New Zealand captain claims to be in a commanding position in the 1st Test – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, the New Zealand skipper, is delighted with his team’s performance on day one of the first Test against West Indies, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, and feels that his batsmen have sealed the advantage for
their side on a track, which is likely to deteriorate as the match goes on.
The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first on a slow track and posted 232 runs on the board at stumps on day 1, for the loss of merely four wickets. It is quite an impressive performance, considering the fact that the home
team thrashed the Black Caps in the limited-overs portion of the tour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s top-order batsmen dominated the home team’s bowlers throughout the day, making them toil under scorching sunlight. At one stage of the third session, Taylor’s men had scored 223 runs after losing just two wickets, before
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, the West Indian mystery spinner came to his own and grabbed two crucial scalps to regain some respite for his side.
Taylor however, still believes that his team is in a commanding position in the Antigua Test, but admitted that the situation could have been better, had New Zealand not lost two set batsmen (Taylor himself and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980) at
the closing stages of the day.
The Kiwi skipper predicts that the pitch will become difficult to bat with the passage of time.
"I think we're on top," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 said. "I'm sure they would have liked to have got a few more wickets. I guess the momentum shift a little bit, getting two wickets with myself and Guptill, they would have been a little bit more happy
with the day. It's going to be a hard batting track out there in the third and fourth innings.”
Taking into account the rough nature of the track, Taylor thinks that his batsmen must bat for another couple of sessions to make things tough for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
"It's not a total [that is our target]. It's more if we can still be batting … at tea we'll have a sufficient total on the board,” the Kiwi captain expressed.
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