England and New Zealand contest first Test at Lord's, day one ongoing

Live over-by-over updates from 11am UK time Lord’s of London: 150 Tests at cricket’s grand citadel You can email Tim with your thoughts Morning everyone and welcome to a Test that has somehow dribbled into a fourth day. We’ve had a wicket roughly every four overs, but the rain gods have allowed only five sessions’ play. England are well on top, yet they could still lose. They need five more wickets before New Zealand score 199 more runs. So far, between the showers, the New Zealanders have managed only 168 for 15 wickets, so 199 for four may sound like a stretch. But they’ve got more batting left than you’d think because they sent in a nightwatchman, way back on Friday evening. Continue reading...

Over-by-over updates from 11am UK time Sooryavanshi to face England | Email James Was there anything more soul-sappingly disappointing as a child than flicking on the television on a Saturday morning fully expecting to luxuriate in a day of Test cricket watching only to be met with the sight of gun metal skies, drizzle and full covers stretched across the outfield. Urgh. Welcome to the third day of the first Test from Lord’s. I’m afraid to say that it is a wet one, folks. The good news is that the weather is much better tomorrow and so we should see a result in this match but today’s prospects are gloomier, with a high percentage chance of rain through most of the day. Continue reading...

Updates from the second day of the series at Lord’s Sign up for The Spin | Follow us on TikTok | Mail Tanya Good morning and welcome to day two of the first Test of the summer, the morning after the evening before, when everyone staggered over the line at twenty past seven, punch drunk and 16 wickets poorer. It was a fast-food order of a first day, punchy innings from Harry Brook and Glenn Phillips the only ballast against the clattering of wickets between the showers. Kyle Jamieson finished with five for 62, and Ollie Robinson four for ten, including an extraordinary triple-wicket maiden in his first over back after a two-year hiatus. Continue reading...

Updates from the first day of the series at Lord’s Sign up for The Spin | Follow us on TikTok | Mail Tim Morning everyone and welcome to the first Test of the English summer. Ashes, what Ashes? There’s a lot to look forward to here. It’s the 150th Test at Lord’s, the first ground to reach that milestone. The next one looks like being Melbourne, some time in the 2040s, so here is one facet of cricket where England still rules the world. Continue reading...