England v New Zealand, London

England 389/10 & 478/10

New Zealand 523/10 & 220/10

England won by 124 runs

England v New Zealand 2015 · 1st Test Lord's, London 21–25 May 2015

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it tougher than England.

England

1.07× +7%

New Zealand

0.93× -7%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Joe Root England

182 +257

Ben Stokes England

193 +252

AN Cook England

178 +250

Kane Williamson New Zealand

159 +198

BJ Watling New Zealand

120 +187

Best bowling

Top match figures

TA Boult5/85

TA Boult4/79

MJ Henry4/93

Ben Stokes3/38

Top score

162

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

189

3rd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · England

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultEngland won by 124 runs

Length5 days

England

389 /10 (100.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	7	17	0	0	41.18
AN Cook	c BJ Watling b MJ Henry	16	36	3	0	44.44
GS Ballance	c TG Southee b TA Boult	1	9	0	0	11.11
Joe Root	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	98	161	11	0	60.87
IR Bell	b MJ Henry	1	8	0	0	12.50
Ben Stokes	b MD Craig	92	94	15	1	97.87
JC Buttler	lbw b TA Boult	67	126	9	0	53.17
MM Ali	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	58	107	9	0	54.21
SCJ Broad	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	3	10	0	0	30.00
MA Wood*	not out	8	14	1	0	57.14
JM Anderson	c & b MJ Henry	11	26	2	0	42.31

Extras 27 (b 16, lb 6, w 2, nb 3)

Total 389/10 (100.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	29.0	6	79	4	2.72
TG Southee	24.0	1	104	1	4.33
MJ Henry	24.5	4	93	4	3.74
MD Craig	18.0	2	77	1	4.28
CJ Anderson	5.0	1	14	0	2.80

Fall of wickets

1-17 (A Lyth, 7.2)·2-25 (GS Ballance, 9.6)·3-25 (AN Cook, 10.2)·4-30 (IR Bell, 12.2)·5-191 (Ben Stokes, 44.1)·6-251 (Joe Root, 63.5)·7-354 (JC Buttler, 89.6)·8-363 (MM Ali, 93.2)·9-368 (SCJ Broad, 95.1)·10-389 (JM Anderson, 100.5)

New Zealand

523 /10 (131.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad	70	115	8	1	60.87
TWM Latham	lbw b MM Ali	59	98	10	0	60.20
LRPL Taylor	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	62	135	7	0	45.93
Kane Williamson	c GS Ballance b MM Ali	132	262	15	0	50.38
BB McCullum	c Joe Root b MA Wood	42	38	6	1	110.53
CJ Anderson	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	9	20	2	0	45.00
BJ Watling*	not out	61	86	11	0	70.93
MD Craig	lbw b MM Ali	0	2	0	0	0.00
TG Southee	c MA Wood b JM Anderson	11	15	2	0	73.33
MJ Henry	c Joe Root b MA Wood	10	10	2	0	100.00
TA Boult	c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 67 (b 26, lb 34, w 6, nb 1)

Total 523/10 (131.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	7	88	1	3.03
SCJ Broad	26.2	5	77	3	2.92
MA Wood	27.0	2	93	3	3.44
Ben Stokes	21.0	2	105	0	5.00
MM Ali	26.0	4	94	3	3.62
Joe Root	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-148 (TWM Latham, 34.6)·2-148 (MJ Guptill, 35.2)·3-337 (LRPL Taylor, 85.4)·4-403 (BB McCullum, 98.3)·5-420 (CJ Anderson, 104.2)·6-470 (Kane Williamson, 119.1)·7-470 (MD Craig, 119.3)·8-493 (TG Southee, 124.6)·9-515 (MJ Henry, 128.4)·10-523 (TA Boult, 131.2)

England

478 /10 (129.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	c TG Southee b TA Boult	12	8	3	0	150.00
AN Cook	c TWM Latham b TA Boult	162	345	17	0	46.96
GS Ballance	b TG Southee	0	12	0	0	0.00
IR Bell	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	29	58	4	0	50.00
Joe Root	c TA Boult b MJ Henry	84	139	12	0	60.43
Ben Stokes	c LRPL Taylor b MD Craig	101	92	15	3	109.78
JC Buttler	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	14	18	2	0	77.78
MM Ali	lbw b TA Boult	43	80	7	0	53.75
SCJ Broad	b TA Boult	10	13	0	1	76.92
MA Wood*	not out	4	4	1	0	100.00
JM Anderson	b TA Boult	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 2, lb 12, w 5)

Total 478/10 (129.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	34.0	8	85	5	2.50
TG Southee	34.0	4	162	2	4.76
MJ Henry	29.0	3	106	2	3.66
MD Craig	28.0	3	96	1	3.43
CJ Anderson	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
Kane Williamson	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (A Lyth, 2.2)·2-25 (GS Ballance, 7.4)·3-74 (IR Bell, 26.3)·4-232 (Joe Root, 69.3)·5-364 (Ben Stokes, 95.6)·6-389 (JC Buttler, 100.5)·7-455 (AN Cook, 124.2)·8-467 (SCJ Broad, 126.3)·9-478 (MM Ali, 128.1)·10-478 (JM Anderson, 128.6)

New Zealand

220 /10 (67.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c GS Ballance b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	27	70	3	0	38.57
TWM Latham	lbw b SCJ Broad	0	1	0	0	0.00
LRPL Taylor	lbw b SCJ Broad	8	12	1	0	66.67
BJ Watling	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	59	143	9	0	41.26
BB McCullum	b Ben Stokes	0	1	0	0	0.00
CJ Anderson	lbw b Joe Root	67	87	13	1	77.01
MD Craig	b Ben Stokes	4	24	0	0	16.67
TG Southee	c & b MM Ali	20	16	3	0	125.00
TA Boult	c MM Ali b SCJ Broad	10	26	2	0	38.46
MJ Henry*	not out	10	24	1	0	41.67

Extras 15 (b 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1)

Total 220/10 (67.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	14.0	5	31	1	2.21
SCJ Broad	16.3	3	50	3	3.03
MA Wood	13.0	3	47	1	3.62
Ben Stokes	11.0	3	38	3	3.45
MM Ali	8.0	3	35	1	4.38
Joe Root	5.0	3	7	1	1.40

Fall of wickets

1-0 (MJ Guptill, 0.2)·2-0 (TWM Latham, 1.1)·3-12 (LRPL Taylor, 5.3)·4-61 (Kane Williamson, 23.4)·5-61 (BB McCullum, 23.5)·6-168 (BJ Watling, 50.3)·7-174 (CJ Anderson, 53.5)·8-198 (MD Craig, 58.6)·9-198 (TG Southee, 59.1)·10-220 (TA Boult, 67.3)