Alastair Cook all praise for new-ball pacers ? Cricket News Update
England skipper Alastair Cook on Saturday lavished praise on pacers James Anderson and Steve Finn after his side won the third and final One Day International against New Zealand by five wickets to win the three-match series 2-1.
After putting the hosts into bat in the series decide, in Auckland, the new-ball duo of Finn and Anderson left the Kiwis reeling at 11 for 3 in the 8th over. Finn accounted for BJ Watling (1) and Hamish Rutherford (2), while Anderson had Kane Williamson caught behind by Jos Buttler on 7.
"They have been magnificent, these two games," said Alastair after the match. "Finny's pace, I think, has been up around the 90mph mark pretty much all the time, and Jimmy's world class and he showed it again here."
"I think they were 20 for 2 in the game before, and today they were 20 for 3 after 10 or 15 overs. From a captain's point of view it's pretty easy after that. When McCullum gets going, it's a little frustrating, but 180 wasn't enough and we handled the pressure of chasing pretty well."
Skipper Brendon McCullum top scored for New Zealand with a 68-ball 79, laced with six four and five sixes. Ross Taylor (28) and Grant Elliott (24) were the other two notable performers, as the hosts were rolled over inside 44 overs for 185.
Finn was the pick of English bowlers, with three wickets from nine overs at an economy rate of 3.00 an over. Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann both picked up two wickets apiece.
In reply, skipper Cook led the side from the front with the bat, playing a meticulous knock of 46 runs from 67 balls as the tourists chased down the middling target in 37.3 overs, with five wickets to spare.
Finn also expressed delight over his partnership with Anderson, whom he termed as one of the best seamers in the world.
"To be able to bowl at the other end and to feed off him and learn off him is brilliant," the gangling pacer told Sky Sports 1. "We felt we didn't quite get it right in the first game - maybe we were a little bit rusty but playing these last few games we felt really good. We've set the tone early and the batsmen have been brilliant as well, so it's been great."
England and New Zealand will next play a three-match Test series, starting in Dunedin from March 6, 2013.
Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Alastair-Cook-all-praise-for-new-ball-pacers-Cricket-News-Update-a213721
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