‘It’s nice to have a block of T20 cricket going into the World Cup’, the New Zealand fast bowler says
“It certainly gives us, [and] me a little bit of a head-start in terms of getting used to those conditions and those grounds,” Jamieson said. “It’s nice to have a block of T20 cricket going into the World Cup and, like I said, just a good chance to practice some T20 skillsets in the venues we’re going to be playing on.”
“There was a game at Rangiora, which is just out of Christchurch, and it was between Test matches. I had a phone call from Kyle, saying he was going to come out for that match because I was out there with the Canterbury team,” Dayle had earlier told ESPNcricinfo. “We got together and chewed the fat for an hour, and it was just lovely to catch up. Things didn’t go quite well for him after he won the IPL contract.
“Some of that may have been down to being a little bit overawed with what happened financially, and the expectations of people and the Aussies were targeting him a bit. I thought it was fine – he’s still young and it was all part of learning and he’s going to be a better bowler for that experience. I’ve shared all my coaching resources with him, and I’ve put everything in a pen drive for him because I think he’ll make a bowling coach one day.”
“It certainly gives us, [and] me a little bit of a head-start in terms of getting used to those conditions and those grounds”
Kyle Jamieson on IPL in UAE
“I think it was good to have the first block of T20 cricket and, I guess, you are constantly reviewing that and try and see what the plans are at certain stages of the game, certain conditions, different grounds, different batters,” Jamieson said when asked about his learnings from the first half of the tournament in India. “I guess there’s no specifics around that sort of stuff. But just being involved around T20 cricket for a period of time, sort of, allows you to get into that sort of a mode.”
“It’s so cool to have him [Bond] with Steady (Gary Stead) and Jurgo (Shane Jurgensen) and Ronchs (Luke Ronchi) as well,” Jamieson said. “Look, he was a fantastic player and he’s been a fantastic coach and he has coached all around the world as well. So, to have his experience and tap into that is going to be awesome.
“He was the head of an A tour that I went on a few years back and he has been involved in winter squads. I guess, there’s always some technical stuff, but a lot around T20 cricket – how to approach, adjust from formats, what does white-ball cricket look like for me and how do I kind of adjust to that, and that sort of stuff… He keeps things very simple; he’s pretty black and white.”
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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