Rover pinpoints Australia win Rs.
The former Australian wicketkeeper, now in charge of the New Zealand team arrived in Sri Lanka in the early hours of yesterday with his squad minus captain Stephen Fleming. Fleming who is attending a Captains meeting in London is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka shortly. In an Interview with the Sunday Times Rixon said, Sri Lanka has a very strong and experienced batting line up with the likes of Jayasuriya, De Silva, Ranatunge and Mahanama who are all capable of big scores. New Zealand lack the experience in batting, but will look upto the seniors like Fleming, Astle,Young,Parore and Cairns to form the backbone of their batting. Any team which could stamp their authority early with their batting will hold the key in the Tests For the very first time the New Zealanders have three spinners in their tour party Daniel Vettori,Paul Wiseman and Mark Priest.