Cook pleased with England's bowling performance

James Anderson and Stuart Broad led the pace-attack in first Test at Lords as Anderson reached the landmark of 300 wickets and claimed a five-wicket haul in the first innings. Broad rattled the Black Caps in the second innings for 68 and took a career best 7-44 against New Zealand.

Both the pacers exploited the Lord’s wicket to perfection, but Man-of-the-Match Broad, felt his new-ball partner deserved the award. “This award should have gone to Jimmy, he was fantastic in this Test. He picked up his 300th wicket and he’s a pleasure to bowl with,” Broad said.

“We managed to do that as a partnership, and took our catches as well. I’m delighted with the way we stuck at it as a unit today, and it’s obviously fantastic to contribute to an England win.

“Lord’s is a special place to do it; it’s great to be back on that honours board,” the 26-year-old added.

Skipper Alastair Cook was extremely happy with England’s bowling performance as he captained his side for the first time at home. “Of course, there’s a lot of ifs in there – when you walk into the ground in the morning – so to actually deliver an outstanding performance today was a very good effort.”

Elaborating on Broad’s display, Cook added: “Anyone who bowls at high-80s, from six-foot five or six, and bangs a good length – and it’s swinging – it’s going to be very hard.

“I know as an opening batter: if you’re challenging off stump enough – like he does – it’s very hard work.

“He’s got all the attributes of being a world-class bowler and when he gets it totally right like he did today he’s an absolute nightmare (to face).”