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Debut Century at Lords 


Day 1 of the first test of English Summer has come to a close and the Day belongs to New Zealand and Devon Conway. New Zealand Dominated the Day Totally and the English side looked flat today, their bowling attack looked a bit too onedimensional and going forward I don't think England can afford to go with an attack that consists of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson cause the three are similar bowlers in skill and pace which makes it easier for the opposition to adjust too and score runs as there isn't any variation to the bowling attack. 

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat this morning and they went about their work with seeing out the new ball they reached lunch at 85/1 losing the wicket of Latham for 23 of 57. He played on to a delivery from Ollie Robinson. Conway was on 43 and Williamson on 13 at Lunch 

The middle session was an even one with New Zealand losing two wickets but they did add a further 59 runs in that session. During the second session, they lost the wickets of Williamson 13 of 33 who played on to a delivery from Anderson. They also lost the wicket of Ross Taylor for 14 of 38, he was LBW to Robinson. They went into Tea on 144/3 with Conway on 71 and Nicholls on 10.

The final Session was all New Zealand as they scored 102 runs without losing a wicket. Conway continued to make his debut more memorable by bringing up his century and Nicholls gave good company as they kept the board ticking. The two put together a partnership of 132 of  289. Conway finished the day unbeaten on 136 of 240  and Nicholls 46 of 149. The two will resume tomorrow when play starts again for Day 2.

The final scorecard summary looked like this.

New Zealand  246/3      86 overs

Conway 136* (240)                                             Robinson 2-50 (16)

Nicholls 46* ( 149)                                              Anderson 1-55 (20)                      

 

Do share what you guys thought about day 1 of the First Test of the English summer in the comments section. 

Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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