Nottinghamshire are hosting the second Test and history suggests the Kiwis should feel right at home
If the appointment of Brendon McCullum as England’s Test head coach is a case of cribbing the New Zealand way, then the hosts for this second Test, Nottinghamshire, could be forgiven for wondering what took them so long.
From the day Richard Hadlee first cruised into Trent Bridge 44 years ago, the New Zealand lineage at Notts has been plentiful and its influence inarguable. Their last four County Championship titles, in 1981, 1987, 2005 and 2010, were driven by the excellence of New Zealanders – Hadlee, Stephen Fleming and Andre Adams playing central roles – and there has been a healthy knock-on effect for England.
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