Still felt like we were in the game' - Kyle Jamieson on New Zealand fightback

 As Kyle Jamieson hooked a short ball from James Anderson down the throat of Matthew Potts at deep fine leg five balls after the lunch break on the opening day of the English Test summer, with New Zealand in dire straits at 45 for 7, it appeared out of the question that the World Test champions would be ahead at stumps.

But it was Jamieson's efforts with the ball after the tea break that helped spark an all-too-familiar collapse for England to leave the game evenly poised at the end of a 17-wicket day at Lord's.

Zak Crawley had taken charge early in England's innings with 43 in a 59-run opening partnership, but Jamieson immediately latched on to his propensity for a drive. After the England opener stroked one through to the cover boundary on the fifth ball of his spell, Jamieson stayed full and tempted him into another, finding an outside edge through to Tom Blundell behind the stumps.

Jamieson continued to probe from the Nursery End and after a denied lbw review against Ollie Pope in his third over, further reward came in the fifth, as the pressure built on England's new No. 3, caught behind after a scratchy 7 off 27 deliveries.

"It was nice to find some rhythm, I felt all right for that spell, it was just nice to get into the game," Jamieson said. "When we went out to bowl, It wasn't ideal but we knew we had some time to get ourselves back in the game."

After Jamieson had opened the door, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme and Trent Boult walked right through it as England lost five wickets for eight runs in the space of 28 balls, sliding from 92 for 2 to 100 for 7. The Blackcaps were back in it, and Jamieson said they had always kept the belief they were one or two wickets away from putting pressure back on the hosts.

"We still felt like we were very much in 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.

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-nz-1st-test-2022-still-felt-like-we-were-in-the-game-kyle-jamieson-on-new-zealand-fightback-1317987