2011:
"I have always wanted to represent New Zealand in Cricket. However, as well as a professional sporting career, I have also always wanted to be a doctor; so, at the moment I'm studying at Otago University. I'm in my second year of a BSc degree in Neuroscience and really enjoying my time as a student. I'm getting used to this ‘double-lifestyle' idea early, as training seems to have become almost a full-time job. Here at Otago Cricket we train under Chris Donaldson who represented New Zealand in Sprinting at two Olympics. We do a range of trainings that include bike and pool sessions, sprint trainings on the track and sand dunes sessions (which we like to call the ‘spew sessions' and for good reason), as well as weights four times a week. In a typical week we would have up to 12 sessions with Chris and that's just the fitness work. Add the five sessions of Cricket-orientated skill sessions and it makes for a very busy week. I think it helps that at school I was a relatively hard worker. I really enjoyed Maths and Science. However, I was definitely not a fan of French – I just never clicked with it! I was always extremely nervous about speeches in English class, like most other students, but I was normally pretty outgoing and always looked forward to the prospect of after-school sports practices.
I really am striving to play international Cricket and to test my skills and ability against the best of the best in world Cricket. I also want to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Since 20/20 has taken off so much, I think being named in an IPL side would be an absolutely awesome experience and a sign of ‘you've made it' in Cricket.
I still also want to become a doctor like my father, and I have an interesting list of ‘other' aspirations: I want to run the 100m in under 10.5 seconds; I want to juggle five balls for one minute; and I want to be able to throw left-handed over 60m.
