Gus Atkinson took a hat-trick to dismiss New Zealand for 125 and give England a first-innings lead of 155 as the tourists took full control of the second test early on the second day in Wellington on Saturday.

Gus Atkinson hat-trick puts England on top in Wellington - Atkinson turned the heat on the Black Caps in his fifth over of the day, racking up three different modes of dismissal to end their innings on 125.

Gus Atkinson has become the first England bowler since 2017 to complete a hat-trick in test cricket when he claimed the last three wickets of New Zealand’s first innings on the second day of the second test.

Gus Atkinson takes the 15th hat-trick by an England bowler to rattle through the New Zealand tail on the second day of the second Test in Wellington.