Double Challenge For McCullum in SA Test

New Zealand leader Brendon McCullum will experience a dual process when his group take on globe winners Southern African-american in the first Analyze at Newlands on Wed. 

Handed the captaincy in questionable conditions, McCullum verified on Wednesday that he will also start the hitting in the lack of the harmed Chris Fulton. 

"Peter was going to start but he has been hit down by an damage. That gives an probability to Dean Brownlie," McCullum said. 

"I'll come returning to the top of the transaction and Dean will come in at variety four. I've been starting the hitting for the last little while and you've got to bat at some factor," he said of the process of experiencing Southern Africa's powerful speed group of 3 of Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel. 

Told that Philander had approved a health and health and fitness test after being a uncertain beginner because of a hamstring muscle damage, McCullum said: "He's an outstanding bowler. His statistics have been incredible but from our perspective we're enjoying against a very fantastic cricket group so we anticipate them to have very fantastic cricketers in their part." 

New Zealand's three major batsmen will complete the first three roles in the transaction. Martin Guptill will start with McCullum, while Kane Williamson will bat at variety three. 

"Martin's been in fantastic type and hopefully we can identify a very fantastic collaboration in advance side," said McCullum. 

He recognized Williamson, who obtained a millennium in the ultimate Analyze in Wellington last season, as one of New Zealand's up and arriving celebrities. 

"He's got a lot of cricket intellect for a younger guy. He's well-known in the group and he performs challenging on his activity. He clicks a lot of bins and we're optimistic that he's going to have a big sequence." 

McCullum recognized that his group had a trial with a part damaged by accidents to several gamers and the lack of former leader Ross Taylor, who withdrew from the trip. 

"It's a large process but with that process comes an excellent probability to perform against a very fantastic cricket group, the variety one group on the globe. That's why you perform the experience," he said. 

"If we can look returning (afterwards) and say we've done a very fantastic job and put them under stress this can be a switch for long-term activities for us a cricket group." 

The New Zealand leader said his gamers could take center from their activities in a three-match house sequence in which they were defeated 1-0 by Southern African-american in New Zealand last season. 

"We pressed them quite challenging in that sequence and put them under stress at periods. We've just got to make sure we get better and contend for more time in this sequence.