• New Zealand 261-9 dec & 89-2; Worcestershire 291-7 dec
The modern cathedral glistened in the sunshine to be admired by the New Zealand tourists and a fair crowd searching for a little sun trap. At last there was not a glimmer of scaffolding visible to mar the architecture. Yes, the Premier Inn, the haven for the modern man, looks to be up and running on the boundary’s edge at Worcester. Pull back the curtains and it was possible for guests to spot the batsmen struggling for runs in the morning against a variety of young Kiwi bowlers.
There was a pleasing urgency to the cricket even though this is not a first class-match. Instead it is a contest between approximately 14 men of New Zealand and about 15 of Worcestershire. The result does not really matter but there is a Test match on Thursday and the highest-rated New Zealand side to arrive on these shores (except that four of them have not made it yet) sense their chance not just because the Kiwis currently stand third in the ICC Test rankings, two places above England.
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