Live over-by-over updates from 11am UK timeLord’s pitch is one of cricket’s great mysteriesYou can email Tim with your thoughts25th over: New Zealand 77-6 (Conway 26, Phillips 9) Conway, facing Tongue, decides that he may as well come to the party. First he steers a four to gully’s right, then he tries to leave a lifter, reacts too late, pats it to Harry Brook at second slip – and is dropped as Brook can only tip it over the bar.24th over: New Zealand 71-6 (Conway 20, Phillips 9) Robinson continues, moving the ball both ways. Phillips finds the boundary in no time – but only off the inside edge. And again, with his first shot of some authority, punched past cover. “You need to be playing Twenty20 here,” says Stuart Broad, and Phillips, unlike the rest of the Kiwis, seems to agree. He’s been there five minutes and has already made more runs than Latham, O’Rourke, Ravindra and Mitchell put together. Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:44:46 GMT]
Move to replant the playing surface by 2028 is latest effort to repair the embarrassment caused by its variable bounceIt was turn-around weather in London, the sort where your first fresh breath makes you think twice about stepping out for air and your second sends you back inside for another cuppa.A great bank of wet grey cloud stretched overhead to the horizon and the idea that New Zealand’s remaining batters might take a run at scoring the 218 they still needed to win this first Test lasted as long as it took to check the weather apps, which showed room for a brief passage of play around midday. Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:28:06 GMT]
Just 58 legal deliveries were possible as rain pushed England’s march to victory into fourth day at Lord’s. Hmmm, it is bright sunshine at Lord’s now, the stumps are in position and the crease lines are being given a fresh lick. However, it’s just been announced that the players are taking an early lunch and IF no further rain we will have play at 1pm. Why couldn’t they delay lunch and get out there right now whilst there is a sunny gap in the weather I hear you ask. It is a good question.“I expect this was known to everyone apart from me until today, but here goes: I was today years old when I found out Russell Crowe is a cousin of Martin and Jeff. What a family!” writes Suhmit Rahman Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:58:48 GMT]
1st Test, D3: England, 140 & 226; New Zealand, 113 & 55-5Ravindra and Mitchell fall to Robinson amid rain at Lord’sJust 58 legal deliveries – plus one no ball – were bowled as rain dominated the third day here. It was an unsatisfyingly brief glimpse of action that nevertheless allowed England to upgrade their chances of victory in the first Test after their post-Ashes reset from probable to overwhelmingly likely.New Zealand scored 19 runs and lost two wickets, leaving them on 55 for five and still 199 from victory. The rate at which they scored illustrated the continuing difficulty of the batters’ task on this capricious surface and also a determination simply to survive until Sunday, with its promise of better weather and upgraded batting conditions. Continue reading...
[Cricket | The Guardian : Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:53:50 GMT]