NZ tour of England | 3 tests | Lord's , Oval, Trent Bridge | June 04 - June 29

[Stan AF]

England (probable): 1 Emilio Gay, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Jacob Bethell, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Ollie Robinson, 10 Josh Tongue, 11 Shoaib Bashir.

 

New Zealand (possible): 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Nathan Smith / Mitchell Santner, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Will O'Rourke.

 

Stats and trivia

• Emilio Gay is set to become the first England debutant to open the batting since Alex Lees, against West Indies in March 2022, 50 Tests ago.
• New Zealand have won just once in 19 previous Tests at Lord's, dating back to 1931. That came in their series victory in 1999, since when they have drawn two and lost four out of six subsequent appearances.
• Ben Stokes, who turns 35 on the first morning of the match, needs five more wickets to reach 250 in Tests.
• The teams will be competing once again for the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, which was named in honour of two former greats, Martin Crowe and Graham Thorpe, and was unveiled ahead of New Zealand's home series in December 2024.
• This will be the 150th Test at Lord's, the most hosted by any ground in the world.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-england-2026-1496491/england-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-1496571/match-preview

 

[Stan AF]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Ready @Laaloo?

 

Today or tomorrow we all get to witness his first out of 5 100s this summer !!!!

 

 

 

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/303669.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;spanmin1=01+jan+2021;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting;view=match

 

24 100s & 17 50s since his renaissance (Jan 2021)

[G_B_]

On 6/2/2026 at 4:14 PM, Gollum said:

Emilio Gay

 

Half WIndian, half Italian

 

 

Gay

[G_B_]

Stokes i think will move down to 7.

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

 

 

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/303669.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;spanmin1=01+jan+2021;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting;view=match

 

24 100s & 17 50s since his renaissance (Jan 2021)

He owes a lot of that to India. 

[The Hound]

England are playing 6 tests this summer, 3 will be against a horrible pak attack whom Bangladesh destroyed. 

Hopefully root scores at least 4 hundreds in these games. 

[Gollum]

New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to field

 

It's a bit overcast at Lord's but there's no rain.

[Gollum]

Teams:

 

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, William ORourke

England (Playing XI): Emilio Gay, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Ben Stokes(c), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

[Gollum]

Today's the day. Root's 42nd 100 and 14k runs completion 

[G_B_]

Gay

[New guy]

@G_B_ Your gay kid got onto your computer again

[G_B_]

6 minutes ago, New guy said:

@G_B_ Your gay kid got onto your computer again

 

Ogay

[Nikhil_cric]

Bazball worked best against NZ and WI. 

 

NZ better hope for some success here because they are going to get crushed 4-0 in Australia later this year. 

[Vickydev]

27 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

Gay

Would be looking to play as straight as possible against the new ball

[KV244]

Eng 8 for no loss

Edited June 4 by KV244

[G_B_]

11 minutes ago, Vickydev said:

Would be looking to play as straight as possible against the new ball

 

he can swing on both sides of the deck

[G_B_]

Gay is gone.

 

Well thats fudging gay

[The Hound]

Gay got uprooted before he could dominate. 

[Vickydev]

5 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

Gay is gone.

 

Well thats fudging gay

Just wasnt prepared to grind it out 

[Lone Wolf]

43 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Bazball worked best against NZ and WI. 

 

NZ better hope for some success here because they are going to get crushed 4-0 in Australia later this year. 

They are winning 1 game in Australia minimum