“I really miss playing in New Zealand. It was unfortunate the start of the summer with an injury. I was really looking forward to quite a lot of T20 cricket at home. I love playing in New Zealand in front of the home crowd, conditions I’m used to,” Ferguson said.
“So, yeah, stoked to get a game in last night. The bowling group as a collective were great. So they made my job a bit easier, the pressure from both ends.”
Sharing the workload with a fired-up pace unit made the return even sweeter, particularly watching Ben Sears make his mark with a three-wicket burst alongside him.
“Yeah, he (Sears) has still got more pace in him, I think. But look, he’s bowling well. It’s good to see him get some consistent training time with us overseas. He was working on his game every training session.
“I saw him running in hard and working on different change-ups, different lines, asking the right questions. And it’s that development that we’ve seen in the last few years, which will stand him well in the next few years and as long as his career goes.
“But a pleasure for me to watch from side on, seeing him get extra bounce, scaring some of the batters certainly. And I’m looking forward to seeing how he goes at Eden Park in the third T20I too.”
