{"id":6109,"date":"2011-12-14T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/cricket-win-was-good-but-batsmen-can-improve\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T12:15:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:15:48","slug":"cricket-win-was-good-but-batsmen-can-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-win-was-good-but-batsmen-can-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Win was good, but batsmen can improve"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

WELLINGTON<\/span> Dec 14 (Reuters) – While New Zealand basks
\nin the glory of a first test match win over Australia in more
\nthan 18 years, national cricket coach John Wright put the
\nvictory in perspective and again told his top order batsmen they
\nmust put more runs on the board.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Black Caps beat Australia by seven runs in the second
\ntest at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Monday to record their first
\nwin over their closest neighbours since 1993, and first across
\nthe Tasman since 1985.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand will look to build on the victory when they host
\nZimbabwe early next year before South Africa, the world’s third
\nranked test side, arrive for a series in February and March.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Wright, a former New Zealand opening batsman, said his
\nbatters would have to improve.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“We won a test match without scoring 300 runs in any
\ninnings, which usually isn’t enough,” said Wright, who had urged
\nhis batsmen to raise their game after a nine-wicket loss in the
\nfirst test in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The expectation in the top six is that you have to get
\nruns. I’m fairly confident we have got the best players, but we
\njust didn’t handle the conditions particularly well.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“In the end if you’re not getting runs then your position
\nbecomes part of speculation. You can’t not score runs and expect
\nto make the team.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither side scored more than 240 in an innings in the
\nHobart match with only Australian opener David Warner (123 not
\nout) and New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Dean Brownlie passing 50.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Of particular concern for Wright is the poor form of Jesse
\nRyder, who was shunted up and down the order and scored just 58
\nruns at 14.50 in the Australia tests.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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