Repeated errors frustrate Black Caps coach
Before commencing their first training session since losing to Sri Lanka, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori called his team-mates into a huddle.Coach John Wright and the rest of the support staff were politely asked to step away and the hard talking began.
It was a hot Sunday morning in Mumbai and Vettori held court and every so often one of his lieutenants chipped in, but what exactly was said will for now remain with the 15 individuals who stood clustered together on the turf at Wankhede Stadium.
Two days have passed since his side's 112-run defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka and Wright's not happy.
"We need to show more application to stay at the wicket," he says.
"We've got the shot making but we have to have the application to take the game deep.
"If we don't score runs we'll go home, it's as simple as that."
Just as his dress sense would suggest, Wright doesn't do flashy.
He simply wants to see his batsmen fight when their backs are against the wall.
"You just want batters who are desperate to make runs and want to work on their games all the time to make themselves better players," he says.
"It's frustrating when you see the same errors repeated over and over again. You must learn from your mistakes and that's all I want really."
Wright hints at a change in the batting order for the quarterfinal against South Africa in Dhaka on Friday night, with Scott Styris back to No5.
"Ross Taylor is batting better than he was at the start of the tournament. Martin Guptill is making progress. But it would be nice to get something out of Jesse Ryder.
"We will probably look at moving Scott Styris up to five for this quarterfinal match too.
"Our top five are pretty critical. We don't want to be in a situation where we are batting at 80-5 again. You don't win too many games from there."
Despite being without both Vettori and Kyle Mills due to injury, the Black Caps bowled exceptionally well against Sri Lanka. In the final 10 overs, they conceded just 63 runs while taking six wickets.
Jacob Oram was one of the few New Zealand players to emerge from the Sri Lankan game with his reputation intact.
He displayed control and fitness in the sapping heat and kept his wicket intact when others were at sea.
"I think it's up to the individuals to sort out their batting," Oram said.
"It's probably happened enough times to know where guys are going wrong and it's just a matter of putting that right.
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