ICC Cricket World Cup, 8th Match, Group A: Australia v New Zealand at Nagpur, Feb 25, 2011
New Zealand, who are playing this game under the grim background of the Christchurch earthquake. "For a lot of the guys, coming to training has allowed them to take their mind off things," Daniel Vettori said. New Zealand have had a poor build-up to the World Cup, but they started the tournament with a crushing win against Kenya.Their batting line-up looks quite strong with the likes of Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor and Scott Styris and it's their bowling which looks a bit iffy. Will their seamers be able to adapt to these tracks? Much will depend on spinners Vettori and Nathan McCullum, who is likely to open the bowling with the new ball. New Zealand will hope that the pitch will take some turn and they can poke at Australia's vulnerability against spin on these slow tracks. It should be an interesting battle.
llan Donald, New Zealand's bowling coach, readily doubled up as a wicketkeeper sans pads, as he tried his best to read the ball from the hands of the spin pair of Vettori and Nathan McCullum. Both did not mind the slip-ups, having a hearty laugh every time Donald moved in the opposite direction to the spin. Earlier, Donald, who joined the team during the Pakistan series at home recently, had lined up as second slip, standing next to Ross Taylor, as Wright was giving them catch practice.
Australia vs NewZealand, AUS vs NZ Live Cricket Score cardTeams: Australia vs NewZealand
Venue: Nagpur
Date: FEB 24-2011Timing: 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT | 09:30 IST
Australia squad | |
RT Ponting(Captain), MJ Clarke, DE Bollinger, CJ Ferguson, BJ Haddin(WKT Keeper), JW Hastings, DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, JJ Krejza, B Lee, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, SR Watson, CL White. | |
New Zealand squad | |
DL Vettori(Captain), HK Bennett, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, JM How, BB McCullum(WKT Keeper), NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, JD Ryder, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson, LJ Woodcock. | |
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