CricketOpeners Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton capitalised on the cheap dismissal of England by guiding New Zealand to 131 without loss at close of play on the second day of the first Test in Dunedin yesterday.

Seamer Neil Wagner and spinner Bruce Martin had earlier taken four wickets apiece to shock England by dismissing the misfiring tourists for 167 in less than two sessions at University Oval.

Rutherford finished the day 77 not out in his first Test innings, while Fulton had made 46 in his first Test since 2009 and New Zealand will resume today needing just another 37 runs to take a first innings lead.