Andrew Alderson: Newstalk ZB Cricket Correspondent previews the Black Caps v England second test

Former Black Caps coach Mike Hesson is confident with New Zealand's decision to go with a four-prong pace attack in this morning's second cricket test against England in Wellington. 

The hosts have left frontline spinner Mitchell Santner out of the starting eleven after assessing the Basin Reserve pitch. 

ZB Cricket Correspondent Andrew Alderson joined Ryan Bridge to preview the first day of the test. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wellington gearing up to host the cricket this weekend. The
black Caps have selected an unchanged lineup for the second
Test against England at the Base from Reserve. It starts
this morning. Andrew Ordison is there news talks heb's cricket correspondent, Andrew.
Good morning, greetings, Ryan, good to have you, Good to
hear from you. Nice to have you in the capitol
for us this morning. So they've kept the faith with

(00:20):
this team that lost in christ Church? Have they made
the right call? Do you reckon?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
I think by a large yes. I mean I'm looking
at that pitch. Yes, today it's going to be green
and seam options will come to the fore pretty early.
I would have thought of New Zealand were able to
when the task I think of Edisie wins a task,
they're likely to fields first and to make the best
of those those bowling conditions. Just having a look looking

(00:46):
back when there's some talk you could have maybe used
a spinner and it's by Mitchell Senter was brought into
the squad or you know, the specialist spur of Conklent Philips.
They're already but just looking there's been one first class
game near this season three weeks to the forty that
were taken with to spin, not a whole lot. There
was an argument last season in Sebruy because Nathan lyon

(01:07):
the Australian spin it took ten for the match that
maybe they should introduce that option. War but he's get
them sticking with the tribe and that the key thing
right has been the catching and if the catchers has
been taken the first thing some Christ she could have
been a hole. A lot different the situation he's in
out there practicing that catching. At Linked yesterday, sort of
players lined up along the of fence with Jacob Warren

(01:30):
the assistant coach, delivering the big hits and also Gary
Stead feeding the slip cording with the plumb trying to
sharpen that up.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
But it didn't look to be going very well from
what I saw on the news.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Andrew Yes, a sort of a scenary of yeats. You
have the tricky rehearsal if you like, before the main
events in theater they say break the leg, going like
that anyway, We'll see how that goes. But he's in them. Additionally,
an excellent fielding site, so that was one that was

(02:06):
unexpected with that performance eight drop catches and editings which
really five in Harry Brooks innings alone, which really cost
them the game.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
They are both out to both teams now out of
the World Test Championship running. Does that mean that they'll
be a bit looser.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, it could be. I mean he's even crucially losing
those points to to the lack of overs in the day,
to the slow over rates, and there's been some dispute
over that where you get a lot more seamovers in
the likes of Musland in the Australian versus the spitting
on the sub continent. But yeah, I think you could
see a bit more prepare to throw cautioning to the

(02:44):
wind in that regard perhaps, But then again, most teams
have then playing for results these days by largest, very
few draws, and particularly where this English side is involved,
and the likelihood is that you'll end up with a
match that's prince less than five days anyway, given the
tempo that they play at the visitors.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Andrew, thank you look forward to hearing you lady this morning.
Appreciate your time in getting up early for us. Andrew Ordison,
Zibby's cricket correspondent.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
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