The tricky part for the league is that some of its brightest stars are among its most persistent and vociferous complainers, including LeBron James, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant.

对联盟而言，棘手之处在于有些最大牌的球星位列最顽固最喧哗的抱怨者之中，包括詹姆斯、邓肯和科比。

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The youngster was stumped by James Foster off Tim Phillips and James Hockley was bowled by Danish Kaneria soon after, but this was to be Essex's final success of the day.

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Of the eight top pace bowlers in the world since January 2010, four were English - Tim Bresnan, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett and Steven Finn - with more than 200 wickets between themselves during this period.

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The likes of James Anderson and Tim Bresnan, who are good swing bowlers, will exploit these conditions well.

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