The Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum era in England’s Test cricket began on a high note, at least for the first two sessions on Day 1 against New Zealand at Lord’s, but by the end of the day, things had evened out as England’s batting once again fell short. However, attention was drawn to the Lord’s surface, which saw 17 wickets fall on the opening day of the Test match. Former India bowler Dodda Ganesh responded by criticizing the Lord’s pitch. If 17 wickets fell on the opening day of a Test in India, the former right-arm medium bowler added, “hell would’ve broken loose.” Here in this article, we talk about Dodda Ganesh criticizing the Lord’s Pitch.
“In India, if 17 wickets had fallen on the first day of a test, all hell would have broken loose by now. But, as you may be aware, this is Lord’s property “On the first day of a Test match, he tweeted, fanning the discussion about spin vs. speed.
India bowler Dodda Ganesh responded by criticizing the Lord’s pitch:
Had 17 wickets fallen on day-1 of a test, in India, hell would’ve broken loose by now. But this is lord’s you know #DoddaMathu #ENGvNZ #CricketTwitter
— ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ | Dodda Ganesh (@doddaganesha) June 2, 2022
The New Zealand skipper won the toss and chose to bat first on what appeared to be a typical English pitch, but things quickly went south for the visitors. England’s seamers wreaked havoc, dismissing New Zealand for 132 in two sessions.
But their batting woes continued as they lost seven wickets for 41 runs, slipping to 116 for seven at the close as New Zealand seamers Tim Southee, Trent Boult, and Kyle Jamieson each took two wickets. England’s openers, Alex Lees and Zak Crawley put on a strong 59-run stand before Crawley was caught behind by Jamieson for 43 runs.
In his debut innings at No. 3, Jamieson dismissed Ollie Pope for seven runs, while Colin de Grandhomme dismissed Joe Root for 11 runs when the former captain’s signature back-foot punch was superbly collected by Southee at gully.
Southee trapped Lees lbw for 25 runs, and Stokes was caught behind for one run off nine balls, with the skipper marching off furiously. Boult was fired. England’s batting fell in a similar way to their prior series failures in the West Indies and Australia, with Jonny Bairstow (1) and debutant Matthew Potts (0) both falling in the same over.
