Ross Taylor all praise for his opening batsmen – Cricket News Update
After dominating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, the New Zealand captain, is all praise for his opening batsmen, who he thought batted out of their skins in the first session
to avoid any hiccups.
The Black Caps finished day one at 232 runs after losing four of their top order batsmen, which is a very good result after winning the toss and opting to bat first.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 and company. The former was first to be dismissed, when he was caught by Kieran
Powell off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, after scoring 45 runs off 127 balls, with the help of seven boundaries.
Guptill, the right-hander, took the responsibility on his shoulders and batted for almost the whole day. However, he was unlucky not to have completed his century, as he played a rash stroke off Narine to throw away his wicket at
97, which came off 249 balls and included 14 fours and a massive six.
Taylor appreciated Flynn’s spirit, who he revealed was not feeling well but battled it out for the visitors under trying circumstances. The Kiwi captain is happy to see a settled opening pair, which has not been the case with New
Zealand in the recent past.
"They batted very well," the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 captain expressed. "Flynny was a bit sick out there and he gutsed it out, and he scored a good 40 and it's not often our opening partnerships go wicketless in the first session, so that's a
positive for us and hopefully they can continue to do that. [Flynn had] just a sore tummy. He was spewing up and things."
The middle-order batsman, who himself scored an important 45 before being dismissed at the closing stages of the day, mentioned that the weather is not easy to cope with in Antigua, and said that his side can demoralize the home team
by batting for another couple of sessions on day two.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 added, "It is quite hot out there and hopefully we can keep them out there as long as possible, all going well."
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