1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: The regular season is done and the Sheffield Shield Final 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: is sets. Welcome to Domesticated. I'm justin Edwards. Fox cricket 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: riter Nick Savage is alongside me. 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: Nick. 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: We got the final we probably thought we were going 6 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: to get. It'll be the best team of the season. 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: Victoria against the reigning champions South Australia. 8 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, Victoria where dominant. 9 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 3: They secured that home final several weeks ago, many rounds 10 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 3: ago actually, and yes, South Australia, very similar squad to 11 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 3: last year and yeah, they've just held it together. Wouldn't 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 3: far from a perfect season for them when they got 13 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 3: about the four wins in the end, but they scraped 14 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 3: through a courtesy of bonus points in this last round. 15 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 3: I think they found out halfway through Day two they've 16 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 3: got it done. So yeah, an exciting final. We got 17 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 3: that preview in round ten down at Junction Ovle. 18 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an interesting sort of dynamic that you have 19 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: the same two teams playing each other in the last 20 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: round and we'll play each other again in the final. 21 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: We'll touch more on the Shield Final later on. The 22 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: biggest story of the Shield round for me was Cameron Green. 23 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: We'll start with what he did on the field first 24 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five and a return to form 25 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: after what was a really really lean summer. 26 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: Really important. 27 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 3: He hadn't gotten a one hundred in any format since 28 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 3: about May last year. It had been a really worrying summer. Obviously, 29 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 3: he had got a fifty in the ashes, went to 30 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: the T twenty World Cup and struggled quite a bit there, 31 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: and so this will do his confidence a lot of 32 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: goods about to head to India for the IPL. He 33 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 3: might be on a plane today. In fact, he's a 34 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 3: four million dollar player there and this one hundred will 35 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 3: just give him a little bit of a boost heading 36 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: into the winter because Australia needs him performing. 37 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 2: They need him before me. 38 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 3: He could take that number five or six spot next 39 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: summer in a massive summer for Australia and this will 40 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 3: just hopefully give them that little boost that's needed. 41 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: It feels again like we've seen this a lot. A 42 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: lot of the talkover summer was oh, he needs to 43 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: go back to shield cricket, back to shield cricket. 44 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Well, guess what he. 45 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: Does every time he gets back to shield cricket. He 46 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: does this. He averages like well over fifty in Sheffield 47 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: Shield cricket and he gets another hundred. Didn't play much 48 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: shield cricket at all, doesn't play very much first class 49 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: cricket because he always playing with Australia. When he's not 50 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: playing with even in redwell cricket, he's playing whpeall cricket 51 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: for Australia or IPL. But this is just what he 52 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: does when he goes back to this level. The challenge 53 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: for him now is to It's not that he hasn't 54 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: done this at Test level. He's got one hundred India, 55 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: got one hundred against that forty two bo one hundred 56 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: against South Africa and white bulk crek Het. He just 57 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: needs to do it more consistently at the international level. 58 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 3: We has really underperformed at Test level. He hasn't got 59 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: a Test one hundred in Australia yet. And considering he 60 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 3: made his debut six years ago. Now he's no longer 61 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 3: just the young spring chicken, the future prospect in the 62 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 3: national team. He's in that first choice eleven he has 63 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 3: been for a long time. 64 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: Now. 65 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,119 Speaker 3: He needs to start actually producing some match winning performances 66 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 3: for Australia. He did so in tril Anka a few 67 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: years ago. He did so in New Zealand in early 68 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four. But now we just need some consistency 69 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: from it and this yield hundred just shows he's to 70 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: one of the best players in Australia. Here is a 71 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 3: class above the kind of domestic players that we've seen. 72 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 3: As you said, it's just converting it into the national stage. 