Replying to England's 303 all out, New Zealand was 229-3 after the unexpected dismissal of Will Young on 82 off the final ball of the day.
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At close, Daniel Lawrence was batting on 67 (100 balls, 11x4s) and Mark Wood was on 16 (58 balls, 1x4).
Pacer Robinson made his Test debut in the first Test at Lord's last week. Simultaneously, some of his 2012 and 2013 tweets, full of racists and sexist connotations, surfaced.
Anderson was also felicitated before the start of the Test, with the crowd at Edgbaston up its feet to applaud England's most-capped player.
New Zealand's injury setbacks continued to mount on Thursday as their wicket-keeper BJ Watling was ruled out of the second Test against England with a back injury just minutes before the match on Thursday.
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Tom Latham is leading the side after regular captain Kane Williamson was unavailable due to elbow niggle.
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Root, however, assured fans of aggressive cricket as he doesn't want England to be viewed as a side that plays 'boring' brand of cricket.
While Latham will lead the Kiwis only for the third time, Will Young will replace Williamson in the playing eleven.
New Zealand have already been bolstered by the arrival of left-arm pace bowler Trent Boult, who is likely to feature in the second Test.
The West Indies great believes that the pacer should get a second chance if the investigation proves that he did not repeat his actions beyond that time.
New Zealand coach Gary Stead informed that left arm seamer Trent Boult is available for the second Test, while one of the fast bowlers will be rested for the Birmingham game.
Robinson was suspended from international cricket pending an investigation after his tweets, posted when he was a teenager.
The name of the player has been withheld by wisden.com which exposed the tweet.
Bess who last played a Test in March, against India in Ahmedabad where he returned wicketless, has been called up as cover for left-arm spinner Jack Leach.
ICC match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Boult earlier left for home to rest instead of travelling with New Zealand squad to United Kingdom after suspension of Indian Premier League (IPL); forcing him to miss 1st Test over quarantine rules.
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