Martin expect discipline and hard work to hold key – Cricket News Update
As the Kiwi search for much wanted momentum during an uneventful tour of West Indies, their veteran pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CS-Martin-c1295, has singled out discipline and hard work as key factors on variable Caribbean tracks.
Martin, who only plays the longer version format for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, will feature in his first full international game on Windies soil and his immediate task will be to provide solidarity to a relatively weakened bowling attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Doug-Bracewell-c1394, have limited experience on which to count on. Considering the performances of the Black Caps on tour, Martin
will need to spear head the attack efficiently, which means providing early breakthroughs.
Having said that, however, he sent down 21 wicketless overs during the only warm-up game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Cricket Board President’s XI; where the home team almost embarrassed the visitors by winning the match.
The pitches in the Caribbean always offer variability, making things extremely tough for batters. Only two men from the Black Caps passed fifty despite their counterparts putting in notable shifts, which included a century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051. Keeping
in mind his recent experience, the Kiwi pacer reckons persistent line and length to hold key, while further expecting the conditions to offer swing.
"If you make a guy go out of his game-plan by being disciplined and hard-working, I think you've got a chance with the variable nature of the pitch," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Alroy-Martin-c50714 said.
"I think if a guy decides to camp and bat for as long as he can it's obviously a little bit more difficult for the pace bowlers to remove them. But I think as the game goes on, the variable nature of the pitch is probably going to create a little bit of
havoc, so it's probably a good toss to win.”
"I've found it to swing early. It's rock hard early, and you get whatever variation you need out of the wicket, and then it becomes a little bit of a holding pattern for a while, until you can get the ball reversing," he said.
The first game starts today at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.
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