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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to the Creek Today podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Liam McAllion, also known as the stats guy.

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Speaker 1: No Leo Today's somewhere in Europe. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's alive, but we do have Marcus Barzano, Colcutta's number

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Speaker 1: one fan after the IBL is very excited.

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Speaker 2: You going Marcus Lea's digitos. I'd be sad, but KK

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Speaker 2: lifted my spirits. I knew they were going to win.

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Speaker 2: I'm actually filthy back. I've got the best name in

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Speaker 2: the tournament.

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Speaker 1: The best net come is that the.

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Speaker 2: Not Riders is a slick name.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you got this the super Giant. What else have

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Speaker 1: you got the other Giant? I don't know, Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: might be might be the best name. Sunrises Unfortunately, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: couldn't get the job done my sun Riser, but absolutely smashed.

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Speaker 1: I wants to start of it. I'm like, this is

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Speaker 1: this is an absolutely whitewatch. This is a horrible stark

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Speaker 1: again in the final, which we're going to talk about

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Speaker 1: in the World Cup.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he's been well in the final series, so

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Speaker 2: hopefully he can bring that into this twenty twenty World Cup.

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Speaker 2: But no twenty twenty World Cup timestat's going it is.

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Speaker 1: It is t twenty World Cup time. We're very excited.

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Speaker 1: Starts this weekend Canada, USA actually getting us underway, which

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Speaker 1: I didn't think I would say in the in cricket

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Speaker 1: in general really, but it's awesome. Twenty teams, huge bred

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Speaker 1: up to the tournament, with the World Cup finishing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just getting underweight. So let's break down all four groups

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Speaker 1: with group order, standout play and some big calls which

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Speaker 1: we're very excited to get around. Before we start. Make

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Speaker 1: Yeah nice, All right, let's get right into it. Everyone

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Speaker 1: wants to talk about the World Cup at the moment,

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Speaker 1: so let's start it with Group A, probably the most

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Speaker 1: exciting group I think, because you've got India and Pakistan

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Speaker 1: let's have a look top two group order, where you

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Speaker 1: started with this one.

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Speaker 2: Markets This group is so exciting, but there's also a

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Speaker 2: lot of unknown there is in this But India Pakistan's

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Speaker 2: no doubt going to going to be the best game

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Speaker 2: I believe it could even be the best game of

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Speaker 2: fact that majority of the Indian players are playing IPL cricket,

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Speaker 2: They're more have been playing that format for a lot

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then Pakistan. Yeah, obviously they don't play in

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Speaker 1: IPL and yeah they yeah they're not as they don't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm going to go India first, Pakistan second.

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Speaker 2: Do you want me to go through my top five?

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Speaker 1: Now? Are you going to go through your time? We'll

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Speaker 1: go We'll go top two and then we'll go through

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's bad on Pakistan Island. I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, don't mind that. I'm going to go riz Onehm Rizwan.

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Speaker 1: That is crazy, right. He dominated for England last year.

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Speaker 2: Bubba's it's like a half century against India.

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Speaker 2: They also made the final on the previous one.

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Speaker 2: So India and Pakistan, it's in their blood, it is,

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Speaker 1: But they have a decent tournament. Can either of those

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Speaker 1: The Super eight is so confusing. What is it? It's

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Speaker 1: It is weird. It is very weird. I don't know anyway.

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Speaker 1: tougher group. You've got three teams in here that raged

436
00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,480
Speaker 1: up there, probably the most even group. You're right, I

437
00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,840
Speaker 1: think so who were going top two? I think we're

438
00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,560
Speaker 1: going similar again, but this is a bit of a

439
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,320
Speaker 1: coin toss for second. I'd say.

440
00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,520
Speaker 2: Ongoing New Zealand the top of the group. I think

441
00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,600
Speaker 2: we love some of the New Zealand. Yeah, I was

442
00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:07,080
Speaker 2: so excited, and then purely because of the home Home

443
00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,399
Speaker 2: nation sort of fact, I'm going to go to the

444
00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:13,119
Speaker 2: West Indies to sneak into second. Although Afghanistan they have

445
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,320
Speaker 2: a good team twenty team as well have the potential

446
00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,760
Speaker 2: to finish in the top two. Obnestly, I think this

447
00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:18,520
Speaker 2: top three.

