{"id":929167,"date":"2026-10-15T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929167\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:02:12","slug":"new-zealand-ace-trent-boult-returns-to-big-bash-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929167\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand ace Trent Boult returns to Big Bash League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy not go all the way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand champion Trent Boult has challenged his new Sydney Thunder teammates to go all-in on this year\u2019s Big Bash League season.<\/p>\n<p>Boult was unveiled as the Thunder\u2019s second Kiwi quick on Thursday, joining speedster Lockie Ferguson in light green.<\/p>\n<p>The new-ball specialist is seasoned on the Twenty20 circuit now, having finished his international career with 611 wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Boult said there was no reason the Thunder couldn\u2019t shoot for \u201csomething special\u201d under new coach Freddie Flintoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how Lockie plays \u2013 the way he gets involved is what I\u2019m hoping to mirror and make a mark like he has, not just with the team but the fans as well,\u201d Boult said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCricket has given me so much over the years and I\u2019m still at the stage where I love going out there, contributing, taking wickets and trying to be aggressive in the powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this Thunder team, why not go all the way? It\u2019s a well-balanced squad with some great players and a lot of experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving Freddie there as well \u2013 every cricketer idolised Freddie as a kid, I was one of them. I\u2019m sure he wants to bring the group together, create a great culture, and work towards something special. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to achieve the top prize, and it will take small steps, but I\u2019m looking forward to hopefully achieving something special with this club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/new-zealand-ace-trent-boult-returns-to-big-bash-league\/news-story\/ac54c73fb267f6bb897cd590e117206e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand ace Trent Boult returns to Big Bash League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhy not go all the way?\u201d New Zealand champion Trent Boult has challenged his new Sydney Thunder teammates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[496023,496021,496002,496006,380523,376730,382493,496003,115214,381402,64,63,29878,22249,496022,740,496005,249,124312,89159,496019,496013,496008,496017,496020,27934,496011,1736,496015,43961,405759,496024,496012,398850,496009,85,404000,384223,496004,386482,496014,315971,76847,496018,496010,214758,380074,386823,496016,364611,9357,192354,496007,154111],"class_list":["post-929167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-s-big-bash-league-season-boult","tag-s-second-kiwi","tag-611-wickets-boult","tag-a-great-culture","tag-a-kid","tag-a-lot","tag-a-mark","tag-a-well-balanced-squad","tag-all-in","tag-all-the-way","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbl","tag-big-bash-league","tag-boult","tag-cricket","tag-every-cricketer","tag-experience","tag-freddie","tag-freddie-flintoff","tag-his-international-career","tag-his-new-sydney-thunder-teammates","tag-kiwi-champion","tag-light-green-the-new-ball-specialist","tag-lockie","tag-mirror","tag-new-coach-freddie-flintoff","tag-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand-champion-trent-boult","tag-newswire-sport","tag-no-reason","tag-small-steps","tag-some-great-players","tag-something-special","tag-speedster-lockie-ferguson","tag-sports","tag-the-fans","tag-the-group","tag-the-powerplay","tag-the-stage","tag-the-sydney-thunder","tag-the-team","tag-the-thunder","tag-the-top-prize","tag-the-twenty20-circuit","tag-the-way","tag-the-years","tag-this-club","tag-this-thunder-team","tag-this-year","tag-thursday","tag-trent-boult","tag-trent-boult-returns","tag-wickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}