Sidebottom cleans up the tail

    

Lord's, first Test, second day: England 68/0 (Cook 43*) trail
New Zealand 277 (Vettori 48; Sidebottom 4-55) by 209 runs

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RYAN SIDEBOTTOM skittled out the New Zealand lower order, claiming the last four wickets for only five runs during a
stop-start day.

The Nottinghamshire seamer had Jacob Oram caught at slip and then clean bowled Kyle Mills, Tim Southee and Daniel Vettori to recapture his form after a wicketless first day at Lord's.

Only Vettori offered any real resistance, hitting 43 of his team's 69 runs, and, helped by several delays because of bad light, helped stretch play well into the afternoon session.

    

It wasn't until ten to three that Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss strode out to the middle, though more bad weather restricted them to only 21.3 overs play, to the relief of the New Zealanders.

"We've got to make improvements or we're going to be wiped off the park," said Oram.

"We didn't enter the game hoping for a draw and we're not playing for the draw at the moment, but they [England] were probably as demanding as they were in New Zealand in the final two Tests there."

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