While most club cricketists are preparing to continue their seasons within two weeks, most interior will be grateful for returning to play on the grass under the sun after a long winter.
For the Arnav Jain of Voc Rotterdam, the place of the season opener is Lord’s cricket area, which is considered the house of the cricket.
“This is an honor and the summit of sport,” he says, a glow in his eyes. Jain is talking to the Netherlands News in London while completing a training session on the eve of seizing a ICC Europe 23 XI against Marylebone Cricket Club in 50 matches in Lord’s.
Dutch Participation
23 -year -old versatile, on one side of the other five European players from the players from players: Scotland, Jersey, Guernsey, Italy and Denmark.
“MCC will act as a bridge among the members we have in Europe, and explaining the opening of a fixture with more countries where more countries are represented in the future.
“The conversation started by us later, what can we do to get an fixture to get here for a high -performance European development XI? [the MCC] In addition, as in Europe, only in the UK and Wales, understand the responsibility to enlarge the game. My job is to make sure that Europe realizes that Europe needs cricket support as others.
Lord’s has a special place in the Netherlands cricket and is the scene of one of the biggest disorders in sports. Mostly with an amateur player, the Netherlands overturned England in the last ball tension in the curtain elevator of the 2009 T20 World Cup. Since then, they haven’t played an international game in the place.
At that time, a few months shy, Jain had not yet received sport, and only a few years later had learned the win. A first -generation cricket player born from Indian parents followed his 17 -year -old brother Aaditt footprints, quickly passed the age group rankings, and around the Netherlands national installation, which resulted in a hymen call for Pakistan’s tour three years ago since 2018.
Despite heating the counter, he managed to enter the park as a spare field player in ODI.
“It would be quite special to do my first exit in my own field.
Student Life
In most of his game career, which includes winning two T20 cups with VOC, he managed to balance the economy with a full -time bachelor’s degree in the economy and then with masters in the field of finance and investment.
“I have always spent my books on the tour. Sometimes it is difficult, you don’t go for a beer after education or after the game with your teammates, and you should stay at home and work until late hours. But fortunately, most of my education can follow most online.”
If this is not enough, he is also a chef that runs a pop-up restaurant in Amsterdam. A “homemade apprentice” that confessed itself, which started as a happy Covid accident, has now become another part -time concert on the edge.
Im I wanted to start my own restaurant, but I didn’t have money, so I thought I would make a pop -up restaurant. For the first time I came to 30 people and then expanded to nine courses for 40 people with a fixed menu.
“I was the only one in the kitchen,” he says, entering a smile. “I love moving nature and stress. I almost turn to pressure. Now I get away from the cricket and the world of investment banking, and this is high pressure, very competitive. I just love these things.”
Matching Results
The next day, a small door from the fourth ball, a successful lbw was screaming. Later, he added one more to his installments thanks to his dive capture in the middle small door to finish with 2-33 numbers at eight sea.
He chased 268 at 115-3 and was happy to play the second violin at an important stand at an important stand. When Jain was sent back for a 43 delivery made of 71 delivery, he left six to the Grand Stand and made him at a touching distance next to the game. Brennan and Italy’s Syd Naqvi is duly obliged to be in accordance with the latest touches.
“He’s proud to go out and put the European auxiliary jack on the map, Jain says Jain says after the match. “They have skills, they have talents. They need some discipline and guidance to push them in the right direction at the right time. And I tasted it in the installation of the Netherlands, so I was happy to bring it, and in this sense, people were able to buy a lot.
fast.”
Next steps
On Monday, the bride will replace the Cricket Kit for a suit as an intern at the Santander in Amsterdam.
“I’m open to everything, but with this work, it’s hard to balance the full -time jack.
“Actually I want [my career] Being in Cricket because I want to play here [at Lord’s] Travel more often or the world and I did a little. I loved every minute. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the results or moments of breakthrough. This does not mean that I have closed the cricket opportunities in the future, but this win is a good high to end this section. “
Short Points: MCC XI 267-8 (Alfie Cooper 70, Evan Williams 54, Jain 2-33, Zainullah Ihsan 2-37) 48.2 ICC Europe Xi 271-5 (C Brennan 112*, Jain 43, Tom Harper 2-35)
