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22-Mar-2018 08:54:00 GMT
NZ v Eng, 1st Test, Auckland, day 1

New Zealand dominate with England all out for 58

New Zealand 175 for 3 (Williamson 91*) lead England 58 (Boult 6-32, Southee 4-25) by 117 runs

Auckland: England were bowled out for 58 - their sixth lowest total - as New Zealand dominated day one of the first Test.

Playing their first Test since losing the Ashes 4-0 in Australia, England slipped to 27-9 before being dismissed in 20.4 overs at Eden Park, Auckland.

Trent Boult took 6-32 and Tim Southee 4-25 as five batsmen made ducks, equalling England's record.

Kane Williamson's 91 not out helped the hosts to 175-3 - a lead of 117 - after Stuart Broad claimed his 400th wicket.

Craig Overton, the number nine, top-scored with an unbeaten 33, while Mark Stoneman was the only other batsman to reach double figures.

Left-armer Boult, in particular, and Southee capitalised on swinging conditions with the pink ball after New Zealand won the toss, in the first day-night Test to be played in the country.

But the technique of England's batsmen was horribly exposed on a blameless surface.

The scale of England's ineptitude with the bat was emphasised by Williamson, who batted with considerable ease in making his 27th Test half century, after James Anderson located Jeet Raval's outside edge in the ninth over.

The skipper was perhaps fortunate to survive a run-out on 64 when Chris Woakes claimed he touched a straight drive from Ross Taylor on to the stumps at the non-striker's end. The third umpire disagreed.

It said much for England's perilous position that even Broad's 400th wicket - Tom Latham clipped tamely to mid-wicket to depart for 26 - brought the most understated of celebrations.

Although Taylor, on 20, was hurried into a pull by Anderson to leave New Zealand 123-3, Williamson and the watchful Henry Nicholls shepherded them to the close without further loss.

The new ball is due after 11 overs on Friday but, with Ben Stokes unable to bowl because of a back injury, there has been little evidence so far that England will make better use of it.


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