Peter McGlashan: former Black Cap on the team's first test against India being delayed by rain

Yet another Black Caps test has been delayed due to adverse weather conditions.

The team's opening test against India in Bengaluru was set to start at 5pm (NZT) - but the match has been temporarily paused because of rain.

Former Black Cap Peter McGlashan says this delay could buy New Zealand more time to turn their match strategy around.

"No-one will have necessarily finalised who's going to be in and who's going to be out - and I guess we all wait with bated breath to see one of the old, experienced players like Tim Southee get another crack or whether or not they go with some young bowlers like Will O’Rourke."

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now yet another black Caps test has been delayed because
of the rain. We already had to can the whole
Afghanistan test because the wet weather, and we lost two
Zip and Tree Lancas. The whole tour of the subcontinent
isn't going all that well. Peter McGlashan is a former
Black Cap and with us. Now, Hi, Peter, good evening,
Good to talk to you again. Now, Peter, tell me, Okay,
should we be annoyed that the test is delayed or

(00:20):
should we be relieved that we don't have to watch
India smash us?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, I mean it is just the first morning, so
we'd hope there wouldn't be too much smashing going on.
What it does do is it buys New Zealand a
little bit more time to decide on their playing eleven. So,
because the game hasn't started yet, no one will have
necessarily finalized who's going to be in, who's going to
be out? And I guess we all wait with baited
breath to see one of the old experience players like

(00:44):
Tim So are the you're going to get another crack,
or whether or not they go with some of the
young bowlers like Willow rock Well.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Tom Latha must be feeling the pressure.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, it's been a while since he's captained in this
form of the game. I think everyone has also been
a little bit critical of his own form, so it's
never easy to get handed the captain's arm badge when
you're not necessarily on top of your own game. But
he's a pretty level headed chap and I'm sure he
would have enjoyed the challenge whenever he gets a chance.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Because of how dominant India are, right and because of
how rare it is for us to win over there,
what would we consider a measure of success coming out of.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
This, Yeah, I think just being competitive across the whole game.
The conditions are going to be really trying. It's not
going to be I guess a favorable time for the
New Zealanders. The weather does it level the playing field
a little bit? Obviously they're in India at a time
of the year where it's not necessarily as hot and
dry as other times when you're over there. But the

(01:43):
test form is there's no way to hide. You're out
there for five days and reality is that generally the
best team will come out on top, as opposed to
the t twenty format where it's a bit more of
a lottery. So they just want to be competitive. They
want to make sure that they put in a better
performance than the recent series against Shlinka.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Peter, good to talk to you mate, Thank you so much.
Pete mcglashon, former black Capin.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
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