Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te mea nui rawa atu i kitea e Grant Elliott i runga i te ao kirikiti i te wa i whakaekehia ai ia e Ryan Sidebottom i te ra kotahi o te ao i te Oval e whitu tau ki muri, a, kaore i te mohio i mau ia i waenganui o te rarangi nui i waenga i Ingarangi me Aotearoa. Inaianei ka maumahara ia mō ngā take tika katoa. Ko Elliott, he kaitakaro katoa iti nei i whanau i Awherika ki te Tonga engari he Kiwi naturalized, i takaro i tetahi o nga innings kotahi-ra nui i te Turei mo tana whenua whakatipu ki te iwi i whanau ai ia ki te kawe i a Niu Tireni ki ta raatau whiringa toa o te Ao tuatahi. I arahina e ia ki ngā whakaaturanga koa i te Eden Park o Auckland, he wāhi e honoa ana ki ngā wikitōria a te whutupōro o Aotearoa, ehara i ngā wikitōria o te kirikiti, ā, i whakaohooho i te ora ki tētahi whakataetae i te mea he iti rawa ngā whakaotinga whakaonga. E whakanui ana a Grant Elliott i tana whiu i te ono ki a Awherika ki te Tonga kia eke ai a Aotearoa ki te whiringa toa o te Ao. Ka awhi a Daniel Vettori i a Elliott i te wā e takoto ana a Dale Steyn ki te whenua i muri i te whiu nui. I eke a Elliott, 36, ki te mea ka waiho hei whakataetae-toa, kaore i hinga i te 84 i te whai i nga Black Caps. He ra nui tēnei mō Aotearoa, he ra nui hoki mō Elliott, 36-tau te pakeke, kāore anō kia tākaro i te kirikiti ā-ao mō ngā marama 14 i a ia e noho ana hei tētahi o ngā kōwhiringa whakaaweawe a te kaiako Mike Hesson mō tēnei Ipu o te Ao. Ka whakamanamana a Elliott i a ia e tutaki ana ki te hunga pānuitanga i muri i te tukinga. Kāore anō a Elliott kia tākaro i tētahi atu inning pērā i tana 84 e kore nei e hinga, nāna i whiwhi i te wikitoria tino uaua o Aotearoa, he pōro noa iho i mahue ki te kapa o Awherika ki te Tonga, nāna i taka i te wā i tino nui ai. Kāore hoki a Elliott e tākaro i tētahi atu whiu pēnei i te ono i rere atu i te rohe roa-roa me te rima e hiahiatia ana i runga i ngā pōro e rua mai i te kaitākaro tere rawa o te ao i roto i a Dale Steyn. Ko tētahi tangata i whai mahi tino kore ingoa i roto i a Transvaal, Wellington me Surrey, he nui te whakaiti ki te whakamarie i te Steyn i roto i nga whakaaturanga e whakamahara ana ki a Andrew Flintoff's Ashes te awhi o Brett Lee i te tau 2005. Kātahi ka kōrero a Elliott i te nui o te tikanga o tēnei ki tētahi whenua e...
Ko Grant Elliott i whanau mai i Awherika ki te Tonga i patu i te 84 i te whakataetae kaore i puta i te haurua whakamutunga. I tae atu a Black Caps ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu o te Ao tuatahi me te poi whakamutunga a Elliott. Kāore a Elliott, 36, i tākaro i te kirikiti ā-motu mō ngā marama 14 i te wā i kōwhiria ai ia. Ko te wikitoria he whakawātea mō te waitohu whakaeke i tākaro i raro i a Brendon McCullum. Ka tākaro a Aotearoa ki te toa o te whiringa toa i waenganui i a Ahitereiria me Īnia.