England v New Zealand, 1st Test, Lord's, 2nd day

Openers set England solid platform

England finally injected some life into a deathly slow second day's play at Lord's with Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss trotting to an opening stand of 68. With three breaks for bad light - the fourth, terminal - it was a thermals and thermos day for the diehards, but England made a solid start in reply to New Zealand's 277 to give hope of resuscitating the match

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