ENG vs NZ | 'Still felt we were very much in the game,' says Kyle Jamieson

Day one of the first Test between England and New Zealand had a lot of thrill spread across three sessions. Opting to bat first, the visitors were bundled out for just 132, as James Anderson and debutant Matthew Potts wrecked over the batters claiming eight wickets between them.

In contrast, the home side had a solid start making 92 for 2, and then it was all downhill for the Ben Stokes-led XI, who lost five wickets within a span of 8 runs to end the day at 116 for 7, trailing by 16 runs.

Kyle Jamieson, who has had a terrific career thus far and initiated the English collapse, said that the team knew that they had a chance on the wicket despite scoring so less and never felt the game was gone for any moment.

According to cricket.com, Jamieson said, "We still felt like we were very much in the game. We knew we had to bowl well, but as things tend to happen here, they tend to happen pretty quickly. We've seen that through the first part of the day, so you know, if we put the ball in good areas, we thought we had a chance."

He added, "We thought if we get one, we can get two and then build some pressure. I think we sort of stuck with that, stuck with our lengths, stuck with our areas, we were able to reap some rewards from that and get us right back in the game."

The 27-year-old claimed the wickets of Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope. On his own performance, the tall-fast bowler spoke, "It was nice to find some rhythm, I felt all right for that spell; it was just nice to get into the game. When we went out to bowl, It wasn't ideal, but we knew we had some time to get ourselves back in the game."

Thanks to resistance from Colin de Grandhomme (42*) and Tim Southee (26), the defending ICC Test Champions managed to meander to 132 after reeling at 45 for 7.

Asked about Kane Williamson's decision to bat first, Jamieson said, “I'm not too sure - I'm not very good at reading pitches either. I'm not really too sure what the go was there - obviously, a few wickets fell. It didn't look that way initially, but things unfolded the way they did.

New Zealand played two warm-up games ahead of the Lord's Test but still looked rusty in the middle while batting. However, the Kiwi pacer mentioned that the second innings would be different.

"We had two games, we had plenty of times to adjust and adapt - I think we were as good as we could be going into this game. We'll have to fight hard in that second innings to give ourselves a lead and give ourselves something to bowl at," Jamieson concluded.