Didn’t use second new ball well enough, says Jurgensen

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New Zealand did not bowl as well as they should have with the second new ball on day three in Bulawayo, according to their bowling coach Shane Jurgensen, but, he insists, they are still in with a good chance of closing out the Test.

“There is still a long way to go in the match,” Jurgensen said after day three, which Zimbabwe ended on 305 for 6, 78 short of avoiding the follow-on. “We did that quite well up until the start of the second new ball. We didn’t bowl as well as we wanted to with the second new ball. We’ve got to work hard and keep toiling away. [But] it’s only day three and we’ve got the runs on the board and we have a lot of time in the game. We’re down the bottom end of their innings, and there were signs today that there is bit more spin.” …

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