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Post by Admin on May 18, 2022 13:57:38 GMT
England v New Zealand, first Test
Venue: Lord's Dates: 2-6 June
Coverage: Daily highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer. Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary and clips on the BBC Sport website and app
England have recalled their all-time leading wicket-takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad for the first two Tests against New Zealand.
The veteran pace bowlers were left out of the West Indies tour in March.
Yorkshire batter Harry Brook and Durham fast bowler Matty Potts, both 23, receive maiden call-ups.
The three-Test series against the world champions will be England's first since they appointed Brendon McCullum as Test coach and Ben Stokes as captain.
The first Test at Lord's begins on 2 June, followed by the second at Trent Bridge on 10 June. The series concludes at Headingley.
New Zealander McCullum and Stokes were part of the panel that chose the 13-man squad, with new England managing director Rob Key also involved.
"This is the start of a new era for our Test team under the stewardship of Ben and Brendon," said Key.
"With a blend of youth and experience, we have selected an exciting squad that can compete with New Zealand.
"We have rewarded players in Harry Brook and Matty Potts who have had outstanding starts to the county season, and they deserve the opportunity to stake a claim at this level.
"It promises to be a mouth-watering series, and I can't wait for the team to start against a very good New Zealand side. It is a fascinating prospect for everyone connected with the sport in this country."
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Anderson, 39, and 35-year-old Broad, with a combined 1,177 Test wickets, were always likely to return after receiving public backing from both Stokes and Key.
England are without seven other fast bowlers through injury, while Ollie Robinson has been left out after a number of fitness issues. There is no place for Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson.
Batter Dan Lawrence, who played all three matches in England's 1-0 defeat in the West Indies, also misses out as he works his way back from a hamstring injury.
The absences give opportunities to Brook, who is the leading run-scorer in Division One of the County Championship, and Potts, the leading wicket-taker in either division.
Brook hits two fours and a six in consecutive deliveries
All-rounder Stokes has already confirmed that he will bat at number six and former captain Joe Root at four, meaning a reshuffle in the batting order.
Ollie Pope will get the chance to relaunch his Test career at number three, a position he has never occupied in first-class cricket. Brook will push Jonny Bairstow for the slot at number five, while Ben Foakes is set to keep his place behind the stumps.
England are looking to reverse a run that has seen them win only one of their past 17 Tests and none of their past five series.
New Zealand were crowned world Test champions by beating India in the final in Southampton last year.
The series against the Black Caps is followed by the rescheduled fifth Test against India, which was postponed in September after a Covid-19 outbreak in the tourists' camp.
South Africa then visit the UK for a further three-Test series later in the summer.
England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham, captain), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey, wk), Jack Leach (Somerset), Alex Lees (Durham), Craig Overton (Somerset), Matthew Potts (Durham), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Joe Root (Yorkshire).
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Post by Admin on May 31, 2022 15:10:53 GMT
Wood
Livingstone
Salt
Buttler
Picked for ODI’s
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Post by chris on May 31, 2022 15:16:28 GMT
Wood Livingstone Salt Buttler Picked for ODI’s
These four will be missing for the T20 matches on 17th and 19th June, possibly for the T20 match on 23 June (2.30pm) as they travel back and possibly even for the County Championship match 12-15th June, depending when they meet up and travel to the Netherlands. |
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Post by Dave Towers on May 31, 2022 20:16:07 GMT
Well I suppose at least we're used to Livingstone and Buttler not being in the team.
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2022 14:21:13 GMT
Ticket prices £160
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2022 10:00:02 GMT
NZ win toss and bat
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Post by man in the stand on Jun 2, 2022 11:55:47 GMT
McCullum says "chase every ball"...so Leach does that and gives himself concussion and in consequence Parky gets himself called up! But will he get much of a bowl....
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2022 14:08:25 GMT
NZ 132 all out
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2022 6:44:05 GMT
Liked the look of Potts, funerial over rate, 12 overs short even with the extra 30 minutes, so much prating around, do you really need drinks when evry wicket goes down. Leach one of the unlucky players.
