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Arya: The day began with a possible result on the cards if both teams played positively. Ollie Robinson started off with a sensational opening spell sending nightwatchman Neil Wagner back in the pavilion. After struggling his way in the middle, Ross Taylor decided to cut loose and smashed a couple of sixes en route to a knock of 33 of 35 deliveries. Henry Nicholls also flayed his way around and tried to score some quick runs. Despite a wholehearted bowling performance from all the English bowlers, the match was tilted in favour of the visitors and they made their intentions clear after Williamson decided to declare the innings once the rains set in and forced an early lunch. Yet again debutant Ollie Robinson was the pick of the England bowlers with a three wicket haul.

Arya: A target of 274 runs in 75 runs was a tricky one for both teams. While New Zealand had enough time to bowl England out, the hosts should have given themselves a reasonable chance of chasing the target down. In the era of T20 cricket, the target looked achievable but openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley made their intentions pretty clear. They took their good old time and started dead batting almost everything that came their way. It was a fiery spell of fast bowling by Neil Wagner which gave New Zealand their first wicket in the form of Burns.

Arya: Persistent good line and length helped New Zealand prize out Jack Crawley quite cheaply. In came Joe Root in the middle with Sibley and the duo ensured that the potential chance of a result for New Zealand was neutralised by some good defensive approach shown by both the batsmen. They found the boundaries on odd occasions and made sure nothing breached their defence. Root was eventually dismissed Wagner and deservedly so after bowling so well. In the end, England finished proceedings on 170/3 in 70 overs.

It's time for the Post Match presentation. Time for New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson to have a chat with Robert Key.

Kane Williamson, New Zealand captain: Obviously we had a little bit of work to do before declaration. The guys came out and hit hard and the weather forced the declaration a little bit. The wicket was deteriorating, and had it not been for that lost day, we would've had a cracking finish. Scoring was reasonably slow throughout the day, and all in all, with only four days, some fantastic cricket was played. Incredibly special performance from Conway. A special player, he's come into the side and shown his class. He played within himself, he's a brilliant player and it is an incredible feat. Incredible contribution from tim Southee as well. He led the attack brilliantly and the guys contributed around him as well. Both teams could have done with an additional day and pushed their case further. Boult is here and he should be bowling pretty soon.

Now time for England skipper Joe Root to have a chat.

Joe Root, England skipper- We tried to lay a platform at the start, but unfortunately didn't materialize the way we would have liked. It would have been easy to go hard early today, but it was a tricky wicket. We felt we didn;t have enough overs to go for it. It was about the conditions more than the talent in the dressing room. Once that decision was made to close the day out and play for a draw, we had to make sure we weren't silly as batters. It was an easy decision to leave out a spinner when you have such a great battery of fast bowlers. They did a fantastic job. Rory did a fantastic job. They way he played was phenomenal, coming back into the side and carrying his form from Surrey. It's been tough on Ollie. He has learnt a very hard lession. He showed a lot of remorse and dealt with a huge range of emotions. As a squad we need to keep looking to educate and make the sport as inclusive as we can. As a team we are committed to do that. I am not sure about his selection for the next Test.

Devon Conway is the Player of the Match for his astonishing double hundred in his debut innings

Devon Conway, Man of the Match- Never imagined standing in this position after my Test debut. Credit to Williamson for winning the toss and batting first. The surface was slightly on the slower side and deteriorated throughout. The way we played today was great. The pitch was a good Test match wicket, good for batsmen and with something in it for the bowlers as well. I have had my sessions with Kane earlier as well. Had I made it at a younger age I wouldn't have played as I did now. The bowlers hit a length consistently and didn't let me score. Just knowing that they weren't going to leak many runs and accepting that became part of my gameplan.

That brings us to an end of our coverage for this Test match. Like always it was a pleasure bringing in all the live updates and commentary for the first Test of the two match series. Till the next time, it's ta-ta and good night from me, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Anurag Dasgupta.