ENG vs NZ Live Score, 1st Test 2026: Joe Root falls as England slump to four down at Lord's

Kyle Jamieson to Harry Brook, Brook was keen on a tap and run as he blocks a length delivery around covers but Stokes denies the single as this was too risky. 

Kyle Jamieson to Harry Brook, Hard length, around off, Harry Brook dabs this to point.

Will O'Rourke to Ben Stokes, Full and way too wide of off, shaping further away from the batter. Ben Stokes leaves it.

Will O'Rourke to Ben Stokes, Short around the right armpit of Stokes. The English skipper leaves it. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Back of a length, around off, Harry Brook dabs this gently towards covers and takes a quick single. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Short-pitched delivery, around off, Harry Brook ducks down.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Bouncer, on middle and off, Harry Brook sits underneath it. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Good length, around off, Harry Brook blocks this around the off side.

Kyle Jamieson to Ben Stokes, FOUR BYES! Wayward from Kyle Jamieson as he bowls this on a back of a length and angling way down the leg side. Ben Stokes leaves it and despite diving full stretch to his right, the keeper fails to get anywhere close to gathering it. The ball races to the fine leg fence. 

Kyle Jamieson to Ben Stokes, This could have easily been 57 for 6. Good length, around off, Ben gets in two minds to either play at it or leave it, but ends up doing neither, and the ball catches the bottom edge of his bat and drops beside the off stump.

It has started to drizzle, although the sun is still out. Ben Stokes is not happy with something behind the bowler's arm. Rod Tucker has walked all the way down to the boundary rope to relay the concern to the ground staff. It appears the issue is with an advertising board sitting directly behind the bowler's arm. It has been sorted and we are all good to go.

Kyle Jamieson to Ben Stokes, Stokes is off the mark with a couple. Good length, on middle and leg, Ben Stokes flicks this through square leg and runs two.

The English skipper, Ben Stokes comes out to bat. It has gone cloudy, and the floodlights are now beginning to take effect. A slight hold-up as we await the return of Harry Brook from a comfort break. He is back, and we are ready to resume.

Kyle Jamieson to Jamie Smith, OUT! TIMBER! A misjudgement from Jamie Smith and Kyle Jamieson has made a mess of the furniture. Kyle bowls this fuller in length, just outside the off pole. Jamie Smith leaves this, probably assuming that this would bounce over the woodwork, looking at the height of the bowler, but the invariable bounce of the deck comes into play. The ball keeps low and also nips back to uproot the off pole. England are now 55/5.

Kyle Jamieson to Jamie Smith, Good length, around off, Jamie Smith presents an angled face bat and dabs this to point.

Kyle Jamieson to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, around off, Jamie Smith defends this off his front foot. 

Kyle Jamieson (5-0-16-1) returns to the attack, replacing Nathan Smith.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Good length, on off, Harry Brook blocks this off his front foot this time. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Around that nagging length from Will, drifting down the leg side. Harry Brook misses out on hitting this with the bat and gets thud into his front pad. Just a polite appeal from the visitors. Nothing given. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Short and on off, Harry Brook blocks this towards backward point.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Back of a length, on off. Harry Brook looks to punch this off his back foot but the ball shapes just a hint into the batter and Brook inside edges this towards leg slip.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, FOUR! Brook is keeping his foot on the pedal and the scorecard is ticking along. Short and on middle and off, Harry Brook stays deep inside his crease and pulls this in the gap towards the backward square leg region for four runs. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Will O'Rourke bowls it on a good length, in the line of the stumps. Harry Brook dead bats it.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Back of a length, on middle and leg, Harry Brook works this through the right of the mid-wicket fielder for a single. 

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, A loud shout for LBW but that looked high. Hard length, around off, shaping back into the batter. The ball skids on Brook and he is beaten on the inside edge. Brook gets hit on the back thigh and the ball deflects behind the stumps.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, FOUR! This is a lot more authoritative from Harry Brook. Short-pitched delivery, around off, Harry Brook swivels and pulls this through the gap between mid-wicket and deep square leg for four runs. The 50 is up for England.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, The field was set for a short one but Smith bluffs and bowls a fuller delivery, on off. Harry Brook was up for it as he punches this past mid off for a couple. 

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, A touch fuller here from Smith, on the pads, Harry Brook flicks this straight to short mid-wicket.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Back of a length, around off, Harry Brook pushes this towards the right of the bowler.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, DROPPED! Harry Brook gets a lifeline on 8 as Devon Conway drops him. Short and around off, too close to cut but Brook rocks back and slashes hard at it. The ball flies straight to Devon Conway at backward point at a comfortable height over his right shoulder but Devon can't cling on. Single taken. 

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Will goes full and bowls one into the batter but drifting down the leg side. Harry Brook goes for a flick but misses and gets hit on the front pad.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Short and around the leg side, Harry Brook leaves it.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, Will hits the hard length, on the pads, Harry Brook steps inside the line of it but fails to help it away.

Will O'Rourke to Harry Brook, FOUR! More of a punch off the front foot than a square drive but the result remains four for Brook. Good length, around off, Harry gets close to the pitch of the ball, and while standing tall, he punches this through the point region for a boundary. 

Will O'Rourke to Jamie Smith, Short and on the pads, Jamie flicks this towards fine leg for a single. 

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Full and wide of off, Harry Brook looks to play at it but the ball keeps low and beats him.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Good length, around off, Brook solidly keeps it out.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, FOUR! This would make Brook feel better and the English fans will love this sight as well. Smith goes a shade full and bowls it wide of off, Harry presses onto the front foot and punches this through the point region for a boundary. Despite a valiant chase from Devon Conway, the ball wins the race to the fence.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Play and a miss. Good length, wide of off, shooting a bit more on the batter. Harry has a dab at it but the ball beats the outside edge of his bat.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Short and around off, Harry gets up on his toes and punches this to point.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Smith errs in line but goes unscratched as Brook leaves this short one down the leg side all alone.

Will O'Rourke to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, around off, Jamie blocks this off his back foot.

Will O'Rourke to Jamie Smith, This one dies in front of the keeper. Full and wide of off, Jamie shows no interest in poking at it. The ball drops in front of the keeper but Tom Blundell does well to gather it diving to his right.

In walks Jamie Smith at number 6, ahead of Ben Stokes. Tom Latham is having his right shin strapped after taking a painful blow earlier in the over.

Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Will O'Rourke gets the big fish. Right in the channel from O'Rourke, in the corridor of uncertainty. Joe Root doesn't move his feet much and just tries to run it down with a slightly open bat face. The height of Will helps him extract an extra bit of bounce, and there is a bit of nip away, enough to induce an outside edge of Root's bat. It is taken well around his chest by the keeper, Tom Blundell behind the stumps. 

Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, Hard length, on off, Joe Root defends this off his back foot.

Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, A touch short and wide of off. Joe Root slashes at the ball. It goes off the toe end and catches Tom Latham by surprise. It bounces in front of Latham at second slip and smashes him on the shin. 

Will O'Rourke to Joe Root, This is a textbook front foot defensive stroke from Joe Root. Good length around middle and off, Joe Root shifts his bodyweight onto his front foot, meets the ball with the middle of his bat right underneath his eyeline and keeps it out.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Smith hits the deck hard, bowls it wide of off. Harry Brook blocks this from the bottom of his bat in front of the gully fielder.

Nathan Smith to Harry Brook, Back of a length, around the off stump. Harry Brook guides this to backward point.