23rd over: New Zealand 55-1 (Latham 26, Williamson 0) New Zealand get four leg-byes when Robinson strays onto Latham’s pads. Latham then drives a single down the ground to leave Robinson with figures of 6-4-5-1. Since you asked, That was Helenio Herrera’s dream formation, although the 1 was optional.
“As ever, Millings’ Unfulfilled Promise XI is spot on, with Hick at No. 11 genius,” says Simon McMahon. “Ramprakash could be twelfth man. Stuart Broad will have more Test runs than both of them before the end of the summer. I’m not quite sure what that says about him, or them, or English cricket in the 90s, or today, but it must say something…”
That’s another cracking statistic. Mind you, Shane Warne scored more runs than Keith Miller, and he fulfilled every last bit of his potential, so it’s not just an England thing.