New Zealand vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 – Match Preview – ICC World T20 2012
With a point to prove, New Zealand and Bangladesh will be up against each other on Friday in the opening fixture of Group D of the ICC World T20 2012, played at Pallekele, September 20, 2012.
The Black Caps, over the last 24 months, have been below-par in international cricket and have failed to make an impression, despite qualifying for the semi-final stage of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 earlier this year, where they were whitewashed in the T20 and Test arena, in addition to their 4-1 defeat in the One Day International (ODI) series.
However, the Kiwis showed signs of improvement in the recently concluded tour of India, competing hard in the Test series before eventually earning a much-needed win in the only T20 played at Chennai.
Responsibility certainly rest on the shoulders of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, the Kiwi’s most senior personnel, as the Kiwis begin their campaign in the current edition of the mega-event. One expects them to be at their best in order to safely provide their
team, safe progression into the next round. The positive thing for now is that both of them have been in reasonable knick lately, and did well in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Historically, the Black Caps have faced problems facing quality spinners and they have their backs against the wall, considering that both their group opponents – the other being http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 - are blessed with exceptional slow bowling options.
Taylor expressed before the World T20 that Group D is one of the toughest pools in the mega event, with all three teams having the capability to qualify for the Super 8 stage. The middle-order batsman understands that scoring quick runs against good spinners
is not going to be a walk in the park for the Kiwis, and the batsmen will have to be at the top of their game.
"We've got a tough pool in Pakistan and Bangladesh and we don't want to look too far ahead of those two matches," he said. "Twenty20 is a game where you now have to play attacking but they do have world-class spinners in their sides and we need to acknowledge
that and allow our players to combat it.”
The conditions in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mike-J-Hesson-c76286, said after arriving in the Island, “It's sort of adjusting
to the changing humidity, which will take a couple of days so a couple of good trainings and get ready for the warm-up game.”
Bangladesh, on the other side of the coin, has emerged as a much better team this year and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 and company did an amazing job in the Asia Cup 2012, which was played
on their home turf, qualifying for the tournament’s final.
Apart from a world-class spin bowling attack, Bangladesh has a very talented batting line-up in the presence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 have also shown greater maturity over the past
12 months.
Due to more international experience, New Zealand will start the fixture as slight-favourites; however, Bangladesh is surely going to make them sweat very hard for a victory.
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