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Speaker 1: Manus Labashaine makes an irresistible case for Ashes selection. Is

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Speaker 1: Fergus O'Neill shaping as a smoky for the squad and

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Speaker 1: will be joined by Jake Weather or demand on everybody's

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Speaker 1: lips ahead of this Ashes summer, I'm justin Edwards, welcome

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Speaker 1: to domesticated Fox Cricket, right, and Nick Savage is alongside me.

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Speaker 2: Nick, let's get straight into it.

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Speaker 1: Manus Labashaane, he just cannot stop scoring runs at the moment.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Well, the summer of Manus is officially here. Four hundreds

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Speaker 4: in five games. He's looking back at his best. It's

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Speaker 4: obviously been a quiet a couple of years in the

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Speaker 4: Test arena, but I mean, sitting here now, looks like

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Speaker 4: he has to play that first Test, does it?

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Speaker 5: We don't know where, but it looks like he has

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Speaker 5: to be in at eleven.

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Speaker 1: That certainly looks like the conversation has moved from will

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Speaker 1: Manus bat in the ashes to where will Manus bat

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Speaker 1: in the ashes? Whether it's opening or number three. We

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Speaker 1: said a couple of weeks ago we felt like if

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Speaker 1: somebody got three centuries, they'd be in. Manus has got four,

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Speaker 1: so he's well and truly making the case, but the

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Speaker 1: question remains, is it going to be opening or number three?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it seems to be an issue for the past

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Speaker 4: strong middle order batters, but we don't have anyone at

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Speaker 4: be putting minus into open. He hit it during the

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Speaker 4: World Test Championship Final. He's done it a little bit

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Speaker 4: in county cricket in the UK, but obviously he's preferred

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Speaker 4: position and where he's been so successful has been number three.

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Speaker 4: The obvious problem there is you have to bring in

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Speaker 4: a specialist opener, someone who's probably unproven, hasn't played a

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Speaker 4: probably squeeze out and all round her one of Cameron

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Speaker 4: Green or Bow Websters. So that's the juggling act. That's

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Speaker 4: the dilemma over the next few weeks four weeks for

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Speaker 4: that first Test, and it doesn't really seem to be

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Speaker 4: an obvious solution to it, but everyone seems to be

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Speaker 4: saying Minus can open. He's capable of doing it. He

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Speaker 4: seems to be open to doing it. Quietly, actually preferred

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Speaker 4: a bit number three, but it's gonna be interesting a

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Speaker 4: few weeks ahead to see how that kind of shapes up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think.

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Speaker 1: There's a whole lot of difference between opening and number three,

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Speaker 1: because number three you might be in the first over anyway.

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Speaker 1: The scores of one hundred and fifty nine and one

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Speaker 1: hundred and sixty in the Shield at number three, one

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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty and one hundred and five in the

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Speaker 1: One Day Cup, it's just an irresistible case. The problem

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Speaker 1: is the all rounders, and you would have to squeeze

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Speaker 1: out one of Green or Webster to fit Manus in

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Speaker 1: at three, but both are injured at the moment.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Well, Webster hasn't really started his summer yet, has He's

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Speaker 4: missed both those first two shield rounds of Tasmania. Apparently

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Speaker 4: that second game was precautionary. He probably could have played

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Speaker 4: that second game, but crick Australia rapt in cotton Wool

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Speaker 4: said no, no, no, we're gonna wait for you to

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Speaker 4: come into that third Shield round. And Camen Green just

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Speaker 4: recently last week a minor side issue.

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Speaker 5: He's been ruled out of the Odie Eyes.

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Speaker 4: Apparently that isn't going to impact his chances of serving

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Speaker 4: as an all rounder for the Ashes. But we'll speaking

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Speaker 4: just before we recorded this, he's only bowled four overs

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Speaker 4: in professional cricket over the last twelve months and those

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Speaker 4: numbers just don't suggest someone's ready to be an all

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Speaker 4: rounder for an Ashes series, for our five Test Ashes series.

