January 2014 In-game

Brendon McCullum is considering playing four fast bowlers in the ODI series opener against India in Napier. The New Zealand captain expects the McLean Park pitch to be fast and bouncy, and said he wanted to "unleash a bit of pace" early at the visitors, who were dismissed for 217 and 146 in Johannesburg andDurban by Dale Steyn and Co recently.
"I guess we are leaning towards it [playing four quicks] at this stage," McCullum said. "Obviously we'll see how everyone pulls up through training as well, but I think it will be quite nice to unleash a bit of pace in this opening game and then try and be aggressive and as hostile as we can with ball in hand."

In contrast to New Zealand's pace, India usually prefer playing two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin in ODIs. McCullum was hopeful of targetting India's slow bowlers. "They are accustomed to playing on slower, turning tracks and I am hopeful they are not going to get that over here over the next month or so. But they rely quite a lot on their spinners and that's an area we might be able to look to expose them, though they are also very good bowlers.
 
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[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Country[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Club[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Source(s)[/TH]
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[TD="align: center"]2003[/TD]
[TD]Rafael van der Vaart[/TD]
[TD]
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Netherlands[/TD]
[TD] Ajax[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2004[/TD]
[TD]Wayne Rooney[/TD]
[TD]
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England[/TD]
[TD] Manchester United[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2005[/TD]
[TD]Lionel Messi[/TD]
[TD]
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Argentina[/TD]
[TD] Barcelona[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2006[/TD]
[TD]Cesc Fàbregas[/TD]
[TD]
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Spain[/TD]
[TD] Arsenal[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2007[/TD]
[TD]Sergio Agüero[/TD]
[TD]
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Argentina[/TD]
[TD] Atlético Madrid[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][1][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2008[/TD]
[TD]Anderson[/TD]
[TD]
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Brazil[/TD]
[TD] Manchester United[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][2][/SUP][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2009[/TD]
[TD]Alexandre Pato[/TD]
[TD]
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Brazil[/TD]
[TD] Milan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][3][/SUP][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2010[/TD]
[TD]Mario Balotelli[/TD]
[TD]
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Italy[/TD]
[TD] Manchester City[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][4][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2011[/TD]
[TD]Mario Götze[/TD]
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Germany[/TD]
[TD] Borussia Dortmund[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][5][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2012[/TD]
[TD]Isco[/TD]
[TD]
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Spain[/TD]
[TD] Málaga[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][6][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]2013[/TD]
[TD]Paul Pogba[/TD]
[TD]
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France[/TD]
[TD] Juventus[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][SUP][7][/SUP][/TD]
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