Cricket, 2nd Odi: England v New Zealand - Live!

Preamble: Hello and welcome to the morning after the day the world continued to tilt on its axis. No, we're not talking about Northamptonshire's fourth-successive win in the Twenty20 Cup, but the decision by the MCC to allow Kevin Pietersen to keep switch-hitting bowlers to distraction. I don't know about you, but I'm all for it. Alas, the bad news is that it's raining in Birmingham at the moment, so there is no immediate prospect of KP compiling a left-handed century - or of England extending their lead in their five-match series to a not-quite-unassailable 2-0. But as soon as we hear any news - teams, toss, KP batting in the nets - we'll impart it post-haste.



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