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Article: Bond's vital absence gives England licence to thrill; NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2008
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Byline: By Ed Hawkins
IN the romantic world of spy fiction, Fleming and Bond would have been nothing without each other, and it is reasonable to expect New Zealand's cricketers to be less lethal when one of their pair of namesakes is absent for the three-Test series against England, which begins in Hamilton tonight.
Stephen Fleming, in his last hurrah, could be as debonair as usual but there will be no Shane Bond, the best and quickest New Zealand bowler, to reduce the gulf between teams which is as far-stretched as one of the storylines involving ...