The premier New Zealand fast bowler, Trent Boult recently collaborated with TV presenter James McOnie to write a victory song on the Blackcaps’ sensational win in the World Test Championship final against India at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. On June 23, New Zealand became the first World Test Champions by defeating India in the final by eight wickets at the Hampshire Bowl. James McOnie and Trent Boult sang the song and the video was shared by New Zealand’s official Twitter handle.
The clip starts with Boult saying that the New Zealand team is “tired of the white-ball life”. Trent Boult then pays tribute to Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, and other teammates. Captioning the video, New Zealand Cricket tweeted, “A special WTC 21 themed musical collaboration between Trent Boult and the Crowd Goes Wild’s James McOnie.”
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Here is the video of Trent Boult singing the song:
Trent Boult x @JamesMcOnie 🔥🎶
A special #WTC21 themed musical collaboration between Trent Boult and the Crowd Goes Wild's James McOnie. pic.twitter.com/MIVgbDmsh6
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) July 3, 2021
Interestingly, only two cricketers were able to surpass the tally of fifty runs in the WTC final and one of them was the 29-year-old Conway. The 109-second-long video also takes us back to New Zealand’s historic win. Boult paid rich tribute to his skipper Kane Williamson in the song as he sang that they are here “to play for Kane.”
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The 31-year-old fast bowler also reminisced the moment when their veteran cricketer, Ross Taylor scored the winning runs for them, saying that it was a case of “redemption.” The post created a buzz on Twitter and cricket fans lauded the efforts of Trent Boult.
Here is how the fans reacted to the the beautiful song of Trent Boult:
I didn’t think Trenty could get anymore lovely. Yet here we are.
— Dylan Hutton (@dylanhutton4) July 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/nauregerd_s/status/1411165491553443846?s=20
Now you have a job to do for MI..
— A. (@AltCrick) July 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/IRONlK/status/1411229117102497794?s=20
https://twitter.com/CricLoverVishal/status/1411164241655070722?s=20
https://twitter.com/sathvikvutukuri/status/1411165948397031426?s=20
Boult is Thunder
— fan off Newzealand cricket (@SivaPra04537427) July 3, 2021
