Kyle Jamieson inspired New Zealand’s fightback after being bowled out for 132 with a probing spell on the first day of the Lord’s Test.
The World Test champions needed some spark after being bowled out for 132 on the first day of the series, and Kyle Jamieson delivered just that. The seamer’s spell helped the visitors reduce England from 59/0 to 116/7.
Things looked pretty grim for the Kiwis as Zak Crawley charged his way to 43, putting on a 59-run partnership with Alex Lees. But Jamieson managed to break through with an edge off a full tempting delivery. He continued his challenging lines, troubling both Lees and England’s new no. 3 Ollie Pope. The reward for his relentless bowling came soon as Pope nicked one on seven off 27.
After Jamieson opened the gates, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme and Trent Boult joined in on the act as the Three Lions collapsed from 92/2 to 100/7, losing five wickets in 28 balls.
Speaking after the day’s play, Jamieson said the Black Caps always believed they were in the game and it was just about keeping it tight.
“We still felt like we were very much in game. We knew we had to bowl well, but as things tend to happen here, they tend to happen pretty quickly. If we put the ball in good areas we thought we had a chance.
I think we sort of stuck with that, stuck with our lengths, stuck with our areas, we were able to reap some rewards from that and get us right back in the game.”
Earlier in the day, NZ won the toss and chose to bat first on a sunny day. But things went pretty bad for the visitors real quick as they lost seven wickets for just 45.
Returning James Anderson was the chief architect for England, picking four for 66, while Durham youngster Matthew Potts had a memorable debut with four for 13 before he had to walk off with a cramp.
