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The Hindu
7 days ago
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Adapting to India's heat will be biggest adjustment ahead of World Cup, says Kiwi all-rounder Halliday
New Zealand all-rounder Brooke Halliday said getting accustomed to the heat is the top takeaway from the three-match ODI series against India in Ahmedabad last October and her ongoing two-week training stint at the Chennai Super Kings High Performance Centre (HPC) here. Halliday is part of ten New Zealand women players training here in preparation for the upcoming women's ODI World Cup (September 30 to November 2) in India and Sri Lanka. 'It's really hot over here. It's probably the biggest thing—the biggest adjustment coming from New Zealand is probably that heat and how you deal with that, both from a batting and a bowling point of view. 'If we're in New Zealand right now, it's probably around 10 degrees. And here it's very hot. So, just being here for two weeks, I'm sure the body is going to appreciate that kind of adjustment to the heat. And hopefully, it means that again when we come back in October, that period of adjusting won't be as long,' she said at the CSK HPC ground on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Halliday finished as the top run-getter in the ODI series in Ahmedabad last October, scoring 133 runs across three matches. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI/ The Hindu 'Then, the second part of it would just be the conditions. It's amazing that you guys have so many different kinds of pitches. Just in the last seven days, I think we've kind of batted on four or five different kinds of pitches that do something slightly different. 'It means that when we come to India and play cricket, we have to learn how to adjust and adapt quickly. It's just been quite cool to be able to come here now twice in twelve months,' she added. ALSO READ | Spin will be the key factor at Women's World Cup, says New Zealand assistant coach Craig McMillan Halliday adapted to the conditions sufficiently for her to become the top run-getter in the ODI series last October. The left-hander scored 133 runs at 44.33 across the three matches. Talking about the differences between playing spin in New Zealand and India, she said: 'The biggest thing is the turn. You probably get a little bit more turn here, and then the second part is the slowness. New Zealand is probably a little bit more skiddier. It means that as a batter, you probably have to pick your shots and figure out what your game plan is, depending on which way it turns.' The 29-year-old has been specifically focusing on batting against leg spin in training. 'It's trying to figure out how you want to play a certain spin and then take it into your game plan for the World Cup. So, for me, it might be with leg spin - figuring out how I want to exactly play leg spin. And it means that when we come to India, I won't have to adapt as much, and I'll just know exactly how I'm going to play,' she said.
The Hindu
7 days ago
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- The Hindu
New Zealand all-rounder Brooke Halliday quotes
For New Zealand all-rounder Brooke Halliday, getting accustomed to the heat in India is the biggest takeaway from the three-match ODI series in Ahmedabad last October and her ongoing two-week training stint at the CSK High Performance Centre (HPC) here. Halliday is part of a group of 10 New Zealand women players training here as preparation for the upcoming women's ODI World Cup (Sept. 30 to Nov. 2) in India and Sri Lanka. 'It's really hot over here. The biggest adjustment coming from New Zealand is probably the heat and how you deal with that. If we're in New Zealand right now, it's probably around 10 degrees. So, just being here for two weeks, I'm sure the body is going to appreciate that kind of adjustment to the heat. And hopefully, it means that again when we come back in October, that period of adjusting won't be as long,' she said at the CSK HPC ground. 'Then, the second part of it would just be the conditions. Just in the last seven days, I think we've kind of batted on four or five different kinds of pitches that do something slightly different. It means that we have to learn how to adjust and adapt really quickly. That's the biggest thing we learned in October last year and also in this trip. Hopefully, it means that when we come back in October, we'll be one step ahead already,' she added. Halliday adapted to the conditions sufficiently for her to become the top run-getter in the ODI series. The left-hander scored 133 runs at 44.33 across the three matches. Talking about the differences in facing spin in New Zealand and India, she said: 'You probably get a little bit more turn over here, and then the second part is the slowness. New Zealand is probably a little bit more skiddier.' The 29-year-old said she's been specifically focusing on batting against leg-spin in training.
