da fezbet： After New Zealand recorded their second victory against India in theCoca Cola Cup, Craig McMillan admitted that this game was a crucialone since the victory gave them the edge over the Indians to qualifyfor the final
da betsson： Rex Clementine26-Jul-2001After New Zealand recorded their second victory against India in theCoca Cola Cup, Craig McMillan admitted that this game was a crucialone since the victory gave them the edge over the Indians to qualifyfor the final.McMillan who acts as the stand-in captain for Stephan Fleming who isstill down with stomach trouble came out with this remark with a smileon his face, "When you look back you’ll see, we’ve won two games thatwe shouldn’t have won and we’ve lost two games we shouldn’t havelost."However, the Kiwi skipper was not entirely happy about his side’sbatting performance. "The batting has been disappointing. We’ve beenhaving good starts unlike the other sides. But the middle orderdoesn’t continue the good work," remarked McMillan."It’s not easy to bat out there. The way wickets are playing it’s noteasy to get your ones and twos. And if you don’t get your ones andtwos that’s the time you look for a boundary and eventually thatbrings your downfall."New Zealand’s vulnerability against spinners continues. Runs havedried out in the middle overs for them since both the Sri Lankan andIndian teams are packed with quality spinners."Yes, the reason may be that the other sides are packed withspinners. But let’s be honest. The Indian batsmen have struggledagainst Harris and Vettori as well.""We’ve learnt a few lessons as well. We’ve begun to understand thatkeeping wickets intact is more crucial than picking up a boundary."Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, after his side’s third successivedefeat told CricInfo "I am disappointed. It was a good batting track.We just didn’t bat well."Winning the toss, Ganguly put the opposition in, but he was notentirely happy with the side’s bowling performance either, "Thebowlers didn’t bowl well in the first 10 overs. It was a damp pitch.They just didn’t bowl in the right spot and gave away too many runs."India’s batting which has been disappointing right from the beginningof the series failed once again, "We never put up a decentpartnership. You don’t win games if you don’t put up partnerships,"said the Indian captain. "We are concerned about our batting. I justcan’t understand why we keep on getting out for 130s."When asked as to whether there was any positives to emerge from thethree games, his reply was, "nothing."Dion Nash won the man of the match award basically for his battingwhere he made a crucial 42 batting at number eight, "You don’t getvery many opportunities batting at number eight in the one dayers. Ijust got it today and am happy about the end result."
