1st Test, Day 1: New Zealand strike back to maintain balance against England

After a flying start with the ball England imploded with the bat against New Zealand who managed to maintain the balance on the opening day of the first Test here on ThursdayA total of 17 wickets fell on Day 1 as both England and New Zealand seamers put in a similarly incisive performance with the ball at Lords helpful surfaceEngland pacers wreaked havoc to bowl out New Zealand for 132 and they looked in a solid position to control the first Test Their openers started off well first seeing off the brief session before Tea without any hiccupsThe final session began steadily with openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley sharing a halfcentury stand They put together 59 before Kyle Jamieson struck to send by Crawley and struck again 10 overs later to dismiss Ollie Pope At 752 England still looked in a comfortable enough position but it did not take long for disaster to strikeFormer captain Joe Root 11 edged one off Colin de Grandhomme In the next over Tim Southee trapped Lees for a 77ball 25 and then got Ben Stokes 1 in his very next over Trent Boult made Jonny Bairstow 1 drag one back onto the stumps and then removed Potts 0 two balls later to leave England stuttering at 1007Ben Foakes and Stuart Broad were able to add 16 runs in the remaining 31 overs as England finished the first day on 1167 trailing by 16 runsEarlier in the day New Zealand skipper Kane Williamsons decision to bat first proved to be disastrous against some relentlessly precise seam bowling from Englands pacers both old and newThe tone was set by Englands returning veterans James Anderson and Stuart Broad In overcast conditions Anderson found movement consistently and started off with a maiden over from round the wicket against Tom Latham first upBut it was his opening partner Will Young that bit the dust first Poking outside off Young got a thick outside edge that was snapped up by a diving Jonny Bairstow at third slip Latham was to follow after a good working over when he tried to punch Anderson through the vacant cover region But the edge that flew quickly to Bairstow was caught on the reboundSoon after Broad persisted with his successful roundthewicket line to the next lefthander Devon Conway and had him edging to Bairstow once again as New Zealand slipped to 73 There was no respite to be had even when the duo were done with their opening spell with Stokes applying the pressure with a loaded slip cordon Debutant pacer Matthew Potts found immediate success when he had NZs skipper Kane Williamson nicking behind in just his first overDaryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell put on a brief rearguard thereafter for eight overs before the former chopped one on from Potts Blundell who was once saved by an inside edge on review also became Potts third victim after the pacer knocked the off stump with a sharp incoming delivery as NZ lost six wickets before LunchEngland did not bowl spin at all after Jack Leach was forced to withdraw due to concussion having had an awkward fall at the boundary His replacement leg spinner Matt Parkinson was called up from over 300km away to make his Test debut but England needed none of it on the first dayNew Zealands lower order led by an unbeaten 42 from Colin de Grandhomme came out counterattacking after the first break But James Anderson managed to cash in on this aggression having both Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee 26 off 24 caught at fine leg despite copping some punishmentPotts was introduced as the first change after the break and he struck with his first ball trapping Ajaz Patel leg before the wicket from round the wicket He too was forced to walk out midover due to a calf strain which meant that Ben Stokes had to chip in with the ball The skipper accounted for the final wicket when Boult chipped to midwicket completing a ruthlessly dominant performance with the ballBrief ScoresNew Zealand 132 allout Colin de Grandhomme 42 not out Matthew Potts 413 James Aderson 466 lead England 1167 Zak Crawley 43 Trent Boult 215 by 16 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever