Test cricket analysis: Five talking points from England’s Test win over New Zealand
England wiped away their winter blues as they started the Test summer with a victory over New Zealand at Lord’s.
The Three Lions won by 115 runs across just four days, despite persistent weather delays, with less than 170 overs played in the match.
Performances from the likes of Emilio Gay, who top scored in the match with 57, plus Ollie Robinson and Gus Atkinson (both of whom getting 5-fers) led much of the conversation.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Jacob Hibbert looks at five talking points from the match which marked the start of the three match Test series.
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As the dust settles on another thrilling and hard-fought England vs India Test series, it’s impossible not to be swept up in the drama and history of an age-old rivalry.
Yet, long before packed stadiums, broadcast empires, and social media debates, a quieter and humbler beginning unfolded under the brooding skies of London in the summer of 1932, writes Sports News Blitz’s Ishita Trivedi.