England tied with New Zealand after choosing to chase last day at Lords | cricket news

Dom Sibley dropped the anchor for 60 steps using 207 balls as England fought to a draw rather than win in the fifth round of Test 1 against New Zealand at Lords Stadium.

The hosts were expected to earn 273 points from 75-plus after Kiwi captain Ken Williamson announced 169-6 at lunch, his team added 107 points to their 62-2 overnight total in 22.3 morning increments.

However, England showed no desire to attack and it was the tourists who gave themselves a glimmer of hope in victory when Joe Root’s men slumped from 49-0 to 56-2 shortly before having tea after Centurion’s exit Rory Burns. (25 of 81 balls) and Zach Crowley (2 of 25).

Sibley, who scored just three times, and a root (40 of 71) stifled New Zealand’s meager chances of winning a third 80 wicket and shook hands at the 70 mark with England 170-3, and Ole Pop (20 of 41) alongside Sibley.

Aspects all remain square before the second and final test at Edgbaston starting Thursday, which continues live Sky Sports Cricket.

Air Sports Commentator Simon Doll expected his compatriots to play conservatively in the fifth round, but the Black Caps came out with the intention of, and quickly extended the 165 lead they had already accumulated.

Ross Taylor was particularly aggressive, hitting sixteen on a 35-33 volley – the first on Ole Robinson and the second on Mark Wood – before Wood fell behind England wicket-keeper James Prause.

Olly Robinson finished his debut with seven wickets in the game

Taylor is said to have been out against James Anderson on the 31st but England has not come under criticism, having lost their second match to Taylor’s search by Robinson when the veteran hitter was on the 11th.

Robinson had the first achievement of the day, winning his third innings and his seventh in the game when night guard Neil Wagner (10) bounced back as he went on to make a great start on the field, and they were both deformed. Through the appearance of some hateful, racist and sexist tweets he posted as a teenager.

Meanwhile, Stuart Broad took down Tom Latham (36) by Crowley in the middle of the wicket at 32, but later cornered his lbw man with a great slingshot as he won his first in six Test innings.

Henry Nichols (23) – who played as Taylor’s selfless shot in the search for a fast run – was the fourth and last man to fall in the morning, before Root on a reverse sweep, Burns took the plunge in the slip. .

Burns was in batting mode when the second session began and added a sick 49er with Sibley, who dodged a pair and went on to hit the double for the first time in seven test runs.

The England opener scored just 29 points in his first 15 increases, including five young girls in the reel of Kyle Jamieson with the new ball.

New Zealand took two stakes in England after Captain Ken Williamson said at lunch on the fifth day

Burns and Sibley’s stubborn stance was shattered on the 24th when ex-Wagner mocked Tim Southee for slipping, as the expulsion ended Burns’ hopes of an eighth-over-50 score in a row in red cricket.

Sibley could have taken a beating, Wagner signed Southee soon after, but his thick rim behind her overtook the diver in Wagner’s excellent spell 1-9 out of 10 on either side of the tea.

But Crowley’s advantage picked the defensive player – Kent’s man cut Southee to Nicholls in the valley in over 31 as he fell twice for the second time in the match and gave Southee his seventh scalp match.

Sibley and Root were tested by good bowling from Southee and Wagner early in the final session, but the match ended in a draw, with Root sent off, and Wagner arriving too late to change the score.

Fans inside Lords were denied the thrilling finish that looked possible after Williamson’s bold statement after a morning session ended 10 minutes earlier due to light rain.

Watch the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand, at Edgbaston, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am on Thursday.