NZ a potential top-four Test team
Mark Richardson writes in the Herald on Sunday that New Zealand possess the core of players to become a top-four Test team within three years
Cricinfo
25-Feb-2013
Mark Richardson writes in the Herald on Sunday that New Zealand possess the core of players to become a top-four Test team within three years.
Right now the batting has almost emerged and is closer to the surface than the bowling. The top five of Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder picked itself and has the potential to be a regular and formidable force.
For me, Ross Taylor is the only one I'd say has made the step from potential to realised talent but I only say that because I have high expectations in terms of international test standards for all of these five. If our team is to be a force, all these players must become 40-plus per innings players on average.