More players might give central contracts for T20 leagues, hints NZ pacer

The assortment of T20 leagues including the cashrich IPL has entirely changed the landscape of cricket with more and more players inclined to forego their national contracts in lure of lucrative overseas deals feels New Zealand pacer Tim SoutheeThree New Zealand players Trent Boult Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham have so far given up their central contract to play in different leagues across the globeIt has been an interesting last few months where the landscape of cricket has changed quicker than most thought Southee said ahead of Wednesdays third ODI against IndiaI am contracted to New Zealand Cricket at the moment and Ive been back to the IPL Indian Premier League this year and well see what happens over the coming years But its definitely changing the landscape of cricket to what it was twothree years agoSouthee will turn up for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023 IPL seasonSouthee himself remained noncommittal about the possibility of following the footsteps of his teammates and stepping away from his national contractsI havent looked too far ahead to be honest Theres enough cricket to come in the coming months to worry about before having to look too far ahead But its something all players are trying to stay with and think about in the moving landscape of the game he saidSouthee took three wickets in the first onedayer against India to become the first bowler in the world to take 300 Test 200 ODI and 100 T20I wicketsIt is special because no one has done it before When you finish your career and when you look back hopefully be proud what you have achieved I enjoyed my time and hopefully have many years to go and few more wickets as wellAlso readIndia vs Bangladesh 2022 Full schedule time and dateSouthee said he wants to continue playing all three formatsThe body feels pretty good at the moment So will continue as long as I can still handle juggling all three and still being able to perform at the level I need to at this level I love playing all three formats so hopefully can do that for a wee bit while longer he saidThe 33yearold also attributed the contribution of longserving strength and conditioning coach Chris DonaldsonYou have to keep looking at ways to get better Having played for a while you have experience on your side iquest good experience but also bad experiences so just trying to stay with the times and trying to stay a step aheadAlways looking at improving your game Each time you turn up to training is an opportunity to walk away a better cricketerNew Zealand are leading the threeODI series 10 after the second game was washed outThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever