Yeoval's Chris Tremain will play for NSW later this year

Tremain will line up for NSW in their four-day first-class fixture beginning at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday against Victoria.

It has been a less than ideal return home to NSW for Tremain after leaving Victoria at the beginning of the 2020/21 season.

Tremain featured in just three Big Bash League games last year for the Sydney Thunder but couldn't break into the NSW side in a year that was affected by COVID-19.

However, the tall, whippy fast bowler who has played four one-day international matches in the past, is now set to lead the NSW attack later this week.

"There are not too many emotions actually," he said.

"I guess the best word is indifferent.

"If you get a lead-in for about a week leading into a game, you can think and process. You can go through the game and what you might need to do.

"By the time you get to the game, you've played it 100 times in your head. I just stay relatively placid about it all, so you don't burn a lot of nervous energy prior."

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While he hasn't played a first-class match since February 2020, Tremain says some excitement around returning to play.

"It's exciting to be back," he said.

"It's also sort of like going back to work.

''There is excitement but there's also a fair understanding that I'm just going back to work now."

Tremain admitted the move back to NSW has been challenging at times with limited cricket being played over the last 18 months.

"It's been alright," he said.

"It's been nice being home and closer to family.

"The lack of opportunity has been a challenge. I would've liked to play more cricket than I have.

"Last year was disrupted with COVID-19 like everything else which made playing any sort of cricket quite challenging."

Unfortunately, Tremain found himself short on cricketing matches last season in particular even after being named in several NSW and BBL squads.

"I found myself in squads a lot but not actually playing," he said.

"So you are taking away from the opportunity to play second 11 cricket or club cricket out because you are part of a squad but you're not playing.

"You're either at the top or I was sort of in limbo last year.

"This year I've played a bit of club cricket and was in line to play the second 11 game before being called into the Shield team.

"So there has been cricket to play which has been good and it's kept me relatively busy and focused on what's to come next."

The prospect of lining up against Victoria and some of his old teammates is something Tremain is looking forward to.

"I was meant to play in the one-dayer last week against them when it rained and we got called off," he said.

"But it's always good catching up with them because I spent a long part of my career with them.

"A lot of the guys I played with there have now moved on or retired.

"It will be nice because they play a brand of cricket and my brand of cricket was sculpted by them.

"It will be nice to fight fire with a bit of fire.

While it is still relatively early on in the Australian domestic season, 30-year-old Tremain admitted he wasn't too focused on any particular goals he wants to achieve throughout the next six months of cricket.

"I haven't really set any because you can sort of set them at the start of the season and hope everything falls in your direction but if they don't it's a bit of a anti-climax," he said.

"So basically leave very broad and open goals as in 'how do you feel?' and 'how is the ball coming out?'.

"At the moment the ball is coming out really well and if I can maintain that form for the rest of the season then I'll let numbers and opportunities as well as games played dictate whether it was a successful season or not.

"Most of the battle is getting yourself into a position where you are called upon to play then you need to be in a good position to perform and produce a decent enough game to win games.

"I'm at that point at the moment."

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