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NEW DELHI: Stand-in New Zealand captain, Tom Latham, emphasised the importance of proactive decision-making from their world-class bowlers, stressing the significance of understanding the match-ups in preparation for their crucial World Cup clash against a formidable South African team in Pune.
The upcoming match between South Africa and New Zealand, positioned at the second and third spots respectively, promises to be an intense battle, pitting two strong batting line-ups against each other.Set to take place at the MCA stadium, the clash is anticipated to showcase a contest between two high-caliber teams, with both aiming for victory in this significant fixture.
“Yeah, I think it’s just recognising situations as best you can and trying to be proactive as much as we can as well from a bowling point of view and I guess from a field placement point of view as well,” Latham said during the pre-match press conference.
“Like every team we do our scouting, trying to find weaknesses from a batting point of view from South Africa, they’re a team that’s running pretty hot at the moment.
“They’ve got some guys in form from a batting point of view. So again, it’s going to be another great challenge. And we have come to a different venue and we’ve got to adapt as quickly as we can to this ground here in Pune.”
In the current edition of the ODI World Cup, South Africa have recorded three out of the six highest scores, showcasing their formidable batting prowess. Latham acknowledged the challenge this poses and highlighted the importance for his team to take regular wickets to halt the momentum of the Proteas’ batters.
“Wickets are really important. That’s the way to stem the run rate as best you can by taking wickets and that’s not just at the top, that’s through the middle as well. We’ve seen South Africa, they’re running really hot at the moment. And they’ve got a lot of power throughout the whole line-up.
“I guess it’s just trying to understand the match-ups as best you can. And we certainly know we’ve got a world-class bowling attack as well and when they’re on song there and that’s certainly very threatening.
“So if they bowl to the best of their ability then we’ll certainly give ourselves a good chance and do it as I said on the back of that. South Africa has a lot of batters that are in form and it’s going to be a great contest tomorrow.”
Giving an update on the injuries to their key players, Latham said: “There’s Lockie, Kane and Mark Chapman. We’ll obviously get through hopefully a bit of work today and then we’ll see how they pull up from a selection point of view.
“But yeah, obviously, Lockie went off in the last game with a bit of achilles’ niggle, so fingers crossed he’ll be fine for tomorrow.”
While Lockie Ferguson suffered an achilles injury in the last game against Australia, Kane Williamson fractured his thumb and couldn’t take part in their last two matches. Mark Chapman too remains in doubt due to a calf issue.
(With PTI inputs)
The upcoming match between South Africa and New Zealand, positioned at the second and third spots respectively, promises to be an intense battle, pitting two strong batting line-ups against each other.Set to take place at the MCA stadium, the clash is anticipated to showcase a contest between two high-caliber teams, with both aiming for victory in this significant fixture.
“Yeah, I think it’s just recognising situations as best you can and trying to be proactive as much as we can as well from a bowling point of view and I guess from a field placement point of view as well,” Latham said during the pre-match press conference.
“Like every team we do our scouting, trying to find weaknesses from a batting point of view from South Africa, they’re a team that’s running pretty hot at the moment.
“They’ve got some guys in form from a batting point of view. So again, it’s going to be another great challenge. And we have come to a different venue and we’ve got to adapt as quickly as we can to this ground here in Pune.”
In the current edition of the ODI World Cup, South Africa have recorded three out of the six highest scores, showcasing their formidable batting prowess. Latham acknowledged the challenge this poses and highlighted the importance for his team to take regular wickets to halt the momentum of the Proteas’ batters.
“Wickets are really important. That’s the way to stem the run rate as best you can by taking wickets and that’s not just at the top, that’s through the middle as well. We’ve seen South Africa, they’re running really hot at the moment. And they’ve got a lot of power throughout the whole line-up.
“I guess it’s just trying to understand the match-ups as best you can. And we certainly know we’ve got a world-class bowling attack as well and when they’re on song there and that’s certainly very threatening.
“So if they bowl to the best of their ability then we’ll certainly give ourselves a good chance and do it as I said on the back of that. South Africa has a lot of batters that are in form and it’s going to be a great contest tomorrow.”
Giving an update on the injuries to their key players, Latham said: “There’s Lockie, Kane and Mark Chapman. We’ll obviously get through hopefully a bit of work today and then we’ll see how they pull up from a selection point of view.
“But yeah, obviously, Lockie went off in the last game with a bit of achilles’ niggle, so fingers crossed he’ll be fine for tomorrow.”
While Lockie Ferguson suffered an achilles injury in the last game against Australia, Kane Williamson fractured his thumb and couldn’t take part in their last two matches. Mark Chapman too remains in doubt due to a calf issue.
(With PTI inputs)
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