I've always wanted to be batting allrounder: Doug Bracewell

New Zealand fast bowler Doug Bracewell said that he has been working hard on his batting to become a batting all-rounder. Bracewell is currently in Pretoria for a training camp as a part of the 16-man squad for the Test series against Zimbabwe later this month.

“I’ve always wanted to be [a batting allrounder] ever since I started playing first-class,” Bracewell said in Pretoria. “Over the last couple of years I haven’t really produced the numbers that I would have liked but I’ve put in quite a lot of hard work over the last year or two and starting to slowly see a few improvements. Hopefully, I can keep working hard at it and get some runs.”

He said that he is working on his batting quite a lot and is looking forward to the upcoming season. “Overall, I was pretty happy with how the season went. Obviously, a lot of work-ons going forward, you always want to get better and improve.”

“I’ve been working on the batting quite a lot and trying to improve on that and churn out some more runs. I don’t reflect too much over the last summer, it’s been done and now we’ve got some cricket to look forward to over here and a big summer coming up,” he added.

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The 25-year old has been quite impressive both with bat and ball in the Central Districts in the Plunket Shield. He took 18 wickets in four matches and averaged 33 with the bat in seven innings, with a high score of 75.

“I have had time off in offseason and didn’t go anywhere, rested after a long season,” he said. “I’ve had a bit of time off actually. I haven’t gone overseas and played, I’ve just had the body have a bit of a rest after a long season. Looking forward to getting back into some cricket,” he concluded.