New Delhi: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has expressed concern about the IPL and the England Test tour of New Zealand at the same time. In fact, many big players from New Zealand play in the IPL, Williamson is worried about the conduct of the IPL at the time of the Test series in England. Apart from Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamison, Lockie Ferguson are also part of the IPL. It is believed that under the New Zealand Cricket Policy, these players are free to play in T20 format, so all these players will remain part of their franchise in the IPL.
“It’s certainly not the preferred thing,” Williamson is quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo about the potential clash. “I know when plans were put in place that wasn’t the idea then, but as we’ve seen, you can make plans in this day in age and very rarely do they go to plan,” he said.
Williamson, the top-ranked Test batsman and captain of New Zealand across formats, along with Test regulars Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson, have deals with IPL teams. Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson, who is part of the Kolkata Knight Riders, is also knocking on the doors of the Test team and could potentially miss out.
“For us it’s being able to adapt as quickly as possible, we still have to wait and see when dates are finalised to truly know what is happening before any decision is made but the ideal scenario is to be available and around for all that cricket. We’ll just have to wait and see,” said Williamson.
