Two cricket powers meet at Lord's on Thursday for the first day of a Test series match that is sure to captivate fans of the sport everywhere.

It'll be interesting to see how these teams come to play today. This'll be New Zealand's first appearance on the international stage since their emotional run to the World Cup Finals back in March. Will they have a hangover for that momentous streak, or will they come prepared and on the attack?

England, meanwhile, has had comparatively little rest since their own World Cup appearance—they've done battle in multiple Test series already, with the West Indies. They went 1-1-1 in their three showdowns while visiting the Caribbean.

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New Zealand Squad (subject to change)
 BB McCullum*, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, GD Elliott, MJ Guptill, MJ Henry, TWM Latham, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, L Ronchi†, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, DL Vettori, KS Williamson

England squad (subject to change)
 James Taylor, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, David Willey, James Vince, Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Lewis Gregory, Steven Finn, Tim Bresnan, Sam Billings, Zafar Ansari, Jonathan Bairstow