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Speaker 4: So both of them have a few little question marks

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Speaker 4: that first Test. We'd want a full strength all round

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Speaker 4: of supporting the three quicks and Nathan Lyons. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: kip a eye on them over the next few weeks.

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Speaker 1: I do think Webster is more likely to be hurt

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Speaker 1: I think. Whereas Cameron Green has multiple Test centuries, he's

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Speaker 1: He feels like, if it's a fifty to fifty, they'll

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Speaker 4: I think if they were both Green Webster both fully fit,

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Speaker 4: I'd be leaning towards minus Opening, But considering we do

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Speaker 4: have some concerns for both them, I prefer to see

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Speaker 4: Manus as a preferred position, Cameron Green a little bit

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Speaker 4: The past two years we've trialed so many middle order players.

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Speaker 4: Slavish up there for the World Tess Championship final. None

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Speaker 4: of them have really nailed it. And look at this

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Speaker 4: Ashes series. You want the best siding leven. I think

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Speaker 4: two special sloptions is probably the way to go at

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Speaker 2: I think I am with you.

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Speaker 1: I am manus at three one of Green or Webster,

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Speaker 4: But I think with Constans he is still a work

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Speaker 5: He just turned twenty.

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Speaker 4: He only has a handful of Shield games under his belt,

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Speaker 5: We don't know.

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Speaker 4: He's about to turn thirty nine. That spot feels like Sam's.

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Speaker 5: I would love to see him just go back to shield.

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Speaker 4: We all can see the talent. We know he's capable

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Speaker 4: I don't see him playing him Perth and the general

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Speaker 1: He does still only have the three first class centuries

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Speaker 1: the Constance Weather ruled discussion. It's more complex than that.

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Speaker 1: It's rare that picking the debutantes, which would be Weather ruled.

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Speaker 4: Whether World has a decade's worth of experience in the

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Speaker 4: Well, the thing that's working in Fergus's favor is he's

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Speaker 4: Injury exactly, and as part of that he now needs

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Speaker 4: out of action at the moment. Brendan Doggett hasn't played

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Speaker 4: in any Shield cricket yet, even just today Ben DWARFSHWSS has been.

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Speaker 5: Ruled out of the odies.

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Speaker 4: Not that he was really an Ash's candidate to begin with,

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Speaker 5: I'm not proving themselves, folks and Neil five wicket haul.

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Speaker 5: Will he be picked for Perth?

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Speaker 4: I wouldn't think so because I think his bowling style

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Speaker 2: Welcome.

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Speaker 6: Oh thank that me, guys. Cheers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's certainly what my strength is and

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Speaker 3: why I think that people are talking about it. But

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Speaker 3: at the same time, the players that are also being

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Speaker 3: chatted out have their own styles and the way I

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Speaker 3: want to go about things, and I'm sure, you know,

442
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Speaker 3: if they got the opportunity.

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Speaker 6: That would take it as well.

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Speaker 3: But at the same time, yeah, that's what I probably

445
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Speaker 3: bring to the table and compare to other players, and

446
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Speaker 3: hopefully that's the way they want to go, you know,

447
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Speaker 3: be an awesome opportunity to about the top of the

448
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Speaker 3: order and be a part of the great team and

449
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Speaker 3: some amazing players. But yeah, I'm not sure if that's

450
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Speaker 3: going to get me over the line or not, but

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Speaker 3: you know, I think it's the way it runs, and

452
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Speaker 3: hopefully the way I do it helps me a little bit.

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Speaker 4: And you were involved in the One Day Cup game yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Was that a management thing? Was that a selection thing?

455
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Speaker 4: Whyn't you out there for the game yesterday?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we sort of I've worked closely with Tazzy to

457
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Speaker 3: sort of just prioritize certain formats of the game when

458
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Speaker 3: I can and sort of get make sure that I'm

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Speaker 3: in the right frame for Sheld cricket. And I feel

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Speaker 3: as though that if I'm playing too much white ball

461
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Speaker 3: cricket sometimes my game can be compromised.

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Speaker 6: A little bit.

