England’s Stuart Broad blitzed New Zealand’s top order in a dazzling spell under the Bay Oval lights to leave the hosts reeling on 63 for five after the third day of the first Test on Saturday, 331 runs shy of their unlikely victory target.

England earlier rode half-centuries from Joe Root, Harry Brook and Ben Foakes to reach 374 all out in their second innings and set the Black Caps a mammoth 394 to win.

Seamer Broad (4/21) drove home the advantage in stunning fashion by bowling Devon Conway, Kane Williamson and Tom Latham through the gate in short order before returning to remove first innings centurion Tom Blundell for 15 in the same style.

Ollie Robinson chipped in with the wicket of Henry Nicholls for seven. The hosts will need to survive two days.

James Anderson and Broad have become the most prolific bowling partnership in Test cricket after surpassing the 1,001 wickets achieved by Australia’s Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. They now have 1005 wickets from 133 Tests.

Stokes record

Ben Stokes’s 31 included his 108th six to take him past his coach Brendon McCullum as the most prolific scorer of the maximum in Test history.

Wagner could have dismissed him on the next delivery but when he caught the England skipper on the boundary but fell over the rope and give Stokes his 109th Test six.