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England were teetering in their chase when Stokes hacked Colin De Grandhomme onto his stumps.

England were teetering in their chase when Stokes hacked Colin De Grandhomme onto his stumps.

England were teetering in their chase when Stokes hacked Colin De Grandhomme onto his stumps.

Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell have given New Zealand a chance to emulate their 1999 compatriots with a second test win in 19 attempts across 91 years at Lord's

England face an uphill task to win the first Test after New Zealand doggedly build an imposing lead on the second day at Lords.

New Zealand have taken control of the first test against England at Lord's after they earned a 227-run lead over the hosts on the second day.

And moved the Black Caps 227 runs ahead by stumps. Mitchell ended the day on 97 not out, three short of a well-deserved century at the home of cricket. Blundell was 90 not out in an imposing total of 236-4. England earlier climbed from 116-7 overnight to 141 all out. Then New Zealand looked like repeating its horrible start on Thursday when it was 56-4 inside 23 overs. Mitchell and Blundell then settled in for what could go down as a match-winning stay.

The full reality of captaining England hit Ben Stokes just after 6pm as the white-jacketed MCC steward opened the gate at the bottom of the pavilion steps.

There will be a new fast bowler to go with a new captain and new coach when English cricket’s test team launches its new era on Thursday. Matthew Potts, a 23-year-old paceman, will make his international debut in any format after being selected in the team to play New Zealand at Lord’s in the first…

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