The first cut is the deepest? The first hit is the sweetest? We need only go back to Lord’s last week to see how a first taste of Test cricket can be both sweet and sour.
Devon Conway sparkled his way to 200 in his first Test dig for New Zealand, bringing up his hundred with a flamboyant flick and his double ton with an audacious six.
In his wildest dreams he couldn’t have imagined such an impressive start. All at the home of cricket and in front of a returning and appreciative crowd.
On the flip side is Ollie Robinson, whose efforts on the pitch were very impressive, (bowling figures of 4...