England's men of 90s

100 This is the 100th Test between England and New Zealand. There are six pairs of nations that have been involved in 100-plus Tests, and England are part of five of those. England have played 336 Tests against Australia, 151 against West Indies, 141 against South Africa, 112 against India and now 100 against New Zealand. The only teams to play more than 100 Tests among them are West Indies and Australia (111).

7 Number of left-hand batsmen in England line-up in this Test. This is only the second instance of England fielding seven or more left-handed batsmen in a Test match. The only other instance was against Australia in Sydney in 2014, when England had eight left-handed batsmen. However, there have been 18 instances of England fielding six or more left-handed batsmen; all of them have come after 2008.

1 Number of times in Tests that Nos. 5 and 6 have been dismissed in the 90s in the same innings - it happened today. Joe Root was dismissed on 98 while Ben Stokes got to 92 before being bowled by Mark Craig. Interestingly, the closest instance of this happening was also at Lord's, when Marlon Samuels and Shiv Chanderpaul were dismissed for 86 and 91 respectively against England in 2012.

0 Runs scored by Stokes in home Test matches prior to this Test. He has previously played two Tests in England, both against India, and scored three ducks from as many innings.

161 The fifth-wicket partnership between Root and Stokes, the second-highest for England in all Tests when the first four wickets have fallen for less than 50 runs - Root and Stokes came together when the score was 30 for 4. The highest such partnership for England also came against New Zealand - Tony Grieg and Dennis Amiss posted 210 runs at Trent Bridge (1973) after coming together at 24 for 4.

63 Jos Buttler's batting average, the highest in Test history for any wicketkeeper who has scored at least 300 runs. Even among non-keepers, only five batsmen have a higher average than Buttler.

7 Number of times in the last 50 years that a New Zealand fast bowler has taken three or more wickets in an innings when debuting in an away Test - Matt Henry has taken three wickets so far in the first innings. The first two instances of a New Zealand pacer taking three or wickets in an innings when debuting in an away Test were also at Lord's - Ian Cromb and Jack Cowie in 1931 and 1937 respectively.