New Zealand Women Using CSK Academy To Prepare For ODI World Cup
Coach Ben Sawyer praised the New Zealand women's cricket camp in Chennai for valuable spin practice before the Women's ODI World Cup. Key players: Kerr, Plimmer, Halliday.
Head coach Ben Sawyer, who is overseeing New Zealand women's camp in Chennai in preparation for the upcoming Women's ODI World Cup, said the practice in spin-friendly conditions at the Chennai Super Kings Academy has been an incredible experience.
Seam-bowling allrounder Jess Kerr, batters Georgia Plimmer and Brooke Halliday, who were part of New Zealand's team that won last year's Women's T20 World Cup, are on the current trip in Chennai. Emerging players Izzy Sharp, Flora Devonshire and Emma McLeod are also included in the squad.
'Yeah, 100% correct. It's currently winter in New Zealand, there's no cricket and we're nearly two months out of the World Cup. So, to have that prep time in India, we've been able to bring seven contracted players and then three of our players of interest along. So, the girls that we think will play lots of cricket in India in the future as well. So yeah, it's been an amazing experience so far," Sawyer was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo on Sunday.
Seam-bowling allrounder Jess Kerr, batters Georgia Plimmer and Brooke Halliday, who were in the New Zealand team winning last year's Women's T20 World Cup, are a part of the ongoing trip in Chennai. Izzy Sharp, Flora Devonshire and Emma McLeod are also present in the squad as emerging players.
'It's hugely beneficial and even more so this year because just with the FTP cycle, we've had no official matches since February. So to get these three one-day games in Chennai, to get two or three games in Dubai against England, a really strong opposition, will be great and then we also get the two World Cup warm-up games. So that's seven or eight games we're going to get in similar conditions. Yeah, that's just huge for us," added Sawyer.
(With IANS Inputs)
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