England vs New Zealand: Jamieson and Robinson Unleash Day-One Mayhem as 16 Wickets Tumble

The bowlers of both teams totally dominated the very first day of the England vs New Zealand test series. It was the first test and the match took place at Lord's. The hosts (Team England) scored 140, and the opponents made 61 after losing 6 wickets. But the loss of a total of 16 wickets was undoubtedly the highlight of the day.

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first. They've read the pitch and made full use of it. Kyle Jamieson, the celebrated fast-paced bowler of the New Zealand team has returned to the team after two years and made full use of his potential by taking 5 wickets for 62 runs and drawing half of the wickets all of his own. The batting lineup of the hosting country was totally disrupted by his fast bowling. Only Harry Brook has scored a remarkable 56.

Will O'Rourke has also picked up three wickets including Nathan Smith. Thus these two bowlers have exposed the hollowness of England's batting lineup. And took over the first innings of the match.

Although, when the second innings began, things started to change for the team England as well as the team New Zealand. Ollie Robinson, the English bowler who has also returned after two years, delivered the most dramatic yet celebrated moment of the entire match by drawing three wickets in maidens in the very first over. One of the three wickets includes Rachin Ravindra. This fantastic move made the audience flabbergasted. Robinson took one more wicket later, and concluded at 4 wickets by giving only 10 runs after 6 overs.

Rain interrupted the whole match twice and New Zealand concluded at a total of 61/6. The overall scorecard of the match shows that the pitch was not meant for the batters on that day.

Sportscape observes that the return of the pacers of both teams had given momentum to the entire match. Although, this was the first match. But, it was clearly a bowler's day. As in both innings, batters were extremely outshone by the bowlers of both teams.