Corey Anderson burst into the international scene with a lot of promise. But at the Star Sports office in the city on Monday, the New Zealander said, “to be honest... not”, when asked if he was satisfied with his performances (13 Tests, 683 runs, 49 ODIs, 1109 runs, 31 T20 matches, 485 runs) in the last six years.
Anderson, 27, said he would have liked to be more consistent.
“It’s one of those things, the type of player I am... someone who likes to hit the ball hard. I think when I am playing well, I can take a game away from someone. I would like to do this more often.”
The all-rounder has joined a small list of New Zealand cricketers who are injured ahead of next year’s ICC World Cup in England. Looking at his chances of making the squad, Anderson said, “If I stay fit, I would like to be involved in that team. I have the experience of playing the last World Cup and I think I can do a good job.
“But I guess I have to get many runs this summer and take the opportunities that I get as well.
Competitive culture
The great thing about New Zealand cricket is that we have created a good competitive cricketing culture and players fighting for spots. Ideally I would like to be in that World Cup team.”
When asked to comment on Kane Williamson’s leadership, he said: “I have played under Brendon McCullum and Kane. They do things differently. Kane is more soft-spoken and he is also someone who probably will have tough conversations with people.
“He’s definitely got the respect of the group and hopefully around the World Cup he can call upon whoever he needs to.”
A little over four months ago Mike Hesson parted ways as coach of the New Zealand team and when asked if Stephen Fleming and McCullum could be persuaded to take up roles for the World Cup, Anderson was non-committal.
“Brendon was leader in the previous World Cup, and the experience he has from that is invaluable, you cannot put a price on that. Stephen has done the same thing with Chennai Super Kings.”