The Hindu
10-08-2025
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- The Hindu
The team that plays spin the best will win the women's World Cup: McMillan
Former New Zealand all-rounder Craig McMillan, the current assistant coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, said that the focus of the 10-player group currently training at the CSK High Performance Centre (HPC) is on batting effectively versus spin bowling, as scoring runs against spinners will be the key in the upcoming women's World Cup (Sep. 30 to Nov. 2) in India and Sri Lanka. 'We've brought ten players over with the focus being on playing spin bowling, because that's going to be a major emphasis during the World Cup. It's an opportunity to try and upskill the girls as quickly as we can,' he said at the CSK HPC ground on Saturday. Five of the ten players - Brooke Halliday, Jess Kerr, Georgia Plimmer, Maddy Green, and Isabella Gaze - played against India in the three-match ODI series in Ahmedabad in October. On New Zealand's chances of winning the World Cup, he said: 'It's going to be a tough World Cup. There are a number of good teams. India, obviously, will go in as favourites with the team they have and their performance in England recently. The team that plays spin the best is probably going to be the team that goes on to win the World Cup. It's going to be a big factor.' Speaking about Shubman Gill's captaincy in the recently concluded Anderson-Tendlukar Trophy, he said: 'To me, he looks like he's gonna be a good captain. He will get better with experience. And he's the future. So, India will invest in him. 'He will get to know his team's game, which I think is really important - the style of play. How does India want to play? Under Virat Kohli, everyone knew how India played. They were aggressive. They were at the opposition. That might be a little bit different because of his personality for Gill. But he's got to work that out for himself with the coach and decide what sort of style India wants to play.'
RNZ News
07-08-2025
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- RNZ News
White Ferns sweating in India in Cricket World preparation first
Brooke Halliday is among the White Ferns who are getting batting time in India. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Hours and hours at the batting crease in stifling conditions might sound like a nightmare scenario for some cricketers but for a select group of New Zealand batters it is "a dream come true to have those conditions" according to the White Ferns coach. Ten batters have linked up with the Chennai Super Kings Academy in India for a batting camp that will ideally prepare the White Ferns players for the conditions they are likely to face at the Cricket World Cup from September to November in India and Sri Lanka. Coach Ben Sawyer said it was the first time he knew of that money had been found in the budget for a specialised overseas batting camp that allowed the players to not only face "lots of net bowlers" on pitches that are "really, really big turners" but also acclimatise to the heat that is in the high 30s. Sawyer said what the group were doing in India over a couple of weeks could not be replicated in New Zealand at their training facility at Lincoln. "Our batters have had the bat in their hands for two, two and a half hours, every single day in the heat and we just can't get that back home. "In terms of our bowlers could not bowl for two hours. We don't have the number that can come through in the winter, especially, we can't really get net bowlers back home because nobody's in cricket season, apart from our White Ferns and and nobody's really training so they're not ready to bowl. "So to be able to come here and and not just face coaches throwing in the indoor nets, but to actually have live bowlers of all different styles that are really good in these conditions that are obviously challenging our girls, if you're a batter I think it's a bit of a dream come true to have those conditions." Sawyer said the academy had been able to provide bowlers of all styles on request and in big numbers. For example 20 to 30 net bowlers had been bowling deliveries for the New Zealanders in just one session. The academy coaches had also put on a "batting masterclass" with tips on how they would play spin. The seven contracted White Ferns attending the camp had been to India once before but the three development players had not. Sawyer called the conditions the players were training in "a bit extreme" but he thought the challenge was worth it. In wanting to leave no stone unturned in preparation for the world cup Sawyer had sought advice from High Performance Sport New Zealand about how best to prepare players for the heat. The advice from those who had worked with the Tokyo Olympians, who had battled intense heat while competing, was to acclimatise to the conditions a couple of months before your competition and then go back home and then if you can acclimatise again two weeks before a competition that was the best outcome. The White Ferns' nutritionist was also helping the players with how to be fueled properly in the heat. For the players not selected to make the trip to India, they were doing some work in heat chambers including some bike sessions in them in New Zealand. "Liz Green, our high performance boss, has done a great job in being able to get a budget for us to come here and really plan that out. I hope we're doing everything right to give us the best chance at the World Cup," Sawyer said. Prior to the world cup the White Ferns will play warm-up matches against England in Dubai. New Zealand's first game of the world cup is against Australia on 1 October.