73 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: And then there was what happens off the fields with 74 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of a minor spat with journalist Tom 75 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: Decent from the Sydney Morning Herald who was there, and 76 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: there was a miscommunication over whether Green was going to 77 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: do a press conference and what it was going to 78 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: look like. The key point was Green SAIDs on his 79 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: way out, why are you about to get now that 80 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: point Green clearly has a bit going on, didn't want 81 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: to be doing that the press conference. It points to 82 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: perhaps he's a little frazzles. He's a little clearly the 83 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: lean summer has got to him. And whether that's just 84 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: on field or you know, he's got a lot of criticism. 85 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: Really for the first time in his career, he's been 86 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: criticized by media, by former players in the media and 87 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: by a lot of fans. There's been a lot of 88 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: it reminds me of when Mitch Marsh went through this 89 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: two years ago, and I don't think it's I think 90 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: it's important. They are the same type of player. I 91 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: think in this country we have very high expectations of 92 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: all rounders, which is not placed on cricketers of the countries. 93 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: But that's just a little spat with the geno. It's 94 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: just not quite what he needs and it points to 95 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: him maybe not everything is going so good and his 96 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: rough form has got to him. 97 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 3: It was very telling reading that report from Tom Decent. 98 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 3: It really provided a glimpse at where Karen Green's at 99 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 3: and as you said, here's frazzled, here's low on confidence. 100 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 3: The summer has gotten to him, and I think it is. 101 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: It's worrying that he went into that with the understanding that, oh, 102 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 3: they told Tom Deson only talk about this shield game 103 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: going on, can't talk about form. As soon as the 104 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 3: question came out, but as summer Camen Green refused to 105 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: answer the question. And you just can't go through a 106 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: professional career like that. Like the question that Tom Deson 107 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: asked was pretty standard, It was fairly regulation with what 108 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 3: journalists would expect, and Kevin Green can just say no, 109 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: of course, I was far my best this summer. 110 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: I know I can. 111 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 3: He had the opportunity to talk about improvements he's made 112 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: to his mental side of the game, any technical deficiencies 113 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 3: that he's resolved, He had that opportunity. Instead, he made 114 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 3: a bigger story out of it than it really should 115 00:04:59,360 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: have been. 116 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 2: And Cameron, he's still in his career. 117 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 3: He's only twenty six, twenty seven, He's still got a 118 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 3: lot of international cricket ahead of him. But he has 119 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: to be better at dealing with scrutiny because that will 120 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 3: come at every stage of his career. 121 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 2: It's inevitable. 122 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: And you sort of can't really go and maybe this 123 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: is not on Green and on the people around him. 124 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: You can't go to a press conference only being asked 125 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: about certain things, right, That doesn't work in any part, 126 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: whether it's politics or CEOs or sports people. And he's 127 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: not going to he wasn't going to get grilled. But yeah, 128 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: it's just it was a sort of weird exchange and 129 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: my big take was really out of character. You probably 130 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: dealt with Camic Green more than I have, but he's 131 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: the most gentle, lovely, like never wants to make a 132 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: story or yeah, just it seemed really out of. 133 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 3: Character the gentle giant, he's the BFG of Australian cricket. 134 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 2: It was very out of character. It was surprising to 135 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: read that a lot. 136 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: I think, if anything, just shows that this summer has 137 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: taken it as toll on him. 138 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: He goes to the IPL. Now there isn't a lot 139 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: of media has to deal with over there. 140 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 3: Mostly it's going to be social media clips for the 141 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: Twitter of his side there. So he gets a couple 142 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: of months to hopefully get some runs under his belt, 143 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 3: have a bit of fun hopefully over the IPL, and 144 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 3: then he'll have a bit of a hopefully winter break, 145 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: and then come back refreshed for the next summer. I 146 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 3: know he's had a rough summer, but he's going to 147 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 3: be in that team I'm pretty sure, at least in 148 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: the squad when we get to August against Bangladesh and yeah, 149 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: hopefully IPL was a turning point for him. 150 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: So as the Cameron Green drama in this game. This 151 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: New southwal was Western Australia game, which was a draw. 152 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: By the way, it was a thrilling drawer. Came down 153 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: to the last ball. WA with nine down, managed to 154 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: block out the draw. The other drama, which was broken 155 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: exclusively by you on the Fox Sports website, was involving 156 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,799 Speaker 1: Greg Shippard, a trophy and the incoming New South Wales 157 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: coach Brad Hadden. 