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England (141 & 279/5) defeat New Zealand (132 & 285) by 5 wickets to win the 1st Test at Lord's

James said:
It was only the first hour where the English seamers made themselves extremely difficult to play. After that it was mostly just average bowling from England.
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Yeah. Last season, KL and Rohit got even tougher conditions at Lords and they blunted the new ball and cashed in later.

NZ should have done a lot better.
 
That was a really poor and stodgy partnership between Hales and Pope, was going nowhere.

Pope out now, Roooooooot in.
 
James said:
That was a really poor and stodgy partnership between Hales and Pope, was going nowhere.

Pope out now, Roooooooot in.
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Last Wkt: Ollie Pope c Blundell b Jamieson 7(27) - 75/2 in 23.6 ov.
Ovs Left: 23
 
Root out, bit of a mistake from him.

96-3

England will get a lead, but NZ now have a chance of limiting it to semi manageable levels.
 
Lees gone. Another poor dismissal.

98-4

England are sliding a bit here and need a partnership.

How will Bairstow and captain Stokes respond?
 
Stokes gone now.

98-5

England in trouble.
 
NZ 132
ENG 98/5 (31.3) CRR: 3.11
Day 1: 3rd Session - England trail by 34 runs

England losing advantage very quickly
 
New Zealand are bowling very well now.
 
Bairstow out. 6 down now.

Turning into a bit of a disaster.
 
This was always a risk with the England batting.

McCullum has inherited a mentally fragile bunch of guys and has a lot of work to do.
 
NZ are going to get a lead and there is no way that England will have the guts to complete a fourth innings run chase.

Lots and lots of work to do.
 
The lure of earning easy millions in IPL tamasha is too much for these guys. Test cricket will die soon
 
Ab Fan said:
Looks like the resilient NZ batting lineup have been owned by the "worst England side of all-time"??
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Spoke too soon. This really is the worst england side ever. They should just hand over the trophy to India without even playing the upcoming test
 
James said:
They’re not going to transform a failing side overnight. This will take a lot of time and effort.
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What we need are Colly types who say "I am going to stop this collapse, they will not get me out."
 
This is embarrassing cricket, much lower quality cricket when you compare it with Pakistan vs England or India vs South Africa and about 0.75% as good as India vs Australia series which are obviously the best matches as far as quality and buzz is concerned.
 
At Stumps on Day 1:

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Doull: New Zealand would have take anything under 80

Simon Doull believes that New Zealand won't believe their luck after another batting collapse from England:

"I was thinking at one stage if we could keep England under that 100, 200 mark that would be really successful.

"From New Zealand's point of view they would have taken anything under 80.

"That is why they are so good they hunt together and they have given New Zealand a good chance."
 
England implode after their seamers wreck havoc to bowl out New Zealand for 132 on the opening day of the first Test at Lord's.

Toss: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson elected to bat first, 23-year-old fast bowler Matthew Potts made his Test debut for England

Scores: 1st innings: NZ – 132, ENG – 116/7, trail by 16 runs

Stokes honours a England great

England captain Ben Stokes sported former England player and batting coach Graham Thorpe's name and jersey no.564, when he walked out for the toss. Thorpe, 52, is currently 'seriously ill' and in the hospital.

"Me wearing this shirt is on behalf of me and the England cricket team to show support to him, his wife, his kids, and all his family and friends through this tough time because we all love Thorpey, and he means a hell of a lot to us," said Stokes.

A concussion replacement named

While the morning started great for England, having sent back both the New Zealand openers under five overs, the hosts suffered a big blow when Jack Leach was forced to withdraw from the Test.

Leach was chasing a boundary from backward point when he landed awkwardly on his head and neck and was unable to get. After being tended to by the medical staff, the spinner had to walk back to the pavilion.

Subsequently he began showing concussion symptoms and had to be ruled out of the Test. Leg-spinner Matt Parkinson was later named as his replacement.

"Leach will have a graduated return to play with a minimum period being seven days, in accordance with concussion guidelines," an ECB statement said.

The 23-second applause

Shane Warne, who passed away unexpectedly in March this year, was paid a special tribute at the Lord's at the end of the 23rd over. The match was paused and there was 23 seconds of continued applause from all over the ground in honour of the Australia legend. 23 was Warne's preferred jersey number.

“On the fourth of March the game lost a cricket legend and the greatest leg-spinner of all time. His legacy transcends cricket and even sports on and off the field. In the commentary boxes and as a coach, he will be remembered for his cricketing genius as a cultural icon and simply one of a kind. His shirt number was 23, so for those able please be up standing for 23 seconds of applause for one of the greats of the game – Shane Warne," said the ground announcer before urging people to get up.

A debut to remember

"Pottsy (Mattew Potts) has had a fantastic start to the season. Durham lad, I played three games with him early on and he was head and shoulders above everybody else," Stokes had said at the toss.

Vindicating his captain's words, Potts put up an impressive display, complementing James Anderson, and finishing with figures of 9.2-4-13-4.

Potts' first wicket was that of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (2), who nicked behind in his first over and there was no looking back from there. Keeping things tight at his end, Potts then removed Daryl Mitchell (13), Tom Blundell (14) and Ajaz Patel (7) to complete a four-wicket haul.

