New Zealand right-hand pacer Kyle Jamieson says that he spend most of his time in the last two years in bio-secure bubbles which took the better off of him and he decided to skip IPL 2022 auction to spend some time at home.
The Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson says that spending most of his time in the last two years in bio-secure bubbles gave him fatigue that is why he asked his franchise RCB to not put his name in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 auction so that he can spend some time at home.
During a media interaction ahead of the upcoming season of Plunket Shield, he expressed his feeling to spend some time at his home after spending most of the time in the quarantine due to Covid-19 protocols since the resumption of cricket in 2020.
Over the last two years, Jamieson has proved his worth in Test cricket – rising to become the No 4 bowler. Moreover, he roused to No 6 all-rounder and was a part of the ICC 2021 Team of the Year in the longest format of the game. Not ends there, he has represented New Zealand in the ODIs and T20Is and he desires to become an integral part of the team across all the formats.
“Yeah, look, there were a couple of things for me,”
Jamieson, who will be playing for Auckland in New Zealand’s domestic season, said on Thursday.
“Firstly, after the last 12 months, it’s had its challenges with MIQs (managed isolation and quarantine) and bubbles and spending a fair amount of time in that sort of set-up. It was important for me when I look at the schedule coming up over the next 12 months to try and find six weeks or eight weeks where I can spend some time at home.
“The second thing for me was, reflecting over the last 12-24 months and understanding that I’m very young in my [international] career and only two years in that I wanted to have time to work on my game. I guess I didn’t really feel like I was where I wanted to be and if I want to compete for spots in the New Zealand sides moving forward across all three formats, I actually need to spend time working on my game and not just trying to play the whole time. Yeah, for me it was just about time at home and just time to work on my game.”
Jamieson with his sheer pace and line and length has become a dominating role in New Zealand cricket since making his debut in February 2020, having featured in 12 Tests, 5 ODIs, and 8 T20Is, his participation in IPL was also up to the mark.
After being tucked in by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 15 crore in the 2021 auction, to become the second-most expensive buy, he played nine matches for the franchise. He calls the experience of playing in the tournament useful.
“I don’t think it’s either good or bad, it’s just learning, another experience to have, and just trying to learn from situations,”
he said.
“Look, it certainly changed my life and yeah, it was a big moment that happened, but I guess just trying to learn from that, learn from the experience I had in the IPL, and more so the 12 months in general, and I guess some of the restrictions we had around cricket.
“It’s been good in a way to sit back over these last couple of weeks and the last couple of months to reflect on the 12 months that have gone and take that stuff into the next couple of Tests (against South Africa) and into the next couple of months moving forward.”
“Look, you see different situations in a game. I think I can kind of read them a little bit better. I have an understanding of where my game is at and how that matches up, but then also a fair bit around what I need to work on. I think just having been around a fair bit of T20 cricket over the last 12 months has actually been pretty good and given me some good learnings and good stuff to reflect on to how I use that April-May period to try and work on my game.”