The hosts, New Zealand, will start Day 2 action on Friday with the overnight score of 319 for 8 after 83 overs

Kane Williamson has slipped seamlessly back into the New Zealand cricket team by top-scoring with 93 as the Black Caps reached 319-8 on the first day of the first test against England.

Kane Williamson scored 93 runs in the first Test against England. New Zealand ended day one at 319/8 at Hagley Oval. Williamson and Latham built a crucial partnership. Shoaib Bashir took four wickets for England.

New Zealand 319 for 8 (Williamson 93, Latham 47, Phillips 41*, Bashir 4-69) vs England Kane Williamson blended grit and flourish to make 93 from 197 balls on his return to New Zealand's ranks, but his rare failure to convert such a promising start proved to be a microcosm of his team's day,

England captured the vital wicket of Kane Williamson for 93 in a dramatic five-wicket final session to leave New Zealand 319-8 after day one of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday. But for the rest of the first two sessions,