Greatbatch slams Kiwis after Bangladesh debacle
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October 29, 2010, Friday
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NEW Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch said some current New Zealand batsmen were not good enough to play international cricket and other players "aren't as good as they think they are."
In a startlingly frank radio interview yesterday, Greatbatch said New Zealand played poorly during its recent 0-4 drubbing by Bangladesh in a one-day series.
Greatbatch refused to name the players he believes aren't up to top cricket, but said he hoped next month's tour to India, where New Zealand will play two tests and five ODIs, would allow it to atone for the Bangladesh defeat.
New Zealand has dropped to eighth place of nine teams on world test and one-day rankings and most of the blame has been laid on the weakness of its top-order batting.
Greatbatch, who was a moderately talented but dogged top-order bat, agreed that poor batting was New Zealand's downfall.
"I think some (batsmen) aren't good enough," Greatbatch said. "I think some think they are better than they are and the third (factor) I think is the mind. We've got to get our mind right and sometimes that requires patience, sometimes it requires being aggressive.
"What it requires is actually sorting out the cricket smarts and weighing up the situation that you're playing in and we've got some work to do in all those areas."
Greatbatch described New Zealand's 0-4 loss to Bangladesh in a five-match series - one match was washed out - as inexcusable.
"When you play badly like that you've got to front up. It's very devastating," he said. "I suppose there's one positive thing, we've got a chance next week to actually put it right (in India)."
Greatbatch countered suggestions that the players were more interested in earning large sums of money by playing in the Indian Premier League. "I do feel these guys want to play for their country," he said. "Just from my eight months experience being with them."
In a startlingly frank radio interview yesterday, Greatbatch said New Zealand played poorly during its recent 0-4 drubbing by Bangladesh in a one-day series.
Greatbatch refused to name the players he believes aren't up to top cricket, but said he hoped next month's tour to India, where New Zealand will play two tests and five ODIs, would allow it to atone for the Bangladesh defeat.
New Zealand has dropped to eighth place of nine teams on world test and one-day rankings and most of the blame has been laid on the weakness of its top-order batting.
Greatbatch, who was a moderately talented but dogged top-order bat, agreed that poor batting was New Zealand's downfall.
"I think some (batsmen) aren't good enough," Greatbatch said. "I think some think they are better than they are and the third (factor) I think is the mind. We've got to get our mind right and sometimes that requires patience, sometimes it requires being aggressive.
"What it requires is actually sorting out the cricket smarts and weighing up the situation that you're playing in and we've got some work to do in all those areas."
Greatbatch described New Zealand's 0-4 loss to Bangladesh in a five-match series - one match was washed out - as inexcusable.
"When you play badly like that you've got to front up. It's very devastating," he said. "I suppose there's one positive thing, we've got a chance next week to actually put it right (in India)."
Greatbatch countered suggestions that the players were more interested in earning large sums of money by playing in the Indian Premier League. "I do feel these guys want to play for their country," he said. "Just from my eight months experience being with them."
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