What's with the dots?
Of the 900 legal deliveries bowled to them in the three ODIs against Bangladesh, the New Zealand batsmen managed to score off just 339
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
Of the 900 legal deliveries bowled to them in the three ODIs against Bangladesh, the New Zealand batsmen managed to score off just 339. Dylan Cleaver in the Herald on Sunday expresses concern about the failure of the pair of Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder at the top and none of the batsman seemed to recreate the urgency of putting away the bad balls.
New Zealand's problem scoring against Bangladesh was most stark at the top of the order where the first 10 overs passed by in a befuddled haze of dot balls, wickets and the occasional boundary. In the first international at Mirpur, just 19 deliveries were scored off in the opening 10 overs; in the second that number decreased to 16; and at the better paced Chittagong wicket it sunk to an embarrassing 12.
In an another article, he believes the 'Black Caps' brand may be actually under threat, considering the new uniform worn by the players may actually be a deep shade of blue.