England beat New Zealand by 124 runs in Lords test

England beat New Zealand by 124 runs in the first test of the series at Lord's. Ben Stokes was awarded man of the match for his brilliant allround performance (92 & 101 with the bat and 3/38 in second innings with the ball).

Chasing down a victory target of 345 in 77 overs, Kiwis were bowled out for 220 in 68th overs falling short by 124 runs.

Brief Score

England

1st Innings - 389/10 (J Root - 98, B Stokes - 92, T Boult - 4/79. M Henry - 4/93)

2nd Innings - 478/10 ( A Cook - 162, B Stokes - 101, T Boult - 5/85)

New Zealand

1st Innings - 523/10 (K Williamson - 132, M Guptil - 70, R Taylor - 62,  S Broad - 3/77, M Wood - 3/93, M Ali - 3/94)

2nd Innings - 220/10 (C Anderson - 67, B J Watling - 59, B Stokes - 3/38, S Broad - 3/50)

Quotes

Ben Stokes: Without a doubt, the whole game itself was special. The game kept switching momentum, the crowd was fantastic, specially today. Thanks a lot to everyone who came out today. 

Ben Stokes is the man of the match. 

Alastair Cook: A bit of frustration the way Trent and Matt played. Happy that we won. It is certainly up there, one of my best innings. We can be very proud of the way we played this week. If we get a new coach, we will be in a bit of limbo. We have to keep the external for later. 

Brendon McCullum: We played our part in what was a tremendous match. All credit to England to the way they played all through out. They kept getting themselves back in the game. England will be pretty confident after this, we need to improve.