England v New Zealand 2026 Test Match Series

1st Test - Lords - 4th - 8th June
2nd Test - The Oval 17th - 21st June
3rd Test - Trent Bridge 25th - 29th June

England 1st Test Squad
Ben Stokes ©, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Matthew Fisher, Emilio Gay, James Rew, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue

couple of new names? I have to say it is a pivotal series for England after what happened in Oz I would think another series defeat will not go down well with fans

Jacob Bethell has a finger injury. He may not be fit in time.

aren't NZ due in Ireland before coming to England Charle?

James Rew, Matthew Fisher & Rehan Ahmed have been released from the 15 man squad. It is most likely a choice between Gus Atkinson & Sonny Baker from the remaining 12, although if the pitch dictates or the expected rain is taken into account they could leave out Shoaib Bashir.

England v New Zealand 1st Test - Lords - June 4th - 8th Day 1 Close
Toss - New Zealand elected to field
England 140 (39.4 overs) Brooks 56 Duckett 19 Bashir 14 Stokes 12 Tongue 10 no Jamieson 5-62 O'Rourke 2-25 Smith 3-38
New Zealand 61-6 (19.2 overs) Phillips 31 no Mitchell 12 Robinson 4-10
New Zealand trail by 79 runs

England XI
Duckett, Gay, Bethell, Root, Brook, Smith (wk), Stokes ©, Atkinson, Robinson, Tongue, Bashir


New Zealand XI
Latham ©, Conway, Williamson, Ravindra, Mitchell, Blundell (wk), Phillips, Smith, Jamieson, Henry

Oh dear oh dear oh dear

Followed by......... WTF

Me thinks that either the pitch isn't up to test standard or the conditions are very, very bowler friendly.

Latest New Zealand 16 - 4. 3 wickets in an over for Ollie Robinson