http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 to deliver against Pakistan – Cricket News Update
While acknowledging that Pakistan are a strong side, New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor has expressed confidence in his team, backing the Black Caps to come good in their upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 2012 match against Pakistan, after their comprehensive 59-run
victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
“Hafeez and Ajmal have got very good records in the last 12-18 months,” Taylor said, explaining that his team would be wary of the Pakistani spinners, despite the pitch at Pallekele not having proven particularly spin-friendly.
“We have had an insight into the wicket and how it has played at different times. And the confidence from the way we played [against Bangladesh], we'll hopefully take into that. We prepared really well for the Bangladesh game and I'm sure we'll do the same
against Pakistan.
“Pakistan are a lot more experienced than Bangladesh,” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 went on to add. “They've got world-class players throughout their team. There are some areas we still need to work on from this match and hopefully we can improve on them come next match.”
Following their 0-2 drubbing at the hands of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The World T20 warm-up matches, however, did not provide the team any encouragement after the brief highlight against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Placed in Group D for the tournament, alongside Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Kiwis played their first match against the Tigers, and despite their recent defeats, managed to come out fighting, going on to claim a 59-run win over Mushfiqur Rahim’s men.
Their victory hinged on a massive knock of 123 off 58 from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, who displayed no difficulties in playing spin (which had been identified as the main difficulty for the Kiwis prior to the match), casually hitting the Bangladeshi bowlers for 7
massive sixes, and 11 fours.
However, the Black Caps face an entirely different opponent in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898.
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