Nottingham, 18 June 2009
“I want to be the first Wayne Parnell rather than the next someone else”
“I want to be there when the game is on the line, when it’s time for the big performance and I have to step up”
West Indies captain Chris Gayle also features – it’s time to “go back to our roots and just beat the ball”
Programme available for free download and editorial use from www.icc-cricket.com
Teenage South Africa pace bowling sensation Wayne Parnell has told the ICC Cricket World audio show he is out to make his own mark on the game rather than follow in the footsteps of past players.
Talking on this week’s programme, online at www.icc-cricket.com from today, the 19 year-old left-arm swing king and a key member of the Proteas’ attack at the ICC World Twenty20 (ICC WT20) 2009, said: “I like certain players from certain different countries.
“But I haven’t said I want to be like this guy or like that guy. I really want to be the first Wayne Parnell rather than the next someone else.”
The show can be used in whole or part by radio stations that want cricket content while the public can also download it straight from the ICC website.
Parnell, who captained his country at last year’s ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup and took 4-13 against the West Indies during the current ICC WT20, also spoke about how he relishes bowling at the end of the innings, something he has proved adept at as part of his side’s unbeaten run in the group and Super Eights stages of the tournament.
“The way I play my cricket I want to be there when the game is on the line, when it’s time for the big performance and I have to step up,” he said.
“You need routines and you have to focus at the death because it’s a vital skill you need to have and it’s hard to execute.”
In this week’s show listeners can also hear from West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who talks about the need for the West Indies to “go back to our roots and just beat the ball”, Twenty20 cricket and his reflections on the reaction to his comments about Test cricket earlier this year.
The weekly show runs for 15 minutes and has been put together by the ICC’s global broadcast partner ESPN STAR Sports.
The ICC World Twenty20 2009, which started on Friday 5 June, involves 12 of the top men’s teams and the top eight women’s line-ups playing at four venues – Lord’s, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton – in the pinnacle of international cricketing action.
The defending men’s champion is India, which beat Pakistan in the final of the inaugural event, in South Africa in 2007. This is the first staging of the women’s tournament.
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