da fezbet： Shortly after scoring his maiden Test century in only his second match, Tim McIntosh, New Zealand’s new opening batsman, has credited former captain John Wright for fine-tuning his game
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Tim McIntosh: Restrained jubilation © Getty Images
Shortly after scoring his maiden Test century in only his second match, Tim McIntosh, New Zealand’s new opening batsman, has credited former captain John Wright for fine-tuning his game. Wright, who coached India for five years, is currently New Zealand Cricket’s elite coaching manager and works with the national team in the build-up to matches.McIntosh shrugged off a nervous debut in Dunedin against West Indies where he looked uncomfortable against the short ball but he responded strongly in Napier with a patient 136. He was brought in to the side to solve New Zealand’s top-order problems and his ability to stick around for long periods has lent stability to the batting in this series. His 455-minute stint featured 21 fours, several of them peppering the deep point region.”John Wright has certainly helped in the last week or two,” McIntosh was quoted as saying in the . “Being a left-hander, he has got alongside me with a bit of knowledge. He hasn’t changed anything – he’s just offered experience about what they might bowl at me. He’s refined my game and made sure I have ticked off things.”McIntosh was lucky to be let off on 14 when a skied pull off Fidel Edwards fell between the bowler and the wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.”You don’t expect that sort of thing not to be caught, so I was pretty happy to take the opportunity,” McIntosh said. “If anything it made me guts it out more and made me think I have to make these guys pay. Initially, I had no idea where the ball was. I thought it had gone behind the keeper.”McIntosh was watched by his parents at McLean Park and when he finally reached three figures after a nervous spell in the 90s, he controlled his emotions.”I was elated. Maybe I didn’t show much emotion but I was happy inside,” he said. ‘There was a sense of relief in a way, having played and missed on 99.”
