England's batting woes have left it 16 runs behind New Zealand on the first day of the opening Test in London
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Scorecard17 wickets tumble on manic day one at Lord's
A familiar England batting collapse left the hosts 16 runs behind New Zealand as wickets tumbled on a frantic first day of the opening Test at Lord's.
England made an excellent start to their new era under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum by dismissing New Zealand for 132 inside two sessions, with James Anderson claiming four wickets on his return to the side.
But their dismal batting continued as they lost 41 runs to limp to the close at 7-116 after New Zealand seamers Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson picked up two wickets each.
Image Id: 0A146086216245B1909C208AA6187DD1 Image Caption: New Zealand's quicks levelled up the match after England's hot start // GettyEngland openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley shared a solid partnership of 59 before Crawley was caught behind off Jamieson for 43.
Jamieson removed Ollie Pope for seven in his first innings at No.3 and Colin De Grandhomme dismissed Joe Root for 11 when the former captain's trademark back-foot punch was well caught by Southee at gully.
Southee trapped Lees lbw for 25 and Stokes was caught behind, the skipper walking off angrily after scoring one run off nine balls.
Boult removed Jonny Bairstow (1) and debutant Matthew Potts (0) in the same over as England's batting crumbled in similar fashion to their recent series defeats in the West Indies and Australia.
Ben Foakes, on six, and Stuart Broad (4) will resume the innings on the second day.
Earlier, England's impressive bowling and slick catching helped them bundle out New Zealand inside two sessions following Kane Williamson's decision to bat first.
The hosts' brilliant display was headlined by Potts, who picked up 4-13 and took two catches, as well as veteran seamer Anderson, who bagged 4-66 on his return to the side after being dropped for the tour of the Caribbean.
Potts removed Williamson for two to claim his first Test victim and Anderson picked up two early wickets and two more in the second session.
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Broad, second on England's all-time list of Test wicket takers behind Anderson, also took a wicket with the new ball to leave the Black Caps at 3-7 in the eighth over before Potts was brought into the attack.
Stokes, who came on to bowl to complete an over for Potts after he suffered cramp in his left leg during his 10th over, then bagged the final wicket to end New Zealand's disappointing innings after 40 overs.
De Grandhomme's unbeaten 42 helped New Zealand recover from 39-6 at lunch after only two of their top six reached double figures, and Southee contributed a useful 26.
England spinner Jack Leach was withdrawn from the Test and is in doubt for next week's second Test at Trent Bridge with concussion symptoms after a heavy fall in the outfield.
Matt Parkinson made his debut as England's first concussion substitute, arriving at Lord's an hour before the close on the first day.
Parkinson, a 25-year-old leg-spinner from Lancashire, has 126 wickets from 37 first-class games.
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Lord's paid tribute to former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne when play was paused in the 23rd over of New Zealand's innings for 23 seconds of applause.
Warne, who wore the number 23 on his one-day international shirt, died in March at the age of 52.