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Have your say on England men this summer

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by Ffion Wynne

  1. 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.

  2. ENGLAND WIN BY 115 RUNS
    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.

  3. NZ 138-9

    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!

  4. NZ 138-9

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

  5. 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.

  6. NZ 134-9

    Target 254

    Matt Henry pokes and prods his way through a Gus Atkinson maiden.

  7. NZ 134-9

    Glenn Phillips is absolutely rapid so he can probably get a single from anywhere, but the problem he has is that Matt Henry's been struggling with his back so he won't be as nimble.

  8. NZ 134-9

    Target 254

    Nope. Dot ball, well bowled.

    Matt Henry will be on strike.

  9. 6 runs

    NZ 134-9

    Target 254

    Six! A short ball is helped on its way over fine leg!

    Can Glenn Phillips get the single now from the final ball of Tongue's over? The field comes in.

  10. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Glenn Phillips is such a wonderful timer of the ball, particularly through the off side.

  11. NZ 128-9

    Still, he somehow finds the ropes!

    That has been absolutely nailed through the covers by Phillips. Cracking shot.

  12. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    If New Zealand required 30 I'd get it [the field setting] but Ben Stokes has 130 to play with.

  13. NZ 124-9

    Almost everyone is on the boundary for Glenn Phillips.

    Has he got a Ben Stokes Headingley 2019 in him? It feels unlikely.

  14. NZ 124-9

    Target 254

    Gus Atkinson really likes Lord's, doesn't he?

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Jamieson c Duckett b Atkinson 6 (NZ 124-9)

    Atkinson gets another! England are one away.

    Kyle Jamieson is absolutely livid with himself. Having crunched a four earlier in the over, he also gets this one nicely out the middle of the bat but flicks it straight to Ben Duckett at short mid-wicket.

    Four for Atkinson, and despair for New Zealand.

  16. NZ 120-8

    Target 254

    It's a fair point. There have been some brilliant bowling performances, obviously, but Harry Brook and Emilio Gay's half-centuries have been absolutely priceless for England.

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    Emilio Gay for player of the match. His patient 50 looks increasingly like the difference between the sides and keeping victory just out of sight for New Zealand.

    Richard, Bromley

  18. NZ 118-8

    Target 254

    Kyle Jamieson isn't going to hang around, as he showed with his explosive batting in the first innings.

    Frankly, New Zealand have no choice but to go for it now with only Matt Henry to come.

  19. Ashwanth R Kavuluri
    CricViz analyst

    Since 2025, Ben Stokes has picked up 36 wickets - the second-most for England. Among the England bowlers who have taken 10 wickets or more, his bowling average of 24.7 is the best in this period.

  20. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    If I was New Zealand, I'd be disappointed with the attempt at the chase.

    This pitch is not good enough for you to play the conventional way as a batter.