Napier, Mar. 24: India’s batting machine has dented the confidence of New Zealand’s fast bowlers so much, that a majority of them have owned up to not possessing the required counter-attacking skills.

One of them is New Zealand’s most experienced bowler, Kyle Mills.

In the wake of a master class 42nd Test hundred by India’s Sachin Tendulkar (160) at Hamilton, Mills made little effort to mask his inadequacies as he reflected on the least-memorable episode of his 19-test career.

Napier (New Zealand), Mar. 2 : New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills believes that there is a nice feel to the squad on the eve of the five one-day matches to be played against India.

Fresh from a two-week layoff due to an Achilles tendon injury, senior pacer Mills remarked at the depth emerging when players of the calibre of Scott Styris, James Franklin and Jeetan Patel can be overlooked for the one-day series.

"I didn''t play the Twenty20s but sitting back watching it I thought, `Man, this is a handy side we''ve got,"'' stuff. co. nz quoted Mills, as saying.

Wellington (New Zealand), Feb. 28 : The New Zealand cricket squad for the first three one day internationals (ODI) against India announced today features the return of Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder and Kyle Mills, all of who were out of the squad with different injuries.

Ewen Thompson and Nathan McCullum from the Twenty20 squad have been omitted.

Stuff. co. nz quoted selection panel chairman Glenn Turner as saying that the squad was a strong one, which reflected the sizeable pool of players in consistent good form at international and domestic levels.

The selectors had decided not to include a second spinner in the initial ODI squad, Turner said.