Rain Destroys Second Day At Lord's
The morning was an evenly fought session which New Zealand shaded in the end. England started badly, Stephen Harmison caught by Hamish Marshall trying to hit over the top, Kyle Mills was the bowler.
Monty Panesar came in and it was clear that Michael Vaughan wasn’t going to declare, Ryan Sidebottom ended the England innings when he was run out in typical lower order fashion on 77, the big man making his first test half-century and it took New Zealand 88 balls to finally send him back to the pavilion.
England finishing the first innings 500 all out.
Umbrellas were going up as light drizzle started around Lord's
That started the New Zealand innings and it didn’t start well for the Kiwi’s, they lost Lou Vincent in the second over when he edged a catch to Alistair Cook, Cook taking a fine catch above his shoulder at third slip.
Matthew Hoggard used the conditions to his advantage when he had Lou Vincent caught at slip by Alistair Cook
But from then on New Zealand didn’t falter, and the partnership between How and Marshall went past the 50 mark in the 17th over, England tried everything against the pair, bringing on Panesar and Sidebottom to add a little variation, but the pair did very well, playing sensibly and skilfully that put New Zealand 63-1 at the end of the morning session.
Rain clouds hat were threatening earlier in the day came over Lord’s and heavy showers meant that that day’s play had to be called
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