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ENG vs NZ Highlights: England has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating New Zealand by 115 runs in the Lord’s Test. The dominance of fast bowlers was seen in this test played at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. All 40 wickets fell in this match. The surprising thing is that all these wickets were taken by the fast bowlers, while the spinners got nothing. For England, Ollie Robinson and Gus Atkinson opened the batting in separate innings.

On the basis of this, England gave a crushing defeat to New Zealand. The New Zealand team came out to chase the target of 254 runs in the last innings, but the Kiwi batsmen were limited to 138 runs in front of the English bowlers. With this, England won the first test match. Watch the highlights below…

What happened in the England-New Zealand match?

Fast bowlers get a lot of help at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The England team came out to bat first. New Zealand’s fast bowlers took full advantage of the pitch and bowled out England for just 140 in the first innings. For England, only Harry Brook scored a half-century. He scored 56 runs. Apart from this, Ben Duckett scored 19 runs and Shoaib Bashir scored 14 runs. For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson took 5 wickets, while Nathan Smith took 3 wickets and William Oruk took 2 wickets.

After this, the Kiwi team came out to bat in the second innings. England’s fast bowlers wreaked havoc on the Kiwis. New Zealand collapsed for just 113 runs in the second innings. With this, England got a lead of 27 runs. For England, Ollie Robinson opened his claws in the second innings. Apart from them, Josh Tong took 3 wickets and Gus Atkinson took 2 wickets.

New Zealand suffered a crushing defeat

England had got a lead of 27 runs in the first innings itself. After this, the England batsmen who came to bat in the third innings of the match performed a little better. England scored 226 runs in the third innings. For England, Emilio Gay played an inning of 57 runs, while Ben Duckett scored 33 runs. Apart from this, Jamie Smith scored 39 runs. On the basis of this, England scored 254 runs in front of New Zealand.

The New Zealand team came out to chase the target of 254 runs in the fourth innings, but collapsed on 138 runs only. For New Zealand, Devon Conway scored 41 runs, while Glenn Phillips played an inning of 44 runs. Apart from him, Kane Williamson scored 18 runs. Apart from these three batsmen, no Kiwi batsman could even touch double figures. In this innings, England’s fast bowler Gus Atkinson took 5 wickets, while Ollie Robinson and Josh Tong took 2 wickets each and Ben Stokes took 1 wicket. On the basis of this, England won by 115 runs.

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