Live Cricket Score of Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 3 at Bulawayo

Welcome back. Day 3 of the Bulawayo Test. New Zealand are firmly in control with a lead of 151 at the start of the day and six wickets intact. Latham and Williamson starred for the visitors. The former registered his fourth Test ton but the captain missed it by 9. But the 156-run second wicket stand sure frustrated the home team.

Zimbabwe came back strong in the final session to pick the wickets of Latham, Williamson and Henry Nicholls in quick succession. On Day 3 though, theyneed quick wickets in the morning session and then hope they can bat long enough to avoid a defeat.

And Zimbabwe have their first wicket. Nightwatchman Ish Sodhi walks back. Chinouya gets the early breakthrough as the batsman gives away a faint edge to the stand-in keeper Chari.

New Zealand 323 for 5 now, Watling is the new man in.

Fifty for Rosco, his 25th in Test cricket. Gets there with a single off Masvaure.

New Zealand's lead goes past 200. Watling and Taylor have added 50 runs to the sixth-wicket partnership.

400 for New Zealand. Apart from the nightwatchman's wicket early in the day, Zimbabwe's bowling has been very mediocre.

Taylor and Watling looking pretty solid in the middle. The two are progressing towards their century and fifty respectively.

100-run partnership between Ross Taylor and BJ Watlingand the Kiwi wicketkpeer also brings up his 12th Test half-century. New Zealand have a very. very solid control over this game. Zimbabwe in desperate search of a couple of wickets here.

Lunch has been taken on Day 3. Another session that clearly belonged to New Zealand. Their lead is now 259 runs.

Join us back in 40 minutes for live updates from the post-Lunch session of the day.