New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first to provides the 39^th occasion of New Zealand doing so against England. It also provides the sixth occasion of New Zealand doing so against England at Lord’s

New Zealand capped DP Conway for this test. He became the 280th cricketer to appear in tests for New Zealand. He also became the 100th New Zealand Cricketer to make his test debut against England. He also became the 17^th New Zealand cricketer to make his test debut against England at Lords’

DP Conway became the 219^th cricketer to make his test debut at Lord’s and also the 114^th visiting cricketer to make his test debut at Lord’s

He also became the 54^th opening batsman to make his test debut and also became the 18^th New Zealand opening batsman to make his test debut against England. He also became the third New Zealand opening batsman to make his test debut against England at Lord’s.

England capped JR Bracey and OE Robinson for this test. They became the 692^nd and 693^rd cricketers to represent England in tests. They also became the 57^th and 58th England cricketers to make their test debut against New Zealand. They also became 15^th and England cricketers to make their test debut against New Zealand at Lord’s.

JR Bracey became the 250^th wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut in the annals of test cricket. He became the 62^nd England wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut. He became the sixth England wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut against New Zealand.

He became the sixth England wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut at Lord’s and also the first England wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut against New Zealand at Lord’s. He also became the 17^th wicket keeper batsman to make his test debut in the annals of test cricket to make his debut at Lord’s.

KS Williamson was dismissed for 13 in New Zealand’s first innings to provides the 151st occasion of a captain dismissed for a score of 13 in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 32nd occasion of captain to be dismissed for a score of 13 in a test innings against England.

It also provides the 18^th occasion of a New Zealand captain dismissed for a score of 13 in a test innings. It also provides the eighth occasion of a New Zealand captain dismissed for a score of 13 in a test innings against England.

It also provides the ninth occasion of captain dismissed for a score of 13 in a test innings at Lord’s. It also provides the third occasion of a visiting captain scoring 13 in a test innings at Lord’s.

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring 13 against England at Lord’s. The first such occasion was – ML Page scoring 13 in Jun 1937.

DP Conway scored 136 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provides the 111th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on test debut. It also provides the 12th occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring a century on test debut.

It also provides the 26th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on test debut against England. It also provides the fourth occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring a century on test debut against England.

DP Conway became the sixth batsman to score a century on test debut  at Lord’s. The following table lists all the six batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Graham	107	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
2	JH Hampshire	107	2	Eng	Win	Lord’s	26 Jun 1969
3	SC Ganguly	131	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
4	AJ Strauss	112	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	20 May 2004
5	MJ Prior	126*	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
6	DP Conway	136*	1	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021

It also provides the third occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a century on test debut at Lord’s and also against England at Lord’s. It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand batsman scoring a century on test debut at Lord’s and also against England at Lord’s. The three occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Graham	107	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
2	SC Ganguly	131	2	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
3	DP Conway	136*	1	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021

DP Conway’s 136 not out represents the highest score by a debutant batsman at Lord’s. The previous best was SC Ganguly’s 131 in Jun 1996

It also provides the 28^th occasion of a left hand batsman scoring a century on debut. It also provides the 13th occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring a century on debut.

It also provides the seventh occasion of a left hand New Zealand batsman scoring a century on debut. It also provides the fourth occasion of a left hand New Zealand opening batsman scoring a century on debut.

It also provides the third occasion of a left hand batsman scoring a century on debut at Lord’s. It also provides the second occasion of a left hand opening batsman scoring a century on debut at Lord’s.

It also provides the first occasion of a left hand New Zealand batsman scoring a century on debut at Lord’s. It also provides the first occasion of a left hand New Zealand opening batsman scoring a century on debut at Lord’s