England began their first Test of the summer in crumbling fashion as they lost four wickets in the morning session of their opener against New Zealand at Lord's.

The visitors won the toss and elected to bowl, which proved to be a wise decision as debutant Adam Lyth fell to Tim Southee inside the eighth over.

Lyth returned to the pavilion with just seven runs to his name off 17 deliveries, leaving captain Alastair Cook to lead the charge alongside Gary Ballance.

However, they continued on the back foot as Ballance was sent packing by Trent Boult for just one and Cook followed shortly afterwards after swishing at Matt Henry's short ball.

The skipper's slight touch was directed towards BJ Watling and he was forced to leave the field after scoring just 16 runs off 36 deliveries.

The misery for England was piled on when Ian Bell was bowled out for one by Henry, but the ECB's Cricketer of the Year Joe Root, who got off the mark with a drive for four, managed to lead the recovery alongside Ben Stokes.

At lunch, England sit at 113-4 with Root (49 not out) and Stokes (36 not out) at the crease.