| Test 1, 15th May 2008 - 19th May 2008 |
| England won the toss, elected to field |
| Stadium | : | Lords |
| Venue | : | London |
| Umpires | : | SA Bucknor and SJA Taufel |
| TV Umpire | : | NJ Llong |
| Referee | : | RS Madugalle | | Result | : | Match drawn | | Man of the Match | : | D Vettori | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | NZ: 208/6 | NZ: 277/10; Eng: 68/0 | Eng: 89/0 | Eng: 319/10; NZ: 40/0 | NZ: 269/6 |
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England 319 / 10 (111.3) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Strauss | lbw b J Oram |  | 63 | 174 | 6 | 0 | 36.21 | | A Cook | c B McCullum b C Martin |  | 61 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 55.96 | | M Vaughan | c J Marshall b D Vettori | | 106 | 214 | 11 | 0 | 49.53 | | K Pietersen
| lbw b D Vettori |  | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | | I Bell | c B McCullum b C Martin |  | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 45.71 | | P Collingwood | c R Taylor b D Vettori |  | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | | T Ambrose | lbw b D Vettori | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | S Broad
| b J Oram |  | 25 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 37.88 | | R Sidebottom | c R Taylor b K Mills |  | 16 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 30.19 | | M Panesar | c Flynn b D Vettori | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | J Anderson | not out | | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 23 (NB-12, WD-1, B-3, LB-7) | | Total : 319/10 (111.3) |
| Fall of Wickets: 1-121 (Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-148 (Strauss, 50.3 ov), 3-152 (Pietersen, 53.3 ov), 4-180 (Bell, 65.6 ov), 5-208 (Collingwood, 74.1 ov), 6-208 (Ambrose, 74.2 ov), 7-269 (Broad, 94.4 ov), 8-317 (Sidebottom, 108.5 ov), 9-318 (Panesar, 109.2 ov), 10-319 (Vaughan, 111.3 ov) |
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