England finished day two on 111-2 and trail New Zealand by 267 runs in the first innings after the visitors posted a total of 378 on the back of debutant Devon Conway’s double ton.
Rory Burns (59) and skipper Joe Root (42) were at the crease at stumps on day two after the home side lost Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley.
Play will resume at 11am local time on Saturday, with at least 98 overs to be bowled on each of the next two days as they look to make up for lost time.
Thank you for your patience but play has been abandoned for the day ☔️
We will resume at 11am (UK) tomorrow.#ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/1CNhlqZ3F6
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 4, 2021
The visitor had started the day on 246-3 but lost wickets at regular intervals as Mark Wood picked up three for just seven runs in a fiery spell in the first session while Ollie Robinson finished with 4-75 on his test debut.
