After an average performance by the bowlers, the New Zealand team head coach Gary Stead hinted that Trent Boult might play the second Test match against the English team.
“There is a chance,” New Zealand coach Gary Stead told media after the end of the first Test against England at Lord’s on Sunday.
After the suspension of the Indian Premier League, Trent Boult travelled back to New Zealand and he joined the team in New Zealand when the first test match was on go mode.
“There are a few things that have changed since I first said that [Boult wouldn’t play] a few weeks ago. The British government has relaxed their quarantine stipulations here, and Trent’s actually out of isolation.
“The original plan, with the information we had at the time, was that we were not going to play him in the second Test and that two or three days’ training would not be enough to get him to where we needed,” he added.
Boult expressed also expressed is willingness to play a Test match ahead of the mega Test World Championship finals against India.
Stead said that since the left-arm seamer will be getting free from quarantine three days earlier, he will get to play.
The pacer arrived London from New Zealand on Friday.
“Being out of isolation three days earlier than anticipated does put a slightly different spin on things. Trent is keener [to play] than he was a week ago as he is over here now and part of the environment but it’s too early to make that call now,” said Stead.
“He has only been here 48 hours and he is probably still a bit jet-lagged. We have to weigh up all the pros and cons and the risks before we make that decision,” added Stead.
