Kane Williamson has not given up on enjoying a component in New Zealand’s 50 overs World Cup marketing campaign however says he takes his restoration from a proper knee harm on a week-to-week foundation.
The elite top-order batsman suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) whereas fielding for the Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League and underwent surgical procedure in early April.
Williamson mentioned he was making progress however guaranteeing the knee mended correctly was his overriding precedence forward of getting again on the pitch on the World Cup in India in October and November.
“Very much just trying to keep it week-to-week at the moment,” he mentioned on Monday.
“I haven’t had such a long-term injury before but talking to other people that have, the journey is a bit of a long one so if you look too far ahead it probably can become a little bit daunting.
“Whereas, one week at a time, ticking off these small markers, these little wins which can be good to expertise.
“But also knowing that the journey won’t be completely smooth and you have a few setbacks along the way that you have to navigate.”
Williamson’s batting helped New Zealand to the ultimate of each the 2015 World Cup in Australia and the 2019 version, the place they misplaced to hosts England in a dramatic Super Over.
The 32-year-old, who has scored 6554 ODI runs and is New Zealand captain in each brief codecs, mentioned any coaching he was doing was “elementary” in the intervening time and he seemed ahead to getting again into the nets.
“Probably more for sanity and changing things up … just nice to mix up all the gym work and the physio work and rehab specific stuff to spend a bit of time with some of the other guys that are training,” he mentioned.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
