Former New Zealand all-rounder Craig McMillan, the present assistant coach of the New Zealand women’s cricket team, stated that the focus of the 10-player group at the moment coaching at the CSK High Performance Centre (HPC) is on batting successfully versus spin bowling, as scoring runs towards spinners will be the key in the upcoming women’s World Cup (Sep. 30 to Nov. 2) in India and Sri Lanka.
“We’ve brought ten players over with the focus being on playing spin bowling, because that’s going to be a major emphasis during the World Cup. It’s an opportunity to try and upskill the girls as quickly as we can,” he stated at the CSK HPC floor on Saturday.
Five of the ten gamers – Brooke Halliday, Jess Kerr, Georgia Plimmer, Maddy Green, and Isabella Gaze – performed towards India in the three-match ODI sequence in Ahmedabad in October.
On New Zealand’s possibilities of successful the World Cup, he stated: “It’s going to be a tough World Cup. There are a number of good teams. India, obviously, will go in as favourites with the team they have and their performance in England recently. The team that plays spin the best is probably going to be the team that goes on to win the World Cup. It’s going to be a big factor.”
Speaking about Shubman Gill’s captaincy in the not too long ago concluded Anderson-Tendlukar Trophy, he stated: “To me, he looks like he’s gonna be a good captain. He will get better with experience. And he’s the future. So, India will invest in him.
“He will get to know his team’s game, which I think is really important – the style of play. How does India want to play? Under Virat Kohli, everyone knew how India played. They were aggressive. They were at the opposition. That might be a little bit different because of his personality for Gill. But he’s got to work that out for himself with the coach and decide what sort of style India wants to play.”
