Shane Bond has now taken 51 wickets in 12 tests. I am pretty sure no New Zealander has got to the mark as quickly. I believe Chris Martin held the previous record and it took him until his 13th test to take his 50th wicket.
Bond himself admits that he is bowling within himself, and yet he was consistently bowling at above 140kmph while I was watching last night. Not yet full pace, but certainly heading in that direction.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe can take some heart from their performance on day one. 231 is a huge improvement over the efforts in the first test and Tatenda Taibu has shown, not for the first time in his career, that he is a real talent with a huge amount of determination.
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My pick is for Tatenda Taibu to be the cricketing world's next Stephen Fleming. No, not someone who never quite lived up to their potential. But rather someone who was made captain very young, endured a number of bad years and then emerged as the most astute captain of his generation. Someone able to overcome the weakness of players not quite as able as other teams could field.
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