BHUBANESWAR: A goal down and barely five minutes into their pool match against the Netherlands in Rourkela earlier in the week, New Zealand left the spectators dumbfounded, swapping the goal -keeper for an extra player.
The innovation proved suicidal as the Black Sticks eventually lost the match 0-4. But Nic Woods and his men have come to India with a bag of tricks which they are unafraid of unveiling at crucial junctures. “We are trying to bring some innovation to the game and that’s just one piece of it,” remarked Woods.
