Kane Williamson while being quarantined in his hotel room was forced to watch the Trent Bridge Test from a distance but even Covid-19 couldn’t break his temper that we usually see on the cricket field.
Some other person couldn’t have been faulted for pulling out his chair, such caused New Zealand’s degeneration in Nottingham.
Kane Williamson while being quarantined in his hotel room was forced to watch the Trent Bridge Test from a distance but even Covid-19 couldn’t break his temper that we usually see on the cricket field.
“I don’t shout at the TV, I watch and observe.”
“It’s always interesting seeing it from a different perspective, although it wasn’t my preferable place to be,”
Williamson said in the lead-up to the third and final Test at Headingley.
“It was interesting to watch and connect from the other side a little bit.
“I watched a lot of it, I didn’t have too much else to do,”
he added.
After regaining his fitness back from a frustrating period of the virus, Williamson gets back to lead New Zealand. Talking to the media in Leeds, he spoke about retaining the focus back on themselves instead of focusing on the quality of cricket that England has played.
“There was a lot of effort that went into the match (at Trent Bridge) and you do have to applaud the quality England have come in with,”
he said.
“It was a Test where both teams put their front foot forward and played some shots.
“England is a strong side playing well, so for us, it’s about improving as a side… (that’s the) bigger picture. Their style is theirs. It appears to have evolved a little bit. For us, it’s focusing on our cricket and finding different areas of the game to target, and being aware they are choosing to play a different brand that seems to be suiting them. The focus is us and wanting to be better.”
For Williamson, a hectic schedule and a sore elbow have combined to get him out of action in recent times. He missed the complete home Test season last summer and all of that has started to affect his numbers, something that is not so good for him and New Zealand.
“The picture of leadership in this side is something I’m very passionate about,”
Williamson said.
“Certainly I love playing for my country and there are a number of leaders in this team that share that passion to take steps forward and become a better side.
“Our focus is to keep getting better. We are up against a strong English side who are always tough to play against. It’s trying to learn from some of those lessons. We’ve had two really good games, they have had some special performances that have driven them forward.”
Luckily for New Zealand, Williamson will be in the thick of the action this time around and can ensure that the BlackCaps take his words to the pitch.
He will be watching and observing everything that pans out in Headingly, but don’t expect him to shout. Not at the TV, and definitely not when he’s in it.
