The important thing is the England won.
Everything else means little.
I am talking to James Anderson ofcourse, the man who couldn’t take 3 wickets in the second dig to get a 10 wicket haul.
Diddums.
Sidebottom the stroppy cleaned up nicely.
He was probably getting a bit bemused with Anderson taking all the wickets now that he is the unquestioned main man of the crease.
Although even he couldn’t get Oram out.
Oram, who had been told by daddy (smith) that he had to learn how to play short pitched bowling, did so by swinging at a bunch of shirt balls.
I am sure there are some who will think he has slayed the dragon, but in truth the pitch was a bit slow and he was in one day mode, the real test is when he comes in on a quick pitch in tricky situations.
Hopkins and Brace’s wicket keeping gamble didn’t really pay off.
Prince Brendan failed in the only important innings, and didn't look like a test number 3.
Hopkins made 27 off 116 balls for the match.
James Marshall probably could have done that.
New Zealand go down 2 zip, and probably will feel cheated by their overall crapness.
England are up and singing, and will get a wake up call at 150 clicks per hour from Dale Steyn.www.cricketwithballs.com
Now with new proper english lady blogger.
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