But then we had a really tricky qualifying session this afternoon.
His counterpart Root was dropped at gully and successfully overturned an lbw decision during a tricky evening session.
"He laid the cement to the foundations of their reply and alongside Zafar Ansari guided Surrey through a tricky morning session.
It was one of those tricky little sessions that batsmen hate, where there is absolutely nothing to gain, and potentially a lot to lose.
This was a tricky couple of sessions for Surrey, whose top order struggled in swinging conditions having been invited to bat from 3pm, although the fifth-wicket pair Steven Davies and Jason Roy rescued them by sharing an unbroken 71 in 12.3 overs.
The silver and red cars appeared closely matched throughout the session on a tricky, slippery Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that provoked a number of spins through the first session.
Some indeed thought it might make this year's wage bargaining session even trickier by raising false expectations on both sides.
In the course of two sessions in tricky conditions, only two other drivers terminally lost their cars.
The last hours of a New York legislative session are a tricky time.
That last 20 minutes (last session, D4) was tricky for England because the force was with WI.
