How New Zealand managed a 3-0 heist despite illnesses running through the squad | Cricket News
Mumbai Test hero for the Black Caps, Ajaz Patel revealed to stuff.co.nz that several members of the New Zealand squad were unwell at different points, in the course of their historic 3-0 Test series win sealed in Mumbai. On Monday, the morning after he took 6-57 in a match-winning spell at Wankhede Stadium, the left-arm spinner revealed he “didn’t feel great” heading into the third Test. “I’m not a doctor and I don’t know exactly what’s been going on,” Patel was quoted by stuff.co.nz. “But there have been a lot of guys at different times going through fevers and colds and stuff like that. Before the last game, Will Young was quite ill. Before that, Devon Conway was a little bit ill. Timmy’s been a little bit ill, and myself before the start of this game – I didn’t feel great,” Patel who led the victory charge, said. Coach Gary Stead played down the matter saying it was “par for the course” playing in India, but admitting it was a challenge the Black Caps had …
