'Comebacks don't get much better' - first Test ratings
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'Comebacks don't get much better' - first Test ratingsTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Highlights: Atkinson bowls England to 115-run victory over NZBySam DruryBBC Sport journalist at Lord'sPublished18 minutes agoThe first Test of the summer is complete and England are back to winning ways as they try move on from their Ashes hammering.A rain-affected game on a Lord's pitch that came in for heavy criticism makes it hard to know whether this is a new, refined and more mature Bazball but victory is a timely boost at the start of an important summer for the Stokes-McCullum regime.How did the players do individually? Well, while the bowlers had a fine time, the batters can take a crumb of comfort from the fact that if we were rating the surface, it would have scored even lower than the majority of them...EnglandTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, 'What a moment!' - Robinson's England wicketsBen Duckett - 5Made starts in both innings and while he got a good ball in the first innings, will have been frustrated to fall playing a loose shot having reached 33 in the second.Emilio Gay - 7A very encouraging debut. Given a freebie to get of the mark in Test cricket, the left-hander fell to a beauty first time round before showing a good mix of skill and grit to make a game-high 57 and put England in a strong position.Jacob Bethell - 4After a poor dismissal on day one, there was better application from Bethell in the second and there was nothing he could do after a short-ish ball from Matt Henry scooted along the ground to hit his off stump.Joe Root - 3Something of a rarity: two single-figure scores in the same Test for England's premier batter. Got two good balls but then most could say the same in this match.Harry Brook - 7Brook stayed true to Bazball with a counter-attacking half-centur...





