Tim Robinson hungry for more match-winning knocks after leading New Zealand to victory over South Africa..
‘An addicting feeling’ – Match-winner Robinson is hungry for more.
Even though Tim Robinson has only done it once—possibly twice, if you count this game—he already knows he will never be content to be the player who closes the deal for his team.
Robinson remarked, “It’s a great feeling contributing to a win for your country and it’s an addicting feeling and one that I hope to replicate later on,” following his career-high 75 not out that helped New Zealand win the Zimbabwe T20I tri-series by 21 runs.
The innings went from a sluggish 70 for 5 to a competitive 173 for 5 thanks to a sixth-wicket partnership of 103 between Robinson and rookie Bevon Jacobs, which was New Zealand’s second-highest in that position. Robinson acknowledged that South Africa’s four-seam attack made things tough for New Zealand up front, despite the Harare Sports Club’s reputation for being fairly flat and favourable to run-scoring.
“The Proteas bowling was exceptional,” he said. “Their lengths and the use of the long side was really impressive and they bowled really well with the newer ball. It was hard to find momentum when we were continuing to lose wickets but as we got on and took it deeper and deeper, we could capitalise.”
Actually, Robinson and Jacobs found runs against the seamers from South Africa. Only after they had been together for a while and had figured out their run-scoring technique did Robinson take 27 runs off 20 balls from Corbin Bosch, including five fours, and 23 off 15 balls from Gerald Coetzee, off whom he smashed both sixes.
“The way we thought about it was that the longer we spent at the crease, the easier runs would come,” Robinson said, “and we couldn’t quite afford to lose many more wickets. We tried to take it as deep as we possibly could and then run hard to the long side.”