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Ahmedabad, Oct 6:
The coach of the New Zealand cricket team Ashley Ross today said
there was no injury worry for the visitors as all of them were fit
and raring to go, prior to the first Test match against host India
from October 8. Ross told reporters after the net practice that the
team members had prepared themselves strongly and were looking
forward to the encounter despite their front line batsmen failing in
the side game at Rajkot and not even getting a chance to bat (due to
rains) in the Visakhapatnam tie.
"We are not
too worried about Nathan (Astle), Scott Styris and skipper Stephen
Fleming not getting big scores as they are quality players and can
strike form any time", he added. "Our preparation is going
on the right track and we believe in our batsmen's ability to
perform in Test matches. Our front line bowlers -- Jacob Oram and
Daryel Tuffey -- too had long spells at Rajkot and have proved that
they can cope up with heat and humidity over here", Ross said.
Asked about their
not so impressive fielding in the three-day tie against India A at
Rajkot, Ross, said "fielding shows the attitude of the players.
The players took it easy as it was just a side game. Come Test match
they will pick up their fielding standards". (Agencies)
Published: Monday,
October 06, 2003
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