http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mike-J-Hesson-c76286 aiming for improvement against England – Cricket News Update
New Zealand Head Coach, Mike Hesson, admitted that the team is still struggling to find their feet in Test cricket but is hopeful of maintaining a winning momentum in the limited-overs version, starting up with a T20I series against the touring English contingent.
Having endured a poor run in the longer version last year, the Kiwis began 2012 in similar fashion after being bowled out for 45 in the first session of the opening Test at Cape Town against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. Though they showed glimpses of resistance, the barrier of overcoming the no.1 Test side proved too strong for the Kiwi contingent.
'In Test cricket, we've still got a long way to go," Hesson admitted on his return to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. "We're a long way off the pace in Test cricket, we have to acknowledge that, and we know we have a lot of work to do."
The beginning of the tour was already interrupted by several off-field distractions, which included a public fall out between ex-skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384, the task seemed a monumental one.
However, they rounded of the tour by turning around their fortunes, winning the ODI series by a 2-1 margin. The victories were built on solid contributions from players who may have not been on the team sheet in the first place. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975 in his debut series also stood out.
Hesson commended the spirit of his players after they turned around their performances but accepted that the team has to show marked improvement in their future endeavours. Next up for the Black Caps is a home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, where the team will battle in 3 T20Is, before locking horns in the other two versions.
"The Twenty20 is first and that will be our focus for a start, but we''ll be trying to build on this series,'' Hesson said. "We want to improve with every series. We're not world beaters yet; we've played three pretty good games, but we're looking to improve more in the T20s and leading into the one-dayers."
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