| 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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New Zealand 269 / 6 (86.2) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| J How | c Cook b S Broad |  | 68 | 131 | 9 | 0 | 51.91 | | A Redmond | c Strauss b J Anderson |  | 17 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 29.82 | | J Marshall | lbw R Sidebottom | | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | R Taylor
| lbw M Panesar |  | 20 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 55.56 | | B McCullum | c Anderson b J Anderson |  | 24 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 52.17 | | D Flynn | not out |  | 29 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 24.58 | | J Oram | b R Sidebottom | | 101 | 121 | 15 | 2 | 83.47 | | D Vettori | not out | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | K Mills | | | | | | | | | T Southee | | | | | | | | | C Martin | | | | | | | |
| Extras: 3 (NB-0, WD-0, B-0, LB-3) | | Total : 269/6 (86.2) |
| Fall of Wickets: 1-47 (Redmond, 20.2 ov), 2-52 (Marshall, 23.1 ov), 3-99 (Taylor, 34.6 ov), 4-115 (How, 43.4 ov), 4-120* (McCullum, retired not out, 47.2 ov), 5-252 (Oram, 82.1 ov), 6-269 (McCullum, 85.4 ov) |
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