"The way he is controlling the swinging ball is as good as anyone in world cricket at the moment, " said Strauss.
But it has been the swinging ball that has done the damage in this match, and the canny Sidebottom knew that, picking up 4-12 from his morning spell.
The Kiwis could not cope with the swinging ball and Aaron Redmond was first to fall when he tried to flick through mid-wicket, missed the swinging ball and had his off-stump taken out.
The last man epitomised the general New Zealand frailty against an accurate swinging ball, edging to second slip to put England in good heart for the very different proposition that is Friday's Twenty20 extravaganza.
In the following over, debutant Ben Hilfenhaus tempted Amla with a full, swinging ball snapped up by Ricky Ponting at second slip to leave South Africa in deep trouble just eight balls into their innings.
They have got to be looking at the way they are playing at the moment and seriously worrying about how they are going to fare in this series as a whole unless they sort out their batting against the swinging ball and their fielding behind the wicket.
Anderson was a constant threat, swinging the ball away but shaping the occasional surprise ball back in off the seam.
Brunt, swinging the ball into the left-handers and seaming it away from the right-handers, took 3-6 as the White Ferns were bowled out for just 85.
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What set the wrecking-ball swinging after decades of apathy and despair?
We've learnt a bit about the conditions and the ball is swinging, which is good for us - hopefully that will continue.
Abdur Rauf managed to survive the hat-trick ball, swinging wildly over the ring of close fielders, but he was soon bowled by Doug Bollinger for five.
"This pitch will not change and, given these conditions, the ball will keep swinging, " he insisted.
The former England opener was caught behind swinging at a good length ball from Harrison.
When you're under that kind of pressure - you're losing wickets, the ball is reverse swinging and you've got the best spin bowler in the world bowling at the other end turning it a long way - it's hard to make batting decisions.
Tim Bresnan has taken a backward step in this series although I think he is probably a better bowler than we saw at Lord's, but he did not bowl with the pace that Shahzad did and looked ordinary when the ball was not swinging.
Luck favoured the hosts on 61 minutes when Boruc attempted to clear from a routine back-pass from Zewlakow but the ball bobbled over his swinging foot before rolling into an empty net.
And the next ball Lee produced a viciously swinging yorker to new batsman Jayawardene and the captain could only look on in horror as he failed to offer a shot and the ball swerved in to rattle his stumps.
Watson reached his 15th Test half century from 95 deliveries in the 30th over but once again the barrel-chested opener fell short of a three-figure score when he misjudged a reverse-swinging delivery, offering no stroke to a ball which moved back into his pads.
To use it, you'll need a putter, ball and place to practice, as the Putt actually requires a ball to be struck -- just swinging won't cut it.
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He does, however, have virtualised-reality recordings of a man swinging a baseball bat, and two people bouncing a basket ball between each other.
In fact, whether he was kicking a football or swinging a golf club it was obvious that he possessed an incredible knack for ball sports with raw talent oozing from every pore in his body.
Full-back Douglas created his side's first threat, swinging a dangerous low cross into the six yard box and goalkeeper Marian Kello did well to get to the ball ahead of Daly.
The simple mini-game replicates an actual tennis match as well as any I've ever seen: Since you're actually swinging the remote like you would a racket, you can hit with varying force or apply spin to the ball, depending on how you move your body.
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