England 354-7 (90 overs)

Batsman: Moeen 49*

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (Lyth 7), 25-2 (Ballance 1), 25-3 (Cook 16), 30-4 (Bell 1), 191-5 (Stokes 92), 251-6 (Root 98), 354-7 (Buttler 67)

Bowling figures: Boult 24-5-70-2, Southee 19-1-82-1, Henry 24-3-93-3, Craig 18-2-77-1, Anderson 5-1-14-0

New Zealand won toss

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How about this for an eclectic mix of folk waiting to get into Lord's? It's like a 90s album cover. Feel free to send us in a title for it via Twitter (#bbccricket) or text (81111 UK only).

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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

"There's almost a checklist of sights when you're walking to the ground on a morning of a Test match. Man in ill-advised brightly coloured trousers, elderly member clutching a cushion to sit on. Young lad in floppy sunhat, ticket tout (face value, I'm told). But the most common sight is enough food to feed everyone in Greater London. One man has a cool box so big it has to be wheeled along. I'm going to the Test; I must have enough food to last me for a week. Three months later, you find a mouldy sandwich at the bottom of your bag. We've all done it."

Yesterday was all about the England jumpers, but before the MCC members criticise the fashion...

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But let's get to the real issue at the heart of day one, the one subject that has caused more controversy than any other and split opinion: England's new jumpers.

I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not a fan. Yes, it's better than the last effort but why make a welcome return to cable knit if you're going to abandon it 75% up the jumper. I'm a traditionalist, though, I think a sleeveless should be 100% wool and weigh half a tonne.

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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I think it [England's positive style] was different. I don't know if it was a breakthrough, but time will tell. Having Stokes in that position is good because his natural inclination is to hit the ball. Because of the style New Zealand play, Stokes was able to take advantage of the offerings. It helps that Joe Root is in good form."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I remember in 2003 Andy Flintoff had a game at The Oval against South Africa and he went out and played aggressively and it came off. It was that moment that from the next two years he dominated world cricket as an all-rounder. Moving Stokes to six was a master stroke. It gave him responsibility and he took it. Now you say to Stokes, 'you've done your batting, now it is time to do it with the ball.' They can get two extra gears out of Ben Stokes."

Alec Stewart
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"What was really pleasing was how Ben Stokes went out and played his natural way. He said, 'listen, my strengths are putting teams on the back foot and striking the ball' and he went out and did that. He played like he was wearing a Durham shirt, not an England shirt."

As Geoffrey Boycott was keen to point out in his end-of-day review yesterday, Thursday offered a thoroughly entertaining day of cricket. There were some good performances: Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Matt Henry.

But which was the most impressive and why? I'll leave that with you as a starter.

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It was a shame that day one ended on a sour note for England, with the loss of Jos Buttler, as what had gone before that was so encouraging. Yes, you can point to first session stumble to 30-4, but without that setback we would never have been able to see the counter-attacking middle-order resilience this team appear to be developing.

Yes, I'm making a positive out of 30-4. With such optimism, you'd think I'd been visited by three ghosts in the night.

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Hope. That is what the England cricket team gave us yesterday. Hope that the last few years of mediocrity may be behind them, hope that the appointments and selections are finally the right ones, hope that the kind of brittle, sigh-inducing collapses showcased in the first 45 minutes of Thursday morning will soon become a thing of the past and, finally, hope that we have twigged how the rest of the world are positively, aggressively approaching this glorious game.

But one dot ball does not make a maiden. And one day of, ultimately, encouraging cricket does not make up for the recent past. England still have a lot of work to do.

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