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New Zealand Cricket has no concerns over Test playing strip
NAPIER: New Zealand Cricket has confirmed that the wicket at McLean Park, Napier is expected to be in top playing condition for the second Test starting at McLean Park, Napier on Thursday.
The Test playing strip is slightly to one side of the strip originally scheduled to be used for the match, which was affected by minor patchiness after reseeding following the West Indies series. The patchiness is purely cosmetic and not the result of disease.
The new strip appears hard and flat, with affected areas well outside the playing zone. The strip has been extensively prepared over the past 10 days and is in excellent condition.
Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach who wanted a seaming pitch for the Test after India took the series lead in Hamilton, said the surface had been moved two to three feet so that it now included half the original pitch and half of the adjacent one which was used for the one-day game between the two sides earlier this month.
"We need a typical New Zealand wicket where it nips for about a couple of days so it brings our seamers into the game against their batting attack which is used to the ball being true and turning a bit," Moles said. |
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