Vettori delivers but Cake Tin disappoints
With all due congratulations to Daniel Vettori and New Zealand after rolling over England in Wellington, the match failed to stimulate the senses thanks to the lifeless drop-in pitch, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald .
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
With all due congratulations to Daniel Vettori and New Zealand after rolling over England in Wellington, the match failed to stimulate the senses thanks to the lifeless drop-in pitch, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald.
It is tempting to take the gloss off Saturday night's win by pointing to a pitch that was to cricket entertainment what William Shatner was to opera singing. It's also the sort of track that Kiwi trundlers of the Gavin Larsen ilk prosper on.
The banners were out at the Westpac Stadium, with Jesse Ryder's mates making the mickey out of him. But the man sportingly laughed it off. Read more in stuff.co.nz
Ryder, 23, is keen to shed the party-boy tag and be recognised for his cricket but you get the impression nothing would keep him awake at night, especially not his mates from over the hill pulling his leg.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo