South Africa aim for clean sweep to claim No. 1 ranking – Cricket News update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, the South African captain has announced that his side is vying for a clean sweep in the upcoming test series against New Zealand. The visitors wish to claim the number 1 ranking in the test format by beating the Kiwis on their home ground.
Buoyed by their recent triumph over the Black Caps in the one day and Twenty20 series, the South African captain has raised the bar for his team. A 3-0 win in the ODI’s and 2-1 in the Twenty20 tournament has given the confidence to the visitors, to subdue
the hosts in the test format as well.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 are
no different.
New Zealand is currently rated as number 8 in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, who are the top ranked team, and just ahead of Australia which are at number 3. With such encouraging figures on the board, the
visiting captain is bound to set ambitious goals for his team. This would encourage his team to stop at nothing less than to achieving their actual goal of becoming a top side.
The team combinations are going to be different for the Test series. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 would have the services of a number of quality players at his disposal, who did not play earlier in the series. This means fresh players would join the visitors in their efforts to
beat the Kiwis in an unequivocal manner.
New Zealand on the other hand has the services of experienced players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, the flamboyant cricketer would have the responsibility of proving the overconfident but the well prepared visitors wrong.
After the defeat in the ODIs and Twenty20 series, the Proteas have become mentally strong and dominant over their hosts. To overcome this pressure and turn the tables around would be a great achievement on the part of the Kiwis.
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