Highest fourth-innings totals to win a Test at Lord's
England will join an exclusive group of teams if they make a winning start to life under new captain Ben Stokes after being set 277 to win the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday.
Only three teams have made more than 200 in the fourth innings to win a Test at the 'Home of Cricket' with England's highest successful chase their 282 for three against New Zealand in 2004.
The most any side have made batting last to triumph in a Lord's was West Indies' extraordinary 344 for one, requiring 342, in 1984.
England captain David Gower didn't call a halt to the hosts' second innings until the morning of the fifth and final day, when he declared on 300 for nine.
But outstanding opener Gordon Greenidge's brilliant 214 not out, allied to an unbeaten 92 from Larry Gomes, meant the West Indies completed a crushing nine-wicket victory.
Highest fourth-innings totals to win a Test at Lord's (score, overs, team, opponent, year):
344-1 66.1 West Indies v England 1984
282-3 87 England v New Zealand 2004
218-3 60.5 England v New Zealand 1965
New Zealand Test hundreds at Lord's
Daryl Mitchell joined a select group of New Zealand batsmen to have scored a Test hundred at Lord's when he made 108 against England on Saturday.
Mitchell, 97 not out overnight, hit his first ball of the third day's play for a three off Stuart Broad to gain a coveted place on the dressing room honours board.
But his exit sparked a New Zealand collapse that saw the World Test champions lose their last six wickets for 24 runs, with a total of 285 leaving England needing 277 to win the first of this three-match series.
Tom Blundell, 90 not out overnight, just failed to join Mitchell in reaching three figures, with the wicketkeeper lbw for 96 to James Anderson.
Mitchell is the 14th New Zealand batsman to score a Test hundred at the 'Home of Cricket', with the late Martin Crowe having achieved the feat twice in his illustrious career.
Test hundreds by New Zealand batsmen at Lord's (year, player, total):
1931 'Curly' Page 104
1931 Stewie Dempster 120
1949 Martin Donnelly 206
1973 Vic Pollard 105 no
1973 Mark Burgess 105
1973 Bevan Congdon 175
1986 Martin Crowe 106
1990 Trevor Franklin 101
1994 Martin Crowe 142
1999 Matthew Horne 100
2004 Mark Richardson 101
2008 Jacob Oram 101
2015 Kane Williamson 132
2021 Devon Conway 200
2022 Daryl Mitchell 108