Jacks pleased with his show against Sunrisers

It doesn't matter if I bowl the odd wide, I'm happy to try and restrict them in that way and just bowl good lengths,” says Will Jacks

Hyderabad: “I’m not expecting to take more wickets than some of the quality bowlers we have, but I’m pretty happy with it. I was getting straight down the ground, so I was always prepared to use the wide line. It doesn’t matter if I bowl the odd wide, I’m happy to try and restrict them in that way and just bowl good lengths,” says Will Jacks, player of the match for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Thursday night..

“I knew there was going to be a bit of spin assistance, so as long as I wasn’t floating the ball up there and bowling aggressively and bowling hard spin using the wicket, that’s what I was trying to do. Looking to get them out. Obviously, I’ll spin it to two left-handers, I’m always looking to take wickets and be aggressive and they’re always going to come after me as well, being the sixth bowler,” Jacks said.

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“I think you have to play smart, take the right options which benefit us, obviously batting second. I think when we bowled, we adapted quite quickly, which is what good teams do, so we’re pleased with how we did that today and we bowled accordingly. The only thing we probably could have done in the death there is probably used the wicket a little bit more in those last three overs, but overall we put in a good bowling performance and batting as well,” he explained.

“We’ve obviously got such a star-studded line-up and they’re such amazing people to learn from and train with, so I was really happy to be playing for MI,” Jacks said. “ I would have loved to have contributed more in the first six games, the first five games I’ve played. The message has always been the same from the team,” he said.

“I think if you bowl tentatively to people like that, it’s only going to end one way. That was the message, and I thought originally I was going to bowl to the power player,” Jacks said. “When they’re (SRH) on a good wicket, they’re very tricky to bowl to. We saw how good they were last week obviously.

For me, it’s very easy to focus on the batters when you’re a bowler,” he said. “ I made a good impact on the game today and hopefully when we play here against Chennai next, I’ll be able to do the same,” Jacks said.