At the end of the third day's play at Lord's, New Zealand seemed to hold all the aces. They had taken a significant first-innings lead and had also picked up a couple of key second-innings England wickets.
New Zealand consolidated the strong base they had built for themselves on day two at Lord’s, by putting up an impressive 523 on the board in response to England’s first innings score of 389
Kane Williamson roared back to form on day two of the Lord’s Test, after a disappointing World Cup campaign, remaining unbeaten on 92 as New Zealand ended day two in ascendancy at 303 for 2 in reply to England’s 389
ENG vs NZ 1st Test Day 1 report: With all the controversies surrounding Kevin Pietersen, and a new order in place at the ECB, with Andrew Strauss in charge, England went into the opening Test at Lord's