but skipperjoe root and rory burns, the latter with a half century, have led the fightback. england will resume on 111 2. i m really pleased the way we fought back. 130 7, something like that today, from our bowling attack, was fantastic. got us back into the game which was really important because new zealand could put a really big score on that first innings and then it would have been tough. as it is, it was still a good score, i think, on that pitch. and having lost the early wickets, we were under pressure so a really good partnership from rory burns and joe root there. britain s cameron norrie will play reigning champion rafa nadal in the third round of the french open after coming from behind to beat lloyd harris of south africa. norrie lost the first set but fought back to take the following three to reach the next stage. norrie is in great form having reached two finals in may and has now 25 wins under his belt this year. world number two rafa nadal cruised
laura scott has been watching. jerusalem plays a fanfare to greet the return of international cricket and the fans. for some, the start of summer is the 1st ofjune, others a trip to the beach or a pub garden, for the 6,500 here, it is a test match. it feels really emotional, actually. just coming off the tube and the trumpets are playing jerusalem, it really brought it home to me. i couldn t get to sleep last night, i was just so excited to get back and watch. ijust feel so lucky to be here. it s the first time england have played at home in front of spectators since 2019. today here at lord s it will be only a quarterfull for what promises, on paper, to be a tight game. england are number three in the world when it comes to test cricket, one place below visitors new zealand. two debutants named in the home side showed a desire to build for the future, yet as play got under way with new zealand batting first, joe root turned his most established names to take up the bowling attack.
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