Anderson too finished with four wickets, including the two New Zealand openers, while Stuart Broad and Stokes picked up one wicket each.

Taste of their own medicine

After bowling out New Zealand for 132, England looked in a solid position to control the first Test. And they started off well, first seeing off the brief session before Tea without any hiccups. The final session began steadily, with openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley sharing a half-century stand.

They put together 59 before Kyle Jamieson struck to send by Crawley and struck again 10 overs later to dismiss Ollie Pope. At 75/2, England still looked in a comfortable enough position but it did not take long for disaster to strike.

Former captain Joe Root (11) edged one off Colin de Grandhomme. In the next over, Tim Southee trapped Lees for a 77-ball 25 and then got Ben Stokes (1) in his very next over. Trent Boult made Jonny Bairstow (1) drag one back onto the stumps and then removed Potts (0) two balls later to leave England stuttering at 100/7.

Five wickets fell for just 8 runs in 28 balls!

Ben Foakes and Stuart Broad were able to add 16 runs in the remaining 3.1 overs as England finished the first day on 116/7, trailing by 16 runs.


Stat of the day: 132 is New Zealand's second-lowest first-innings total in England vs England

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Just watching the highlights now, what the heck is Alex Lees' technique against bowlers around the wicket ?

He's so far across you can see his legstump and even a bit of middle for that dismissal.
 
Markhor said:
Just watching the highlights now, what the heck is Alex Lees' technique against bowlers around the wicket ?

He's so far across you can see his legstump and even a bit of middle for that dismissal.
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Day 1 highlights

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Robert said:
What we need are Colly types who say "I am going to stop this collapse, they will not get me out."
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Colly's recently been saying these guys should be awarded medals for Ashes or something like that.

Matt Prior and Stuart Broad used to be really good back in the day with their counter attacks in such situations. Broad used to score a lot of 30s and 40s before they shunted him down to no 11.
 
NZ now narrow favourites to win imo. Tomorrow will be the best day for batting in the test (the forecast is for a lot of heavy cloud and showers on days 3 and 4) and England's bowlers will have to really work to pick themselves up after their batsmen frittered away such a dominant position. If NZ can keep the deficit to under 50, I'd back them to make 300+ in their second innings and win the game.
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
So 17 Wickets in day.. Where is the balance between bat and ball ?
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Honestly I thought it looked like a pretty good batting wicket. NZ looked like a team that just hopped off the plane from the IPL and England looked like a team with only 2 test class batsmen in the top 6.
 
Ahmed216 said:
The lure of earning easy millions in IPL tamasha is too much for these guys. Test cricket will die soon
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From England playing eleven only bairstow was played in IPL .
 
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132 and 116 won't even win an IPL match
If you want to do it, atleast do it right
 
Devadwal said:
From England playing eleven only bairstow was played in IPL .
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I meant the aspirations have changed. Earlier cricketers took pride in representing their country at the test and ODI level. But now the lure of easy bucks in tamasha IPL has damaged the overall quality of cricket. We see so many cricketers skipping national duty to play gilli danda cricket in IPL. An aspiring young cricketer around the wolrd today(except pakistan ofcourse) aims to represent some random franchise in IPL. Test cricket is no longer the ultimate
 
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What lead will NZ or Eng end up with? predictions?
 
Parkinson gets his Test cap

Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson was called into the England XI yesterday as a concussion replacement for Jack Leach.

He was presented with his Test cap, No 705, by England spin coach Jeetan Patel in the dressing room this morning...
 
BunnyRabbit said:
Colly's recently been saying these guys should be awarded medals for Ashes or something like that.

Matt Prior and Stuart Broad used to be really good back in the day with their counter attacks in such situations. Broad used to score a lot of 30s and 40s before they shunted him down to no 11.
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Broad's nerve went when he got grilled, now he won't get into line. It's a shame for a man with a test match 169 and ten fifties.
 
WICKET! Broad b Southee 9 - England 125-8

Bowled 'im! Having thumped the first ball of the over for four, Broad swings and misses at the next and survives but when he goes again, he loses his leg stump!

New Zealand still in with a sniff of a first-innings lead.
 
WICKET! Foakes c Mitchell b Southee 7 Eng 130-9

Hmmm. Ben Foakes is out. He tries to fiddle the ball for a single but tamely edges to slip.

England have one wicket left and still trail by two.
 
Matt Parkinson hitting a lovely four a few balls earlier.

Get him up the order!
 
WICKET Parkinson c Mitchell b Boult 8 Eng 141

Matt Parkinson is out, caught in the slips. England are bowled out with a lead of nine.
 
Man as a cricket fan it's so great to watch Anderson bowl, knowing he doesn't have many matches left.
 
Just tuned in....what a bowling shootout...What a golden oppurtunity Eng have let slip to hammer NZ...