ESPN take
England 116 for 7 (Foakes 6*, Broad 4*) trail New Zealand 132 (de Grandhomme 42*, Potts 4-13, Anderson 4-66) by 16 runs
If the mantra of this England Test side, coached by Brendon McCullum and captained by Ben Stokes, is about "moving the game forward", then the first day of the opening Test of the summer could scarcely have gone better. But after a flying start with the ball, England went back to old habits as New Zealand exposed familiar failings with the bat. Seventeen wickets went down on an apparently true Lord's surface, and come the close it was far from clear which side was on top.
The game began in fast-forward, New Zealand sliding to 12 for 4 inside the first hour, but gradually settled on to a more even keel. James Anderson, playing the 170th match of his Test career, and Matthew Potts, in his first, shared eight wickets between them as the tourists were rounded up in two sessions following Kane Williamson's decision to bat first; they were in dire straits at 45 for 7 only for Colin de Grandhomme to marshall to oversee some lower-order resistance.
After an encouraging opening stand of 59 between Zak Crawley and Alex Lees, England then shipped seven wickets during the evening session to bring New Zealand roaring back into the contest. Even after Kyle Jamieson produced the initial breakthroughs, they were still well placed on 92 for 2 and with thoughts beginning to turn towards consolidation. But Joe Root, in his first Test since resigning the captaincy, steered de Grandhomme to gully and England promptly lost 5 for 8 to revive memories of the grisly collapses that have disfigured their red-ball cricket over the last year.
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Crawley was the first to depart, having produced a number of eye-catching shots in his 56-ball 43. But after stroking Jamieson through the covers for four, he attempted another lavish drive off his next ball only to produce a thin edge through to the keeper.
Ollie Pope's maiden outing in first-class cricket at No. 3 did not last long, feathering behind off a rising Jamieson delivery, but it was the dismissal of Root that really shook England's resolve. Tim Southee struck twice in the space of consecutive overs, trapping Lees lbw shuffling across his stumps after another dogged-but-insubstantial innings, before Stokes edged behind with just a single to his name. The slide gathered momentum as Trent Boult, straight into the side after his late dash from the IPL, claimed two in three balls, Jonny Bairstow dragging on to his stumps and Potts bounced out to conclude an eventful start to his Test career.
In true McCullum style, England charged headlong into their new era - literally, in the case of Jack Leach, who suffered a concussion when throwing himself full length over the boundary rope to prevent four and had to be substituted from the game. Matt Parkinson, the Lancashire legspinner, was called in as Leach's replacement for an unexpected Test debut, although New Zealand's first innings was over long before he had completed his journey from Manchester to Lord's.
England ran rampant during an exhilarating morning session that saw New Zealand totter in at lunch on 39 for 6, as Potts, the Durham debutant, struck with his fifth ball and added two during an impressive first spell in Test cricket, going on to finish with 4 for 13. If England began the series with, in Stokes' words, a "blank canvas", they were soon daubing pretty pictures for an expectant crowd - and such a rousing start might help squeeze a few more in through the gates in the days and weeks to come.
Only two of New Zealand's top six made it into double figures, a grim sequence which included Williamson scoring 2 from 22 balls before edging behind off Potts, Ben Foakes swooping to his right for his maiden dismissal behind the stumps on home soil. Daryl Mitchell struck three retaliatory boundaries only to play on in Potts' fifth over, and the new boy had a third shortly before lunch when bringing one back up the slope to clatter Tom Blundell's off stump.
Ben Stokes walks back after falling early, England vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 1, Lord's, June 2, 2022
Ben Stokes walks back after falling early•PA Images via Getty Images
New Zealand's position worsened when Jamieson was out hooking to fine leg in the first over after lunch, and they were grateful for a counterattacking hand from de Grandhomme, who helped eke out 87 runs for the last three wickets.
For all the buzz around England promising a fresh approach to Test cricket, it was the familiar sight of Anderson and Stuart Broad that greeted the New Zealand openers, the new-ball pair back in harness after being dropped for the tour to the Caribbean. Stokes, who wore a one-off shirt in tribute to the hospitalised former England batter Graham Thorpe at the toss, confirmed that he too would have opted to bat, but was able to settle straight into his new role orchestrating proceedings from mid-off.
It took Anderson, playing his first Test since helping to secure a draw at the SCG in January, a mere seven balls to find his groove once again. Will Young was lured into pushing outside off but might have got away with a fast, low edge had it not been for a fantastic one-handed catch from Bairstow, throwing himself to his left from third slip. Anderson bagged the wicket of Latham in his next over, with Bairstow again the catcher - this time throwing himself for the rebound after dropping the initial, chest-high chance.
