LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - ⁠England exploited to the full a Lord’s pitch once again offering ⁠erratic bounce and lateral movement on Sunday to win the rain-interrupted ‌first test against New Zealand by 115 runs with a day and two sessions to spare.

New Zealand, set a daunting 254 to win the opening game in the three-match series, were dismissed ​for 138 before lunch on the fourth day ⁠after resuming on 55 for ⁠five in the 150th test at the home of world cricket.

The first wicket of ⁠the ‌day fell after only seven deliveries when paceman Josh Tongue jagged the ball late into wicketkeeper Tom Blundell (4) who was hit low ⁠on the back pads and given out lbw.

Tongue then ​had opener Devon Conway ‌dropped on 24 by Harry Brook at second slip in his next ⁠over when the ​ball flew through the fielder’s outstretched hands as he reached in vain over his head.

Left-hander Conway battled his way to 41 from 91 balls when he was brilliantly ⁠caught low in the gully by Jacob Bethell ​off captain Ben Stokes’s bowling and Nathan Smith was then caught behind by Jamie Smith for four off Gus Atkinson.

Glenn Phillips, as he had in the first ⁠innings when he scored 34 in his team’s meagre 113, opted to play his shots, but soon lost his new partner Kyle Jamieson, caught by Ben Duckett at short mid-wicket for six off Atkinson. He was left unbeaten on ​44 after Atkinson bowled the injured Matt Henry.

Atkinson was ⁠the pick of the bowlers with five for 30 while Ollie Robinson, who ​captured three wickets in the opening over of ‌New Zealand first innings, took two for ​38.

The second test of the series will start on June 17 at The Oval.

(Reporting by John Mehaffey in London; editing by Clare Fallon)