Stokes leads England to dramatic win at Lord’s

Ben Stokes dismissed Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum with successive balls to keep England on course for victory in the first test against New Zealand at Lord’s on Monday.

BJ Watling and Corey Anderson, however, shared an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 73 to give the touring side hope of saving the game and, chasing 345 for victory, they reached 134 for five at tea.
Anderson got to his fifty off 44 balls and was 51 not out at the interval with Watling unbeaten on 36.
Stokes, who struck the fastest test century at the home of cricket on Sunday, had the obdurate Williamson caught by Joe Root in the slips for 27 before bowling captain McCullum with a venomous delivery which cut back sharply.
Anderson survived the hat-trick ball and immediately went on the attack, hitting Stokes for two fours and a six, and he continued to play positively alongside the more circumspect Watling.
James Anderson and Stuart Broad ripped out the New Zealand top order to give England the scent of victory before lunch.
Martin Guptill edged Anderson’s second ball of the innings to Gary Ballance at third slip.
Broad trapped Tom Latham lbw with his first delivery to reduce the touring side to nought for two and then dismissed Ross Taylor in the same manner to leave New Zealand in tatters at 12 for three.
Williamson and Watling guided their side to the interval without further loss at 21 for three.
Earlier, New Zealand left-arm seamer Trent Boult picked up the last four wickets in under an hour to dismiss England for 478.
England resumed on 429 for six and Boult had captain Alastair Cook caught by wicketkeeper Latham for 162 before bowling Broad for 10.
Moeen Ali was lbw for 43 and Anderson was bowled for nought to give Boult figures of five for 85 and nine wickets in the match.

England 1st Innings 389
(J Root 98, B Stokes 92, J Buttler 67, M Ali 58; T Boult 4-79, M Henry 4-93)
New Zealand 1st Innings 523
(K Williamson 132, M Guptill 70, R Taylor 62, BJ Watling 61 no, T Latham 59; S Broad 3-77, M Wood 3-93, M Ali 3-94)
England 2nd Innings (overnight: 74-2)
A. Lyth c Southee b Boult 12
A. Cook c Latham b Boult 162
G. Ballance b Southee 00
I. Bell c Latham b Southee 29
J. Root c Boult b Henry 84
B. Stokes c Taylor b Craig 101
J. Buttler c Latham b Henry 14
M. Ali lbw b Boult 43

S. Broad b Boult 10
M. Wood not out 04
J. Anderson b Boult 00
Extras (b2, lb12, w5) 19
Total (all out, 129 overs, 571 mins) 478
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-25, 3-74, 4-232, 5-364, 6-389, 7-455, 8-467, 9-478
Bowling: Boult 34-8-85-5; Southee 34-4-162-2 (1w); Henry 29-3-106-2 (3w); Craig 28-3-96-1 (1w); Anderson 3-0-13-0; Williamson 1-0-2-0

New Zealand 2nd Innings (target: 345)

M. Guptill c Ballance b Anderson 00
T. Latham lbw b Broad 00
K. Williamson c Root b Stokes 27
R. Taylor lbw b Broad 08
B. Watling not out 36
B. McCullum b Stokes 00
C. Anderson not out 51
Extras (b-5 lb-7) 12
Total (for 5 wickets, 41 overs) 134
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-12, 4-61, 5-61
Bowling : J. Anderson 9 – 5 – 11 – 1, S. Broad 11 – 3 – 28 – 2, M. Wood 8 – 2 – 20 – 0, B. Stokes 7 – 3 – 28 – 2, M. Ali 6 – 1 – 35 – 0