448
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,480
Speaker 1: Could which we'll go anyway. I'm going to agree with

449
00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,000
Speaker 1: you on that one New Zealand and West Indies. I

450
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,240
Speaker 1: think West Indies will even push for the top I

451
00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,080
Speaker 1: think that West Indian New Zealand match will be actually

452
00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,960
Speaker 1: really close. In the past, West Indians have been horrible

453
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,240
Speaker 1: at uh didn't even make lost, didn't even make the

454
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,879
Speaker 1: last World Cup. But they've in the past They've got

455
00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,440
Speaker 1: actually one two World Cups themselves. So twenty twenty is

456
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,200
Speaker 1: their main format. They've got so many guys that travel

457
00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,680
Speaker 1: around the world and play this format over anything else,

458
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,280
Speaker 1: and they've got the experience now that I think the

459
00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,760
Speaker 1: likes of Dre Russ just can I thought he was

460
00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,359
Speaker 1: done and then in the IBL he showed that he

461
00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,040
Speaker 1: was still awesome, still a great all rounder. So that

462
00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:54,680
Speaker 1: type of all rounding you need. And then at home

463
00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,119
Speaker 1: you've got the home support, the home pitches, which they know.

464
00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,600
Speaker 1: They've got a lot of guys that can change their

465
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Speaker 1: pace on these pitches. Actually, I'm going to change it

466
00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,360
Speaker 1: and I'm changing my top two. I'm putting West Indies first. One.

467
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:06,880
Speaker 1: I'm going that you know what.

468
00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,480
Speaker 2: Happens when you get individual X factor players West Indies

469
00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,200
Speaker 2: and you put them together in one team, it's either

470
00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,879
Speaker 2: going to go horrible to win the whole thing superb,

471
00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,439
Speaker 2: and I think they could actually go like outstanding.

472
00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,280
Speaker 1: All right, I'm going stuff and I'm going West Indies

473
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,840
Speaker 1: the top of the group. New Zealand fans might not

474
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:22,359
Speaker 1: be happy with that.

475
00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,320
Speaker 2: Whatever happened to Spice Man playing?

476
00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,200
Speaker 1: No what happened here?

477
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,400
Speaker 2: If you don't know who played for the Malvin Stars. Yeah,

478
00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,600
Speaker 2: was known for his celebrations. Yeah so if you haven't searched,

479
00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,880
Speaker 2: he had the long dreadlocks. He had he died and yeah,

480
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,159
Speaker 2: yeah it was a beast, Yeah, yeah it was. He

481
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,080
Speaker 2: took a couple of screamers I remember in the Big Bash,

482
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,760
Speaker 2: but I don't know. They just got that X factor

483
00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,160
Speaker 2: about them. And it's been a while since some great

484
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,440
Speaker 2: cricketing nations have gone to the West Indies or even

485
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,040
Speaker 2: they've even held a tournament.

486
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Speaker 1: Yep.

487
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,199
Speaker 2: So I think definitely the people and the Carabbean will

488
00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:58,679
Speaker 2: get around it.

489
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Speaker 1: Yep. All right, So we're going to New zeal West

490
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,440
Speaker 1: Indies and then I'm going West Indies, New Zealand, top two, Afghanistan.

491
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,760
Speaker 1: I think we're both agreeing. As you mentioned, they've got

492
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,399
Speaker 1: a really good just T twenty depth. I think if

493
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,000
Speaker 1: they're in another group, they might finish second, maybe in

494
00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,919
Speaker 1: Group D, which will touch on, so they probably unlucky

495
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,760
Speaker 1: they're in this group. And then I've got p and

496
00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,800
Speaker 1: G and Uganda after that. I topped that because I

497
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 1: think they did really well at one of the tournaments.

498
00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,720
Speaker 1: But Uganda won one of the African Cups, so they're

499
00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,400
Speaker 1: not too bad as well. Is that what you got?

