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Kiwis look to Indian recipe for Oz


Nov 14th, 2008 | By hunk007rvs | Category: Latest News

India’s recent success against Australia has given New Zealand hope that they too can put it across Ricky Ponting’s men.

Australia take on New Zealand in two Tests, five One-day Internationals and Twenty20 match.

The first Test starts in Brisbane on November 20 and Martin said their fast bowlers should try and work out a similar strategy used so effectively by Indian speedsters Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma against Australia.

“I saw some incredible deliveries bowled (in India). The level that some of those guys — Sharma and Zaheer — were bowling at, I think we need to look at ourselves and work out whether we can bowl those wicket-taking balls as well,” Martin was quoted as saying in ‘The Age’.

“We know we’ve got the firepower, it’s a matter of stringing it together on a more day-to-day basis, which is basically what Australia does.” New Zealand are likely to go with a four-pronged pace attack in the first Test in teenager Tim Southee, Ian O’Brien, Kyle Mills and Martin, who missed the Bangladesh tour with a hamstring injury.

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