Dealing with Tahir not only issue for NZ one-day side


  • Cricket
  • Saturday, 18 Feb 2017

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa v Sri Lanka - Fifth One Day International cricket match - SuperSport Park Stadium, Centurion, South Africa - 10/2/17 - South Africa's bowler Imran Tahir celebrates bowling out Sri Lanka's Thikshila de Silva. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Imran Tahir's wicket celebrations were among the highlights of South Africa's 78-run win in Friday's Twenty20 clash but New Zealand have more to worry about than just the exuberant leg-spinner as they head into the one-day series.

Their inability to pick Tahir's googly caused the home batsmen huge problems at Eden Park and their bamboozlement led directly to three of the five wickets he claimed.

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