More Excited than Nervous at the Prospect of Winning Our First Series in India: Tim Southee

Jan 6, 2019 at 3:51 AM

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More Excited than Nervous at the Prospect of Winning Our First Series in India: Tim Southee

New Zealand speedster Tim Southee stated that they are more excited than nervous ahead of the 3rd ODI against India scheduled to be held at the Green Park in Kanpur tomorrow. With the series level at 1-1, the Kiwis are excited at the prospect of winning their first-ever series on Indian soil. They ran India close last year as well but eventually, India outclassed the Kiwis in the fifth ODI to clinch the series by a 3-2 margin. For the 2nd time in consecutive years, New Zealand has got a chance to register its first ever series victory in India.

“No pressure, it’s more excitement I would say. There was an air of excitement around the guys today at training. Obviously, we feel freshened up after the day off yesterday. The series is on the line tomorrow,” Southee said ahead of the 3rd and the decisive ODI in Kanpur.

“That’s what we play for and like I said, good sides have come here and walked away empty handed. I guess it’ll be nice to seal the series here. But India are a tough team in their own conditions as they have shown that over a while,” he added.

The hosts have won their last 6 ODI series on a bounce. India’s last series defeat was at the hands of South Africa at home when the Proteas defeated India by a 2-3 margin. Meanwhile, the weather is expected to be cooler in Kanpur so the conditions will also be different. Southee said that for New Zealand to have any chances of winning the game they have to adapt quickly.

Tim Southee

“The beauty of a series is as it goes on it’s the same for both teams. You get more information about the opposition batters and there’s information going out there as well. “Obviously it’s a different ground and it offers different challenges, so if we can adapt to that quickly and see what is working then we’ll go a long way in a good bowling performance,” he said.

He is looking forward to bowl in the colder conditions than Mumbai and Pune.

“Training today was nice; it wasn’t too hot. We know that coming to India, the heat is always a challenge. What we experienced in Mumbai was something, some of the players never experienced before…the humidity and the amount of fluids lost. Pune was relatively nice. It is different again here.”

Six of the New Zealand A team players who were playing with the Indian A team are part of the squad, so most of them are aware of the playing conditions in India. IPL has also been a factor behind reading the Indian pitches better.

“We were involved in a lot of preparations coming into the series. Various guys were participating in different competitions around the world, be it in the Caribbean or in England or some of the guys on the A tour here.

“Some of the guys had breaks too. We came together in Mumbai where we had two good warm-up games before that first one-dayer. India bounced back nicely. Now with the series on the line, as I said, a lot of good sides have come here and haven’t been able to move India over, so it’ll be very satisfying if we could do that tomorrow,” Southee signed off.

Tim Southee
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