The only one of these in England came in 2001, against Australia on this ground.
Bell may be an old hand now and has held up South Africa's progress in the past, not least when he made 199 against them on this ground four years ago.
Pakistan – famously troubled chasers – romped to their target of 238 with seven wickets in hand, their resourceful wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed scoring his maiden ODI century to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final against Australia at this ground on Friday.
England have a good record against New Zealand on this ground, winning four of the six Tests between the two countries here and losing only once, 30 years ago.
And Rushworth soon showed his liking for both Pears and Bears batsmen as he improved his career-best for the second time in two months, having taken 5-46 against Warwickshire on this ground earlier this summer.
No doubt Palladino was channelling the memory of his only first-class century, scored at this ground against Australia A in 2012, against a Test-level attack of Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Jackson Bird.
That takes his score to 81, which is, surprisingly, his best Test innings since he made 80 at this ground against New Zealand in 2011.
Foster, who landed the injury-time penalty that earned St Helens a 36-36 dragainstnst Hull KR on this ground in March, kicked six goals from six attempts to make it a memorable debut.
In view of the objections raised by the Jordanians to the Metropolitan's title to the scrolls, the Museum insisted on insuring them against possible suits on this ground, and the money to cover the premium was found by Dr. C. H. Kraeling, of the Chicago Oriental Institute.
That was at this ground against the same opposition and resulted in a defeat by 191 runs - and the first session indicated that a loss on a similar scale might be on the cards.
