New Zealand players are not called Kiwis for nothing, Kane Williamson took such an amazing catch, even English captain Ben Stokes was surprised.
ENG vs NZ: The England team is hosting New Zealand for a 3-Test series. The first match of the series is being played from today, June 4, at the historic ground of Lord’s, where on the very first day, the condition of hosts England was so bad that the entire team was reduced to just 140 runs in the first innings. Kyle Jamieson, who is playing Test after almost 2 years, destroyed the batting order of the England team by taking 5 wickets. New Zealand’s star batsman Kane Williamson took such an incredible catch of England captain Ben Stokes that everyone was surprised to see it. Even Ben Stokes did not believe that his catch had been taken. The video of Kane Williamson catching the cap is going quite viral.
Kane Williamson took an incredible catch of Ben Stokes.
Half of the England team had returned to the pavilion on the score of 55 runs. After this, on the score of 94 runs, England got the sixth blow in the form of captain Ben Stokes. Kyle Jamieson was bowling the 27th over of England’s first innings. Ben Stokes tried to defend the fifth ball of the over, but the ball hit the bat and went quickly into the leg slip where 4 New Zealand players were fielding. The ball was very low, but still Kane Williamson flew downwards in the air and took this amazing catch, which everyone was surprised to see. Even Ben Stokes could not believe it. In this way New Zealand got a big success.
WHAT A CATCH BY KANE WILLIAMSON. pic.twitter.com/0XeVLRrszv
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 4, 2026
Kyle Jamieson took 5 wicket haul
In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. The first day’s play was greatly affected due to rain. Only 10 overs could be played in the first session. However, after this the rain stopped and the match went ahead. New Zealand’s star all-rounder Kyle Jamieson returned to play a Test match after almost 2 years and has created a stir by taking 5 wickets in the very first match. Kyle Jamieson wreaked havoc on the England batsmen.
England’s innings ends shortly after, as they are bowled out for 140.
Can their bowlers bring them back into the Test? 🤔#ENGvsNZ#ENGvNZ
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) June 4, 2026
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Kyle Jamieson created a stir by taking 5 wickets
Kyle Jamieson first got Emilio Gay caught out by Mitchell. Emilio Gay walked out after scoring 8 runs. After this he bowled Jamie Smith for just 1 run. Then Jamieson got England captain Ben Stokes caught out by Kane Williamson. Stokes walked out after scoring only 12 runs. After this, he showed the way to the pavilion by dismissing Gus Atkinson LBW on the score of 4 runs. In the end, Kyle Jamieson completed his fifth wicket by getting Olly Robinson caught by Blundell for just 1 run. Whereas Nathan Ellis took 3 wickets. While Will O’Rourke took 2 wickets. In this way the entire England team was reduced to 140 runs. Harry Brook played the highest innings of 56 runs for England.
A day he’ll never forget.#ENGvNZpic.twitter.com/ctHGNS9hE1
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 4, 2026
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