- Jonathan Agnew
- 14 May 08, 03:55 PM
A disappointing weather forecast for the opening day of this summer's international calendar threatens to keep the players cooped up in the Lord's pavilion.
However, with time able to be added onto the following days' play, batsmen from both teams should be tested in these early summer conditions.
On paper, one feels that it is New Zealand's inexperienced batsmen who will find it especially tough.
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Lord's - So here we are again - the start of the English Test summer.
And typically it is sunny and warm today but the forecast for the first day's play against New Zealand on Thursday is for thundery showers.
But don't let that put you off as the home of cricket has the best drainage system in the world - the MCC tells me.
"We had an almighty downpour in the Test against India last summer," a spokesman said.
"But we were back playing again in no time. Spectators coming to Lord's always know there is a prospect of play because of the great drainage system."....
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