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Kyle Jamieson is congratulated by his teammates after dismissing Haris Sohail during the first day of the second test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Hagley Oval.
Black Cap Kyle Jamieson’s incredible start to try cricket shows no signs of abating.
If anything, the 26-year-old seems to become more menacing with ball in hand, a daunting prospect for rival hitters and quite remarkable when considering that bowling was essentially an afterthought for him until about seven years ago.
Jamieson’s astonishing start in international cricket continued in Test 2 against Pakistan at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday, when he broke the first order of tourists in a devastating pre-lunch spell on the first rain-stricken day.
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Kyle Jamieson had an early hit for New Zealand against Pakistan at Hagley Oval on Sunday.
Pakistan had gotten off to a solid start after being hit at bat on a pitch that always offers some rhythm and early rebound, negotiating its way through Tim Southee and Trent Boult’s pair of new balls to go 66-1 roughly 90 minutes. after the first session. .
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But Jamieson was a different prospect, sending the ball down from 2.04m and getting a strong rebound at good length. He worried Azhar Ali and Abid Ali from the start and kept the slip cord, and Henry Nicholls in the ravine, in play at all times.
It seemed like a matter of time before he got the rewards, and they got strong and fast.
Abid Ali was the first to succumb, beating Jamieson to Southee on the third slip, before Haris Sohail’s decision to knock out too late, the ball caught the bottom of the retreating bat and went straight to Nicholls in The cliff.
The morning ball received first century test maker Fawad Alam, shortly after, a short shot to the body that took off and caught Alam in the glove, the ball was inflated up to goalkeeper BJ Watling as Alam. he was turned on his back in the failed attempt to get out of the way.
Azhar Ali and captain Mohammad Rizwan combined for an associated 88-run fifth-spot amid a pair of rain delays, but it was Jamieson again who was the man to break through, catching the captain in his second period.
All the pre-match indications were that Hagley Oval would suit Jamieson perfectly, and there was nothing to suggest that his initial test record of 25 wickets to 14.44 out of five tests was in danger of exploding over the next four days.
The man who was a first-rate hitter when he came to Christchurch from south Auckland to take a Lincoln University scholarship seven years ago, said in an interview with Stuff last summer: “I’m still a long way from where I want to be as a bowler and a cricketer… in the next year I think I’m going to make great strides. There is still much more to come. “
He seems to be keeping his word.