158 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 3: Tell us what happened, well, I think we have to 159 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 3: maybe go back to January when Greg Shippard was told 160 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: with eighteen months still in his contract, thank you, we 161 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 3: will be done with us at the end of this season. 162 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 2: He obviously was really disappointed. 163 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 3: He said that at the time he was very disappointed 164 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 3: with that decision and as part out of that announcement, 165 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 3: the cricket New South Wales chief legium On said the 166 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 3: reason for this is wren to help New Southwell start 167 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: winning titles and so, of course, six weeks later New 168 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: South Wales win the One Day Cup Final in a 169 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 3: rain affected final down in Hobart. Greg Shippard he's lifting 170 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 3: the trophy on the podium and it's in his office. 171 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 3: Come Monday when his replacement, as it turned out to be, 172 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: Brad Hadden comes in for his final interview, his final 173 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: presentation to the New South Wales board. Apparently, Greg Shippard 174 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: grabbed the trophy from his office and on multiple occasions 175 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 3: walked past the room holding the trophy off, essentially parading 176 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 3: in front of the board. It was very tongue in cheek. 177 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: Apparently it was a bit of a laugh. It took 178 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 3: everyone by surprise. There were certainly some shocked faces, but 179 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,559 Speaker 3: it wasn't a very malicious act. 180 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: It was meant to be a bit of a laugh. 181 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 3: And then Shippy did also take that into the New 182 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 3: Southwell Sheds ahead of his final day that fourth day 183 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 3: of the Shield matching against West Austraia. 184 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: It almost works. They almost took seven. 185 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 3: They took seven wickets in that final session to almost 186 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 3: get an unlikely win. So the trophy did act. There's 187 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: a bit of inspiration in the end. But yeah, shit 188 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 3: is now done with New South Wales. All his assistant 189 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 3: coaches have also been released and Brad Hadden will take 190 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: over in June when he finishes over in the IPL. 191 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 3: And really exciting signing. I think he spoke really well 192 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: at his press conference yesterday. Cricket Central and yeah, a 193 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 3: new chapter for cricket New South Wales. 194 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: I love it from Shippard. It's just it's so funny 195 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: because he's been around Australian cricket, not just for years, 196 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: but for decades. Right, and he's won a lot of 197 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: trophies with the Sydney Six's as well. I just think 198 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: it's so funny just walking past that interview holding the trophy. 199 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: I think it's great. Brad Haddon's going to be the 200 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: new New South Wales coach. New south Wales for maybe 201 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: a century, has been the juggernaut of Australian cricket. Has 202 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: not been the case for the last five years. That's 203 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: going to be Brad Hadden's big challenges. You know, the 204 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: old joke was once you get your baggy blue, baggy blue, 205 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: you get your baggy green in the brown paper bag. 206 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: That has not been true in the last five to 207 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: ten years. Who was the last player that New South 208 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: Wales but use that was an international regular? 209 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: Well there was well constas was most recent test debt 210 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: beyond and obviously they played five games. I think before 211 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: that Curtis Patterson who was dropped after two Tests, and 212 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 3: before that we have to go back to Nick Madenson 213 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 3: who only played a couple of games. You do look 214 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: at the Australian side, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins. 215 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: Mitch Stugg. The New South Wales progression is still there. 216 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 3: Those players are still dominating that long time. 217 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: Though since they were like they all came in, we're 218 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: talking the early twenty tenths, it's ten to fifteen years ago. 219 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: Now that those guys debute, it's a strong New South 220 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: Wales tends to mean a strong Australia. New South Wales 221 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: is not that strong at the moment and the New 222 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: South Wales cores that are still in the Australian side 223 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: or all the wrong side of thirty New South Wales 224 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: will need to be finding some players. 