Stumps report
Joe Root and Ben Stokes led the way to help England overcome a shaky start to post 354-7 at the close of play on day one of the first Test against New Zealand.
The hosts struggled to get going in the opening session of play, and they found themselves flagging on 30-4 following the loss of Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell early on.
Despite this, England produced a decent turnaround, with Stokes eventually being sent packing by Mark Craig for 92, while Root (98) fell agonisingly close of a century of his own.
Jos Buttler (67) added a further 103 runs to England's improved tally with Moeen Ali (49*), although he was dismissed lbw off the final ball.
Ali will now return to the crease when play resumes tomorrow morning.
Tea Report
Joe Root and Ben Stokes have helped England to recover from a daunting position to head into tea on 219-5 against New Zealand at Lord's.
The hosts saw debutant Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, captain Alastair Cook and Ian Bell all depart early on, leaving them stranded on 30-4 in their first Test of the summer.
Root stepped in at the end of the first session to offer a glimmer of hope alongside Stokes, putting together a fluent 50 partnership off 46 balls.
Stokes managed to survive an appeal for lbw, but he could not quite rack up a century before being bowled for 92 by Mark Craig.
Root saw out the session to remain unbeaten on 80, meanwhile, with Jos Buttler (13*) coming in to pile on some further runs as England's recovery from a dismal start continued.
Lunch report
England began their first Test of the summer in crumbling fashion as they lost four wickets in the morning session of their opener against New Zealand at Lord's.
The visitors won the toss and elected to bowl, which proved to be a wise decision as debutant Adam Lyth fell to Tim Southee inside the eighth over.
Lyth returned to the pavilion with just seven runs to his name off 17 deliveries, leaving captain Alastair Cook to lead the charge alongside Gary Ballance.
However, they continued on the back foot as Ballance was sent packing by Trent Boult for just one and Cook followed shortly afterwards after swishing at Matt Henry's short ball.
The skipper's slight touch was directed towards BJ Watling and he was forced to leave the field after scoring just 16 runs off 36 deliveries.
The misery for England was piled on when Ian Bell was bowled out for one by Henry, but the ECB's Cricketer of the Year Joe Root, who got off the mark with a drive for four, managed to lead the recovery alongside Ben Stokes.
At lunch, England sit at 113-4 with Root (49 not out) and Stokes (36 not out) at the crease.
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