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Hobart: A week, as former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once quipped, is a long time in politics, though New Zealand captain Ross Taylor and his young team have also discovered that it also applies to Test cricket.
Before the first Test against Australia, Taylor’s side were brimful of confidence amid expectations in New Zealand they could win their first match across the Tasman Sea in 26 years, and first Test against Australia since 1993.
Four days later they had slunk out of the Gabba after a nine-wicket defeat.
Poor catching, sloppy bowling and a second innings batting collapse in the face of a fiery morning spell from debutant James Pattinson led to a players-only meeting this week where “harsh words were exchanged”, according to pace bowler Tim Southee.
(Reuters)
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