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“Yes, sure. At first, it was like that.” [my comeback] “It wasn’t really a consideration,” Williamson said on the eve of the Bangladesh match. “And to be honest, it was probably a good thing to put my head down in rehab every day and not rush it. That was really my focus, and I was also lucky because I had a really good team around me back home.
“And also fortunately not to have had a lot of setbacks during that period, so there were a lot of little steps forward, which I think have built up to really being here now and getting closer and realizing that if every week continues to go well, it will all sort of work out.” From the accomplishments along the way, of which there are many, there may be an opportunity. And yeah, grateful that this is something that can be done and being included in the team was a really exciting moment.”
Even in the two training sessions in Chibok, Williamson was batting as if he had never been away from the game. On Wednesday evening, he mediated almost everything against the New Zealand players, then when Trent Boult lunged at him with an effort on Thursday, Williamson calmly shook his head out of the way.
“Yes, it was recovery. [a] “The journey is really a series of really small steps and trying to take baby steps forward, and it certainly started with strength and range, in terms of the knee,” Williamson said. “Then trying to gradually improve that and control a little bit – some of the pain around it as the load increases and we can be here.” All day we talk about it, but I’ll fast forward a little bit – it’s great to be here and then and to be involved in those warm-up games which were really, really fun.
“There were a lot of quite clear steps along the way that you were trying to mark, and different milestones in terms of getting back to the next stages and those kinds of things. So it’s very different, and there’s a lot of data around it, mainly from other sports that have been approved.” on him”.
Kane Williamson talks about how different his rehabilitation process is after his knee injury compared to his previous elbow injury
“Then you know during those posts there were a lot of the return-to-play fitness bits, which was probably more related to playing on the field, time spent on the feet, looking to try to execute some of those skills. And so yeah, every week for the last period since That I did the rehabilitation was really important and valuable.”
“Completely different injuries but yeah, I suppose when you talk about this injury you know there are a lot of quite clear steps along the way that you were trying to set, different milestones in terms of getting back to the next stages and those kinds of things.” Williamson said. “So, it’s very different, there’s a lot of data around it, mainly from other sports that have been drawn on, power numbers, different heights, jumping, and heaps and heaps of different parts.
“So, yeah, very different but it’s great to be sitting here now and looking forward to the challenges of tomorrow.”
Williamson’s return is a big boost for New Zealand against spin-heavy Bangladesh in spin-friendly Chipauk. He is arguably New Zealand’s best spinner alongside Devon Conway, who returns to his home base for the IPL.
Deevarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
