da bwin： Paul Wiseman has been to India twice before. Finally, on his third visit, the results are beginning to come through
Samanth Subamanian25-Jun-2005
Wiseman might have scored a few, but it was with the ball that he had fun © AFP
Paul Wiseman has been to India twice before. Finally, on his third visit, the results are beginning to come through. On a chaotic day where India’s batsmen threw their bats at everything in pursuit of quick runs Wiseman helped himself to four wickets. Excerpts from a post-play press conference:About his four wickets in the second innings
Of course, it feels great, although I would have felta lot better if I hadn’t dropped a catch off DanielVettori’s bowling. But yes, I did get probably thefour best batsmen of spin bowling in the world, sothat felt good. They were in an attacking mood, andthat always gives the bowler a chance.On New Zealand’s strategy for the final day
We’ll have to take it as it comes, by the ball. We’llreassess the situation at lunch, and if we’ve had aflyer in the first session, maybe we’ll have a shot atthe target. But it is a tough ask.On the wicket’s role in the final day’s play
The pitch already has some bounce in it. In fact, Ithink it is better for the spinners than peopleoriginally thought. There’s no prolific turn, butthere is some bounce. Daniel got a few to bouncetoday, and I expect it will turn even more tomorrow.India have two world-class quality spinners with them,so it’s definitely going to be tough.On his strategy against Sachin Tendulkar
I just tried to bowl as slowly as possible. The wicketwas already slow, and that made the batsmen reach forthe ball and hit it. A few stopped on the batsmen too,and with Sachin, he was on the ball early. But he hadto score quickly at the time too.On the mood in the New Zealand camp
The mood’s actually pretty good. We would have takenthis position if it were offered to us at thebeginning of the day, I think. It could have goneworse, and we could have had to follow on.