Paceman Chris Martin says New Zealand bowlers learnt from watching Asif & Co bowl and will adopt the same line of attack against Mohd Yousuf's batsmen today
Paceman Chris Martin says New Zealand bowlers learnt from watching Asif & Co bowl and will adopt the same line of attack against Mohd Yousuf's batsmen todayFast bowler Chris Martin still believes New Zealand can win the first Test against Pakistan despite a second-innings batting collapse.
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who took four wickets in New Zealand's second innings |
New Zealand had slumped to 147 for eight when bad light ended play on Day Four and they head into the final day with a lead of 244 runs.
"I think we may have let an opportunity slip today by not really batting them out of the game," Martin admitted.
"But I still think with the lead that we had (97 runs on the first innings) and the runs that we've got now the game is poised and it's definitely there for us to take."
"I think we learnt quite a lot from watching them bowl on it today.
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They put us under real pressure by bowling real straight and making us make a lot of decisions and giving us very limited opportunities to score.
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I think if we were a thoughtful side, our bowling line-up in particular, we could take a lot from that and take it into tomorrow," Martin said.
Pakistan pacemen Mohammad Asif (four for 41) and Mohammad Aamer (two for 29) caused plenty of damage with Martin Guptill, Daniel Flynn, Peter Fulton and Brendon McCullum all going for ducks.
