SA will not underestimate the weakened New Zealand side in the first of two Test matches starting on Thursday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
The Blackcaps go into this match without top-order batting kingpins Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor and frontline fast bowler Trent Boult for a variety of reasons.
“We respect the New Zealand side because they have had success even if these guys are not around, and they have had success with their current players.” “We know they are an extremely dangerous side in their conditions and we need to be mindful of that and respect where we are as a side and where they are as a side. We also need to focus and control what we can control and that is breaking up this Test into different phases. We are mindful that they are still a dangerous side because they are playing Test cricket for their country.
“Sometimes you can get a little bit carried away when you see green grass on the wicket. It may mislead you in not executing your skills, lines and lengths because you think that the grass is going to do everything.
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