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ENG vs NZ 1st Test, Day 1 Live: New Zealand are four wickets down against England on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test at the Lord's Cricket Ground.

England are under new captain Ben Stokes and new coach Brendon McCullum and will be hoping the new leadership will also bring a change in results. New Zealand, meanwhile are returning to England after winning the series there last year as well and then the World Test Championship final against India. While New Zealand will be without Henry Nicholls, who has been ruled out with an injury, Trent Boult has been declared fit to feature. Netherlands vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Updates: New Zealand are four wickets down against England on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test at the Lord's Cricket Ground. James Anderson struck twice in as many overs, before Stuart Broad and debutant Matthew Potts also took a wicket each to put England firmly in control of the proceedings.

A wicket maiden for Potts in his first Test match over. It doesn't get much better than that and getting Kane Williamson, too. Sure, two or three wickets ...

And I’ve just been able to be a sponge in a way and soak up all the information and experience that this team has. Just to sit in that changing room has been pretty special, and to sit here now on the eve of another Lord’s Test is pretty cool.” He’s a huge character of the game, one of the legends of the game and probably the greatest to have played it. You understand that things ebb and flow and you have a great perspective on the game. It's then a play and a push on the off side and another leave to finish up. I would like to think that the way I've operation over the last couple of years is to be that natural leader... Takes the edge and that is a superb take from Bairstow low to his left at slip! Anderson sends one in, Latham plays out to the off side a little wildly and it flies to Bairstow at a good height at slip... A sharp one this time as Conway pushes hard at it and it just about carries about a foot off the ground. Anderson gets the edge of Williamson but it's very soft hands and it lands about a yard or two short of second slip! Leach gets back up and heads to the pavilion. it sounds like there's a noise on its way through to Foakes but it could have just clipped the back leg.

Ollie Pope will bat at No. 3 for the first time in red-ball cricket, while Jonny Bairstow moves to No. 5, meaning no space for the spare batter in the squad, ...

"It's been a little while, so it's great to be back in the side," he said. England had named their starting XIin advance for the first Test of the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum era. With Henry Nicholls ruled out in advance as he continues to recover from a calf strain, New Zealand have shuffled their batting order.

The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner. The inaugural competition was ...

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With the loss of Lees for 25, England would have been more than happy for stumps to arrive but instead, Stokes arrived to face the music against Southee and faltered. England were 75 for two and former captain Joe Root joined Lees in the middle. He was sixth man down when he dragged Boult into his stumps for one with the score at exactly 100. Anderson had Kyle Jamieson and Southee caught hooking at fine leg to finish with 4-66, with Potts snaring Ajaz Patel lbw with the first ball of his second spell. Williamson is short of form and Potts has been flying in Division Two, but it was still a significant scalp. The early breakthroughs laid an ideal foundation for Potts to take over and made a superb case for the next generation.