Summary

Have your say on England men this summer

  1. Postpublished at 13:28 BST

    Gus Atkinson's 5-30 today ensured there was one five-wicket haul in each innings of this Test, joining Kyle Jamieson, Ollie Robinson and Nathan Smith.

    Conditions are likely to be very different when Atkinson is back on home soil for the next Test at The Oval, however! That second Test starts on Wednesday 17 June.

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    Atkinson picks up five-wickets to help England to victory

  2. 'A monumental contribution'published at 13:24 BST

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    Gay reaches a half-century for England

    More from Ben Stokes: "I said to him [Emilio Gay] that these conditions are at the top of the tough end in Test cricket, and the pressure that he was under in the third innings in such a low-scoring game.

    "It was a monumental innings to get us to a lead that we were comfortable with, to believe that we could secure the victory, so yeah it was a tough introduction for him but I think it'll serve him really well going forward.

    "Of course, we all want to see more runs as batters, but it was a massive contribution on debut."

  3. 'The conversations happened quickly'published at 13:20 BST

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    Bethell takes a good low catch to end Conway's resistance

    England captain Ben Stokes: "Coming in after a long time away, with a lot of things happening off the field, to come and put a performance like that is pleasing.

    "Test cricket is tough, you never know what conditions you're going to get presented with so I think the way that we identified how we wanted to go about it - we established that very quickly, and that's why we came away with the win this week.

    "The conversations this week happened quickly. When you've got a lot of people in a dressing room there can be a lot of ideas being thrown around but we voiced them pretty well, and that's when you get into a situation where you can go out there as a team and be very clear.

    "It was a challenging wicket for batters but sometimes for bowling, because you're massively in the game and we knew what we needed to do with our plans to the New Zealand batters this week. We executed them probably as well as I've seen an England bowling group do that since I've been captain."

  4. 'Bravery can be misunderstood'published at 13:15 BST

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    Tongue gets an early breakthrough as Blundell goes for four

    England head coach Brendon McCullum speaking to BBC TMS: "The beauty of Test cricket is that you have contrasting conditions and challenges and you have to find ways to adapt and be successful on them. The good thing from our point of view is that when you're involved in a low scoring shoot out, your execution has to be bang on.

    "Our execution with the ball was outstanding, our plans were great. With the bat, I thought we were brave at times and calculated at other times.

    "Bravery can be misunderstood, it's not always running down wicket and banging it into the stands, bravery is about being able to manipulate your stance at the crease, manufacture ones. I thought our boys did a good job with that.

    "New Zealand are a team that does things really well for a long time so I didn't expect them to do much different with the bat. From their point of view, it looked like they were trying to get it into a pressure situation, get as close to the total as they could and hope we feel that pressure but thankfully we were able to get enough wickets to negate that."

  5. Postpublished at 13:12 BST

    Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    Gus Atkinson has 76 Test wickets - the most by any bowler since his debut on 10 July 2024.

    India's Jaspirt Bumrah and Australia's Mitchell Starc are joint second, with 75 in that time.

  6. 'One of the highlights of my career'published at 13:10 BST

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    How's that for a return?! Robinson takes three wickets in first over in two years

    Player of the Match Ollie Robinson: "Yeah, there was a time where I never thought I'd be back on a pitch with England so to get that win for the team is such a special feeling. Walking off there with the lads, a win under our belts in the first game of the summer, it's amazing.

    "It's probably the worst nerves I've had before a game, to be honest. My anxiety was through the roof the day before, I couldn't feel my legs! But it calmed down a bit after the first wicket and the crowd was just unbelievable, one of the loudest crowds I've played in front of.

    "The feeling was so surreal [after my first over]. I didn't really have any words to describe it but to look back, it's one of the highlights of my career so far, for sure.

    "I feel like we just bowled really well on it, we targeted the stumps and then it did get a bit up and down towards the end with a bit of seam movement and sideways. But our plans were really clear and we stuck to them.

    "Definitely [more determined]. I know that this is just the start and there's a lot more hard work to be done but I want to make sure it's a long career and there won't be any let-up this time."

