Eden Park views vary

Eden Park's changed configuration for cricket has resulted in a different dynamic for bowlers, and for captains in field settings. New Zealand captain in Boxing Day's Twenty20 match, won by his side by five wickets over Pakistan, Ross Taylor said the boundaries were much bigger square of the wicket and they rated with some of the bigger grounds in world cricket in those areas.

'If we erred we erred on the shorter side and we hoped if they were going to hit sixes they were going to hit them over the bigger boundary but the angles were probably a little easier than the last ground," he said.

Taylor said the ground had traditionally be a left-hander's ground but its changed nature meant it had probably evened up as a batsman. Hat-trick taker Tim Southee said: "With the ground a bit bigger square you've got more margin for error with slower balls and bouncers."

Taylor, in contrast to Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, didn't think there would be any problem with the ground being too small for one-day internationals.

"There's still a lot of reward in bowling well and bowling to a plan."Afridi said he felt the ground was suitable for Twenty20 with people coming in to see plenty of strokes played. He didn't feel it was as suitable for One-Day Internationals.

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