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Brendon McCullum confident New Zealand can bounce back

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is upbeat over his side's chances in the second Test against England despite their 124-run defeat at Lord's.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said that he is confident his side can bounce back against England in the second Test of their series.

The Kiwis lost the first game by 124 runs at Lord's, despite dominating the opening three days of the match, as a collapse on day five handed victory to Alastair Cook's men.

However, McCullum feels that his side produced excellent cricket which will give them belief of squaring the series at Headingley.

He told Sky Sports News: "I still believe we've got some very good players within our group and scoring 520 in the first innings is testament to that. It's not panic stations, we just need to improve a couple of our rough edges.

"I still felt as if we played a good Test match in our last game and whilst we're disappointed to have lost, we still scored over 730 runs and still took 20 wickets which on most occasions when you put those sorts of numbers up on the board, you'd probably say you'd win a Test match.

"We have to cop it on the chin, the loss, but I'm pretty sure we've got some improvement left in us here as well."

The second Test between the Kiwis and England begins later today.

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