While the New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum expects England to raise their game at home but said his players were once again looking to "punch above their weight".
It may be added for information that in all both countries have played 97 tests so far of which 45 have been won by England and eight by New Zealand, while 44 ended in a draw. Of these 97 natches, 50 were played in England and 27 were won by the hosts while four were won by the visitors while 19 ended in a draw.
The likely opposing teams for the first test match that commences today are:
England
AN Cook*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, IR Bell, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, NRD Compton, ST Finn, MJ Prior†, JE Root, GP Swann, IJL Trott
New Zealand
BB McCullum*, TA Boult, DAJ Bracewell, DG Brownlie, PG Fulton, MR Gillespie, MJ Guptill, TWM Latham, BP Martin, HD Rutherford, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, N Wagner, BJ Watling†, KS Williamson
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Steve Davis (Australia)
The match is scheduled from Thursday 16 May to 20 May at 11:00 GMT daily at Lord's.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favorite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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