Ross Taylor reckons that the sweep will be a profitable shot

32-year old Ross Taylor has had his well-documented struggles with the pitches in the Indian subcontinent. However, with almost all his affairs with the bat in the order, Taylor looks set to take the series by storm.

However, before that, he indulged in a bit of a mind game with the opposition implying that the Indian’s successes come from the wickets in the subcontinent.

“I don’t know if there is one particular reason. If you referring to India, they are just a very good team and it is hard to beat them at home. In terms of overseas victory for us, we have not won a lot of series, we have won Tests overseas but series have been hard to come by. But, that is the challenge of Test cricket. Hope we play good cricket here.”

The 32-year old also went on to add that the sweep shot was something in his batting agenda. He felt, “The sweep shot is something that I played a lot at the start of my career, it is also something I tried to get away from especially in Tests. But anytime you play in the sub-continent, you have got to be able to play sweep or a cut shot. We have players who can play the reverse sweep. So, we got to see what happens and play to your strengths.”

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Taylor believed that the county cricket he played earlier in the year most certainly did him the world of good. “I played county cricket this summer. I guess it was for teams to stop producing a favorable wicket. Everyone has been talking about the South Africa series (in India), the games were over pretty quickly. Once again it is not for me to speculate, what the wicket is going to be. They always do turn over here whether it is day one day
three.”