Live: Black Caps v England
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Hopefully.
The silly thing is that this game should have been held in Hamilton and at the beginning of the tour when the weather was better.
Crowds of 10,000 to 12,000 would have provided a fantastic sell out atmosphere while the 1st ODI could have been played under lights at Eden Park in front of a crowd of around 25,000 - 30,000 people.
NZC will surely lose another few million... -
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Here were the teams, Chris:
Palace Diamonds: Virender Sehwag [captain], Ajit Agarkar, Michael Hussey, Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Andrew Symonds, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, Ramesh Powar, Mithun Manhas, Rohain Jain
Royals: Shahid Afridi, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith, Daniel Vettori, Grant Elliot, Nathan McCullum, Owais Shah, Monty Panesar, Shoaib Akthar, Abdul Razzaq, Matt Prior, Aiden Andrews -
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BREAKING: Ironic cheers at Eden Park as head groundsman Blair Christiansen strides to the middle for an inspection. He pops a cell phone to his ear to call up the cavalry. Umpire Paul Reiffel comes to have a word, too. Both men have their arms crossed. Most importantly, the rain has stopped. -
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New Zealand now have a minimum of 196 overs (98 overs per day) to secure a result in the test, provided the weather improves. Play will attempt to start again tomorrow at 1.30pm. Just to confirm, 17 balls were bowled today and New Zealand added four runs to be 233 for four.