New Zealand Cricket admits Kiwis were low on match preparation – Cricket News Update
The Black Caps were rusty and underprepared as they went into their ongoing tour of the Caribbean, admitted NZC’s Director of Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Marshall-Buchanan-c68302, following the team’s fourth consecutive defeat at the hands of the West Indies at Kingston on July 7.
“When you play short form cricket, particularly T20 cricket, it does mean that your game's got to be spot on,” he said. “It does mean you've got to be precise with your game, and that only comes from playing. We obviously were in our winter phase so didn't have the luxury of that.”
New Zealand have put forth an appalling display in the series so far, losing the T20 series played in Florida 0-2, before going on to replicate the performance in the ODI tour currently being played in the West Indies. They lost the first ODI of the 5-match series by 9 wickets on July 5, while the second match resulted in a 55-run defeat.
Under-preparation, and next to zero match practice were identified as the factors going against them even before the commencement of the series. The Black Caps last played as a team against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in March this year, and regrouped for the series against the Windies after a period of roughly 3 inactive months.
In comparison to their opponents, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, all of whom have played key roles in their victories against the Kiwis so far.
“They were certainly match hardened coming into the tournament then of course they had a couple of additional players come into their side, which made a significant impact on the series so far,” observed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Buchanan-c48808.
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However, the situation may improve for the Kiwis as Brendon McCullum is expected to join in for the last few ODIs of the series, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Wagner-c79182 flying in for the Tests series.
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