{"id":9292,"date":"2012-03-25T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T13:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-n-zealands-gillespie-enjoys-change-of-pace\/"},"modified":"2012-03-25T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T13:28:34","slug":"cricket-n-zealands-gillespie-enjoys-change-of-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-n-zealands-gillespie-enjoys-change-of-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-N.Zealand’s Gillespie enjoys change of pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

By Greg Stutchbury<\/span><\/p>\n

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WELLINGTON, March 25<\/span> (Reuters) – Just two weeks ago, pace
\nbowler Mark Gillespie was focused on letting his badly damaged
\ntoe heal and finding a job when New Zealand’s first class
\ncricket season came to an end.<\/p>\n

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

But after taking 11 South African wickets in two tests since
\nhis surprise call-up to the national squad for the first time in
\nmore than three years, the 32-year-old’s plans for the next few
\nmonths could be very different.<\/p>\n

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

At his home ground of the Basin Reserve on Sunday, Gillespie
\ntook six for 113 in South Africa’s 474 for nine declared as the
\nvisitors looked to bat New Zealand out of the final test.<\/p>\n

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Gillespie was only brought back into the test squad for the
\nsecond match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, where he took five for
\n59 and his performances may have booked his place for New
\nZealand’s tour of West Indies in July and August.<\/p>\n

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

“I think you could go back two weeks. I was getting ready
\nfor the season to end and then get my body right over the winter
\nand find a job, find something to do, earn some money,”
\nGillespie told reporters on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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

“And yeah, now things might be a little bit different.”<\/p>\n

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

Gillespie’s wife, parents and brothers were in the crowd on
\nSunday and taking the six-wicket haul had been particularly
\nspecial for him, though he was a little annoyed that Graeme
\nSmith had declared at nine down.<\/p>\n

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

“On debut (against South Africa in 2007) when I got ‘five
\nfor’ I got told I could have set a record if I had got one more
\nwicket,” he said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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