1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,360 Speaker 1: Let's say goody to Ishagua. 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: Good to be here, guys, great to be on the show. 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 3: Now you are here as part of the Fox team 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 3: for the Summer of Cricket and we've got the ashes 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 3: and you're not the only there's a legion of English 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 3: people hitting our shores. Forty thousand Jesus, I'm told of 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 3: hitting planes. They're gonna be arriving the next few days 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: ahead of the ashes too. 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: This is a nice gig for a commentator. What is 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: this like the Summer of dreams? This show? 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: It is when we're women? Yeah, oh yeah, I am. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: I've done three ashes tools here now actually made that 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 2: four with women's as well. And it hasn't always gone well, so. 14 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: Can I ask? 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 4: Right, just because I'm new into the cricket world and 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 4: anybody we speak to who's coming over for it seems 17 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 4: to have that general attitude well, hope, hope and lack 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 4: of confidence. Have they had such a bad run in 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 4: the past against the Aussies. 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: Well, we have while a Test match in the last 21 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: three series, so that's pretty bad run. It's not been great, 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: can I ask? 23 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 5: It's still very much a male dominated industry, especially in 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 5: terms of cricket commentating. What's it like being one of 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 5: the only females in there amongst all the blokes. 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: I do my best to keep them in check. Doesn't 27 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: always work. I guess I've worked in kind of male 28 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: dominated spaces since I was quite young playing in a 29 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: boys team, and then pretty much all the way through 30 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: cricket has been quite male dominated, so I've kind of 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: slipped into that mode. I can kind of slip into 32 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: that mode quite easily. But also I think it's important 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 2: to go back to what you're there for, which is 34 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: you're just there to be a cricket commentator and call 35 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: the action. And I've been very fortunate to have made 36 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: some amazing friends across my cricket journey, both playing but 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: also in broadcast. I'll always talk about Shane warn He 38 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: was super welcoming to me in the commentry box. You know, 39 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: when you first get in, when you first get into commentary, 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: it is quite an intimidating place, especially if you're the 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 2: only female and you feel like you can't put a 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: foot wrong and so forth. But over time, you know, 43 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: the guys have been really, really supportive. 44 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: Do you still think about Warny? Is sure? 45 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: I do? I do I do a lot, you know, 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: even when I'm not here, because he was just one 47 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: of those characters that while he had the gravitasse, but 48 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 2: he was really magnetic as a personality and I always 49 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 2: just wanted to be in his company. But in the 50 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 2: commentary box, I mean think, I think our friendship really 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: kind of grew more so here in Australia and at 52 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: Fox because he really valued what I had to say 53 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: when it came to cricket commentary, and so I feel 54 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: like when I had his respect, I kind of got 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: the respect for everyone else as well around the world. So, 56 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: and he was a cricket pader. No one could talk 57 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 2: about the game like Warning. Could he have this unbelievable 58 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 2: ability to really simplify it to the masses. And that's 59 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: what I loved about working with him. 60 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 4: You have a teacher how to scullar beer or suck 61 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 4: back of dart. 62 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 2: You know this is a misconception about Warning. He wasn't 63 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: a beer scullar. 64 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: No, he wasn't he the preme extreme. 65 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: He liked his life soda. 66 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 4: If you've spent much with his son, Jackson, but god 67 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 4: spinning image, aren't there? 68 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: Yeah he is. Jackson is a beautiful human and yeah, 69 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: he brought them up, he raised them. 70 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: Well, okay, so let's get a prediction. I think by 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: a confidence. What do you think. 72 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: Going to all? Sorry to all, I know you want 73 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: a prediction one way or the other, but I'm going. 74 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: To astral retain the ashes? 75 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: Okay, oh no, hold the ashes? 76 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: So to all, we retain the ashes? 77 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 4: Well we can way to watch your handiwork every ball 78 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 4: of the ashes live and ad break free during play 79 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: on Fox Cricket available on KO Sports. 80 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 5: Just quickly before we let you go, tell us about 81 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 5: Take Her Lead, which is a charity that you've found 82 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 5: in which is empowering women in cricket. 83 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. So we know that girls drop out a sport 84 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: at twenty percent more of a rate than boys between 85 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: the ages of eleven and fifteen. There are lots of 86 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: different reasons for that. Boys need to be competitive to 87 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: feel like they belong. Girls need to feel like they 88 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 2: belong before they can be competitive. 89 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:31,119 Speaker 1: Wow. 90 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: So we're trying to create that but also provide more 91 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: opportunities for women. So that's in broadcast. In administration, We've 92 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: got a network for women. It's UK based at the minute, 93 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: but we're trying to raise awareness here in Australia as well, 94 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: so we're doing a fundraising tour. Make sure you follow 95 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: at Rick's Ashes on Instagram. We're doing an event in 96 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: every city during the Ashes and it's going to be 97 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: a lot of fun. 98 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 4: So want to do great charity, amazing great charity. Hey, 99 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 4: thank you so much of your time this morning, and 100 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 4: enjoy your time on our shores. 101 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: Thanks guys, Jason, Lauren Lauren wake up feeling good following 102 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: them on the socials.