Teams news
England are likely to be unchanged from Lord's. James Anderson and Mark Wood were both reported to be a "bit sore" but are both anticipated to be fine.
England (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Adam Lyth, 3 Gary Ballance, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson
New Zealand have two injury worries. BJ Watling, who missed the second Test on the last tour, is still struggling with his knee that saw him not able to keep wicket for most of the Lord's Test. His exclusion would rob New Zealand of an influential player in their run of six undefeated Test series. Corey Anderson also has a back problem; if he plays he is likely not to bowl. His injury concerns will be felt at Somerset, where he has signed up for the NatWest Blast. Luke Ronchi, for his Test debut, and Doug Bracewell are in line to replace the injured pair.
New Zealand (possible) 1 Tom Latham, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Brendon McCullum (capt), 6 Luke Ronchi (wk), 7 Mark Craig, 8 Doug Bracewell, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Trent Boult
Pitch and conditions
Headingley generally comes up with a good Test wicket and the bigger influence on conditions will be the situation overhead. It has been a cold spring in Yorkshire and the weather is forecast to be unsettled throughout the match, particularly on Sunday. "We still scored over 730 runs and took 20 wickets at Lord's," McCullum reflected. "On most occasions when you out those sorts of numbers on the board you would probably say you'd win the Test match." It probably would be at Headingley.
Stats and trivia
Alastair Cook needs 32 runs to surpass Graham Gooch as England's leading Test runscorer.
James Anderson is just one wicket away from becoming the 12th bowler to take 400 Test wickets
Brendon McCullum needs 88 more runs reach 6000 in Tests: he would be just the second New Zealander to reach the mark after Stephen Fleming
New Zealand's first Test victory in England came at Headingley in 1983
Quotes
"It is a balancing act - maybe there have been times when I have been too conservative in the past."
England captain Alastair Cook responds to the query whether an adventurous young side can lead him into a more attacking style of captaincy.
"We went down the other day but I thought we played some pretty good cricket during that Test. I make no apologies for how we play. We need to play an aggressive and innovative form of cricket. It gives us our greatest opportunity."
Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand skipper, keeps his foot on the accelerator.
be careful you might give yourself one to
needs to come into the attack and press the brakes
