The pass had just the height, pace and backspin to take it beyond Karl-Heinz Förster, to a spot where Battiston would reach it before the sweeper Uli Stielike, coming from the left, or Harald Schumacher charging out.
He also described him as a player that "no defender would want to play against" due to his height, pace, and strength.
"Connors was pretty clean, but Andre just hits the ball in the sweet spot of the racket regardless of the position of his body, regardless of the height or pace of ball of the other guy.
Finn's extra height and pace would add zip to the attack, coming into the side at the expense of Tim Bresnan, who would be unlucky, or Stuart Broad, who looked insipid at The Oval.
Broad it was, though, who broke the eighth-wicket partnership, when he had Steyn, on 26, driving ambitiously at a full widish delivery that drifted wider yet, the edge going at the most comfortable catching height and pace to Graeme Swann at second slip.
Dropping back behind the baseline and changing the height and pace of the return.
"Nick Compton won't have faced bowling like this in county cricket - the height, the pace, the angle, the field... .. Van Zyl attempts to gee Morkel up from the slip cordon, which is now down to two members.
As he showed at Headingley, his height and pace allow him to bowl the occasional X-factor delivery, as Dean Brownlie discovered to his cost in New Zealand's second innings.
Suddenly, the ball nicks the tape at the top of the net, changing its pace, height and even direction.
"His height, action and pace make him very well suited to bowling at the Brit Oval and I am looking forward to him developing partnerships with our existing pace attack.
I actually like this opening bowling pair more than I do the Rankin/Finn one, as Jordan's lack of height and skiddier pace mean that the batsmen have to adjust a bit more between innings.
