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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v New Zealand⁠

Result

England won by 124 runs

England
389 & 478
New Zealand
523 & 220
Date
Thursday 21 May 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v New Zealand Test scorecard

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 389 all out (100.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c BJ Watling b TG Southee 7 17 0 0 41.2
Alastair Cook c BJ Watling b MJ Henry 16 36 3 0 44.4
Gary Ballance c TG Southee b TA Boult 1 9 0 0 11.1
Ian Bell b MJ Henry 1 8 0 0 12.5
Joe Root c TWM Latham b MJ Henry 98 161 11 0 60.9
Ben Stokes b MD Craig 92 94 15 1 97.9
Jos Buttler lbw b TA Boult 67 126 9 0 53.2
Moeen Ali c TWM Latham b TA Boult 58 107 9 0 54.2
Stuart Broad c TWM Latham b TA Boult 3 10 0 0 30.0
Mark Wood not out 8* 14 1 0 57.1
James Anderson c & b MJ Henry 11 26 2 0 42.3
Extras (b 16, lb 6, w 2, nb 3) 27
Total 100.5 overs 389

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (A Lyth, 7.2 ov), 2-25 (GS Ballance, 9.6 ov), 3-25 (AN Cook, 10.2 ov), 4-30 (IR Bell, 12.2 ov), 5-191 (BA Stokes, 44.1 ov), 6-251 (JE Root, 63.5 ov), 7-354 (JC Buttler, 89.6 ov), 8-363 (MM Ali, 93.2 ov), 9-368 (SCJ Broad, 95.1 ov), 10-389 (JM Anderson, 100.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 29 6 79 4 2.72 0 0
TG Southee 24 1 104 1 4.33 1 3
MJ Henry 24.5 3 93 4 3.74 1 0
MD Craig 18 2 77 1 4.28 0 0
CJ Anderson 5 1 14 0 2.80 0 0

New Zealand · 1st innings 523 all out (131.2 overs)

New Zealand · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MJ Guptill c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad 70 115 8 1 60.9
TWM Latham lbw b MM Ali 59 98 10 0 60.2
KS Williamson c GS Ballance b MM Ali 132 262 15 0 50.4
LRPL Taylor c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 62 135 7 0 45.9
BB McCullum c JE Root b MA Wood 42 38 6 1 110.5
CJ Anderson c JC Buttler b MA Wood 9 20 2 0 45.0
BJ Watling not out 61* 86 11 0 70.9
MD Craig lbw b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
TG Southee c MA Wood b JM Anderson 11 15 2 0 73.3
MJ Henry c JE Root b MA Wood 10 10 2 0 100.0
TA Boult c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 0 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 26, lb 34, w 6, nb 1) 67
Total 131.2 overs 523

Fall of wickets: 1-148 (TWM Latham, 34.6 ov), 2-148 (MJ Guptill, 35.2 ov), 3-337 (LRPL Taylor, 85.4 ov), 4-403 (BB McCullum, 98.3 ov), 5-420 (CJ Anderson, 104.2 ov), 6-470 (KS Williamson, 119.1 ov), 7-470 (MD Craig, 119.3 ov), 8-493 (TG Southee, 124.6 ov), 9-515 (MJ Henry, 128.4 ov), 10-523 (TA Boult, 131.2 ov)

New Zealand · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 29 7 88 1 3.03 1 0
Stuart Broad 26.2 4 77 3 2.92 1 0
Mark Wood 27 2 93 3 3.44 0 1
Ben Stokes 21 2 105 0 5.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 26 4 94 3 3.62 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 478 all out (129 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c TG Southee b TA Boult 12 8 3 0 150.0
Alastair Cook c TWM Latham b TA Boult 162 345 17 0 47.0
Gary Ballance b TG Southee 0 12 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell c TWM Latham b TG Southee 29 58 4 0 50.0
Joe Root c TA Boult b MJ Henry 84 139 12 0 60.4
Ben Stokes c LRPL Taylor b MD Craig 101 92 15 3 109.8
Jos Buttler c TWM Latham b MJ Henry 14 18 2 0 77.8
Moeen Ali lbw b TA Boult 43 80 7 0 53.8
Stuart Broad b TA Boult 10 13 0 1 76.9
Mark Wood not out 4* 4 1 0 100.0
James Anderson b TA Boult 0 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 12, w 5, nb 0) 19
Total 129 overs 478

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (A Lyth, 2.2 ov), 2-25 (GS Ballance, 7.4 ov), 3-74 (IR Bell, 26.3 ov), 4-232 (JE Root, 69.3 ov), 5-364 (BA Stokes, 95.6 ov), 6-389 (JC Buttler, 100.5 ov), 7-455 (AN Cook, 124.2 ov), 8-467 (SCJ Broad, 126.3 ov), 9-478 (MM Ali, 128.1 ov), 10-478 (JM Anderson, 128.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
TA Boult 34 8 85 5 2.50 0 0
TG Southee 34 4 162 2 4.76 1 0
MJ Henry 29 3 106 2 3.66 2 0
MD Craig 28 3 96 1 3.43 1 0
CJ Anderson 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
KS Williamson 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

New Zealand · 2nd innings 220 all out (67.3 overs)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MJ Guptill c GS Ballance b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
TWM Latham lbw b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
KS Williamson c JE Root b BA Stokes 27 70 3 0 38.6
LRPL Taylor lbw b SCJ Broad 8 12 1 0 66.7
BJ Watling c JC Buttler b MA Wood 59 143 9 0 41.3
BB McCullum b BA Stokes 0 1 0 0 0.0
CJ Anderson lbw b JE Root 67 87 13 1 77.0
MD Craig b BA Stokes 4 24 0 0 16.7
TG Southee c & b MM Ali 20 16 3 0 125.0
MJ Henry not out 10* 24 1 0 41.7
TA Boult c MM Ali b SCJ Broad 10 26 2 0 38.5
Extras (b 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1) 15
Total 67.3 overs 220

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (MJ Guptill, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (TWM Latham, 1.1 ov), 3-12 (LRPL Taylor, 5.3 ov), 4-61 (KS Williamson, 23.4 ov), 5-61 (BB McCullum, 23.5 ov), 6-168 (BJ Watling, 50.3 ov), 7-174 (CJ Anderson, 53.5 ov), 8-198 (MD Craig, 58.6 ov), 9-198 (TG Southee, 59.1 ov), 10-220 (TA Boult, 67.3 ov)

New Zealand · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 5 31 1 2.21 1 0
Stuart Broad 16.3 3 50 3 3.03 0 1
Mark Wood 13 3 47 1 3.62 0 0
Ben Stokes 11 3 38 3 3.45 1 0
Moeen Ali 8 3 35 1 4.38 0 0
Joe Root 5 3 7 1 1.40 0 0

Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: M Erasmus, S Ravi · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · Match referee: DC Boon. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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