225 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 3: And that's exactly what Brad Hadden spoke about in his 226 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 3: press conference. He said he was under no illusions that 227 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: I need to produce Australian cricketers and he looks at 228 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 3: this squad and he sees a lot of exciting young players. 229 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: Sam Constace is the obvious one, but Jack Edwards the captain. 230 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: He's still early in his career. 231 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 3: He's had a taste of international cricket now, but he's 232 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 3: certainly a prospect for future honors in the national side. 233 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: Lockie Shaw, Joel Davies. 234 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 3: Ollie Davies who's fallen out of favor in the Blues side, 235 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 3: but still an exciting player. There are a lot of 236 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 3: young kids in this squad who have potential to become, 237 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 3: as Hadden puts it, generational talent. There are the makings 238 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: there of that next generation. His challenge now is diving 239 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 3: straight into it in August September when the players return, 240 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 3: is going to be making sure that they can not 241 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 3: only just offer a glimpse of excellence, but be consistent 242 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 3: performers and become Australian players and Australian superstars. And so 243 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 3: it's a big challenge ahead for Brad Hadden and his team. 244 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: And I liked he's quite about providing Australian players. We 245 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: all know that Shield cricket. There is a dual purpose 246 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: for Shield cricket. Yes, of course winning the games, winning 247 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: the title is important. Also important is developing those players 248 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: for Australian cricket. There's the reason Shield cricket exists. That's 249 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: the reason Shield players are paid pretty well when there's 250 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: six people watching in the stands is because it exists 251 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: to make a good test team. One of those players 252 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: that will be a big focus for Brad Hadden is 253 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: Sam Constas funny little period since the big batch for 254 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: Sam concerts, he's been out for eight consecutive scores between 255 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: twenty seven and forty four. Now that is better than 256 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: having eight consecutive scores a fewer than ten. But he's 257 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: getting starts and just not being able to go on 258 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: with it. At the moment. 259 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 3: He's doing the hard part as an open eye. It's 260 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 3: surviving that new ball spell. And he's done that every 261 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 3: single opportunity since Christmas. He has gotten past the tough part. 262 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 3: His challenge now is just converting. Is just going on 263 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 3: with it once the ball is lost at shine, once 264 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: a little bit for tegue comes into the ballers, it's 265 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: just going on to making those big scores, those match 266 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 3: winning performances. 267 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: He's contributing. 268 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 3: I think he actually finished the season as the Blues 269 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: leading run scorer, even though by his own standards it 270 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 3: would be a pretty underwhelming summer leading run scorer. But 271 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,599 Speaker 3: he just needs to become a match winner. Now, you 272 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 3: don't want to put on one player, but the opener 273 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 3: is not converting. Is a big reason the Blues didn't 274 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 3: make it into that top two on the shield standings. 275 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 3: The bowlers, for the most part, were doing their job. 276 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 3: We've spoken before about how there's a bat in crisis 277 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 3: in Australia. They're just need to start converting those twenties, thirties, 278 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 3: forties into eighties and hundreds, because that's how you win 279 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 3: Shield games. 280 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: First innings runs are so important. 281 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: Constance hasn't really done enough to put himself back. In 282 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: a Test conversation, the incumbent Jake Weatherwold got sixty two 283 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,599 Speaker 1: against Queensland after ninety five against New South Wales a 284 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: little earlier. He's actually ended the Shield season with an 285 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: average of forty, so that's not too bad for you. 286 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: Has he done enough to hold his Test place? 287 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: I don't think his Test career is over, but in 288 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 3: my mind, if I had to put money on at 289 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 3: this stage, I think Matt Renshaw is probably going to 290 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: take that opening role purely because he has performed really 291 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: well throughout the summer across all three formats. 292 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: He was the only player this summer to. 293 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 3: Score three Shield hundreds, and that's despite missing a lot 294 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 3: of Shield cricket. Yes, Renshaw tape it off towards the 295 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 3: end of the season. He got a lot of low 296 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: scores since returning from the sub Continent. But my gut 297 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: feels that the national selectors are really going to back 298 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 3: Renshall heading to next summer. He's performed well across all 299 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 3: three formats, and in my mind he's most likely to 300 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 3: take that opening spot. There is the potential of Man's 301 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: Labouchet missing out, wren Share going at three with weather 302 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 3: aored opening. 