He shone again at the Basin Reserve in 1990, and Dipak Patel shared the spotlight with Morrison with five second-innings wickets in Auckland in 1993. Get rid of David Warner and Steven Smith and suddenly the Australian batting order does not look all that formidable. But history also teaches us you cannot go into a test series against Australia with a so-so spinner like Mitchell Santner. But Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor shape as the key wickets. If they play well, New Zealand’s prospects of a fourth series win (second in Australia) are perhaps better than the long TAB odds.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 06, 2019 15:33 UTC