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Thursday, March 26, 2015

World Cup 2015: New Zealand Will Struggle With Size of MCG, says Matthew Hayden




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New Zealand players celebrate after reaching the World Cup 2015 final


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Former Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden on Thursday said that New Zealand will struggle with the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Sunday's cricket World Cup final here. (Complete World Cup 2015 coverage | Stats |


Co-hosts New Zealand entered the final of the mega event for the first time with a victory over South Africa on Tuesday. The Black Caps have played all their World Cup matches so far at home. (MCG will be daunting in final for New Zealand: Clarke)


But now they travel to Australia to play the final at the iconic MCG, a much bigger ground compared to those in New Zealand. ('New Zealand's World Cup final entry feels like a dream')


"There were a number of times on Tuesday where the New Zealand batsmen appeared to be hitting big balls but they'd be getting caught three quarters of the way to the fence at MCG," Hayden was quoted as saying by The New Zealand Herald. (Grant Elliot, South Africa's Loss, New Zealand's Gain: Greame Smith)


New Zealand have a number of big hitters in their squad, especially in the top. While captain Brendon McCullum has hit 17 sixes in the tournament, opener Martin Guptill has hit 15, including the two biggest sixes of the tournament.


The MCG has averaged just under five sixes a match during the tournament while a record 30 were struck in the quarterfinal at the Wellington Regional Stadium and 16 on Tuesday at Eden Park, Auckland.


"They're going to have to change the way they hit the ball. Let's be honest, the size of Eden Park is ridiculous. It shouldn't be a cricket ground. If you can half throw it from the long off boundary to the opposite end it's too small," the 43-year-old said.



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