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Speaker 3: But in general, you know, I played the first two

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Speaker 3: one days leading into the Red Bull season and got

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Speaker 3: me ready to face some good high class bowling. Obviously

466
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Speaker 3: played some good teams leading in, but then yet during

467
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Speaker 3: shield games. I like to have a bit of a

468
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Speaker 3: break between Shiel games just so that I can prepare

469
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Speaker 3: the way I need to to get ready for Red

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Speaker 3: Bull cricket, which has been awesome from Tazzy.

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Speaker 6: That's why you know, I extended my contract with them.

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Speaker 3: They've been so supportive in the way they go about

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Speaker 3: their program, and the coach there, Jeff Forrn, and the

474
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Speaker 3: whole management team there has been awesome with me. And

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Speaker 3: also just you know, as a player, you want to

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Speaker 3: make sure that you're fresh and ready to go mentally

477
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Speaker 3: and physically, so it's good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's prioritizing Redbell cricket is certainly working out for

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Speaker 1: you at the moment, Jake, in these last couple of

480
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Speaker 1: shield matches and the ones coming up. You're not naive

481
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Speaker 1: if you know that you're a contender for this ashes spot,

482
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Speaker 1: Is it difficult to sort.

483
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Speaker 2: Of compartmentalize it?

484
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Speaker 1: Or I know if I was in your position, I'd

485
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Speaker 1: be running off the ground checking the scorecards straight away.

486
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Speaker 2: Oh god, Manus has got another hundred? How are you

487
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Speaker 2: doing much of that? How's it been? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Look, you know, as a as a sportsman, you're obviously

489
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Speaker 3: naturally competitive.

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Speaker 6: That's just the way you are as people.

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Speaker 3: When you want to you want to bet everyone that

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Speaker 3: you play against or competing against.

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Speaker 6: But at the same time, like I know, that doesn't

494
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Speaker 6: really serve me that much.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't serve my career, It doesn't serve what's going

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Speaker 3: to happen in my future and in terms of what's

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Speaker 3: going to happen in the Australian team or how many

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Speaker 3: runs I'm going to make, And it's only going to

499
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Speaker 3: add confusion to me. So for me, it's just, you know,

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Speaker 3: try to rock up and just shut it out and

501
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Speaker 3: just enjoy batting and try to be as competitive I

502
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Speaker 3: can out in the field with the people I'm playing against,

503
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Speaker 3: and then when you know, whatever happens happens. I can't

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Speaker 3: control me runs I'm going to make. I can't control

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Speaker 3: what I do when I'm on the field. But if

506
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Speaker 3: my mindset's in the right place and I'm consistent with

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Speaker 3: that off the field, I know I can walk into

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Speaker 3: games and be fresh and ready to compete and not

509
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Speaker 3: be daunted by things that probably don't serve me very much.

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Speaker 4: So and obviously this summer Joffer Archer and Mark Wood

511
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Speaker 4: are going to be steaming in plenty of water to

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Speaker 4: go on the bridge. But how do you feel about

513
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Speaker 4: the potential challenge of coming up against them this summer

514
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Speaker 4: on some bouncy decks across the country.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's going to be exciting to be fair.

516
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Speaker 3: You know, facing high, fast, high pace bowlers is always

517
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Speaker 3: a challenge, and again boating in Australia is one of

518
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Speaker 3: the best places to do it.

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Speaker 6: It's got consistent bounce with and plenty of reward as well.

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Speaker 3: So from a batting point of view, I'm just going

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Speaker 3: to see it as a great opportunity to score all

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Speaker 3: around the ground. Obviously, square the wicket is where I

523
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Speaker 3: love scoring, so I think those guy it's going to

524
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Speaker 3: be a great challenge, but at the same time, I

525
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Speaker 3: feel as my games in a place where I can

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Speaker 3: hopefully put some pressure back on them as well and

527
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Speaker 3: use their pace to my advantage.

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Speaker 1: You have the chance to be one of the first

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Speaker 1: fully fledged cricketers from the Northern Territory to play for Australia.

