Summary

  • Conway 136* on debut, Nicholls 46*

  • Conway & Nicholls rally from 114-3

  • Two wickets for Robinson on debut

  • Latham 23, Taylor 14, Williamson 13

  • Keeper Bracey makes England debut

  • England pick four seamers; no spinner

  • First Test, Lord's, day one; NZ won toss

  1. NZ 58-0published at 15.5 overs

    I can see Mark Wood loosening up down on the boundary...

    Tom Latham has a little tickle at Ollie Robinson and just about avoids edging through to James Bracey.

  2. How's stat?!published at 12:14 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    This is the first 50-run opening stand in England against England since August 2018.

  3. NZ 56-0published at 15 overs

    Stuart Broad carries on and watches his first ball get mullered off Tom Latham's pads and down to the boundary for four.

    Latham then chucks the kitchen sink at a drive outside off stump that just misses the outside edge of the bat.

  4. Postpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England will rue not having a spinner. The foot holes will develop. In these conditions with the forecast looking so good I do think it is a surprise.

    England have bowled well. There isn't a great deal there for the seamers.

    Conway and Latham have looked very solid.

  5. NZ 51-0published at 14 overs

    James Anderson goes haring after a straight drive from Devon Conway and manages to knock the ball away from the boundary rope with a slide that ruins his trousers.

  6. Postpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Ollie Robinson will resume after the drinks.

  7. Postpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    It's not been a bad morning for Black Caps debutant Devon Conway.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Text 81111

    Mark Burt: The NZ batters already looking like they’re booking in for bed and breakfast. Very comfortable despite good lines from the bowlers. Suspect England will rue the lack of a spinner.

    Kumaran Ravendradas: I'm not convinced by England's selection here. In the absence of Ben Stokes, why is our second star all-rounder, Taunton Lara AKA Jack Leach, not in the side? Anderson and Co will find it tough work in this heat.

  9. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Make mine a G&T.

  10. NZ 47-0published at 13 overs

    That'll be four more, Tom Latham riding the bounce of the ball and working Stuart Broad's latest delivery past a tumbling Zak Crawley at slip.

    Broad bowls a bit too straight to Latham but a terrific sliding stop on the boundary from Ollie Robinson keeps the damage to just two runs.

  11. Postpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Devon Conway's journey to Test cricket isn't just about qualifying to play for New Zealand after moving from South Africa. He's played plenty of club cricket in England going back to 2010.

    Taunton Deane, Vauxhall Mallards, Morecambe and Nelson - the latter as recently as 2017 - are his former clubs. When he was at Taunton in 2010, he played in the same team as Jack Leach.

    Devon ConwayImage source, Reuters
  12. NZ 41-0published at 12 overs

    There is a gentleman in the stands with flip flops on, drinking a can of what I suspect will be quite warm beer, and I absolutely salute him. The dream.

    Devon Conway, meanwhile, has a dart at Ollie Robinson and is lucky that the thick outside edge beats Rory Burns at gully and thuds into the boundary rope.

  13. How's stat?!published at 11:54 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    In the last five years New Zealand's batting line-up collectively averages 36.1. Only India are ahead of them with 36.5, with England averaging 29.

    Tom Latham, since the start of 2017 is averaging 48.8, the best of the 23 men in Test cricket who have opened on 20 or more occasions.

  14. Postpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Vic knows.

  15. Postpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    You'd be tempted to see what the pace of Mark Wood does. These two batsmen have looked pretty comfortable.

  16. NZ 35-0published at 11 overs

    A change of ends for Stuart Broad, it seems. I miss the headband.

    Tidy enough from Broad as he comes round the wicket but it feels like Mark Wood time...

  17. Who is Ollie Robinson?published at 11:47 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Robinson was once sacked by Yorkshire. He's now playing for England. You can read his story here.

    Ollie Robinson graphicImage source, BBC Sport
  18. Postpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It has been a decent start from Robinson.

  19. NZ 35-0published at 10 overs

    Latham 11, Conway 19

    A sign of debut nerves, maybe, as Ollie Robinson oversteps by some way with his first delivery.

    His third delivery finds some extra bounce and just nips past the stumps, confounding Devon Conway, before he flicks a couple of deliveries either side of the wicket for a smattering of runs.

  20. Postpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    A change for England - Ollie Robinson is coming on for his first bowl in Test cricket.