Ross Taylor defends batting order experiment – Cricket News Update
After being defeated by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 captain, has come out in defence of some of the tactical moves by the team management, which bamboozled the sporting pundits.
Having won the toss, Pakistan opted to bat first, posting a huge total of 177 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs. The Kiwis, quite surprisingly, looked lethargic in the field, dropping a couple of important catches and
giving away some easy runs.
Chasing the target, the Black Caps surprised everyone by promoting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 up the order, who is considered to be a sedate batsman, but does not have big shots to threaten the opposition.
On top of that, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, which was even more surprising, taking into account the skipper’s ability to change the course of a match.
"We wanted a right-hand left-hand combination," Taylor said. "We talked about Kane opening the batting before this game. It was no surprise to us. I don't think we lost it there."
The middle-order batsman admits his side will have to field better in the remainder of the tournament, in order to enhance their chances of qualifying for the semis.
"We dropped a few catches, leaked too many runs in the first 10 overs. The way we pegged it back was good. We could've been staring at something closer to 200," the captain thinks.
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wellington-c864 believes that T20 cricket is more about planning an innings wisely, rather than going after the bowling all the time.
He expressed, "It's about weighing up the best way to score runs on different surfaces. It's not just about bashing fours and sixes. It's also about minimising dot balls."
The Kiwis heavily rely on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 and Taylor, which is the reason why the experts want both of them to bat higher up the order and face most of the deliveries. The former scored a record-breaking century in New Zealand’s previous encounter against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
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