"One of the picturesque places in New Zealand to play cricket to kick off the summer. Now the weather has been fantastic today in Christchurch. It was a high of 25. It'll go down to 17 as the night goes on. Very, very pleasant from a player's perspective. Now in terms of this ground, Hagley is the biggest ground to play cricket in in New Zealand, which means it has huge boundaries. A big 78-metre hit back over my shoulder into the gardens, but it is a big hit also into the embankment, over 77 metres. One pocket that I'm no doubt players will look forward to is how far they can try and clear the pavilion, where it's slightly smaller in the pocket," informs Katey Martin. "Yeah, it looks a good surface. I think from a pace bowling point of view, this is one of the grounds around the world you want to turn up at for short-format cricket. It offers a little bit for the pace bowlers, a bit of pace and bounce, which I'm sure both attacks are looking forward to having a bowl on. I think both bowling attacks look forward to having a bowl and having first use of this," adds Tim Southee.