Kyle Jamieson backs bowler-friendly ODI tracks after New Zealand’s 134 and injured seam stocks bite
New Zealand fold for 134 in second ODI
New Zealand were bundled out for 134 in the second ODI against India, with Gurnoor Brar leading India’s bowling charge with a four-wicket haul, Hindustan Times on MSN reported. In the later stage of the match, Shreyas Iyer fell to a short ball as Kyle Jamieson broke India’s recovery stand.
Brar’s four wickets were the most specific bowling figures reported from the game, and the total of 134 underlined how little the surface was doing for the batsmen. Jamieson’s short-pitched dismissal of Iyer showed New Zealand could still take wickets with the new ball even while their own batting total stayed low. The second ODI therefore produced two connected stories: New Zealand’s attack could strike, but their batting line-up remained exposed on a track that offered seamers movement.
“Nice to have a little bit more in our favour”
Kyle Jamieson welcomed the assistance available to seamers and said it is nice to have a little bit more in the bowlers’ favour. That remark, reported by Social News XYZ and carried by Cricketnmore, was an explicit nod to the kind of conditions New Zealand want to bowl on in the white-ball series against India.
It was not just a complaint about low totals. Jamieson’s point was about balance: when the ball moves and seamers get rewards for accuracy, the fielding side has a genuine weapon. The phrase also fits with what happened on the field, where Brar had a four-wicket haul and where Jamieson later used a short ball to end Iyer’s stand. For New Zealand, the message was clear — they are competing harder when the pitch is not a batsman’s track.
“It’s a wee bit of frustration, right?”
The same ODI series has been marked by injuries to New Zealand’s key players, and Kyle Jamieson put a name to the cost. He said it is a wee bit of frustration, right, when his teammates are unavailable, and Rediff.com reported that he blamed the side’s inability to field a consistent bowling unit on those injuries. Mid-Day carried the same injury-driven frustration from Jamieson about his teammates being hurt.
That matters because a pace attack needs routine to settle. The sources do not list the injured players by name, but they are specific about the effect: New Zealand’s bowling attack against India has been unsettled. Daily Pioneer and Rediff.com both framed the problem as inconsistency caused by injuries rather than poor bowling when the full group is available. Jamieson’s frustration is therefore about missing colleagues and about not being able to present a settled XI, not about talent around him.
Toss has played a part, no frustration over totals
After a narrow loss to India, Ianslive reported that Kyle Jamieson played down concerns about New Zealand’s batting following another sub-par showing in the ODI series. He said the toss had been a key factor and that batting first in bowler-friendly conditions had proved tricky for both teams. He also said he had no frustration over totals, which separates his view from a simple “we should have scored more” read.
That stance fits the pattern of the match score reported from the second ODI. India’s Gurnoor Brar took four wickets as New Zealand were out for 134, yet Jamieson was not making the total the whole story. Instead, he pointed to the toss and to the difficulty both sides faced when chasing totals on a surface where seamers got help. The practical result is that New Zealand’s problem against India has been presented by this fast bowler as a combination of injuries in the bowling group and match situations created by bowler-friendly conditions.
The next match would not settle everything on its own, but the variables Jamieson named are concrete: which injured teammates return, whether New Zealand bowl first or field first, and whether the pitch keeps giving seamers the kind of reward he described as being a little bit more in the bowlers’ favour.
Sources
- ‘Nice to have a little bit more in our favour’: Jamieson relishes bowler-friendly conditions — Social News XYZ
- IND vs NZ ODIs | 'It's a wee bit of frustration, right?…': Kyle Jamieson on teammates' injuries — Mid-Day
- Jamieson frustrated by New Zealand’s unsettled bowling attack against India — Daily Pioneer
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