Southee hails immature weed of home though stays cautious

WELLINGTON: A immature Basin Reserve wicket was welcomed by New Zealand’s Tim Southee after his new exertions opposite Pakistan on dry, low and delayed pitches in a United Arab Emirates, though a paceman was discerning to indicate out that looks can mostly be deceiving.

New Zealand open their domestic exam deteriorate opposite Sri Lanka on Saturday and were greeted by a sprouting frame during a country’s many ancestral ground, where sides that win a toss tend to try and feat a seamer-friendly conditions.

However, Neil Wagner used a short-pitched fusillade to set adult a hosts’ feat opposite West Indies final December, while South African spinners JP Duminy and Keshav Maharaj ran by New Zealand in a initial innings in Mar 2017.

Two months progressing opposite Bangladesh, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won a toss and opted to field, though watched his bowlers grind for roughly dual days before Mushfiqur Rahim announced his side’s innings sealed during 595 for eight.

“It’s good to be behind in conditions we’re used to,” Southee told reporters. “We’ve come from a place that wasn’t easy for gait bowlers, so there was a bit of a open in a step of a quick bowlers anyway.

“It’s good to see some weed on a wicket but… we don’t know what it’s going to play like until we get out there. You can get in and it can be a batting bliss as well.”

New Zealand enter a two-match series, their initial during home underneath new manager Gary Stead, drifting high after they kick Pakistan in an divided array for a initial time in roughly 50 years.

The 2-1 delight came pleasantness of a spin and rebound achieved by spinners Ajaz Patel and Will Somerville, as good as Williamson’s batting in a decider, though Southee pronounced they had already changed on and were focused on Dinesh Chandimal’s side.

“It’s something a organisation is really unapproachable of,” he pronounced of a victory. “A lot of good sides have left to a UAE and haven’t been means to tip Pakistan up.

“We know we can’t let that overhang into the home summer and start new in opposite conditions.”—REUTERS

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