New Zealand not fazed by Shahid Afridi’s form in the ICC World Cup 2011
New Zealand captain, Daniel Vettori, has said that his Pakistan counterpart, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, is not going to be a threat for his team. Afridi is having a dream World Cup so far and has taken 14 wickets in only three games and is currently the highest wicket-taker
of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Vettori has played down the challenge for the New Zealand batsmen that is on offer in tomorrow’s fixture against the green shirts. The pitch at Kandy is expected to offer a lot of bounce and is much quicker than the other tracks in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 which means
that Afridi’s leg spinners would be more effective there. Vettori has said that his team is mentally prepared to face any kind of a situation in the mega event. Kiwi captain said that, "we have to adapt to all sorts of conditions in the ICC Cricket World Cup
and I haven't given any thought to the kind of wicket we will play on here. We did play a warm-up game here in Kandy so we are expecting a little bounce on the surface."
The left arm spinner said that he wants his team to think about its own performance rather than the opposition and how Pakistan is performing in the ongoing tournament. He emphasized that both the teams know each other quite well as the Kiwis and the green
shirts played a Test and a limited overs series recently in New Zealand.
"In any case, we believe in focusing on our own game and not think about the opposition. We are very familiar with Pakistan and vice-versa. It will be a tough game but we will take some confidence from our game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045," Vettori added.
The Blacks Caps will take on Pakistan in an important match of group ‘A’ at Kandy on Tuesday and the Kiwis have to win this encounter if they want to finish high in the group which is led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at the moment. This fixture is more important for New
Zealand after their thrashing against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 met recently in a six match ODI series in New Zealand which Pakistan won by three games to two.
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