500
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've gone, I've gone the same mortar azoo. I

501
00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,280
Speaker 2: think again, just in the in the warm up games,

502
00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:34,439
Speaker 2: I think Papa New Guinea have played against more established

503
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:40,240
Speaker 2: cricket nations. They've played against Namibia, They've played against Nepal

504
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,560
Speaker 2: who are all in this tournament, whereas Uganda have really

505
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,000
Speaker 2: only played African nations.

506
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,760
Speaker 1: Beat to Africa once, but that was like the South

507
00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,679
Speaker 1: African Sea team. They didn't have any of their like

508
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 1: star players South Africa playing, but that that was a

509
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:53,439
Speaker 1: pretty crazy upset.

510
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, so again they have played in Namibia, but yeah,

511
00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,119
Speaker 2: a lot of the nations that they've played have been

512
00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 2: like Ghana and what's one tournament, Yeah, not even in

513
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 2: the tournament, not even getting anywhere.

514
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,919
Speaker 1: Near the tournament. Yeah, so hopefully awesome that they're here.

515
00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 1: We've got twenty countries now, but hopefully they can try

516
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 1: and get a win that.

517
00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,040
Speaker 2: Like, Don't get me wrong, I love to see them play. Yeah,

518
00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 2: I got a soft spots for you.

519
00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:14,320
Speaker 1: Again.

520
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 2: What was the remember were they were they the cranes?

521
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,320
Speaker 1: Maybe they were the create cranes and they got the

522
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,239
Speaker 1: crane on there the flag? Sorry again cranes. That's it?

523
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,600
Speaker 1: There we go? Yeah nice? All right? Standout player? Are

524
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:29,920
Speaker 1: you going?

525
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 2: Finn Allen? He's going a little bit under the radar

526
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,679
Speaker 2: into the lead up of this tournament because he was

527
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,240
Speaker 2: grading in Australia in the twenty twenty series. Is just

528
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,600
Speaker 2: a great twenty twenty player in general, and I'll get

529
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,320
Speaker 2: to him in my big as well. Just say now

530
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 2: might be related. Yep, he's going to be the top

531
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,080
Speaker 2: run scorer after the group stage of any team.

532
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,160
Speaker 1: In the group stage. Okay, that's a big call.

533
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,800
Speaker 2: So the conclusion of the group stage top run scorer,

534
00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 2: because I think he can score absolute aga runs against

535
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 2: p and g U, Gander, even even the.

536
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,359
Speaker 1: West Well that's the thing West Indies I am talking up.

537
00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 1: But they're bowling is where it sort of lets them down.

538
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 1: They do have wiket takers, but guys that go for a.

539
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,639
Speaker 2: Lot have do they have good enough spinners, whereas I

540
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 2: feel like.

541
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: The motzy uh coy I can't remember his name, Coachy.

542
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,679
Speaker 1: Yeah he is a decent spinner. Yeah, you're right, they

543
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 1: need to probably probably are a little bit worried in

544
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,359
Speaker 1: the bowling sense. Yeah, so can dominate that group stage.

545
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 2: I think he can. He's got the potential too. So

546
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:31,240
Speaker 2: that's my big cool.

547
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: Don't mind that I'm going cricket. Today's us. What's he?

548
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 1: What is he? Prodigal? I was trying to figure out

549
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:38,879
Speaker 1: how to say that it was.

550
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 2: It was the person that that it was our big break.

551
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,320
Speaker 1: He was he was, he grew. Thank you very much,

552
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: Shama Joseph. I think he's going to light up this tournament.

553
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,600
Speaker 1: Obviously got injuries against Australia and the Tests, but it

554
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,320
Speaker 1: was dominating. Even on one leg against Australia, he was

555
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 1: amazing his ability just to bowl quick, scare opponents and

556
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 1: then just bowl consistently at the stumps. I think it's

557
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 1: going to scare a lot of these team.

558
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 2: He was the first time in many years you sort

559
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 2: of felt in an affiliation with the West Indies cricket. Yeah,

560
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 2: so I think him. Yeah, he's got a great story

561
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 2: of how he came into the game.

562
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, he wasn't even playing cricket, like, yeah, a year

563
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: before his debut, right, Yeah, he didn't even like he

564
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: didn't even know what it was.

565
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 2: Pretty much he wasn't playing cricket.

