ENG vs NZ: England collapse leaves first Test evenly poised, Shane Warne will get a tribute at Lord’s

A well-recognized England batting collapse left the hosts 16 runs behind New Zealand as wickets tumbled on a frantic first day of the opening check at Lord’s on Thursday.

England made a wonderful begin to their new period underneath captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum by dismissing New Zealand for 132 inside two classes.

But their dismal batting continued as they misplaced seven wickets for 41 runs to limp to the shut at 116 for seven after New Zealand seamers Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson picked up two wickets every.

England openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley shared a stable partnership of 59 earlier than Crawley was caught behind off Jamieson for 43.

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Jamieson eliminated Ollie Pope for seven in his first innings at No. 3 and Colin De Grandhomme dismissed Joe Root for 11 when the previous captain’s trademark back-foot punch was effectively caught by Southee at gully.

The Sky Sports commentary field is renamed the ‘Shane Warne commentary box’ in honour of the late cricketer. pic.twitter.com/BoSmDANcpo

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 2, 2022

Southee trapped Lees lbw for 25 and Stokes was caught behind, the skipper strolling off angrily after scoring one run off 9 balls.

Boult eliminated Jonny Bairstow (1) and debutant Matthew Potts (0) in the identical over as England’s batting crumbled in comparable trend to their current sequence defeats within the West Indies and Australia.

Ben Foakes, on six, and Stuart Broad (4) will resume the innings on the second day.

POTTS, ANDERSON SHINE WITH BALL

Earlier, England’s spectacular bowling and slick catching helped them bundle out New Zealand inside two classes following Kane Williamson’s choice to bat first.

The hosts’ good show was headlined by Potts, who picked up 4-13 and took two catches, in addition to veteran seamer James Anderson, who bagged 4-66 on his return to the facet after being dropped for the tour of the Caribbean.

Potts eliminated Williamson for 2 to say his first check sufferer and Anderson picked up two early wickets and two extra within the second session.

Broad, second on England’s all-time checklist of check wicket takers behind Anderson, additionally took a wicket and Stokes bagged the ultimate one to finish New Zealand’s disappointing innings.

De Grandhomme’s unbeaten 42 helped New Zealand get better from 39-6 at lunch after solely two of their high six reached double figures, and Southee contributed a helpful 26.

Lord’s paid tribute to former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne when play was paused within the twenty third over of New Zealand’s innings for 23 seconds of applause.

After 23 overs, the sport pauses for 23 seconds of applause in reminiscence of the the nice Shane Warne 👏❤️ pic.twitter.com/zr2Ih2XK7o

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) June 2, 2022

Warne, who wore the quantity 23 on his one-day worldwide shirt, died in March on the age of 52.