Describing the scenes back home, New Zealand Fast Bowler Neil Wagner said he was never greeted at customs as if they were after returning as WTC winner.
New Zealand players celebrate after having delivered the ICC Mace test championship, at Rose Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday. New Zealand won the match for eight windows. (Ani Photo / ICC Twitter)
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‘They grabbed our passports, they asked where the mace is? Even the police wanted to have photos’: Neil Wagner of New Zealand
Describing the scenes back home, New Zealand Fast Bowler Neil Wagner said he was never greeted at customs as if they were after returning as WTC winner.
New Zealand players received a great welcome when they landed their home with the CPI World Championship (WTC). With an 8-ticket victory over India at the final in Southampton, New Zealand not only became the first side to put his hands on a world test tournament, but also ended his 21-year-old hope for a trophy of ICC. Describing the scenes back home, Bowler Rapid Neil Wagner said he was never greeted in the habit as if he were after returning as WTC winner.
Wagner said that people grabbed him passports and began to ask about the WTC mace as soon as they landed.
“I do not think he has entered the customs and who has received the way we did it, all were straight [saying] Congratulations, quite happy, grabbed our passports and everything they wanted to ask was, where is the MAZA? MAZA? Seeing even the police officers stop wanting to have a photo from a distance … it was nice to see the smiles on the faces of all, “Stuffes.co.nz quoted Wagner.
Describing the feelings of being crowned as the first winners of WTC, Wagner, who collected three windows, two in the first entrances and one in the second, in the final against India, said it was surreal.
“It is still difficult to put into words, to be fair, it still feels unreal. Everything is socially distanced, so you can not even shake hands, and we had the mace, everyone wanted to take a picture. I even do that, or We could not pass it. It’s a bit sorry, but it’s part of the world in which we live at this time. It was quite nice to see some kiwis stroll and see what it means for them., although in the distance, greeting, and saying congratulations He means all the children a lot, “Wagner said.
The fast arm of the left arm also added that the New Zealand players delivered the mace to the WicketKeeper-Batsman BJ Watling for two weeks.
“We shared the mace around the plane and all night while we celebrated, we all had their turn to take it and make full use of that. And then on the plane, Ross Taylor made me deliver the mace to BJ Watling, he will take care of him during The next two weeks of isolation.
“I think it’s an adequate way for him to send his career, it has been an incredible career for us, the role he has played for several years, only all the person who is and the heart and soul of the team. He personifies everything that We are about a team, the first attitude of the team, being a guy who is subtracted and struggled by everything, has led all the way from the beginning. He will lose a lot on this team, “he added.
