DUNEDIN, New Zealand — Neil Wagner and Bruce Martin proved able standbys as the backup duo made the most of their surprise inclusion to take four wickets each and help New Zealand bowl England out for 167 on the second day of the rain-shortened first Test. New Zealand openers Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton capitalized on the cheap dismissal of England by guiding New Zealand to 131 without loss at close of play. Left-arm pace bowler Wagner was the 13th man added to the squad after impressing for the New Zealand-XI in its victory over England in Queenstown and brought into the starting side when Doug Bracewell was ruled out with a cut foot to take the third seamer role. The 32-year-old Martin, who was making his debut, had been expected to take the spinner's role until there were suggestions that New Zealand may instead opt for four pace bowlers at University Oval. “Dougie's an awesome bowler and he's done well for his country. I don't know if that would have changed their decision,” Wagner said when asked did he think he would have played if Bracewell was fit. “They may have gone in with four seamers or maybe still played the spinner. “Obviously playing the spinner helped today, Bucko (Martin) bowled well taking four wickets himself which was pretty pleasing, especially on his debut.” Wagner had knocked the top off England's batting lineup, dismissing captain Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and the prized wicket of Kevin Pietersen leg before for a golden duck with a swinging delivery that would have cannoned into middle stump. “Getting Kevin's wicket was massive in the warm-up game but getting him in a Test is even better,” Wagner added with a smile. While New Zealand had been tidy with its bowling it was not really penetrating, with England's batsmen dismissed on poor shot execution, though Wagner said its attack had thought the brand of cricket the visitors play would lead to mistakes. “They play a positive brand of cricket; they're a positive side and a good team,” the South African born Wagner said. There are days when it doesn't come off and days when it comes off and on those days you don't want to be the opposition and they can hurt you badly. “Other days it doesn't come off and it was just one of those days when it didn't work for them. “On the day we just executed what we needed to do and it worked for us. We're quite happy about that.” Panesar wins contract Spinner Monty Panesar was given an England increment contract for 2012-13 Thursday as a reward for his fine recent form. The Sussex left-armer was previously on a central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) until 2009 when his deal was not renewed. However, he made a huge impact in the historic series win in India before Christmas and his value to the national team was further highlighted this week when Graeme Swann had to pull out of the Test series in New Zealand to have surgery on his elbow. — Agencies Scorecard England (1st innings) Cook c Rutherford b Wagner 10 Compton b Southee 00 Trott c Boult b Martin 45 Pietersen lbw Wagner 00 Bell c Rutherford b Wagner 24 Root c Brownlie b Boult 04 Prior c Williamson b Martin 23 Broad c Browlie b Martin 10 Finn c Rutherford b Wagner 20 Anderson c Wagner b Martin 23 Panesar not out 01 Extras (b4, w2, lb1) 07 Total (all out, 55 overs) 167 Falls: 1-5 (Compton), 2-18 (Cook), 3-18 (Pietersen), 4-64 (Bell), 5-71 (Root), 6-108 (Prior), 7-109 (Trott), 8-119 (Broad), 9-166 (Finn), 10-167 (Anderson). Bowling: Southee 15-3-45-1, Boult 15-4-32-1, Wagner 11-2-42-4, Martin 14-4-43-4. New Zealand (1st innings) Fulton not out 46 Rutherford not out 77 Extras (lb8) 08 Total (0 wickets, 42 overs) 131 Bowling: Anderson 9-1-35-0, Finn 12-2-35-0, Broad 10-1-23-0, Panesar 8-1-26-0, Trott 2-0-4-0, Root 1-1-0-0.
