Black Caps need rapid ‘mental’ turnaround: Ross Taylor
January 12th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington (New Zealand), Jan.12 (ANI): Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor hopes some of new New Zealand cricket coach John Wright’s mental toughness as a player will rub off on the current crop of batsmen as they seek a quick turnaround from the first test train wreck at Seddon Park.
It was an inauspicious test debut for Wright as coach of the team and attention now shifts to Wellington’s Basin Reserve, for the second of two tests, which starts on Saturday.
The top six are under the gun and will be all week after folding meekly to be all out for 110 in the second innings, losing all 10 wickets for 74 runs in the final session.
Taylor, the vice-captain and senior batsman, is feeling the heat, in particular, after a lean run at test level which has yielded just 172 runs in his past eight test innings. But he is not alone.
“The batters need to have a good look at themselves, and myself included,” the NZPA quoted Taylor, as saying.
He added: “We need to step up. The performance that we put out for the public and the fans was just not good enough. (ANI)
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