Bond backs his fitness
Buoyed by New Zealand's first win of the CB Series, Stephen Fleming believes his team is poised to build momentum as the World Cup approaches
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"I never thought I was going home, I didn't think it was that major," Bond said, after being hampered during New Zealand's 90-run victory over England at Adelaide this week.
"It still aches, it did ache in the last game," Bond said. "I can deal with the pain, but when that pain diminishes my back spasms and almost locks right across the back and once that happens it becomes a little difficult to bowl."
Bond underwent a scan after the Adelaide match, and the New Zealand media speculated that his tour could be over, but no stress fracture or structural problem was detected. Instead, he has arrived in Perth for the next round of matches, still reveling in the capture of his 100th one-day international wicket.
"I'm stoked because the 100-wicket thing is not a very big group of people and even though I've had injuries it shows a degree of longevity to get to 100," said Bond, who needed just 54 games to reach the mark - one more than the record-holder, the former Pakistan offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq, but one fewer than Australia's spearhead, Brett Lee.
"I knew I was in the running for the record but the rain out in Hamilton [against Sri Lanka] killed it," added Bond. "I knew in the last game if I got a wicket I could equal it but I'm just pretty happy to get there."
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