303 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: I don't love that configuration necessarily. 304 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 3: I think Labashee's experience will be really important next summer. 305 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: But in my mind, whether All's. 306 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 3: Ash is just going to come back to hoard and 307 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 3: unfortunately he did struggle, especially towards the back end of 308 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 3: that ashes. If he can sort out that issue that 309 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: we spoke about a few weeks ago, with being his 310 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 3: front had been blown off time and time again, he could. 311 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 3: It just really comes down to being more consistent, unfortunately, 312 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 3: and he hasn't got a hundreds. 313 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: Did he get a hundred this summer? 314 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 3: Even I don't think he did, so it's hard to 315 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: say you're going to get dropped off of five tests, 316 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 3: But with rern Shall breeding on his neck, I think 317 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:49,599 Speaker 3: it's a strong possibility. 318 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: The only thing that would count in Weatherorld's favor is 319 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: everybody else is really especially this back half of the 320 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: shoe of summer. No one's stood up to grab that position. 321 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: You know, we talked about how few hundreds there have 322 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: been and camicc Green was the only one to score 323 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: one hundred this round. So that's seven centuries in the 324 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: entire Shield since Christmas, and there's been four rounds, so 325 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: that's twelve matches potentially forty eight innings and there's been 326 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: seven hundreds, so it's I don't quite think weather all 327 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: it is the favorite to keep his place, but there 328 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: hasn't been someone that's gone and grabbed it. I remember 329 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: that summer where Cameron Bancroft just went and got nearly 330 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: a thousand runs. It was like, look he was picking. 331 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: It's not that easy at the moment. Malus Slapushtain's the 332 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: other one that struggled since Christmas as an incumbent in 333 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: the Australian Test team scores of ten forty one eight 334 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: to zero thirteen twenty twenty nine. Those are not the 335 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: scores of an Australian number three. Going back to Shield cricket, 336 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: it feels like he's stuck in that spot that he 337 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: was last summer and when he got dropped in the 338 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: West Indies, came back and started this so well one 339 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: hundred after a hundred in Shield. He did get one 340 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: hundred in that period in the One Day Cup. I 341 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: wonder how much selectors take into account fifty over form 342 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: in test conversations, certainly more than T twenty four, it's 343 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: closer to that. But it's just it's not quite clicking 344 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: at the moment for Labershane, and it feels like if 345 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: they select him, which I think they probably will, he'll 346 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: be again being selected on his potential and what he's 347 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: done in the past rather than what's happening right now. 348 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: He's been teasing the national selector. 349 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 3: It's been four years since he's got a Test one hundred, 350 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 3: which for a number three is just not good enough for. 351 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: A guy with what's he got eleven test centuries. 352 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just even so far from his best and 353 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 3: it's hilarious that he gets roped from the test side. 354 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 3: How that West in his tour and then gets back 355 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: to Queensland for the domestic summer and in September October 356 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 3: is unstoppable. He's peeling off runs for fun. He's so 357 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 3: far ahead of everyone he has to be picked for 358 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 3: the Ashes like it doesn't even become a debate at 359 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 3: that stage. He's so strong, and then the Ashes and 360 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 3: he starts struggling again. He once again, he get's one 361 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 3: fifty early in the season and then just struggles and 362 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: tapers off as the summer progressive, and now towards the 363 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: end of the season he's he's just so far from. 364 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: His best at the moment. And yeah, it is exactly 365 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 2: he has said. 366 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 3: He's been picked on promise, He's been picked on what 367 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 3: he did years ago rather than what he's producing now. 368 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: I do feel like his spot will be safe because 369 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 3: the leading people who could take a spot are Curtis Patterson, 370 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 3: Peter Hanskin, Matt Renshaw. Do I see the National sectors 371 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 3: going back to one of those guys over Labershane, probably 372 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 3: not at this stage as superb they have been this summer. 