It's disappointing that we haven't gone ahead and created a big lead: Paul Collingwood

After taking a nine-run lead in the first innings, New Zealand was brought back by a 180-run partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell. 

England assistant coach Paul Collingwood expressed that the hosts aren't 'completely' out of the game. The Brits only managed a nine-run lead at the Home of Cricket after bowling the Black Caps out for 132.

With six wickets remaining in their second innings, the Kiwis had accumulated a 227-run lead at the end of Day 2. Collingwood, a former cricketer for the Three Lions, believes England still has a chance to make a comeback, but for doing so, they must take it one step at a time from the present situation.

Collingwood stated that the England squad is well aware that things are unlikely to change overnight. 

"We know that things aren't going to change overnight. It's going to take some time for us to get the team playing the way that we want them to play. Obviously, that's a work in progress,"

England's head coach, Brendon McCullum, and newly-appointed skipper, Ben Stokes, are both calm under pressure, according to the club.

"Brendon's a glass-half-full kind of man. He'll stay calm, he won't change his values and beliefs just because of one innings, that's for sure, and neither will Ben," Collingwood said.

Collingwood expressed his disappointment over England's poor batting performance even after the team managed to take the lead. 

"We came out of that first day all evens; both teams got pretty much exactly the same score. It's disappointing that we haven't gone ahead and created a big lead, but if you dwell on it for the rest of the game, that's no good. This game's not out of our reach yet," Collingwood stated.

After the second day's play, the overnight batters were Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell. Both players have gone undefeated in their nineties and are on the verge of centuries.