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Bond 'bristling' with confidence over pipping Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.


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Wellington, Nov 2 (ANI): New Zealand's pace bowler Shane Bond
See also Shane Bond (Australian rules footballer) (b. 1975).


Shane Edward Bond (born 7 June, 1975 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer.
 is confident of his team's good performance against Pakistan in the first of the three matches in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. .

New Zealand's five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Champions Trophy Champions Trophy is the name of a number of different trophies in different sports:
  • Field hockey: Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  • Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy
 in Johannesburg was reason to believe a series win was within their grasp, although Bond is wary that the environment would suit Pakistan far better.

"We'll redraw To redisplay an image on screen whether text or graphics. The concept is that the first time elements are displayed, they are "drawn," and if something is changed, they are "redrawn." Applications often have a Refresh command that redraws the screen.  the stuff we had last time on them. It worked pretty well in terms of the bowlers; we knew what we had to do. Obviously this time we'll have to adapt to the surface which will be flat and slow like Pakistan conditions," Bond said.

Bond will be a key figure at the top of the bowling order as he continues his return to the international fold, the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland.  Herald reports.

He returned in September's one-day series in Sri Lanka, followed by the Champions Trophy, where he showed glimpses of his class. return to the test stage looms in the three-test home series against Pakistan starting on November 24 in Dunedin.

"It'll be quite nice to get a full run of cricket in this series and then get back and get into some four-day cricket as well. I'm expecting the more I play the better I'll get. I haven't hit top form but it's not far away," he said.

"Everyone goes on about the speed, I'm happy with the pace I'm bowling. The more I bowl the more consistent I'll get. I haven't ut in a consistent performance yet. I've been good in the odd spell then I've come back and haven't been as sharp as I'm upposed to be," he said. (ANI)

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