566
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:16,879
Speaker 1: He was.

567
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 2: I kin't of remember the story of top of my head,

568
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 2: but check it out.

569
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 1: His neighbor. That's what it was. His neighbor introducing the

570
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 1: cricket because he's like, this guy looks like he'd be

571
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:24,879
Speaker 1: got at cricket and then and then he got into it.

572
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,120
Speaker 1: So awesome effort by Shama Joseph just to even get

573
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:28,439
Speaker 1: to this point. But I think he's going to be

574
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: the X factor. If he can get a couple of

575
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,280
Speaker 1: wickets every game, like you said about Hazel wouldn't get

576
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: that ten plus weekets in the group grip stage, then

577
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: he's They're going to progress out of his grip pretty easily.

578
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 1: I think so because I was Arii Joseph they sort

579
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,159
Speaker 1: of relied on in the past. Bay he doesn't get

580
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,119
Speaker 1: enough wickets. I think at times he can can't get wickets,

581
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,280
Speaker 1: but he's not going to get enough, I think so.

582
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 2: Again, he's another one of those that's probably too quick

583
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 2: to be good in the short needs to be a

584
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 2: bit can floor the.

585
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: Rope yeph there might be calm, just gonna roll straight

586
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: into that. Windy's will be the most exciting team to watch.

587
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 1: I saw you can bet on this hit them. They

588
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 1: will hit the most sixers of any team they I

589
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: think they're the favorite of that for that for that market.

590
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: Their top three they actually I didn't even mention this.

591
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: They just beat South Africa in three straight twenty twenties

592
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 1: in this little tournament they had in the build up.

593
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: South Africa weren't full strengths, but Windis absolutely smashed them

594
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,640
Speaker 1: and their top three for each of the matches, we're

595
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,680
Speaker 1: hitting four sixers each. So I think it's going to

596
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: be so exciting on these grounds. They know exactly where

597
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,359
Speaker 1: the little small pockets are of each ground and the

598
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,640
Speaker 1: Windys they're going to be very, very exciting to watch,

599
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,159
Speaker 1: I think so. So watch this space for their few matches.

600
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, well I'm trying to have a look here. Yeah,

601
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 2: I've seen a lot of group winners, but top nation

602
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 2: wicket takers. Yeah, you know, we'll get to Group D

603
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 2: and I'll tell you.

604
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: All right, So, yeah, Group D is the last group.

605
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,879
Speaker 1: We're going to cover South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh

606
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,400
Speaker 1: and the Netherlands. We did say groups. He was pretty even.

607
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: This is also a pretty even group just because some

608
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: of the teams aren't in the best form. Who are

609
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 1: you going your top two or I can start that

610
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 1: off if you Yeah, I'll start off all right. South

611
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 1: Africa and Sri Lanka, Leo talked up Shallnka for some reason,

612
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: they're going to go so well. They're going to progress

613
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 1: out through the tournament. I don't think they're going to

614
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: be that good, but I think just the experience of

615
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: the likes of Hassaraga and I feel their batsmen that

616
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 1: can go at a decent, decent rang in their top six,

617
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: I think they're going to be second. South Africa is

618
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: why you've got uh. Have you got Markram who's an awesome,

619
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,200
Speaker 1: awesome batsman. I think he's the captain of the South

620
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 1: African team. You got Robardi, you got Norcire. The only

621
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 1: thing I'm worried about is the guys that can change

622
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: the pace and get wickets that way in the in

623
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: the West Indies. But I think South Africa are going

624
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: to top this group. And I think South Africa have

625
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 1: the easiest group out of any any group that we've

626
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: gone through so far, because I don't like it was

627
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,639
Speaker 1: very hard to pick second. Usually it's very hard to

628
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 1: pick third or things like that, but it was hard.

629
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 2: To be two teams voying. Yeah, two nations voing for

630
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 2: the worst sports where.

631
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: South Africa I think they're going to dominate against all

632
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: of these teams.

633
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, so you're completely agree with you. I'm

634
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,200
Speaker 2: going to go South Africa number one. And did you

635
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 2: say your number two as well?

