Broad showed his all-round abilities to unfurl some excellent shots that his father, former England opener Chris, would have been proud of.

After 25 dot balls either side of lunch, the 21-year-old finally reached his maiden half-century at international level and it came as something of a surprise to the full house when he was bowled by Chris Martin for 64.

Monty Panesar failed to last too long, the spinner stunned to see Bucknor give him out caught at bat-pad off fellow left-armer Daniel Vettori. Replays showed just why the tailender looked so perplexed at the decision, as the ball failed to get close to bat before ending up in McCullum's hands at silly point.

Disastrous start

Needing to make a large score to give themselves any hope of levelling the series, the Kiwis suffered an early blow when Anderson bowled Aaron Redmond in his first over with a picture-perfect away swinger.

McCullum's promotion to three failed to pay off, as he fell to an almost identical delivery which once again saw the off stump cart wheeling backwards.

A third-wicket alliance of 48 held up England briefly, before Anderson switched to the Radcliffe Road end and tempted Ross Taylor to drive loosely to Kevin Pietersen at gully.

Within three balls Daniel Flynn had gone too, the left-hander - badly injured at Old Trafford when he was hit by a bouncer - trapped leg before on the back foot without a run to his name.

How had looked the one Kiwi batsman comfortable at the crease until a loose defensive push saw him caught behind, Oram following in similar style to give Anderson his best-ever Test figures on a day that he will not forget in a hurry.