LONDON, June 6: England took total control of the second Test on a wearing Headingley pitch on Sunday after New Zealand collapsed from 75 for one to 102 for 5 in their second innings at the close of day four.
The tourists were still 15 runs adrift of England, who made 526 in their first innings, and reeling from the news spinner Daniel Vettori had suffered a suspected hamstring tear. Scott Styris was on seven while Jacob Oram had made four.
England had earlier piled on the runs after some sloppy New Zealand bowling with Geraint Jones notching his maiden Test century from only 146 balls and Andrew Flintoff weighing in with a composed 94.
Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard did the damage with the ball for England, taking advantage of a deteriorating pitch. Nathan Astle (8) was trapped lbw by Hoggard and night watchman Daryl Tuffey (7) lasted seven balls before spooning a simple catch to Jones off Harmison.
Opener Mark Richardson was out for 40, gloving a steep Hoggard ball to Jones and Brendon McCullum, promoted to three, was caught acrobatically by Marcus Trescothick for 20 after a good length ball from Harmison.
Stephen Fleming, back as opener because of Michael Papps's broken finger, clipped a Flintoff delivery to Andrew Strauss at short leg when on 11. England, resuming on 248 for four in the morning session, took advantage of New Zealand's bowling deficiencies, which were exacerbated when Vettori was forced from the field with a hamstring strain.
Jones, playing in only his third Test, hit a flurry of ambitious strokes but his luck finally ended when he cut a Chris Cairns delivery into the safe hands of Fleming to be out for exactly 100.
