http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s death bowling – Cricket News Update
New Zealand’s wicketkeeper batsman, BJ Watling, has hailed his side’s death over bowling against West Indies, at Sabina Park, Kingston, on Saturday and hoped it would help them in the ensuing encounters of the ongoing five-match ODI series, which the Kiwis
trail by 2-0.
With explosive opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 (101 not out) firing at both the ends, and the Windies standing 225 for 2 at the end of 37th over – it looked like a target around 350 would be set. But the New Zealand attack
curbed the hosts’ scoring rate with tight bowling in the last 12 overs, conceding just 90 runs and claiming three wickets as well, including Chris Gayle’s prized scalp.
Returning with figures of 3 for 55 from 10 overs, right-arm medium pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659 was the pick of the Windies bowlers, as the home side finished their stipulated 50 overs at 315 for 5.
“We have improved the death bowling and I think the boys really finished off the [West Indies] innings well,” said Watling after the game, which the tourists lost by 55 runs.
“We dried up the boundaries at the end and if we can obviously take a couple of wickets at the start, get Gayle out and then put them under a bit of pressure, I think we have got a chance of getting up in the next few games,” he added further.
BJ Watling, the 27-year-old gloveman, is specifically targeting Chris Gayle’s wicket, as he said, “If we can get Gayle out of the equation and make their other players bat, I think we've got a good chance of putting them under some good pressure.”
Gayle, the 32-year-old Jamaican, making a comeback to the national side after a gap of more than a year, has been the pick of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the ongoing home itinerary so far. In the last four innings against New Zealand, he has scored three half centuries
and a century, to help the Windies win all of the two T20 Internationals and two ODIs against Black Caps they have played so far.
The third ODI of the series gets underway at Warner Park in Basseterre, on Wednesday, and in a bid to salvage a series loss with a third straight defeat, the tourists have called up experienced wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, who was initially rested
for the T20 and ODI series.
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