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Boult does not train at Bay Oval as a precautionary measure

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Ace New Zealand pacer Trent Boult didn’t train on day two of New Zealand’s (both men and women) cricket camp at Mount Maunganui. The North New Zealand players are in the middle of the camp at the Bay Oval from July 19 which will continue up to July 24.

Trent Boult was unwell and was absent as a precaution. “I think he’s just tired from his eight overs bowling at us yesterday. Obviously, with what’s going around, you’ve got to be a bit smart around things like that. Hopefully, he’s fine and raring to go tomorrow,” Ross Taylor jokingly said.

As cricket resumes post the coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand is conducting six national camps for its players; three each in Northern and Southern islands. The first half of the north camp is attended by Kiwi internationals like Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner along with White Ferns star cricketers like Anna Peterson, Katie Perkins, Lauren Down, Holly Huddleston, Hannah Rowe, Rosemary Mair and Natalie Dodd. While the second half will consist of the likes of Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Jimmy Neesham, Will Somerville and Will Young.

“Geographically, with the way things are set out, we’ve got more [players training] on the North Island. We split this camp into two for that reason. For now, it’s a temporary [tented] structure, we’ve got two nets. The bigger structure will come in next year. We want to make sure we maximise our time with the guys, give them every opportunity over three days, and then we have the second group coming in later in the week,” said bowling coach Shane Jurgenson while explaining the reason of the division of the camp into two parts.

 “We’re trying to adjust to potential new rules, in my department, with the bowling. We’ve got to look after the ball in a different way now, we’ve got to come up with some new deliveries. So this week’s been a good starting point,” Jurgenson added.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.

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Sarthak is a well-established cricket writer and video producer. In addition to writing for CricBlog, Sarthak has worked with Star Sports, ESPNcricinfo, The Quint, and Hotstar.

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