The disease was a 1 in a million and we've still managed to produce a pretty decent wicket that will hopefully favour NZ a little. We're happy even though the prep hasn't been perfect - remember the wicket has only been out there four days which, in portable terms, is really cutting in fine. It means you can't confidently predict what it might play like. Still don't want to hang on my words though but day one was very good from our perspective. If we'd won the toss I think our bowlers would have done more damage than theirs did in the first session or even the second/third.
The disease was a 1 in a million and we've still managed to produce a pretty decent wicket that will hopefully favour NZ a little. We're happy even though the prep hasn't been perfect - remember the wicket has only been out there four days which, in portable terms, is really cutting in fine. It means you can't confidently predict what it might play like. Still don't want to hang on my words though but day one was very good from our perspective. If we'd won the toss I think our bowlers would have done more damage than theirs did in the first session or even the second/third.