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    "title": "From Nearly Quitting In 2017 To Taking New Zealand In T20 World Cup Final, Neesham Has A Job To Finish",
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    "excerpt": "Jimmy Neesham nearly quit the game after being dropped from New Zealand's one-day squad in 2017 but four years later he now stands on the cusp of T20 World Cup glory. History beckons for New Zeala",
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    "editor1": "<p>Jimmy Neesham nearly quit the game after being dropped from New Zealand&#39;s one-day squad in 2017 but four years later he now stands on the cusp of T20 World Cup glory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>History beckons for New Zealand and Neesham after he became an unlikely match-winner in his team&#39;s remarkable win over England in the first semi-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Neesham smashed an 11-ball 27 in New Zealand&#39;s tense chase of 167 and then sat calmly in the dugout amid the celebrations after Daryl Mitchell hit the winning boundary in his unbeaten 72.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The photos of the moment went viral on social media and the website ESPNcricinfo captioned it &quot;Jimmy Neesham didn&#39;t move&quot; to which the allrounder replied: &quot;Job finished? I don&#39;t think so&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Job finished? I don&rsquo;t think so. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uBCLLUuf6B\">https:\/\/t.co\/uBCLLUuf6B<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyNeesh\/status\/1458531833503748102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand will play either Pakistan or Australia in their first-ever T20 World Cup final on Sunday in Dubai but the spotlight remains on 31-year-old Neesham who came close to delivering the Kiwis the 50 over World Cup trophy in 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The allrounder, a left-hand batsman who bowls medium-pace, scored 13 runs off five balls in a super over during the dramatic final which England won.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Neesham also took three wickets and was involved in the final ball run out to level the scores on 241 before the super over also ended in a tie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Hosts England won on boundary count.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Neesham took to humour to pass off their heartbreaking loss and wrote on Twitter, &quot;Kids, don&#39;t take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He has shown real strength of character since a poor 2017 Champions Trophy -- he scored one half-century in 11 ODI matches and took four wickets -- led to him being dropped.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He later admitted to being frustrated by the turn of events and took help from an Auckland-based psychologist Paula Dennan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He also revealed that Heath Mills, the head of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, talked him out of retirement and advised him to &quot;take one game at a time&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The suggestion not only helped him get back to the game he loves but also gave the Black Caps a winner they needed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Neesham walked in at 107-4 in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to turn the game on its head as he hit two sixes and one four off Chris Jordan in the 17th over to stun favourites England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Praise has flowed for the Auckland-born cricketer with skipper Kane Williamson saying Neesham&#39;s knock was the &quot;deciding factor&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Jimmy Neesham , was thinking of quitting the game in 2017 and today playing a match defining innings to help New Zealand qualify for the final,&quot; India&#39;s batting great VVS Laxman wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Never give up is the lesson, Sport is a great teacher.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle said, &quot;Lord&#39;s has been overcome. Daryl Mitchell! And Jimmy Neesham. This was worth being here for. What a team this.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Neesham has played 12 Tests, 66 ODIs and 35 T20 matches for his country since his international debut against South Africa in a T20 game at Durban in 2012.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/t20-cricket-world-cup\">T20 World Cup 2021<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He has two Test centuries to his name and a highest score of 137 not out but come Sunday and Neesham would be looking for a new high.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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