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    "excerpt": "New Zealand are mulling over the Queena\u00bfs Park Oval pitch here as they contemplate",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Port-of-Spain (Trinidad) June 15 (IANS\/CMC) New Zealand are mulling over the Queena&iquest;s Park Oval pitch here as they contemplate their final XI for the second Test against West Indies, starting Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">The tourists fielded two seamers and two spinners in the first Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica last week, coming away with an emphatic 186-run victory inside four days, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">However, coach Mike Hesson admits they are not too sure what to expect from the Queen&#39;s Park Oval surface.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;I&#39;ve heard contrasting views. Some have said it&#39;s going to be a dustbowl and others have said they&#39;re going to leave plenty of grass on it,&quot; Hesson said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;I&#39;d expect something similar to Kingston, but with [Kemar] Roach and [Jerome] Taylor they&#39;ve got a couple of very good seamers so I thought they would have left a bit more life in it. For this Test they might see that as a different way to attack us.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">On a flat Sabina Park track, New Zealand were led by an eight-wicket haul from debutant off-spinner Mark Craig as he destroyed the West Indies in both innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi grabbed three second innings wickets as West Indies, set 403 to win, tumbled to 216 all out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">If the pitch looks like it will favour seam, fast bowler Neil Wagner will be a serious consideration, with Sodhi sitting out, as Craig assumes the role of frontline spinner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;With left-handers [Craig] is going to be our trump card. Ish didn&#39;t bowl as well as he would have liked in the first innings but he bowled superbly in the second,&quot; said Hesson.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;They complemented each other really well and that&#39;s what you need to win Tests away from home.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">--IANS\/CMC<br \/>\r\nvs\/vr<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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