The World Test Championship (WTC) 2022-23 saw 17 wickets fall on Day 1 of the clash between England and New Zealand. Kiwis captain Kane Williamson's decision to bat first did backfire as English paceman James Anderson had taken two early wickets.

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He had started the day taking early wickets of New Zealand opener Will Young. He then quickly added a second wicket to his name to leave the visitors at 2/2. at Lord's. Soon after, former India captain and BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly tweeted a video of Anderson picking up the wicket of Young. 

Ganguly captioned the tweet, "How fresh this is. Red ball swinging start of a test match, nothing better in sport with cricket in whites ..morning of a test .@bcci@ECB"

Talking about Lord's and Ganguly, the two have an emotional relationship. Be it for making his debut at the same venue in 1996 to his iconic shirt-waving after India's NatWest Trophy win.

As far as the clash between England and New Zealand is concerned, it is a fresh start for the Three Lions, who are playing under new captain Be Stokes and new head coach Brendon McCullum.

The side after the Kiwis, will face India in a rescheduled Test in July. The Men in Blue are leading the series 2-1.