The comeback of the year?
ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Feb-2015
Grant Elliott's recall to New Zealand's one-day side is shaping as a selection masterstroke as he adds solidity to the batting order and provides some nagging medium pace. Ahead of the World Cup he spoke to Alexander Bisley for a Guardian sportsblog where the conversation turned to an infamous incident at The Oval in 2008 early in Elliott's career
Though it would be entirely understandable if the incident had provided added motivation for his appearance against England in the Black Caps' third World Cup outing, in Wellington on Friday, Elliott remains gracious. "Oh, heat of the battle," he says. "It was a tough situation for [Paul] Collingwood." He gives the then-England captain the benefit of the doubt, even though Collingwood later apologised for the incident. "Collingwood didn't see what was going on, so I guess he was going on the words of all his senior players."
Meanwhile, as New Zealand and England go head-to-head in Wellington, Chris Rattue, writing in the New Zealand Herald picks out sporting battles between the two countries from a various fields.