England show strong signs of recovery

Joe Root and Ben Stokes have helped England to recover from a daunting position to head into tea on 219-5 against New Zealand at Lord's.

The hosts saw debutant Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, captain Alastair Cook and Ian Bell all depart early on, leaving them stranded on 30-4 in their first Test of the summer.

Root stepped in at the end of the first session to offer a glimmer of hope alongside Stokes, putting together a fluent 50 partnership off 46 balls.

Stokes managed to survive an appeal for lbw, but he could not quite rack up a century before being bowled for 92 by Mark Craig.

Root saw out the session to remain unbeaten on 80, meanwhile, with Jos Buttler (13*) coming in to pile on some further runs as England's recovery from a dismal start continued.