England versus New Zealand: day one of Headingley Test abandoned with not a ball bowled It rained heavily on-and-off throughout the day and umpires Steve Davis and Marais Erasmus eventually called for an abandonment shortly before four o'clock. Daniel Vettori, drafted into the party to replace the injured spinner Bruce Martin, had failed a fitness test in the New Zealand preparations for the match, meaning that the Black Caps would almost certainly have been obliged to name four seamers in their XI. Doug Bracewell looked set to join the three quicks who had been impressive at Lord's but in the end no teams were named and the coin was not tossed. At the close of the day, England had not released information as to whether the misfiring Steve Finn would keep his place ahead of local boy Tim Bresnan. Once again the wisdom of staging Test cricket in May - particularly in the North - is called into question. Yorkshire will be obliged to offer full refunds to disappointed fans after this wash-out.