Root’s ton steers England to Stun New Zealand
First LV=Insurance International Test at Lords
NZ Vs. England
NZ first Innings. 132 ao Colin de Grandhomme 42 no off 50, 4 fours, Tim Southee 26 off 23, 4 fours, Matty Potts 4-13, James Anderson 4-66
England first Innings 141 ao Zak Crawley 43 off 56, 7 fours, Alex Lees 25 off 77, 2 fours, Tim Southee 455, Trent Boult 3-21, Jamieson 2-20
NZ second Innings 285 ao Daryl Mitchell 108 off 203, 12 fours, Tom Blundell 96 off 198, 12 fours, Matty Potts 3/55, Stuart Board 3-76.
England second Innings 279/5 Joe Root 115 no off 170, 12 fours, Ben Stokes 54 off 110, 5 fours, 3 sixes, Kyle Jamieson 4-79, Trent Boult 1-73.
NZ won the toss and decided to bat.
England won by 5 wickets
England beat New Zealand, the world Test champions, a seven-match undefeated run against England has come to an end.
Joe Root has become the second England batsman to score 10, 000 Test runs, and reached the landmark by scoring a century 115 not out on day four of the first Test against New Zealand. He was ably assisted by Ben Stokes 54 off 110. Joe Root is the 14th player to achieve the feat and has scored 26 Test centuries, the second most England behind ex-captain Sir Alistair Cook, who hit 33. Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Kumar Sangakkara, Chanderpaul, Mahela Jayawardene, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Sunil Gavaskar, and Younis Khan are the other batters to reach the milestone.
From 216-5 overnight, 61 short of their target of 277, with Root resuming on 77, the home side was taken to victory by Root’s unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 120 with Ben Stokes, who made 32 not out. He had the fortune of inside-edging past his stumps on more than one occasion. At 31 years and 157 days, he equals Cook’s record as the youngest man to reach the milestone. When Root pulled Tim Southee for the winning boundary, it completed a remarkable turnaround from 69-4 on the third afternoon and finally gave England a Test win after only one in their previous 18 matches.
The second match in the three-Test series begins at Trent Bridge on Friday.