On the first day of the match, new zealand captain Kane Williamson, who won the toss, decided to bat first. Devon Convey who was playing his first match, opened the innings with tom Latham. He added 58 runs for the first wicket, while Latham was dismissed for 23. Captain Kane Williamson was then bowled by james Anderson for 13. Ross Tayler was also dismissed for 14 runs. Devon Convey and Henry Nichols took the responsibility of correcting the innings and earned scores without losing the wickets.

Batsmen who hit a century on test debut at Lord’s: john Hampshire, Saurav Ganguly, Andrew Strauss, Matt Prior and Devon Convey.