Ross Taylor reveals the 'strange' feeling when Australia faced NZ behind closed doors

Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has said that playing ir ODI match against Australia behind closed doors against Australia felt like playing a warm-up match. Aussies won first ODI by 71 runs at SCG to take a 1-0 lead in three-match series which has been postponed due to global pandemic. Meanwhile, many of global sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus fear. IPL 2020 that was supposed to get underway on March 29 has been suspended indefinitely as of w.

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'It was quite strange': Ross Taylor

"It was quite strange leading into game. re were lots of whispers about game being cancelled and everything happened very quickly. In context of match, turning up preparation felt a bit strange," ESPN Cricinfo quoted Taylor as saying. "To me, it felt like a warm-up game, didn't feel like a true international match but I guess once you get into it it's different to if you are playing a competitive game of backyard cricket or a club game, you give it your all. But I'm t going to lie, it did feel very strange. 

At same time re could be a few games like that so I'm sure as players we'll have to adjust to that and get used to it," he added. 

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New Zealand cricket: Brendon McCullum regrets fallout with Ross Taylor

As reported by PTI, Brendon McCullum spoke about his relationship with Ross Taylor and how tussle for Kiwi captaincy ruined relationship between two. Brendon McCullum grew up playing developmental cricket with Taylor and latter was even his vice-captain in Under-19 phase. After it was reported that Taylor and n-coach Mike Hesson were going through a bad phase, New Zealand went on to lose a few more important series. Eventually, an opportunity for a new captain opened up in New Zealand Cricket, but McCullum felt that he should t have applied for role.

In retrospect, explosive batsman revealed that he wanted to persist with Ross Taylor as captain and grow team from re. McCullum admitted that se happenings did strain relationship that him and Ross Taylor shared. two might still have some tension between m but that in way means that McCullum does t respect talent of New Zealand's highest-ever ODI scorer, he revealed in interview. 

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(With ANI Inputs)

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