New Zealand lost three early wickets before stumps after a Tim Southee five-wicket haul put them in charge of the three-day cricket tour match against Northamptonshire today.
New Zealand were 38 for three in their second innings, an overall lead of 187 after Peter Fulton, Aaron Redmond and James Marshall fell cheaply just before the close of day two.
The trio were removed by Northants seamer Dave Wigley who took three for three in 21 balls late in the day, to go with his first innings haul of five for 78.
Marshall was caught behind for two, after his 11 in the first innings, to leave him worryingly short of runs in the leadup to the third test against England in Nottingham next Thursday.
Southee meanwhile pushed his claims for a recall with his third five-wicket haul in a first-class career spanning just 17 matches.
The 19-year-old Northlander took five for 42 off 16.4 overs as Northants were dismissed for 214 in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 363.
Fellow paceman Kyle Mills took some late wickets to end with three for 41 off 15 overs.
South African Johann Louw, who smashed 82 off 90 balls, and Ireland's World Cup batsman Niall O'Brien, who scored 60, frustrated New Zealand's bowlers.
Scoreboard after the second day of the three-day cricket tour match between New Zealand and Northamptonshire at the County Ground here today:-
New Zealand
First innings (329-8 overnight)
P Fulton c O'Brien b Louw 57
A Redmond c Wakely b Wigley 121
J Marshall c Peters b Logan 11
R Taylor c O'Brien b Lucas 10
B McCullum lbw b Wigley 72
D Flynn lbw b Wigley 6
G Hopkins lbw b Louw 10
K Mills c Wakely b Wigley 0
T Southee lbw b Louw 21
J Patel not out 22
M Mason b Wigley 1
Extras (1b, 14lb, 7w, 10nb) 32
Total (98.2 overs) 363
Fall: 113 (Fulton), 130 (Marshall), 145 (Taylor), 289 (Redmond), 297 (Flynn), 300 (McCullum), 300 (Mills), 321 (Hopkins), 347 (Southee), 363 (Mason).
Bowling: J Louw 21-8-42-3 (4w), D Lucas 20-4-73-1 (2w, 10nb), R Logan 15-1-87-1, D Wigley 18.2-3-78-5 (1w), J Brown 19-6-46-0, G White 5-1-22-0.
Second innings
P Fulton c sub (S Crook) b Wigley 16
A Redmond lbw b Wigley 9
J Marshall c O'Brien b Wigley 2
R Taylor not out 6
Extras (2lb, 1w, 2nb) 5
Total (for 3 wkts, 15.4 overs) 38
Fall: 26 (Fulton), 29 (Redmond), 38 (Marshall).
Bowling: J Louw 4-0-14-0 (1w), D Lucas 4-2-9-0 (2nb), J Brown 4-0-10-0, D Wigley 3.4-1-3-3.
Northamptonshire
First innings
S Peters c Hopkins b Southee 9
N O'Brien c Marshall b Mills 60
A Wakely b Southee 0
D Sales c Hopkins b Southee 13
G White b Southee 0
J Louw b Mills 82
D Lucas b Mason 8
A Crook not out 19
D Wigley c Taylor b Mills 10
R Logan b Southee 1
J Brown not out 4
Extras (3b, 3lb, 2nb) 8
Total (for 9 wkts dec, 60.4 overs) 214
Fall: 15 (Peters), 15 (Wakely), 57 (Sales), 57 (White), 103 (O'Brien), 155 (Lucas), 193 (Louw), 207 (Wigley), 210 (Logan).
Bowling: K Mills 15-3-41-3, T Southee 16.4-5-42-5 (1nb), J Patel 15-4-45-0, M Mason 12-3-58-1, A Redmond 2-0-22-0.