373 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 3: The consistency hasn't been there from Hanskim or Patterson. They're 374 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: both averaging mid thirties. I think in the shield which 375 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: is which is all the batsman exactly exactly that if 376 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: someone had stepped up and pushed up to high forties 377 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 3: early fifties, that would have been really caught the National 378 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 3: selector's attention. But yeah, the lack of consistency from Labashane 379 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 3: is a problem. I think Luckily for him, there's now 380 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: with exception of the Shield Final. There's no cricket until August. 381 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 3: He'll probably will play against Bangladesh. Is that a chance 382 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 3: for him to hopefully get some big runs under his 383 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 3: soth Africa? Well, Australian cricket fans will certainly hope. So. 384 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: Certainly on paper the Bangladesh side looks to be a 385 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: weaker opponent than your Shield side probably, so there is 386 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity for those guys to rack up runs. It's 387 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: an opportunity for those that are selected to rack up runs. 388 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: And he really needed to do the work to get there. 389 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: And whether those guys have done that, we wait and 390 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: see the Shield Final coming up. I love the Shield Final. 391 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: I feel it's one of the great days on the 392 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: great sort of weeks on the Australian sporting calendar. Those 393 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: scenes last year of overrun running on the ground at 394 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: South Australia, that was awesome and we're going to get 395 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: another one this time in Victoria. Looks like Brendan Doggett 396 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: is not going to play. If you've got a read 397 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: on that he's not going to be. 398 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 2: It seems unlikely. It seems very unlikely. 399 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 3: I mean for a hamstrings here to recover within a 400 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,239 Speaker 3: month is it would be close to miraculous and I 401 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,479 Speaker 3: just think they're going to risk him. He might be 402 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 3: able to bowl, but can he play a five day 403 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: game and twenty over spells in it? Inning's probably not 404 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 3: at this stage, but we'll wait and see. There's still 405 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 3: few days to go until that final, but it seems 406 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 3: y unlikely. South Strala still have plenty of bowling stocks 407 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 3: in there like it is a big miss. I think 408 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 3: he was one of the leading wikitakers in last year's final, 409 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 3: but we've got a lot of debt with in that squad, 410 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 3: so it shouldn't be a problem for the red Backs. 411 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: It's not Victoria or going to be without one of 412 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: their leading wikitakers as well, but purely through their own 413 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: choice because they've got to fit Fergus O'Neil back in. 414 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: Scott Bowland's got to play well. Sutherland is the captain, 415 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: so he's going to play. Todd Murphy's going to play, 416 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 1: so it looks like either Sam Elliott or Mitch Perry 417 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 1: are gonna mix when they've been two of the best 418 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: bowlers in Shield cricket so far this year. Just shows 419 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: the embarrassment of riches that Victoria have at the moment 420 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: in batting and bowling, which it reminds you of New 421 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: South Wales fifteen years ago. 422 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 2: There, yeah, that's going to be really tough call. 423 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 3: It's interesting that with Fergus O'Neil his batting has come 424 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 3: leaps and bounds. He's averaging, oh, mid thirties. I think 425 00:18:58,119 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 3: this summer with the bat which is more than handy. 426 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 2: Could he bet at seven? 427 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 3: Could you have Sutherland and him as an all round 428 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 3: us to pick in the extra bowler? Then I feel 429 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 3: like a shorter batter. It's difficult for Victoria. There's gonna 430 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 3: be some tough calls. My gut feels like Perry's might 431 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 3: miss out. That's for no reason other than really really 432 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 3: bad luck. Is a way to fit them all in? 433 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 3: Probably not, because there's so many strong batters in this 434 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: Victorian side as well, like the experience you've got with 435 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 3: Peter Hansman, Marcus Harris, the fresh faces in Campbell kell Away. 436 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 3: It's gonna be really difficult to fit all even in. 437 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 3: But it's a cliche, but it's a good problem to 438 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 3: have for Chris Rodgers and his team. 439 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: The Shield Final for forever and a day has been 440 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: your path to the Australian Test team. If you put 441 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: a big hundred up, especially a guy like Campbell kell 442 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: Away or Nathan McSweeney, even Sam Harper, who's spoken about 443 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: had such a good summer, if they put a big 444 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: one fifty up in a Shield final. There have been 445 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: countless examples of people performing in Shield finals. Basically get 446 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: them baggy greens. When Pat Cummins got with me the 447 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: match in the Shield Final and made a Test debut 448 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 1: at eighteen six months later, I think Phil Hugh's got 449 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: to be one hundred in the Shield Final and that 450 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: got him in the Test team. I think there's a 451 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: real opportunity for those guys who are not. It wouldn't 452 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: be out of nowhere for like a McSweeney or a Kellaway. 