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Adam Mountford

TMS coverage of the first Test

You may remember that the last time we broadcast from Hamilton the Test Match Special team were positioned towards the top of a rather shaky 100-foot scaffold, which rather disturbingly started to shake whenever anyone made their way to the top of the metal stairs at the side.

One person you may remember who didn't make that journey was Sir Ian Botham who refused to commentate for Sky television from the top. "I'll go in helicopters and planes but they're meant to fly - commentary boxes aren't!" he said.

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Phil Long

McCullum performance worth a 'Jesse'

Is it just me or, in the seemingly endless cycle of England Test tours, does the trip to New Zealand slip quietly by every five or so years?

Admittedly it doesn't have the romance of trips to the Asian subcontinent, the hype of an Ashes tour or the swaying palm trees of cricket in the Caribbean but tours to this part of the world tend to be closely fought.

Although it will never match an Ashes tour for many English fans, the New Zealand tour is one that many look forward to with great expectation.

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