Broad stars as England claim a heavy defeat over New Zealand to take a 1-0 lead in the Test Match series against New Zealand. It was a good start to the summer for England as bowlers Anderson and Broad limit New Zealand to just 68 in their second innings chasing 239 runs to win by 170.
The crowd were thoroughly entertained during an action packed morning session which saw England resume on 180-6. Tim Southee looked to continue where he left off last night as he took three further wickets, falling within the opening hour. Wickets began to fall on just the fifth ball of the day as Southee tempted Finn (6) into a forward drive which was edged into the slips. England then reached the 200 run mark but soon saw Southee strike again as Bell (6) fell suspect to an edge into the slips. Broad (26*) started to take the initiative by playing aggressively which gave England some valuable runs amongst the seeming tail end collapse. However, Southee, who impressively took 6-50, saw yet another edge caught in the slips as Swann (1) was dismissed after failing to make a stand. The England innings eventually came to a close at 213 within the opening hours play at Lord's as Anderson only managed to last five balls, coming suspect to Williamson's dangerous off-spin who ended with figures of 2-20.
New Zealand were left to chase 239, needing the highest batting total of the match, with the game excitingly in the balance. England then ran rampage over the New Zealand opening order as a tremendous bowling display from Broad, who took a match-winning and career best of 7-44, rapidly dismissed Fulton (1), Rutherford (9) and Taylor (0) leaving the visitors 9-3. New Zealand continued to have no answer to the world class bowling from Anderson and Broad as Broad took Williamson's wicket for just 6 runs whilst Anderson claimed Brownlie for 5, leaving them 25-5 after only 11 overs. Then came the crucial wicket on the last ball before lunch as Broad claimed his fifth wicket of the day, dismissing the dangerous McCullum for 8.
After lunch, Anderson and Broad continued to punish New Zealand as Broad saw Southee (7) hook a short ball into the safe hands of Joe Root whilst soon after Watling (13) nicked an edge into the slips stalling them to 54-8. With the game seemingly over, Broad showed his quality by smashing the middle stump of Martin (1) out of the ground in emphatic style. Eventually, New Zealand were all out for 67 as Anderson took advantage of some rather calamitous running between Wagner (17) and Boult (0*) to simply run out a deflated Wagner.
Man of the Match: Stuart Broad
Broad simply blew away the New Zealand batting attack in the second innings and contributed an important 26 runs through a second innings final order collapse helping England to a great start to the Summer.
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