Taylor tells strategy to flummox Ind bowlers
30 Jan 2014 6:11 AM IST
The Kiwis have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after comfortably winning the fourth ODI here Tuesday.
The highlight of their effort in the series has been the way Taylor and Kane Williamson have combined to counter the Indian bowling in the middle overs to repeatedly lay down the platform for tall scores.
The one time they batted second, Tuesday, the Taylor-Williamson combination once again proved to be the game-changer.
‘Tuesday was pretty tough against the spinner. Against (Ravindra) Jadeja, I don’t think we laid a bat on ball in those first couple of overs. He bowled very well, on another day, he could have got a couple of wickets and stifled our momentum,’ said Taylor.
‘In the past, I have played a few years in India and in New Zealand, it doesn’t really turn as much and you just lunge on the front foot. But now our strategy has been to play off the back foot as much as possible and play into the gaps,’ he said.
The highlight of their effort in the series has been the way Taylor and Kane Williamson have combined to counter the Indian bowling in the middle overs to repeatedly lay down the platform for tall scores.
The one time they batted second, Tuesday, the Taylor-Williamson combination once again proved to be the game-changer.
‘Tuesday was pretty tough against the spinner. Against (Ravindra) Jadeja, I don’t think we laid a bat on ball in those first couple of overs. He bowled very well, on another day, he could have got a couple of wickets and stifled our momentum,’ said Taylor.
‘In the past, I have played a few years in India and in New Zealand, it doesn’t really turn as much and you just lunge on the front foot. But now our strategy has been to play off the back foot as much as possible and play into the gaps,’ he said.
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