New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson who played a massive role in the side’s win during the final of the inaugural World Test Championship against India in Southampton.
The right-arm bowler has now explained how tough it was to watch the match on the reserve day when Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were out in the middle.
“It was probably the toughest period of cricket I’ve been a part of, in terms of watching,” Jamieson told Country Sport Breakfast on Gold AM.
“We were sitting inside and actually watching TV. There was a bit of a delay but it seemed like every ball the Indian crowd was up and about and I was like ‘jeez it’s a wicket’ or something like that, but it turned out it was just a block or a single.”
“It was pretty tough to watch. I actually tried to at times to go to the bathroom where there was no noise to just get away from it for a while because it was quite nerve-racking,” he added.
The Blackcaps defeated India by 8 wickets after captain Williamson notched up an unbeaten half-century while Taylor remained not out on 47.
“But it was nice to have Kane and Ross out there, two of our greatest ever batters really to calm the nerves and finish the job the way they did,” Jamieson said.
The right-handed bowler scalped a fifer in the first innings as India were bundled out for 217 and then picked up the prized wickets of captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara in the second before the Kohli-led side was bowled out for 170.