Ex-India pacer's ‘hell would’ve broken loose' dig at Lord's pitch sparks debate

The Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum period in England’s Test cricket began on the right word, at least within the first two periods of Day 1 towards New Zealand at Lord’s however by the shut of play, issues had been at the same time as England’s batting got here a cropper as soon as once more. But the main target additionally shifted in the direction of the Lord’s pitch on which 17 wickets fell on the primary day of the Test match. Reacting on the identical, former India pacer Dodda Ganesh took a dig at the Lord’s pitch. The former right-arm medium pacer mentioned “hell would’ve broken lose” if 17 wickets had fallen on the primary day of a Test in India.

“Had 17 wickets fallen on day-1 of a test, in India, hell would’ve broken loose by now. But this is lord’s you know,” he tweeted, stoking the debate of spin vs tempo on Day 1 of a Test match. 

New Zealand captain gained the toss and opted to bat first on what regarded like an everyday English wicket however issues began to southwards for the guests very quickly. England seamers ran riot and bowled New Zealand out for 132 inside two periods.

But their dismal batting continued as they misplaced seven wickets for 41 runs to limp to the shut at 116 for seven after New Zealand seamers Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson picked up two wickets every.

England openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley shared a stable partnership of 59 earlier than Crawley was caught behind off Jamieson for 43.

Jamieson eliminated Ollie Pope for seven in his first innings at No. 3 and Colin De Grandhomme dismissed Joe Root for 11 when the previous captain’s trademark back-foot punch was effectively caught by Southee at gully.

Southee trapped Lees lbw for 25 and Stokes was caught behind, the skipper strolling off angrily after scoring one run off 9 balls.

Boult eliminated Jonny Bairstow (1) and debutant Matthew Potts (0) in the identical over as England’s batting crumbled in related trend to their current collection defeats within the West Indies and Australia.

Ben Foakes, on six, and Stuart Broad (4) will resume the innings on the second day.

Earlier, it was James and debutant Matthew Potts effectively supported by exact catching by the fielders, who introduced New Zealand right down to their knees. Anderson began the slide with the brand new ball and picked up 4 for 66 on his comeback Test whereas Potts, on debut, ran by way of the New Zealand center order with beautiful figures of 4/13.

(with company inputs)

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