Broad did not have to wait long to get amongst it either, luring Devon Conway into a hard-handed prod that again provided catching practice for Bairstow in the slips, leaving New Zealand deep in trouble at 7 for 3 in the eighth over.
Their woes were deepened by the impact of Potts, handed his cap before play by Steve Harmison after being backed by Stokes - another Durham and England man - for his debut. Potts had never played a first-class match before at Lord's, but walked off at lunch with figures of 3 for 8 after living up to his billing as a deck-hitting catalyst of a fast bowler.
He was on the money from the outset, and his first victim could scarcely have been more illustrious, as Williamson was drawn into pushing at one in the channel. Mitchell looked more comfortable than most of his colleagues, but was undone by some extra bounce as he looked to defend from the crease, before Blundell also fell cheaply to Potts, whose relentless line left the New Zealand wicketkeeper uncertain of his response, and fatally late on an in-ducker.
Jamieson threw the bat at four of his five deliveries after the break, before picking out Potts in the deep, but Southee was more successful in pushing England back, striking four boundaries in 26 off 23 balls. He fell in identical fashion to Anderson, and the removal of Ajaz Patel by Potts with the first ball of his second spell left both seamers contemplating a spot on the honours board. Potts limped off with cramp shortly after, replaced mid-over by Stokes, and the new captain finished the frivolity - at least until England's madcap final hour.
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Post by Admin on Jun 4, 2022 5:45:38 GMT
Suspect we need a couple of quick wickets his morning otherwise this might be tough to win, thought Parky did alright albar a couple of pies, but apparently he bowls too slow, somehow don't think he's ever going to bowl 90 mph
ESPN Take
New Zealand 132 and 236 for 4 (Mitchell 97*, Blundell 90*) lead England 141 (Crawley 43, Southee 4-55) by 227 runs
Sometimes the key to success in sport is to calm the nerves, throttle the adrenalin and slow. Things. Down. That is just what New Zealand did during the second afternoon at Lord's, as a methodical, unbroken century partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell helped the touring side take control of a Test that was more like a runaway train for the first four-and-bit sessions.
By the close, New Zealand's fifth-wicket stand stood at 180, three times bigger than the next-highest partnership in the match. No batter had reached fifty before Blundell got there during the evening session, with Mitchell following him in the subsequent over. Their timely show of resistance tipped a see-sawing Test in the direction of New Zealand, after they had been precariously placed on 56 for 4 shortly after lunch.
England were briefly in the ascendant as ball continued to dominate bat during another six-wicket morning session. But although they had managed to eke out a slim first-innings lead, which was followed up by another impressive opening salvo from Matthew Potts, the rest of the day offered Ben Stokes an extended chance to contemplate the challenges ahead for his captaincy.
The wicket of Devon Conway, gloving down the leg side off Stuart Broad, was the only one to fall in 63 overs after lunch, as Mitchell and Blundell applied themselves to mastering both the conditions and the opposition attack. Stokes brought himself on for a sustained spell of short-pitched bowling - similar to the one at Sydney during the Ashes which left him with a side strain and little else besides - and although Mitchell almost fell on the hook, his shot ballooning over mid-on, the tactic caused New Zealand few other alarms.
Matt Parkinson, the legspinner brought in for his debut as a concussion sub, was also given a first bowl in Tests, although there were rather too many release balls and the closest he came to a breakthrough was when deflecting a Blundell drive into the non-striker's stumps - only for Mitchell to have regained his ground.
Both batters reach stumps within sight of Lord's hundreds, having taken it in turns to slipstream each other through the day. Their resolve was all the more remarkable given what had gone before: namely 24 wickets, one fifty partnership and sundry examples of culpable shot selection.
The last time that both teams had scored fewer than 150 in the first innings of a Test at Lord's was 1954.
Mitchell started watchfully, before switching into a more aggressive mode midway through the afternoon: twice he went hard at James Anderson, the first producing an edge that flew high and wide of the cordon, the second a big air shot. The next over, bowled by Stokes, featured a pair of controlled fours, off the pads and then down the ground.
