5.01pm Stop the press. I'm struggling to think of a recent instance of play coming to an end right on the dot. The only thing Zimbabwe did right today was the overrate. Otherwise, they were chasing leather. First courtesy Devon Conway, who made 153, and then later on with Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls having fun en route centuries of their own. Rachin's was the more robust one, Nicholls' was a slowburn. All told, New Zealand can either choose to extend Zimbabwe's agony with the bat or declare and try to prise out 10 second innings wickets. Join us on Saturday to find out what happens.

Nicholls does some gardening, some tapping, some gardening again. Really? Why wouldn't you want one more over of fun? Hasn't batting been easy?

Tahir Ahmad: "Unfair to Zimbabwe and World Cricket in particular...There is no point in playing test cricket or any form of cricket if it is not competitive. Like, what will NZ cricket and global cricket fans get from this series? Boring one-sided test cricket." -- Clear case of dammed if you do and dammed if you don't