'His spirit is still there': Iceland brutally troll England after Lord's collapse

England's batting illness against New Zealand successful the opening Test astatine Lord's drew plentifulness of disapproval connected societal media, but 1 of the sharpest reactions came from the Iceland Cricket account, which could not defy taking a swipe astatine the struggling hosts.After England were bundled retired for conscionable 140 successful their archetypal innings connected Thursday, Iceland Cricket posted a cheeky connection connected X that rapidly caught the attraction of fans."You tin instrumentality Zak Crawley retired of the England broadside physically, but his tone is inactive there."

The station was a notation to England's caller enactment changes up of the three-match bid against New Zealand. Both Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope were near retired of the squad, with the selectors opting for a fresh-look batting line-up.

However, aft England's apical bid crumbled astatine Lord's, Iceland Cricket jokingly suggested that Crawley's power was inactive being felt contempt his absence.The gag came aft a miserable time for England with the bat. Resuming connected 24-1 aft a rain-interrupted morning, the hosts suffered a melodramatic illness successful the post-lunch session, losing 7 wickets for 94 runs arsenic New Zealand's seamers took implicit control.

Will O'Rourke and Kyle Jamieson exploited the adjuvant conditions brilliantly, combining for 5 wickets, portion Nathan Smith chipped successful with 2 more. England's apical bid had nary answers arsenic Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root and Jamie Smith each departed cheaply.At 1 stage, New Zealand looked susceptible of dismissing England for an adjacent little total, but Harry Brook offered immoderate resistance. The right-hander fought a lone battle, scoring 56 and accounting for much than a 3rd of England's total.

He was fixed 2 reprieves during his innings aft being dropped connected 8 and 45, but nary of his teammates could supply meaningful support.Captain Ben Stokes concisely threatened to dependable the innings earlier helium was dismissed by a stunning one-handed drawback from

Kane Williamson

astatine 2nd slip. Brook yet fell attempting an assertive changeable disconnected Nathan Smith, ending England's hopes of posting a competitory first-innings score.The last full of 140 near England facing an uphill conflict and handed New Zealand implicit power of the Test. It besides provided caller worldly for Iceland Cricket, whose societal media relationship has built a estimation for poking amusive astatine cricket's biggest teams and players.This time, England's batting woes and the lack of Crawley proved excessively tempting to ignore. While the erstwhile opener was obscurity adjacent the Lord's pitch, Iceland Cricket's viral station ensured his sanction was inactive portion of the conversation.