Ian Bishop and Eoin Morgan: It (the surface) clearly is a dark color. And then over to my left, quickly, it’s a red color. And they both play quite differently. So what have we got? Something in between for today’s game, a mix of red and black (soil). The dimensions of the ground stand up well. 70 meters to my right, 68 to my left, and 72 down the ground. Well, what an event. And the actual anti-spray (dew) makes it more of an even balance. It means the pitch will stay the same, as will conditions throughout. If we have a look at the surface here, there is a beautiful covering of grass, tinge of green, however, which shouldn’t really change much things. The new ball might get a bit of swing, bit of seam, but predominantly, this is going to be a really good surface to bat on. It’s notoriously not much on offer for the spinners at this ground. So I’m expecting a high-scoring ground, 190, 200. Good day for the batters.