Black Caps v England First Test Review: Bowlers shine, but the Lord's pitch remains in the spotlight

About this episode

The episode reviews the First Test between England and the Black Caps, focusing on the bowling performances and the controversial Lord's pitch.

In this episode of the show, Binksy, Baldy, Jamie and Stu look back at the First Test between England and the visiting Black Caps at Lord's.. We start the show by throwing it to the victors as England take a 1-0 lead in this Test series. Jamie is cautious with his optimism, while Binksy takes us through the Lord's experience and we discuss how important victory in any form was to kickstart this next phase of the Stokes/McCullum partnership. As the conversation continues, it inevitably turns to the Lord's pitch, which prompted an apology from the MCC after the surface grabbed most of the headlines. Was this game even watchable from a neutral perspective? And can we really take any lessons from what happened during the course of the game? In a much more enjoyable and positive segment of the show, we return to the cricket on display to discuss the bowling groups from both sides. There were bags for the returning Ollie Robinson and Kyle Jamieson, plus two more for Nathan Smith and Gus Atkinson. Throw in the performances of Will O'Rourke, Josh Tongue and to a lesser extent Matt Henry and Ben Stokes and it's easy to see why the batters had such a tough time navigating the conditions…

People in this episode

Hosts: Binksy, Baldy, Jamie, Stu

Topics covered

• Black Caps
• England
• First Test Review
• Bowling performance
• Lord's pitch
• Cricket tactics
• Bazball approach

Keywords

• Black Caps
• England
• First Test
• Lord's pitch
• bowling performance
• Bazball
• cricket tactics
• Emilio Gay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MCC

Places: Lord's

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