The spearhead of the New Zealand bowling attack, Trent Boult has shared his excitement leading up to the big World Test Championship final and has put his weight behind his teammates to ‘create a bit of history.’
Although he found the qualification process far too difficult to understand, he is excited to move the ball around in the fresh air of England to help side get over the line this time after missing out narrowly in the ICC World cup 2019.
"The way the group has travelled and performed around New Zealand and the world, the boys are in a great place to hopefully create a bit of history," he said.
"I've taken a while to understand the process with qualifying, how everything works with the points, still think no one knows how that actually works, but to get into that final the excitement is ramping up now. Once I step foot in the UK, get that chance to smell the English fresh air and see the ball move around a little bit I'll definitely be excited."
The WTC final, like the Test matches in England, will be played with the Duke ball and Boult backed his bowling partners to move it around and entertain the crowd and fans over the time they will be in the UK.
"I haven't had too much experience with it, played a handful of Tests over in England. It reacts a lot differently, then you have to weigh in all these different venues," he said. "I'm sure the boys are very excited to get it in their hands and see it move around, hopefully we can entertain you a little bit over the next wee while,” Boult added.
Boult has not reached England yet and will miss the entire Test series against England starting June 02 at Lord’s. He will play straight in the WTC final and the Blackcaps would be hoping for his best performance if they have to stand any chance of creating the history against India.