Early in life, Kyle Jamieson needed to make a career decision. He was tall, lanky, athletic and he had a chance of going big in either bask...
Early in life, Kyle Jamieson needed to make a career decision. He was tall, lanky, athletic and he had a chance of going big in either basketball or cricket.
As a youngster, he was part of a representative squad where he played as a point guard and loved drilling in three pointers. But at the same time, he wasn’t lagging in cricket either – even at 11, he was an allrounder who opened the batting and took the new ball.
And if he still wasn’t sure he had taken the right decision, then Day 3 of the World Test Championship final was further evidence that the path he has chosen to walk down is tailor-made for him. The 6’8” pacer was absolutely brilliant to claim his fifth five-wicket haul in just eight Tests as India were bowled out for 217.
India skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant — perhaps the three most dangerous batsmen in the Indian batting line-up — all fell to him as did Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. He finished with bowling figures of 22-12-31-5… numbers that would do any bowler proud.
It might be fair to say that Tim Southee and Trent Boult weren’t at their best in the Indian innings but...