  7. Postpublished at 13:06 BST

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    MCC know that they need to do lot of work to get this square right. It's been very difficult for the batters, very easy for the bowlers but you look at the fielding element, that's where New Zealand really let themselves down.

    It's been a shocker, the MCC will know that. Maybe that will instigate some movement in terms of change, maybe this week had to happen for a bit of the square to be dug up and replaced.

  8. Postpublished at 13:04 BST

    New Zealand skipper Tom Latham speaking to BBC TMS: "It's a surface that we weren't expecting. I don't think anyone was expecting that. There were two highly talented bowling attacks that exploited those conditions.

    "We had those opportunities from a fielding perspective and we weren't able to capitalise. There are small moments that you have to take and we didn't take them. It's not ideal but it is what it is, we were faced with the same conditions.

    "Throughout Tests some things swing your way, that's the nature of the sport. That's down to umpires' decisions so I think it's important that we don't delve too much into this game. For us it's about trusting the work that we've been putting in."

  9. Postpublished at 13:02 BST

    Who will be named player of the match?

    Here are the contenders:

    • Harry Brook - 56 (71)
    • Kyle Jamieson - 5-62
    • Ollie Robinson - 5-39
    • Emilio Gay - 57 (95)
    • Nathan Smith - 6-70
    • Gus Atkinson - 5-30
  10. Postpublished at 13:00 BST

    Here's how Gus Atkinson sealed the win for England as he finished with figures of 5-30.

    Stay with us as we recap the Test, and we'll hear from both camps shortly.

    It'll be very interesting to hear what the players have to say about the pitch, as we've heard plenty from the pundits!

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    Atkinson bowls Henry to seal England victory

  11. Postpublished at 12:58 BST

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Only three men have more five-wicket hauls at Lord's than Gus Atkinson: Ian Botham, Fred Trueman and James Anderson.

  12. Postpublished at 12:55 BST

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There are cracks underneath the tufts, it's one of those pitches that as a batter you're never feeling "in" and that's not how the game should be played.

    It looked a bit of a crime scene, it's an odd-looking pitch.

  13. Postpublished at 12:53 BST

    Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    That was Gus Atkinson's fourth five-wicket haul at Lord's.

    He has picked up 26 wickets at an average of just 9.5. Only three other bowlers have a lower average than him at any venue (minimum 20 wickets at a venue).

    His strike-rate of 15.4 in Lord's is the best in the world at a venue with at least 20 wickets.

  14. Postpublished at 12:50 BST

    Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway provided some resistance for New Zealand this morning, with the former left stranded on 44 not out.

    The pitch, unfortunately, is going to dominate most of the discourse. It has been inconsistent from the first ball, with two fine half-centuries from Harry Brook and Emilio Gay the outliers.

    But England have taken one step to putting their Ashes woes behind them.

  15. Postpublished at 12:47 BST

    Sam Drury
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Finished off emphatically by Gus Atkinson. His record at Lord's is unbelievable and he's onto the honours board yet again.

    An odd Test in many ways but, for England, after their Ashes debacle, it's back to winning ways.

  16. Postpublished at 12:45 BST

    Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    That was quite a spectacular finish, the middle stump is still lying flat on the square.

  17. ENGLAND WIN BY 115 RUNSpublished at 12:42 BST
    Breaking

    Gus Atkinson gets the winning wicket and his five-wicket haul!

    Rather fittingly, the Test match finishes with the stumps splattered across the Lord's turf.

    England start their Test match summer with a comprehensive win, and it's fair to say that it was one for the bowlers.

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    Atkinson bowls Henry to seal England victory

  18. NZ 138-9published at 40 overs

    Target 254

    Another dot ball as Josh Tongue bangs it in short.

    Jamie Smith appeals from behind the stumps but Stokes and Tongue aren't interested.

    Matt Henry, over to you!

  19. NZ 138-9published at 39.5 overs

    Again, Glenn Phillips inadvertently gets a boundary from the penultimate ball!

  20. Postpublished at 12:39 BST

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    One of the problems for Glenn Phillips is that even running a two is out of the question because Matt Henry is possibly not mobile enough.