Towering New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson is currently over the moon after earning a maiden Test call to the national side for the upcoming Test series starting Friday (February 21) within a few days of his international debut against India earlier this month.
Having made his One Day International debut against India, taking 3 wickets in his 2 appearances in the recent 3-match ODI series, the 6'8" tall pacer is now set to don whites for his country after being named in the Black Caps' 13-man squad on Monday for the upcoming two-match Test series.
For his latest achievement, Jamieson, who played 25 First-class matches and picked up 72 wickets so far, has credited his shift from Canterbury – his home for the past six seasons to Auckland, saying the move has helped him to get rid of his aggressive nature and made him a better cricketer.
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As per reports in stuff.co.nz, Jamieson said: “I was just in a place with my cricket where I wasn't enjoying it and didn’t really like the person I was in the field sometimes as well. It was just a shift that I needed to make – I thought that, most importantly, I needed to be happy and I needed to enjoy my cricket and then wherever that might take me, it would.”
He continued, “It's certainly paid off for me and I'm very happy at the moment. It's been massive for my game and long may it continue.”
The pacer has also revealed that there was a lot of negativity around him in Canterbury and it affected his behavior, adding: “I'm a pretty fiery character, I'm pretty aggressive, and I think it just sort of came out in ways that I didn't necessarily like. I'd do it, then post-game be like 'What am i doing that for?' There was just a bit of negativity surrounding myself in that environment and that was coming out in my behavior on the field.”
He further explained, “I looked at that and said I want to be happy on the field and I want to make sure that I'm getting better every day and getting comfortable with myself so that regardless of whatever level I play at, I can be happy. The shift up has been massive for that and it's worked out a lot better than I could have imagined.”
The 25-year-old has admitted that there is a huge difference between domestic and international levels, adding the international cricket “is that there's a lot more pressure on, so you've got to find that balance between having a laugh and enjoying it and still taking it seriously.”
Jamieson signed off by saying, “It's something that the whole group, in general, has got a pretty spot on – they're three pretty good guys, and I'd be pretty silly not to try to tap into them.”
(With stuff.co.nz Inputs)
