Christchurch: New Zealand Cricket needs to be bold and put in the time and money needed to develop their skills against quality spin after their big defeat to India in the second test, says former Kiwi captain Jeremy Coney.
Batters New Zealand struggled against the Indian spinners when they are seeded to 62 and 167 in their two innings to lose the second test in Mumbai with a record 372 runs on Monday.
“I think NZ Cricket needs to be more courageous and believe in spin bowling and commit time and money to develop parts of the game,” said Coney 69 of that year at the post-test coverage senz.
“We needed a place to go where people can practice a round face and have a coach hit there, or we should try to send a guy to India.” New Zealand-born spinner in India Ajaz Patel also starred in the ball as he became only the third test cricketer to take all 10 wicket in the innings.
Patel also took a four-wicket in the second half.
“Another option is that we have a wicket in New Zealand who play more than others, so we learn to guard and guard our study in this field,” said Coney, who has scored 2668 runs in 52 tests for New Zealand.
“This is a full-time player, and I think we could have done more.” Margin of Loss in Mumbai is the biggest ever for New Zealand, surpassing the 358-runs defeat against South Africa in 2007.