16/05/13
The official start to summer, i.e. the first day of the season’s
first test match at Lords, and for a welcome change we had a dry, mostly bright
day. I had the radio on all day but only
managed to catch snatches through a busy shift at work. New Zealand bowled accurately to restrict England’s batsmen and when a shower finally curtailed the day the score was
160-4 with a run rate of just two. All of England’s top four made starts and
three got passed 30 but none managed a 50 before losing their wickets.
On the face of things easily the Kiwi’s day
and it will be fascinating to see the how Root and Bairstow get on in the
morning. This is apparently the future
of England’s batting and tomorrow will be a good test. I can remember two inexperienced players
coming to the wicket in a perilous position at this ground in 1996. They were called Ganguly and Dravid, they
made big scores and India avoided defeat.
After the first day we’ve seen nothing from England that will worry the
Aussies.
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