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New Zealand beat Scotland by six wickets in Bristol to keep their title defence alive and end the Scots' campaign, reaching their target with 10 balls to spare.
Selectors leave out a bowler fresh from a seven-wicket haul as the captain and his fast-bowling partner return from suspension, turning the Trent Bridge decider into a referendum on England's judgement.
Gus Atkinson's second-innings five-for sealed a 115-run victory on a treacherous Lord's pitch, giving England the perfect start to their red-ball rebuild after a chastening Ashes winter.
Gus Atkinson's five-wicket haul finished off the tourists as England won the first Test by 115 runs on a surface that produced the fastest fall of wickets seen in England for more than a century.