New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum perished in the nineties for the second Lord`s Test in a row on Thursday after reviving his team`s fortunes on the opening day of the first Test against England.

McCullum batted with increasing authority to reach 97 from as many balls, adding 99 with Jacob Oram (23 not out) for the sixth wicket, after New Zealand had been reduced to 104 for five.

When bad light stopped play early after the first session had been lost to rain, New Zealand had taken their score to a more competitive 208 for six.
Scoreboard:

New Zealand (First innings)
J How c Ambrose b Anderson 7
A Redmond c Cook b Anderson 0
J Marshall c Strauss b Broad 24
R Taylor c Collingwood b Broad 19
B McCullum b Panesar 97
D Flynn b Anderson 9
J Oram not out 23
D Vettori not out 5
Extras (12b, 8lb, 1w, 3nb) 24
Total (for 6 wkts, 52.1 overs) 208

Fall: 2 (Redmond), 18 (How), 41 (Taylor), 76 (Marshall), 104 (Flynn), 203 (McCullum).

Bowling: R Sidebottom 18.1-5-50-0, J Anderson 12-3-42-3 (1w, 1nb), S Broad 15-3-70-2 (2nb), P Collingwood 3-1-11-0, M Panesar 4-1-15-1.

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