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June

Wednesday 3rd - 1st Test vs New Zealand, Lord's (Match drawn)
Thursday 10th - 2nd Test vs New Zealand, Edgbaston (New Zealand win by 8 wickets)
Wednesday 23rd - 1st T20I vs Sri Lanka, Cardiff (England win by 8 wickets)
Thursday 24th - 2nd T20I vs Sri Lanka, Cardiff (England win by 5 wickets, D/L)
Saturday 26th - 3rd T20I vs Sri Lanka, Southampton (England win by 89 runs)
Tuesday 29th - 1st ODI vs Sri Lanka, Chester-le-Street (England win by 5 wickets)


July

Thursday 1st - 2nd ODI vs Sri Lanka, Lord's (England win by 8 wickets)
Sunday 4th - 3rd ODI vs Sri Lanka, Bristol (Match abandoned)
Thursday 8th - 1st ODI vs Pakistan, Cardiff (England win by 9 wickets)
Saturday 10th - 2nd ODI vs Pakistan, Lord's (England win by 52 runs)
Tuesday 13th - 3rd ODI vs Pakistan, Edgbaston (England win by 3 wickets)
Friday 16th - 1st T20I vs Pakistan, Trent Bridge (Pakistan win by 31 runs)
Sunday 18th - 2nd T20I vs Pakistan, Headingley (England win by 45 runs)
Tuesday 20th - 3rd T20I vs Pakistan, Old Trafford (England win by 3 wickets)


August

Wednesday 4th - 1st Test vs India, Trent Bridge (Match drawn)
Thursday 12th - 2nd Test vs India, Lord's (India win by 151 runs)
Wednesday 25th - 3rd Test vs India, Headingley (England win by an innings and 76 runs)


September

Thursday 2nd - 4th Test vs India, The Oval (India win by 157 runs)
Friday 10th - 5th Test vs India, Old Trafford (Match indefinitely postponed)

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New Zealand in England - Records





Highest Innings Totals

1. England 567-8d - Trent Bridge, 2nd June 1994
2. New Zealand 551-9d - Lord's, 21st June 1973
3. England 546-4d - Headingley, 8th July 1965
4. England 526 - Headingley, 3rd June 2004
5. New Zealand 523 - Lord's, 21st May 2015


Lowest Innings Totals

1. New Zealand 47 - Lord's, 19th June 1958
2. New Zealand 67 - Headingley, 3rd July 1958
3. New Zealand 67 - Lord's, 24th August 1978
4. New Zealand 68 - Lord's, 21st May 2013
5. New Zealand 74 - Lord's, 19th June 1958

14. England 126 - Edgbaston, 1st July 1999


Highest Individual Scores

1. John Edrich 310* - Headingley, 8th July 1965
2. Graham Gooch 210 - Trent Bridge, 2nd June 1994
3. Martin Donnelly 206 - Lord's, 25th June 1949
4. Len Hutton 206 - The Oval, 13th August 1949
5. Graham Gooch 183 - Lord's, 24th July 1986


Best Bowling Figures In An Innings

1. Derek Underwood 7-32 - Lord's, 24th July 1969
2. Anthony Lock 7-35 - Old Trafford, 24th July 1958
3. James Anderson 7-43 - Trent Bridge, 5th June 2008
4. Stuart Broad 7-44 - Lord's, 16th May 2013
5. Anthony Lock 7-51 - Headingley, 3rd July 1958

6. Lance Cairns 7-74 - Headingley, 28th July 1983


Most Runs In A Series

1. Len Hutton 469 - 1949
2. Martin Donnelly 462 - 1949
3. Bert Sutcliffe 423 - 1949
4. David Gower 404 - 1983
5. Allan Lamb 392 - 1983


Most Wickets In A Series

1. Anthony Lock 34 - 1958
2. Derek Underwood 24 - 1969
3. Ian Botham 24 - 1978
4. Phillip DeFreitas 21 - 1994
5. Stephen Harmison 21 - 2004

6. Richard Hadlee 21 - 1983


Most Runs In Total

1. Graham Gooch 987 - 1978-1994
2. David Gower 982 - 1978-1986
3. Martin Crowe 845 - 1983-1994
4. Michael Atherton 763 - 1990-1999
5. Geoffrey Boycott 737 - 1965-1978


Most Wickets In Total

1. Richard Hadlee 70 - 1973-1990
2. Ian Botham 37 - 1978-1986
3. Anthony Lock 34 - 1958
4. Dion Nash 34 - 1994-1999
5. James Anderson 34 - 2008-present

[themaclad]

Hameed back in squad great news

[themaclad]

No spinner seriously!!!!!

