It said much about Kyle Jamieson that he refused to give Virat Kohli practice against the Dukes ball during their time together with Bangalore at this year’s IPL.
Better to wait until he bowled at Kohli at the World Test Championship final, Jamieson reasoned, than give the captain of the franchise that had just paid £1.4million for his services any clues as to what was coming his way in Southampton.
How shrewd that move looked on Sunday when Jamieson trapped Kohli lbw for 44 to set the tone for a third day of this ‘ultimate Test’ that belonged to New Zealand.