1st Test: England vs New Zealand at Lord's

Whoa!!  ... was planning on an early night but will now have to watch some of this !!!

ENG 149/4

Stokes 57*
Root 61*

172 after 39

Current partnership 142 runs, 26.4 overs, RR: 5.32 (Root 57, Stokes 79)

Stokes pick over Jordan appears to be the correct  one !


38.5  Henry to Stokes, FOUR, dug in short and pulled again, four more through deep midwicket!

38.4  Henry to Stokes, SIX, Henry drops short and Stokes clatters a pull into the stands! Flat six from Stokes

38.2  Henry to Stokes, FOUR,

182 - 4 after 40

Current partnership 152 runs, 27.4 overs, RR: 5.49 (Root 57, Stokes 89)

Stokes move to 89*

39.5  Boult to Stokes, FOUR, too straight from Boult, crashed through midwicket for another boundary, Stokes is smoking it,

39.3  Boult to Stokes, FOUR,

190 - 4 after 43 overs

Current partnership  160 runs, 31.0 overs, RR: 5.16 (Root 61, Stokes 91)

191 - 5

Stokes perishes to the Spinner

44.1
Craig to Stokes,  shoulders arms outside off and bowls him! It's drifted into the top of off stump, slid down the slope and

clipped the outside of the top of off. A great knock for Stokes but no century with that misjudgment.

A wicket from nowhere for New Zealand, a breakthrough they so desperately needed

Stokes b Craig 92

161 partnership comes to an end ... Stokes out

dam


they need to call up Ramdin find out how to get these guys out

219 - 5 after 55 overs

Joe Root 80*

TEA

287 - 6 after 74 overs

Butler 42 , Moeen 15