New Zealand 246 for 3 (Conway 136*, Nicholls 46*) vs England
An unbeaten hundred from New Zealand's debutant opener, Devon Conway, set the platform for the visiting side as the return of Test cricket to Lord's was marked by a day of hard yakka in the field for England.
Ollie Robinson, another man on Test debut, claimed two of the three wickets to fall before a century stand for the fifth wicket between Conway and Henry Nicholls put New Zealand in control of proceedings.
With the scoreboard on 113 for 3 midway through the afternoon session, and with New Zealand's three most-experienced batters back in the dressing room, England would have aspired for a firmer foothold in the match - despite a placid surface of the variety that Chris Silverwood and Joe Root have called for as they seek to develop a side capable of winning attritional cricket away from the green fields of home.
But Conway, the 29-year-old South African-born batter who spent three years qualifying for New Zealand on residency, produced a near-faultless performance after being brought into the side as Tom Latham's newest opening partner, as he and Nicholls ground down England's four-man seam attack.
Not for nothing are New Zealand, who have perfected the blueprint of capitalising on favourable batting conditions and then transferring pressure on to the opposition, over here to contest the World Test Championship final.
Conway was fluent throughout, capably adjusting his tempo according to the situation - he scored just four runs in a 50-minute period after lunch during which Kane Williamson was dismissed, before driving Stuart Broad for the boundary that brought up his fifty.
There were no nerves as he moved through the 90s in the space of 10 balls, a flamingo-flicked boundary through backward square leg off Robinson taking him to three figures and a place on the Lord's honours board. In doing so, he became the 12th man to score a hundred on Test debut for New Zealand, and the sixth man to do so at Lord's. No overseas opener had ever achieved the feat previously in England.


Conway's day began with a wait of three full overs before he faced a ball. But then he has long learned the value of patience. Conway came to England for his maiden Test tour in possession of one of the most-formidable first-class records in the world, having churned out runs in New Zealand's domestic circuit while serving his qualification period. For Wellington, he has scored more than 2000 runs at 66.25, and his Test debut had become a matter of when rather than if.
He barely gave a chance during a full day in the middle, although he was briefly discomforted by a short-ball barrage during Mark Wood's opening spell, in which the England quick was clocked at 96mph/154kph. A flicked inside edge flew past the diving Zak Crawley at leg slip when he had made 77, and a top edge at Wood just cleared the leap of wicketkeeper James Bracey after he had brought up his century.
Nicholls was the man out in the middle to congratulate Conway when he reached his landmark, and New Zealand's No. 5 was happy to play the foil as he batted unobtrusively through the evening session to finish within sight of a fifty of his own. England found his pads on a few occasions, but the one time they did review, Wood's delivery was found to have pitched outside leg stump.
The morning began with Lord's relaxing into a Test match routine for the first time since the 2019 Ashes - albeit on a smaller scale, with crowd capacity capped at 25% due to Covid-19 restrictions. After England's 2020 international summer was played entirely behind closed doors, the atmosphere was lively and expectant, though some way removed from the fevered scenes that accompanied New Zealand's last trip to Lord's for the World Cup final two years ago.

As he did on that day, Williamson won the toss and chose to bat - the traditional approach in Tests and never easier decision than on a bright, sunny morning in St John's Wood. New Zealand were trying out their fourth opening partnership since England toured there in late 2019, but Conway and Tom Latham immediately slipped into a groove together, adding a 58-run stand in even time as England's venerable new-ball pair of James Anderson and Broad sought - largely in vain - for signs of seam and swing.
Unusually, Anderson opted to open the bowling from the Nursery End, with Broad running in from in front of the Pavilion. The experiment did not last long, however, with Joe Root bringing on Robinson in the 10th over and switching Broad's end. Robinson started with a front-foot no-ball but soon found his rhythm, nibbling the ball both ways in the channel outside off - and he made the breakthrough for England in his fourth over, a hint of seam movement taking the ball into Latham's timbers via an inside edge.
With Lord's beginning to look like one of the shirtfronts that were familiar here during the 2000s, New Zealand reached lunch on 85 for 1. But their equilibrium was briefly disturbed when Williamson made a rare misjudgement to his first ball after the interval, steering a delivery from Anderson down into his off stump. Robinson then continued his encouraging first appearance in Test whites by trapping Ross Taylor lbw, and ending a skittish innings during which he had been troubled in particular by Broad.

[themaclad]

First LV= Insurance Test (day two of five)
New Zealand 378: Conway 200, Nicholls 61, Robinson 4-75
England 111-2: Burns 59*, Root 42*
England trail by 267 runs

England made strides towards a first-Test fightback on an entertaining second day against New Zealand at Lord's.

The home side recovered from 18-2 to close on 111-2, 267 behind New Zealand's 378 all out.

The tourists' total included 200 from Devon Conway, who became only the seventh man to make a double century on Test debut.

While Conway was unmoved, it was a fine effort by England to take wickets at the other end, at one stage claiming four for six runs.

They were inspired by the energy of Mark Wood, who produced a spell of 3-7 to earn the rewards his wicketless first day deserved.

Debutant Ollie Robinson, a day after apologising for historical racist and sexist tweets, picked up two more wickets to end with 4-75, while James Anderson took 2-83.

