Amelia Kerr is hoping that with full-time professionals round now, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will "invest more" within the ladies's sport.

"For a while, we have had half the team full-time professionals, and half balancing cricket and work. To have everyone as full-time professionals allows us to invest more in our cricket and that's so important," Kerr mentioned throughout New Zealand's camp forward of the tour of Sri Lanka. "We want to perform and the only way to get better is if we can train every day and put our focus into that.

"It is nice to have steadiness outdoors of it. Having full-time skilled athletes means we are able to work more durable and that is our job - we flip up on daily basis and that is what we are supposed to do."

"How many individuals we had been taking part in in entrance of was fairly unimaginable"

Amelia Kerr on the WPL expertise

Before that, Kerr had been on the road for large parts. She was part of New Zealand's bronze-medal finish at the Commonwealth Games last August, which was followed by stints in the Hundred and the WBBL. She also toured West Indies, played Bangladesh at home and then the T20 World Cup in South Africa earlier this year before the WPL.

"I'm not one to all the time take that break, nevertheless it was a fairly full-on 12 months final 12 months," Kerr said. "To be part of the WPL and taking part in there and to see how a lot they love cricket over in India, the group… how many individuals we had been taking part in in entrance of was fairly unimaginable and a tremendous event to be part of. The ardour and love India has and going over there to play cricket is among the finest experiences you're going to get."

"To play alongside them and to see how they go about their business and how they train and prepare are all valuable learning experiences for me. [It is] also nice to play with a group of different people as well and learn how to connect and gel with not much time before you are into game one."

Amelia Kerr and Nat Sciver-Brunt have a good time after the WPL title win•BCCI

"The WPL is a valuable tournament and it's also life-changing," she mentioned. "It's only going to improve women's cricket around the world. It's nice to have opportunities around the world to grow your game.

"It's all quite confronting - your value is determined by someone else and what your worth [is]. At the end of the day, it's just an opinion and you've got to know what you think of yourself as a cricketer. The most important thing is how you are as a person is pretty subjective. It's someone else's opinion and doesn't define you. You can go out there and do your best to prove people wrong."