He continued to drive judiciously, reached his fifty after tea with a nudged single off Broad, and despite a couple of nervous moments grew into the short-ball challenge, twice swatting Stokes for four. Another burst of three boundaries in an over came against Anderson, before Mitchell returned to ticking over as the shadows began to lengthen.
Blundell, too, was happy to grind when required and then pick off the bad ball. Parkinson was taken for four of his 12 boundaries, and he went to his half-century with a flowing square drive off Potts, before whipping Broad flamingo-style through midwicket. Never mind the flourishes, the substance of Blundell's contribution was comparable to that of his predecessor as wicketkeeper, BJ Watling, whose firefighting qualities were so valued by New Zealand.
Such surety seemed a long way from the rolling chaos of the second morning at Lord's, as wickets continued to tumble. The debutant Potts struck twice, removing Kane Williamson cheaply for the second time in the match, as New Zealand stuttered again with the bat after completing a resurgent display with the ball.
It only took 35 minutes for New Zealand to wrap up England's first innings, claiming the last three wickets for the addition of 25 runs, but they were still in arrears when, for the second day in succession, Anderson found Will Young's outside edge with the first ball of his second over - Ben Foakes this time completing the dismissal with a diving grab.
Williamson and Tom Latham, New Zealand's two most-experienced batters, briefly drew the sting of opening spells from Anderson and Broad, before the introduction of Potts sent the visiting dressing room scrambling once again.
Williamson had survived an edge off Anderson that landed inches short of second slip, but he soon fell to Potts' nagging examination outside off. The Durham seamer struck with his fifth ball in the first innings, but this time was made to wait until his eighth, Williamson taken comfortably at third slip aiming a back-foot punch. Potts then removed Latham in his next over, grazing the outside edge so gently that neither the batter nor Foakes behind the stumps were convinced - but DRS confirmed Rod Tucker's decision.
England resumed on Friday still 16 runs behind on first innings, having suffered a dramatic collapse on the first evening. They were eight down in the second over the day, Broad bowled by Southee two balls after pumping him for four through mid-on, and that became nine when Foakes was lured into dabbing to slip, with England still two runs short of parity.
Anderson brought the scores level with a push down the ground off Trent Boult, and there were ironic cheers when Parkinson's flick for two put England into the lead, as well as earned him his first Test runs. Parkinson, who was handed his cap in the dressing room before play by Jeetan Patel, managed one nicely timed drive for four before steering Boult to first slip. At that stage, it was doubtful whether his bowling would be required, but the grit shown Mitchell and Blundell banished any such thoughts.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2022 6:25:01 GMT
All up to Joe this morning, Parky hit the winning run would be epic, but as this is England we could get anything but KP will blame county cricket either way
espn
England 141 and 216 for 5 (Root 77*, Foakes 9*) need a further 61 runs to beat New Zealand 132 and 285 (Mitchell 108, Blundell 96)
There is a recent history of dramatic encounters between England and New Zealand at Lord's - particularly those involving Ben Stokes. This rip-roaring Test was set to become the latest instalment as England, inspired by Stokes and his predecessor as captain, Joe Root, did the bulk of the legwork in their fourth-innings chase of 277.
New Zealand were not out of it come the close, needing five more wickets and with a lengthy tail to come. Kyle Jamieson blasted out four of England's top six, including taking the wicket of Stokes just as he seemed to have located his momentum-stealing mojo - but they were also left to wonder at what might have been, had Colin de Grandhomme not overstepped at a crucial juncture in the day.
Stokes, on 1 at the time, dragged de Grandhomme's delivery into his stumps but was cheered back to the middle as the no-ball was signalled. To add to New Zealand's problems, de Grandhomme, the fourth seamer, was forced off mid-over shortly after by a heel strain and did not return.
It was the birthday present England's new Test leader needed, and Stokes set about stamping his mark on the contest during a 90-run partnership with Root that resurrected the team's chances after Jamieson had helped reduce them to 69 for 4. New Zealand have been here before: in 2015, when Stokes scored the fastest Test hundred at Lord's to set up victory over a side captained by Brendon McCullum, now in charge of England's Test fortunes; in 2019, when, well, we probably don't need to remind you.
There was even an echo of the World Cup final in one of the lighter moments of a tense tussle, as a shy at the stumps with Stokes scrambling for his ground ended up deflecting off the back of his bat. This time, overthrows were not an issue.