England were teetering when Dom Sibley was dismissed without scoring and Zak Crawley for two, only for Rory Burns to make 59 not out and Joe Root an unbeaten 42 in a third-wicket stand of 93.


This Test - England's first home match in front of a crowd for almost two years - is showing signs of becoming a wonderful contest.

The second day was both intriguing and fluctuating, largely played in glorious sunshine in front of spectators that first appreciated England's resurgence with the ball, then enjoyed their growing momentum with the bat late in the evening.

England leaked runs in the morning before Wood seized the initiative with the support of the persistent Robinson.

Conway was able to eke 71 runs from the final two wickets, a roll New Zealand carried into the new-ball bowling before Burns and Root were able to build their partnership.

By the end, England had played themselves back into contention, albeit with New Zealand in the stronger position, especially when they are set to bowl last on a pitch that has suggested it will bounce unevenly later in the match.

Recent history is against England too. Not since 2011 have they conceded so many runs in the first innings of a home Test and gone on to win.

From 246-3 overnight, New Zealand tucked into the unusually ineffective Anderson and Stuart Broad, with left-hander Conway moving from his 136 not out with more crisp cover drives.

Wood was rapid on Wednesday, regularly in the mid-90s, yet an understandable drop in pace on Thursday was offset by a full length and clever use of the short ball.

Henry Nicholls was bounced out for 61 to end a stand of 174 with Conway, BJ Watling edged to second slip and Mitchell Santner pushed to mid-off.

Mark Wood's pace in his first six spells
Robinson, who took the catch to dismiss Nicholls, pinned Colin de Grandhomme leg before then had Kyle Jamieson brilliantly caught by a diving Crawley at deep square leg.

Conway, though, was unmoved, sharing a riotous last-wicket stand of 40 with Neil Wagner, whose stylish strokeplay included disdainfully lofting Broad over long-off for six.

Conway went to his double-century with a hook for six, only to be run out by Ollie Pope's throw from the deep when attempting a needless second run.


'What an innings!' Conway completes brilliant double century with a six
Burns and Root dig in
If New Zealand fell short of the huge total they once looked primed for, they set about making amends with the ball.

Jamieson produced a beauty that moved down the slope, with Sibley playing across the line in ugly fashion. When Sibley reviewed, the ball was shown to be clipping the off bail, condemning him to a sixth successive single-figure score in Tests.

Tim Southee swung the new ball and drew Crawley into a reckless drive which resulted in an edge to wicketkeeper Watling.

Batting looked fraught with danger, but England gradually got a grip through their own skill and determination, as well as a drop in New Zealand's potency.

Burns, recalled after scoring only 78 runs in his previous five Tests, scored with tucks off his pads and was happy to attack Wagner's bouncer barrage. This is the left-hander's first half-century in nine Test innings.

Root struggled with De Grandhomme's tricky medium pace, at one point taking a painful blow on the bottom hand, and it is to the captain's credit he was able to battle through a lack of fluency.

'The game is in the balance' - what they said
Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special: "England have just got to try and bat the day out and see where it takes them. If they're still batting into day four, they're going to put New Zealand under a lot of pressure.

"If they come out and lose two or three early ones, which can happen with this England side, then all of a sudden New Zealand are going to be in the box seat. I'm excited because, going into day three, the game is still in the balance."

England batting coach Graham Thorpe: "We said yesterday that, although we only picked up three wickets, we never let them get away. We knew if we made inroads today we could come back in.

"To bowl New Zealand out from where we were at the start of the day, we're really pleased."

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

Devon Conway replacing Graham Gooch at number 5 in the list of highest individual scores in an England-NZ Test in England; Jimmy Anderson now just one behind Ian Botham as all-time wicket-taker in NZ tours.

[themaclad]

Robinson to be dropped from next tests due to something he said 8 years ago sorry just wrong the things I did then would have probably led to a jail term these days but you do when you are a teenager you do daft things

[Lord Snooty]

I've not read what he's supposed to have said, but who hasn't done something they later regretted?

Was this owt to do with why Yorkshire sacked him?

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

I've not read what he's supposed to have said, but who hasn't done something they later regretted?

It's just typical edgy teenager stuff, and about two-thirds of it is clearly banter and private jokes with mates, which makes Nasser Hussein's reaction ("I hope this will make kids think twice about participating in online abuse") all the more bizarre, because Robinson clearly never abused anyone. To be honest, you can tell how sheepish and embarrassed some of the pundits are, having to be all po-faced about this when they know full well that everyone says and does d!ckhead stuff when they're that age. Luckily, most of us didn't have Twitter setting our entire adolescence down in stone. The lesson, sadly, is "don't touch socia media with a barge pole, because some w@nker will always come along at the first sniff of fame and mine everything you've ever said to find something that'll wreck you."

[Lord Snooty]

Just a bit of bantz then.