Despite almost everything going wrong, Black Caps name unchanged squad
It has been confirmed that key batsman Ross Taylor’s torn calf has ruled him out of the third Test against SA at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Saturday
Wellington — Maybe New Zealand’s players‚ coaches and suits have spent too much time in a particular bar on Wellington’s famed Cuba Street. It’s an Irish place called Murphy’s. The cruel joke being played on the home side in their Test series against SA is that whatever can go wrong is going wrong. On Monday it was confirmed that key batsman Ross Taylor’s torn calf had ruled him out of the third Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Saturday. The fitness of left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult‚ who missed the second test with an upper-leg problem‚ remains unconfirmed for Hamilton. Even coach Mike Hesson is man down‚ with a stomach bug. A back-page opinion piece by respected senior cricket writer Mark Geenty in the Dominion Post on Monday called for Kane Williamson to stand down as captain for the sake of his own mental wellbeing. And all that after SA won by eight wickets in three days at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead to Hamilton. This would have made many ...
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