Smith seems certain to return, so Bethell could possibly pressure Pope, or opener Zak Crawley, who averaged only 8.66 in his six innings in New Zealand.

The form of opener Zak Crawley is a concern and off-spinner Shoaib Bashir seems to have gone backwards.

England were left six overs to bat, in which time Ben Duckett played an awful hack to drag on off the retiring Tim Southee and Zak Crawley was lbw to his tormentor Matt Henry.

Zak Crawley overturned being given out leg before to Henry from the fifth ball of the innings, before Duckett's ridiculous charge at Southee.

Earlier in the same over, Zak Crawley fell to Henry for the fifth time in as many innings this series by offering a leading edge for the bowler to take a fine low catch.