http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Alroy-Martin-c50714 Guptill credits bowlers for success – Cricket News Update
New Zealand opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 has lauded the bowling contributions of his pace attack which helped the team to win their first five-day game on Australian soil in 26 years.
With premier spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708.
Despite the pitch favouring the pacers, the decision of playing four seamers remained a gamble due to the relative inexperience however; it did pay off instantly with all bowlers taking up wickets to hand the Black Caps an unlikely command with a first innings
lead of 14.
Setting up 241 for the Kangaroos, the game changer proved to be Bracewell, the youngster who then robbed his opponents with a scintillating piece of bowling display which resulted in the Aussies following seven runs short of their total.
Guptill was thrilled with the achievement of the pacer, who ended with match figures of 9 for 60.
"Dougie bowled unbelievably well. For a young lad to do that in his third Test, and against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 ahead of him," said Guptill while taking to
ESPN cricinfo.
The Kiwi opener also recognized the remarkable improvement in the fielding department form the first Test, where the slip cordon dropped sitters. He also recalled his association with Martin, where the two combined in all four innings of the two Tests to
dismiss Australian opener, Phil Hughes.
"He loves bowling to left-handers and gets that swing away," Guptill said of Martin. "You know you're always in the game in the slips with him bowling to left-handers. Myself, Ross, Jesse and Reece [Young] behind the wicket were always in the game when Hughes
was on strike."
The achievement remains a corner stone for the New Zealand team, which look to climb up the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 ladder in the longer version, where previously they have fallen short of expectations. However, with excellent bowling strength the team is finally gearing up
to be a force to reckon with.
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