By CricketCountry Staff
A rejuvenated Jacob Oram said he is excited about the new era under new captain Ross Taylor and revealed he is targeting next year's Twenty20 World Cup as his international cricket swansong.
Published: Oct 13, 2011, 04:58 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 13, 2011, 04:58 PM (IST)
Jacob Oram retired from Test cricket in 2009 © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Auckland: Oct 13, 2011
A rejuvenated Jacob Oram said he is excited about the new era under new captain Ross Taylor and revealed he is targeting next year’s Twenty20 World Cup as his international cricket swansong.
“The new era is one of the reasons I wanted to keep playing,” Oram said.
“I talked a lot this time last year that, if I came back from knee surgery, the World Cup might be my last.
“I had a good World Cup, my body felt good and there was no reason to stop.
“But another reason is that I see a lot of excitement in the current crop of players and also the changing of support staff, and that’s no disrespect to the previous support staff. Everything is so new I think it’s injected this enthusiasm into the squad that hopefully I can feed off and make me feel a few years younger.”
The 33-year-old won’t play in next month’s test against Zimbabwe after retiring in 2009 from the longer form of the game but will play in the three one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals, which get under way early Sunday morning.
