Root kicks off England’s new era of Test cricket with a win at Lord’s

England couldn’t have asked for a better start under the new Test leadership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as they registered a fighting win over New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s.
The win lifts England from the bottom of the World Test Championship standings, leapfrogging Bangladesh to eighth with a point percentage of 19.23. Defending Champions New Zealand are in a spot of bother at seventh, with a 33.33 point percentage.