England v New Zealand: Steven Finn sends out a warning sign to Australia at Headingley in run-up to the Ashes When Hamish Rutherford was on strike he gave him a proper examination, ramming the ball in just short of a length and utilising his natural movement away from the left-hander. The incomparable Malcolm Marshall would have approved. He was as skilful as any fast bowler who ever lived. Not only rapid and unerringly straight, he had the rare ability to move the ball both ways, but there were many days when the ball would swing one way for him but refuse to go the other. In such cases he made use of what movement was on offer, rather than striving for something that wasn't. Finn stuck to his mode of attack, running a series of deliveries across the left-hander, fizzing them past his edge to constant clapping from the England bowling coach David Saker who had implored Finn to run in aggressively, hit the pitch hard and not worry too much about the perfect seam position. Having driven Rutherford back, he snared him on the stroke of lunch, with a fuller ball and a leaden-footed slice to Ian Bell at gully. There was one ball for Ross Taylor to face before the interval. Finn didn't dismiss him, but did the next best thing, rifling a sharp delivery into his chest from just short of a length. It disturbed the New Zealand No 4's lunch and made his footwork jittery after it. Finn soon saw him off too, sending down another hostile delivery which steepled from a length and cannoned into the stumps off the batsman's inside edge. A score of 55-0 had suddenly become 72-3. New Zealand's door was ajar, and Swann promptly ripped it off its hinges. They were soon 82-6. Finn had posted a reminder of his impact on a dry surface with just a hint of uneven bounce. His pace and directness soon expose timid footwork or over-ambition. Allied to that he has the uncanny knack of taking wickets. This summer it could be a priceless combination.