We must learn to play Ashwin, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 – Cricket News Update
Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain is devastated with his team’s performance in the first of the two-match Test series at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 and admitted that the Indian spinners outclassed the visitors.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, who were struggling to deliver the goods in the longer version of the sport last year, defeated the Black Caps in the first Test by a handsome margin of an innings and 115 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series.
Having won the toss on day one, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the Indian captain, opted to bat first and his side responded well by posting a massive total of 438 runs on the board, which proved to be enough for the Kiwis.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 bowled out of his skin in the encounter, picking up a dozen scalps and turning out to be the difference between the two sides. Taylor confessed that the off-spinner was too hot to handle for his inexperienced batting
line-up.
Expressing his views during the presentation ceremony, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 who scored
little cameos, but he wants the other batsmen to raise their game, if the visitors are to have any chance of squaring the series.
"We couldn't sustain ourselves. We have come over here in 2010 and drew the first two games without a practice match, we can't use that as an excuse," he said. "McCullum and Williamson played very well, myself included and a few other
batsmen need to put up more of a fight. The batting, we need to learn how to play Ashwin."
The second match of the series is going to commence from August 31 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 wants to utilize the rest of the days preparing for the ‘do or die’ fixture. He maintains that countering the Indian spinners remains the biggest challenge
for the Kiwis, who are brought up on seam-friendly pitches.
"I guess any time you are bowled out for 160 [159 and 164] both times, you have got to be disappointed. We have three-four days to rectify that. Obviously spin is an area we need to work on," he added.
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