{"id":160043,"date":"2020-04-17T04:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/petersen-hoping-to-step-up-after-dolphins-move-featured-durban-blog\/"},"modified":"2020-04-17T04:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T02:29:05","slug":"petersen-hoping-to-step-up-after-dolphins-move-featured-durban-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/petersen-hoping-to-step-up-after-dolphins-move-featured-durban-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Petersen hoping to step up after Dolphins move \u2013 Featured Durban Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petersen hoping to step up after Dolphins move<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Durban \u2013 Following another strong domestic season with the VKB Knights, Keegan Petersen\u2019s move to the Hollywoodbets Dolphins was carefully thought out as he hopes to take his career to the next level with a consistent spot in the national set-up the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

Petersen earned a call-up to the Proteas squad during their recent test series against England but didn\u2019t earn a cap. He felt that he could have dealt with that call up better when he returned to franchise cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I might have put too much pressure on myself after I got the call up to the national squad,\u201d Petersen said candidly. \u201cI thought that I needed to justify the call up and that\u2019s why the second half of the season didn\u2019t go as well for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the season over it was time for me to move on and the Dolphins was a good fit for me as I have admired the kind of cricket that they played last season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brand of cricket that the Dolphins have instilled in the franchise was appealing for Petersen along with a number of other factors that he feels will help him improve and push for another national call up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched a lot of Dolphins cricket last season and I think they are playing the cricket that the rest of the franchises are trying to,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cTheir approach with the bat and their emphasis on spin with the ball is the way cricket is going.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo also have a test venue as my home ground was important and the decision was purely a cricketing one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move for the 26 year-old has also been influenced by the Dolphins\u2019 reliance on spin bowling, one of the areas that Petersen wants to continue to improve on.<\/p>\n

With the likes of Keshav Maharaj, Prenelan Subrayen and Senuran Muthusamy to contend with at training he has some of the best in the country to face regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that I am pretty good at playing spin bowling but it is always an area that you can improve so it\u2019s going to be a good test for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother area that I want to improve on is consistency. I want to maintain good form for a long period because I know that another call-up to the Proteas squad isn\u2019t going to come easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Petersen\u2019s national call-up came in the test squad he doesn\u2019t want to pigeonhole himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to forget about one day cricket at all and I think it\u2019s important to be consistent in both formats of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw how well the Dolphins batted in the One Day Cup and it\u2019s encouraging to see how positively they went about their batting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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