453 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: They're in the conversations anyway. McSweeney of course played Test cricket. 454 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: The Shield Final is your best opportunity. That's when that's 455 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: when most people are just normal fans are watching Shield cricket. 456 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: It's when the selectors will be watching. It's the highest 457 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: pressure first class game that you can play in Australia. 458 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: I think there's a chance that somebody like that if 459 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: they play a match winning knock, those knocks are worth 460 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: double and I think that someone could play themselves into 461 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: the Test team next week. 462 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 2: Well, it was dog it last year. 463 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 3: I think twok ten wickets in that final and got 464 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 3: his Test selection partly from that. You know exactly right, 465 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 3: who's going to win this match for the state. Who's 466 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 3: going to step up and actually produce the performance that 467 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 3: gets them that trophy? Whoever does that absolutely puts himself 468 00:20:59,000 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 3: in the national frame. 469 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 2: Cabal Kellawe. 470 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 3: He's so hot and cold with the bat, but if 471 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 3: he gets a match winning hundred in the final, he'll 472 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 3: be right. In a conversation heading into August, Todd Murphy, 473 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 3: we saw him miss out in the Sydney Test controversially 474 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 3: when it really should have been his selection. If he 475 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 3: can now produce a match winning performance in a Shield final, 476 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 3: that'll go a long way making sure that he is 477 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 3: not only lines understudy his future understudy, but the nationalt 478 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 3: just trust him to pick him when they need a 479 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 3: win if it's too all in India or whatever was 480 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 3: situation it might be. 481 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 2: If you can perform in a Shield final goes a 482 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 2: long way, absolutely right. 483 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: And the funny little dynamic that we spoke about about 484 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: the teams playing the round before that match, the last 485 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: round match was I'll say it was ruined by Queensland's 486 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: getting bowled out on that first day and collapsing. So 487 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: that meant that even if Queensland had a beaten Tasmania, 488 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: they still couldn't make the final. And then it just 489 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: felt like South Australian Victoria would going through the motions. 490 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: Neither wanted to really throw a punch because next week 491 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: is what's more important. It's sort of felt like the 492 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: story that Shane Warn used to tell about how Alan 493 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: Border didn't let him bowl anything other than leg breaks 494 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: in that tool match before the ninety three ashes and 495 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: Graham Hick hit hing for thirteen sixes or whatever because 496 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: all he was bowling was leg breaks. That's what it 497 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: felt like that South Australia Victoria game of like, ah, 498 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: let's just we'll just play this one out, we'll focus 499 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: on next week. 500 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 3: It felt like it was a Foe Godden conclusion after 501 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 3: day two what was going to go down. Hopefully both 502 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 3: teams got something out of it, like yes, they were 503 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 3: probably going through the motions a bit, but hopefully it 504 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 3: did help them prepare for the final in some capacity. 505 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 3: But really it's going to come down to day one 506 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 3: on the I think it's the twenty sixth the game start. 507 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 3: It's all going to come down to that, and yeah, 508 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: five day game. I think it does come down to 509 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 3: the first innings points. If there is a draw, which 510 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 3: fingers cross. 511 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 2: As unlikely, just rain please stay away. 512 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 3: Yes, there'll be a lot of tension on foota down 513 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 3: there in Victoria, but hopefully the fans turn up because yeah, 514 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 3: as you said, the atmosphere last year Adelaide was really 515 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 3: really special and be cool. 516 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: If the Melbourne fans could replicate. 517 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: That, I'm sure they will. It's Victoria and South Australia 518 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: the Sheffield Shield Final. It starts Thursday, the twenty sixth 519 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: of the March. Every ball live on Fox Sports and 520 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: k