Fleming said that he was secretly hoping we might steal a win before the tour started. While I had only been dreaming of a draw. I never thought we would get close or be in with a chance. Congrats to the Black Caps and our newly found batting order.
It was a mistake to take Bennett into the game with a 4 man attack but no one in the press didn't call the selectors on it so I guess it was a forgive-able mistake. I sincerely hope he is never picked at any level of cricket in a 4 man attack again.
Whatever could go wrong did go wrong for our bowling attack. Jesse couldn't bowl, Bennett broke down - but everything that could go right did go right for our batting. Including Kane not being given out on 56. And Taylor surviving a close lbw call. And Jesse getting dropped.
A draw against the number 1 team in the world is a good result. Hats off to all concerned.
Other comments I thought Patel bowled reasonably today and thought Vettori should have stuck with him for longer. We should have stacked the boundaries and had Patel toss it up to Harbhajan.
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