Sixes into the stands could be a factor, though. Stokes signalled his intent before the tea break by smiting Ajaz Patel's second delivery in the Test over deep midwicket, and he took up the gauntlet when Kane Williamson turned to his spinner again during the evening session. Two more slog sweeps disappeared into the crowd during an over that cost 17, and Stokes went to fifty from his next delivery, punching Jamieson through backward point for four.
There was a gladiatorial atmosphere around Lord's, only for Jamieson to land what appeared another telling blow, Stokes gloving behind when looking to uppercut a short ball. But England could still lean on Root, as they have for much of the last 18 months, and he played with increasing assurance during an unbroken stand with Ben Foakes that buoyed expectations of a home victory going into day four.
Root, despite his many achievements, has never scored a fourth-innings hundred for England; should he get there over the course of the next day (or two, given the weather forecasts for Sunday), he will also become the 14th man to reach 10,000 runs in Tests.
New Zealand began the day in the box seat, looking to build on the efforts of Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell, but saw their second innings wrapped up inside 90 minutes of another harum-scarum morning session, Stuart Broad providing the spark as England claimed the last six wickets for the addition of just 34 runs. Mitchell notched his second Test hundred, while Blundell just missed out on a place on the honours board - but despite their 195-run fifth-wicket stand, a precipitous end to the innings left the door ajar.
England had declined to chase a very similar target on the same ground against the same opponents 12 months ago - although on this occasion, there were no fifth-day time constraints to factor in. Two summers ago, they reeled in a fourth-innings requirement of 277 against Pakistan at Old Trafford, but neither of their match-winners on that occasion - Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes - were in the side here.
New Zealand made the initial breakthrough before lunch, Jamieson putting an end to Alex Lees' bright start by bringing one back down the slope to hit the top of off as the England opener attempted to leave.
The towering Jamieson continued after the interval, rarely wavering from his disciplined interrogation around the top of off stump. That line did for Zak Crawley, who was looking to play defensively but could not deal with the combination of bounce and movement as the ball took the edge up by the bat label to be held superbly by a diving Tim Southee at third slip.
The Trent Boult delivery that did for Ollie Pope was even better, swinging in from round the wicket and then darting away off the seam to uproot the off stump. Boult suffered momentary pain as Jonny Bairstow took him for three fours in an over, but England lost their fourth in the next, Jamieson's out-out-out-in gambit resulting in Bairstow being emphatically bowled through the gate attempting to drive.
Proceedings began with Mitchell and Blundell both hoping to bring up hundreds, and New Zealand seemingly heading out of sight - already 227 runs in front with six wickets still standing. Drizzle delayed the start by half an hour, but Mitchell did not have to wait much longer, driving the fifth ball of the morning - and the first he had faced - for three to reach the landmark.
The third over with the second new ball changed the complexion of the contest. Broad summoned the spirit of his innings-wrecking younger self as three wickets went down in the space of three balls, Lord's rising to the occasion as 251 for 4 became 251 for 7 and New Zealand suddenly sensed danger.
It needed a peach to dislodge Mitchell, who was caught at the wicket off one that left him on a perfect length. The next delivery brought another moment of calamity for de Grandhomme, who survived a vociferous lbw appeal only to be run out by the alert Pope, who threw down the stumps from fourth slip before New Zealand's No. 7 could regain his bearings. The team hat-trick was complete when Broad, having whipped up the crowd, sliced through Jamieson's forward defensive to send off stump cartwheeling back.
Blundell had been made a spectator, and the nerves were surely rising when he propped forward to a James Anderson in-ducker on 96 to be palpably lbw - a forlorn review confirming the ball would have hit the middle of middle stump. Southee whacked four fours to help swell the target further, but the game was moving on again. Matthew Potts producing another immediate intervention to remove Ajaz before Matthew Parkinson claimed his maiden Test wicket, Southee slashing to slip.
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2022 11:06:58 GMT
Never in doubt
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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2022 14:02:56 GMT
Same side as last week Leach passed fit
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Post by man in the stand on Jun 10, 2022 9:35:03 GMT
Parky not picked but with the test team??
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Post by Admin on Jun 10, 2022 10:31:58 GMT
Won the toss put NZ in
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