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Last week it was Brendon McCullum in the England bowler's sights, this week it is first test centurion Jacob Oram.
James Anderson, England's mercurial new-ball bowler, said Oram had shown enough uncertainty against short-pitched bowling for the attack to feel it is something they can continue to target in the three-test series.
A fired-up Anderson bowled a lethal spell in the second session of a rain-affected first day, knocking Daniel Flynn's tooth out and sconing Oram on the head. While his first-day analysis of one for 66 off 12 overs doesn't sound that flash, he set a tone.
He found something in the middle of the wicket that excited him and, more pivotally for England, he believed he found something in Oram's technique that made him susceptible to the bouncer.
"We do look at the bouncer as a real attacking option, especially against the Kiwis," Anderson said.
"When you hit someone in the head, it generally encourages bowlers to do it again because, certainly with Oram, it's a bit of a weakness.
"He didn't look that comfortable and you're just going to keep doing it when somebody plays it like that."
If it all sounds a bit like bloodlust, Anderson did concede that it's not a particularly satisfying sight to see blood on the track.
"I wouldn't say satisfied. I went up to him [Flynn] right away and asked him if he was alright. I didn't get a reply," he joked. "It's just one of those things. I'm trying to get him out and I'm trying to make it as uncomfortable as possible for him. It's just one of those things, people do get hit.
"I've hit people in the head before, but I've never had teeth to show for it."
