New Zealand faced England in the tour of England from 2nd-5th June in the first test at Lord’s.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. As the openers came to bat, it wasn’t long before New Zealand lost their first wicket in the form of Tom Latham.
The England bowlers were looking in great form as they have given a frequent breakthrough to the New Zealand team. No batsmen were able to stand in front of the bowlers of the England team.
Colin De Grandhomme was the only batsman who added value with 42 runs in the low total of their team.
James Anderson and Matthew Potts took four major wickets each, limiting the black caps to a low total of 132 runs.
It was time for England’s first inning to reach the total and gain some lead against them.
The openers started well as they made a partnership of 59 valuable runs until Alex Lees got out. The great knock by Zak Crawley of 43 runs made his team achieve the total.
However, the bowlers of NZ, Tim Southee, and Trent Boult took four and three wickets respectively in limiting the ENG bowlers to a minimum lead of just nine runs.
The second innings of NZ began, as did the frequent breakthroughs by the ENG bowlers. Stuart Broad and Matthew Potts gave opening breaks to the NZ team until the great partnership of Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell completed their half-centuries and made a partnership of 195 valuable runs, and Daryl achieved his century.
NZ achieved a great total of 285 runs, and Matthew Potts and Stuart Broad took three wickets each.
The ENG team needed 277 runs to win the test match against NZ. There were early wickets that made it seem difficult for them to attain the runs. While Joe Root and Ben Stokes achieved their half-centuries, Joe Root’s great century made ENG win the match by five wickets.
Joe Root was declared the Man of the Match for his winning knock of 115 runs.
England victors by 5 wickets at the @HomeOfCricket in a thrilling Test. Joe Root (115*) leads the chase for the hosts, passing 10,000 Test runs in the process 🏏
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— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 5, 2022