Shane Bond
Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bondis a former New Zealand cricketer and present bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English domestic cricket. Bond is a right-arm fast bowler. His fastest recorded delivery was clocked at 156.4 km/h against India in the 2003 World Cup...
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It wasn't worth the risk. I wouldn't want to go into a test and let the team down.
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I was determined to bowl well after not performing up to standard the previous evening.
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It's very frustrating. I had been really looking forward to this tour. But my disappointment is tempered by the knowledge that it is nothing major. If it had been a one-day series, I would have played, but I couldn't go into a test and possibly let my team down.
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Really nothing was happening before, and when we saw what was going on with the replacement ball, it just gave you a new lease of life that you really had a weapon now to do some damage.
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Our two major worries coming here so late in the summer were firstly, would the team be in one piece, and secondly how tired we would be. But after the West Indies series we're actually feeling very fresh, we feel pretty good. We've played probably half as much test cricket as South Africa, with breaks in between, and we're here with our full team. A lot has been said about how tired South Africa are and how they need time off.