So both a'int flash against swing and seam in Eng
both a'nt flash against play pace and bounce in Aus
Both a'int flash against spin & turn in SC conditions

We a'int flash against swing and reverse in SAF conditions

Yet guess who gets the rap for 'bad travellers, cant win outside home, home advantage, our board throws their weight because of which we win, every ranking is because of the big 3 agenda, yatiyaityah'
 
Over 26- NZ 65-4 (Mitchell 14, Blundell 5) - LEAD BY 65

What lead will be sufficient for NZ to win the Test?
 
It is torturous listening to Kevin Pietersen’s commentary

He talks too much! It’s a Test match not a T20
 
Good match is this.

Last night England let a great chance to control the Test slip away, but they’re still very much in this one.

A 58 lead for 4 and scoring at 2 per over is a nothing position for NZ.

England can realistically succeed and get over the line in a run chase of 145-170, but I think 180+ and certainly 200-220 would be exceptionally tough in these conditions with their psyche already scarred deeply.

Harry Brook in for the next Test please, and Ben Compton is arguably not far away either.
 
James said:
Good match is this.

Last night England let a great chance to control the Test slip away, but they’re still very much in this one.

A 58 lead for 4 and scoring at 2 per over is a nothing position for NZ.

England can realistically succeed and get over the line in a run chase of 145-170, but I think 180+ and certainly 200-220 would be exceptionally tough in these conditions with their psyche already scarred deeply.

Harry Brook in for the next Test please, and Ben Compton is arguably not far away either.
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I think 150+ will not be easy for England.
 
MenInG said:
I think 150+ will not be easy for England.
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Not “easy” but potentially could get over the line with 2-3 wickets in the shed.

No run chase at the moment for England will be easy, even a run chase of 50. The batsmen are playing with no confidence or self belief due to being on a horror run of form.

But got to start somewhere, and got to somehow eke out that turnaround win and squeak out a result somehow.
 
Swing notably reduced on the second morning compared with the first day, and this afternoon it has seemed to reduce again.

The more the sun shines, the easier batting will become. (for both teams…)
 
One keeps low from Anderson, nearly removes Blundell.

Variable bounce?
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Very very finely poised isn't it. 1 wicket gives England the edge and 50 runs without losing one outs the kiwis far ahead
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Yep. Or atleast one would think so. But the Dukes ball is quite unpredictable here. Depending on when it swings/doesnt, it may favour one team over the other.
 
Kevin Pietersen: "New Zealand in the driving seat, for sure. England will be batting fourth, chasing a total that may be a little bit bigger than what we thought. New Zealand are on top because England have that many frailties at the top of the order. They're not out of it but it's going to be an uphill task."
 
Batting looks easy at the moment with the sun nicely out.

Forecast for clouds tomorrow, when New Zealand will likely be bowling again.
 
England have blown this.

Way behind in the game now.
 
Robert said:
Broad's nerve went when he got grilled, now he won't get into line. It's a shame for a man with a test match 169 and ten fifties.
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I believe no one loses the skill to bat. Broad should be given confidence to play his natural instinctive counter punching game and be made to bat higher than Leach or Wood or Robinson or Potts.
They have sports medicine docs and psychologists to get him through that.
 
This looks all to familiar. Old ball, no movement, no pace, the attack looks one dimensional.
 
Lovely batting this by Mitchell and Blundell.

The key being - knowing where your off stump is.
 
This partnership has won NZ the test. I can't see England chasing down even 150.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
I believe no one loses the skill to bat. Broad should be given confidence to play his natural instinctive counter punching game and be made to bat higher than Leach or Wood or Robinson or Potts.
They have sports medicine docs and psychologists to get him through that.
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Hasn't worked. He would benefit from seeing a good hypnotherapist.
 
Mark Taylor on commentary thinks that England shouldn’t be too disheartened because it’s just a flat pitch now and any score under 300 will be chaseable. I do not share his philosophical sense of optimism
 
James said:
Mark Taylor on commentary thinks that England shouldn’t be too disheartened because it’s just a flat pitch now and any score under 300 will be chaseable. I do not share his philosophical sense of optimism
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Hes right though . If the conditions hold, england can chase this. Just like Headingley 2019 when batting conditions eased out and Stokes played a blinder.
 
Both the Kiwi batsman are chasing each other's score throughout their innings and have scored at similar strike rate throughout too.

Both in the 90s.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Hes right though . If the conditions hold, england can chase this. Just like Headingley 2019 when batting conditions eased out and Stokes played a blinder.
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Tomorrow's forecast is overcast, therefore swingers will be licking their lips
 
England face an uphill task to win the first Test after New Zealand doggedly built an imposing lead on the second day at Lord's.

Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell made the home side toil with an unbeaten partnership of 180 that took New Zealand to 236-4, 227 ahead.

At 56-4 just after lunch, New Zealand's lead stood at only 47, but Mitchell, with 97 not out, and Blundell's unbeaten 90 ensured no further wickets fell in the day.

Earlier, England added 25 to their overnight 116-7 to be bowled out for 141, a first-innings advantage of nine.

Including their collapse on Thursday evening, the home side lost their last eight wickets for 49 runs.

England failed to capitalise on dismissing New Zealand for 132 on day one and the first Test under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum is in severe danger of ending in defeat.
 
The game isn't dead and buried. With a smallish target you just need one or two players to stand up and be counted.
 
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