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Speaker 1: Damien Martin spent a few years there but moved to

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Speaker 1: Western Australia when he was pretty young. You spent a

532
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Speaker 1: lot of time there. What would it mean to you

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Speaker 1: to represent the NT on the big stage.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it it'd be awesome.

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Speaker 3: I think I'd just be so cool just to to

536
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Speaker 3: reflect it when I was a kid. Obviously, growing up

537
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Speaker 3: you never had you know, you had your club role

538
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Speaker 3: models and the people that played club cricket, but you

539
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Speaker 3: never had any great representation in the in the international

540
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Speaker 3: domestic scene. To a spy too, and you know that's

541
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Speaker 3: something that you compete against with the AFL. Obviously they've

542
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Speaker 3: got some great players that have come from the territory.

543
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Speaker 3: But for me, it was to be able to provide

544
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Speaker 3: that for some kids back time would be awesome boys

545
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Speaker 3: and girls there, to be able to vide the show

546
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Speaker 3: that there's a pathway from playing the INNT, which is

547
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Speaker 3: obviously quite a small pace place relatively and probably a

548
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Speaker 3: long long way away from from a different paths for

549
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Speaker 3: Australia and a long way away from you know, what's

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Speaker 3: going on the rest of the world. It provides a

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Speaker 3: bit of a pathway for kids and I hope that

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Speaker 3: represent that, and it'd be cool for me to represent

553
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Speaker 3: the territory and show that, you know, there's some great

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Speaker 3: players that can come from there if you give them

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Speaker 3: the chance.

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Speaker 4: And crick Australia has flagged the potential of Darwin hosting

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Speaker 4: a Test match next year potentially obviously still a few

558
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Speaker 4: things to saw it out there, but what would it

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Speaker 4: mean for the Darwin and Northern Territory to host a

560
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Speaker 4: Test match? And I think that my timelines right here.

561
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Speaker 4: But were you potentially there for the most recent test?

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Speaker 4: I think it was about twenty odd years ago the

563
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Speaker 4: last time Darwin hosted a Test match.

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Speaker 2: I was there.

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Speaker 3: I was there, I was there, I met obviously got

566
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Speaker 3: to meet people that end up idolizing and that that

567
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Speaker 3: experience for me probably drove a lot of my abition

568
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Speaker 3: to play for Australia and not having the experience a

569
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Speaker 3: lot of kids for so long is it's probably stunted

570
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Speaker 3: a little bit of growth up there in terms of

571
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Speaker 3: having real life people that you can physically touch and

572
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Speaker 3: talk to and having having international cricket round done when

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Speaker 3: it's probably stunted maybe cricket up there a little bit.

574
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Speaker 3: But my experience was I've got to be around Brettley

575
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Speaker 3: and Jason Gillespie and Darren Lehman and stuff like that,

576
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Speaker 3: people that I got to watch on TV and then

577
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Speaker 3: actually speak to them and get photos with them and

578
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Speaker 3: stuff like.

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Speaker 6: That was an amazing experience.

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Speaker 3: And to be able to hopefully provide that for some

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Speaker 3: kids back home, and even if I'm not a part

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Speaker 3: of it, just to just to see test cricket back

583
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Speaker 3: there would be great for the kids. I don't know

584
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Speaker 3: how much they love it up there, and they just

585
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Speaker 3: start with the staff of high quality cricket and you

586
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Speaker 3: saw in the T twenty series against South Africa that

587
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Speaker 3: you know they love their cricket up there. They would

588
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Speaker 3: feel that stadiums up there, and people didn't think that

589
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Speaker 3: was possible considering it's such a fully dominated place, So

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Speaker 3: to be up there would be great and great for

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Speaker 3: the kids well, you.

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Speaker 1: Are doing great work representing the Northern Territory and of

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Speaker 1: course Tasmania at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Jake, thanks so much for joining us.

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Speaker 1: Good luck for whatever cricket is ahead of you in

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Speaker 1: the next month or so.

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Speaker 6: Alwise, thank you jeers guys,