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New Zealand’s skipper, Ross Taylor, believes that his team can still avert the whitewash in the ongoing 2-Test series against Australia by winning the last game, starting from December 9 at Hobart.
In the opening match, which was held at Brisbane Cricket Ground from December 1 to 4, the home team beat the visitor by 9 wickets. The defeat was attributed to the Kiwis’ poor batting output as they could score only 295 in the 1st and 150 in the
second innings. On the contrary, the Aussies played a tremendous innings of 427 runs which were backed by the debutant pacer, James Pattinson, with 5-wicket haul.
As both the teams are preparing for the final clash, Taylor seems to be somewhat positive and optimist about success, claiming that they are still present in the series. With a view to unleash a rock-solid pace attack on the grassy wicket of Hobart, the
Black Caps have included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brent-John-Arnel-c48390 in the squad
Talking to the media today, the captain said, “But we've still got to be harder on ourselves as a batting unit. Not only this morning but on the first day there were some soft dismissals and http://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Australia_1 didn't
have to work that hard for their wickets.”
Taylor also praised Pattinson for his match-winning spell. He told, “You've got to give credit to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653, he put the ball in the right areas enough times for us to nick it.”
The middle-order batsman, who scored just 14 runs in the first game, reiterated to go to Hobart with complete form and confidence.
“'It’s a lot easier as captain. When you're a player you can probably go a little bit insular, but as a captain you've got to lead from the front,” stated the skipper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 made him a potential contender for captaincy over nightly.
The 27-year-old, since his international debut in 2006, has played 32 Test matches so far, scoring 2387 runs with an excellent average of 41.15.
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