England vs New Zealand: Ben Stokes' side stage mini fightback deep into draining first day of series decider at Trent Bridge

England staged a mini fightback deep into an otherwise demoralising, draining first day of the series deciding third Test against New Zealand at a scorching Trent Bridge.

Tom Latham (151) and Devon Conway (157) had seemingly batted England into submission with a record 317-run partnership against their hosts, only for four wickets to fall in little more than an hour to see the Black Caps reduced to 361-4 by stumps.

Ben Stokes (1-57), back as captain after he and Gus Atkinson served a one-match suspension, provided the breakthrough as Latham - dropped on 129 by Jamie Smith - was this time snapped up by the wicketkeeper, while Conway followed his partner back to the pavilion an over later as he perished in the deep off Joe Root (1-7).

Atkinson (1-62) and Jofra Archer (1-53) then took two wickets in two balls to end the day's play as Rachin Ravindra (7) fell to a top-edged hack across the line and Henry Nicholls (36) nicked off.

For long periods of the day, it looked set to be a punishing return to the side as skipper for Stokes, though little blame could be laid at his door for his side's struggles, with the exception of losing a crucial toss.

Latham, unsurprisingly, opted to make first use of a belting batting surface baked in sunshine, much to the visible frustration of Stokes, who was forthcoming in admitting England would have done the same.