Lockie Ferguson did not participate within the T20 World Cup 2021 in Oman and the UAE after he sustained a calf damage earlier than the beginning of the multi-nation event.
Lockie Ferguson. Courtesy: PTI
HIGHLIGHTSFerguson missed the T20 World Cup 2021 on account of calf damageFerguson not too long ago performed Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022Ferguson has 94 wickets to his identify for New Zealand
New Zealand quick bowler Lockie Ferguson mentioned that he was extremely disillusioned after lacking the T20 World Cup 2021 in Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ahead of the multi-nation event in October-November, the speedster sustained a calf damage that dominated him out of the event.
Ferguson, who performed for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) simply earlier than the beginning of the World Cup, mentioned that he was in fairly fine condition, having bowled properly within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
“Definitely. Yeah. Of course. That [missing the 2021 T20 World Cup] was probably one of the low points in my career. Missing that opportunity, particularly in the UAE, where I’ve had some success in the IPL I was feeling good about my bowling leading into that tournament and always joining my good mates and playing for the Black Caps is something I cherish,” Ferguson was quoted as saying to ESPNcricinfo.
Ferguson, who was part of the title-winning Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022, talked about that he’ll attempt laborious to work on his sport forward of the T20 World Cup later this 12 months in Australia.
“You can’t really look back too much and you’ve to look forward. We’ve got a lot of cricket and a lot of travel coming up, then home for a little bit, and a few series leading into the World Cup. So, there is an opportunity there to work on my game and make sure that it’s as good as possible leading into that World Cup. We’ve got an exciting squad, again, and the boys enjoy playing World Cups,” he added.
Ferguson is now set to participate within the three-match ODI collection and three-match T20I collection towards Andrew Balbirnie’s Ireland.
In 37 ODIs and 15 T20Is, the 31-year-old pacer has picked up 69 and 25 wickets respectively with two five-wicket hauls to point out for his efforts.
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