636
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,199
Speaker 1: Yeah? I said yeah, Shlanka. Yeah yeah, Oh that's not

637
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: who that's a bit obvious. But you're not gone over here?

638
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: Who you go?

639
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,959
Speaker 2: I'm going to go, Wow, why not?

640
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 1: Why not? Why not? They haven't made it out of

641
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: a group stage before, they think, but Slaka, I haven't

642
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 1: made it out of the group stage for eleven years now.

643
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 2: Okay, So I'm going to go to the Netherlands and

644
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 2: I'm going to go to Sri Lanka with a bit

645
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 2: of a flop. So that's going to be my big call. Actually,

646
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 2: we're straight to big call.

647
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: We'll go a big call and then we'll do stand

648
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: up to progress.

649
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,640
Speaker 2: Which is my big call. We're going to finish second

650
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 2: and Sri Lanka. Jeez, once I get through my group order,

651
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 2: they're going to finish the second last.

652
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: Go through your group order.

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Speaker 2: Then South Africa number one, the Netherland's number two, Bangladesh

654
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Speaker 2: number three, Sri Lanka number four below Bangladesh. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I truly believe bang can do it.

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Speaker 1: I feel like there's going to be a lot of

657
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 1: Sholaka fans coming after you in a second letter might

658
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 1: be coming after in this group. I don't know. I

659
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 1: think he went a bit psycho with that. I'm going

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00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 1: to go South Africa Shrilanka I said before Netherlands. I

661
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: do think they will push because they've got a lot

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Speaker 1: of good bowlers. Their top order actually is pretty good,

663
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: and they have experienced at World Cups. They've been the

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Speaker 1: last two or three World Cups. And then you're going

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Speaker 1: to go Bangladesh and the port. Oh wait, now I'm

666
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: changing that. I'm putting Bangladesh to finish last in this

667
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: group is my big call. They have been deplorable. You

668
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: got they lost two games and the road the USA

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Speaker 1: when they played a couple of credit games in their

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00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,439
Speaker 1: whole entirely existence, How do you lose the USA?

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Speaker 2: To be fair, the USA did have have a lot

672
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Speaker 2: of you know, third generation American that's true.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Still we've put USA second last or last in

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Speaker 1: their group and.

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00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 2: They did beat the US in the third twenty and

676
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 2: they had been Zimbabwe a lot of games.

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Speaker 1: If I've aren't even in the in the world.

678
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 2: Slanka played Bangladesh and Bangladesh Indio in the twenty twenty series. Yeah,

679
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,399
Speaker 2: Bangladesh got on top in on top of Sri Lanka

680
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 2: in one game. Also scored two hundred and three runs

681
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:48,400
Speaker 2: in that game.

682
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Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm probably being harsh, but just the

683
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,479
Speaker 1: form learning into the tournament, Bangals are going to be

684
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 1: so sad and just I don't think they're going to

685
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 1: do it too well.

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna put that drew a twenty twenty series

687
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 2: against New Zealand before the Shrinkers did they.

688
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: Oh, anyway, it's a big call for a reason. That's

689
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: why that's why I'm putting them last night. I don't know,

690
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,439
Speaker 1: just their confidence leading into this tournament is going to

691
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 1: be shot. They've lost some horrible games, and then the

692
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: Paul as well did beat them once and had some

693
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: close games this time last year. So I know that

694
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: Paul aren't. I'm going to go to al either, but

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00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,880
Speaker 1: I'm just going to say Bangalist last because I think

696
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 1: other teams have a bit more confidence.

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00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is the like that's

698
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 2: their first games of the group stage. Oh okay, so

699
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 2: we'll see lean on that game.

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Speaker 1: We will see. Yeah, where both teams are at Sri Lanka

701
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: smash Bangalist. Then you're like, okay, they should make it

702
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,199
Speaker 1: out of the group stage. If Banger does somehow win,

703
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: maybe we've underrated Bank.

704
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,640
Speaker 2: Actually know, I think Netherlands will get out either way,

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Speaker 2: no matter.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, there we go, all right, standout.

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Speaker 2: Player, stand out player. I'm going to go Michael Lebott

708
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 2: of the Netherlands. I don't know this guy opening, okay,

709
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 2: and he's's in some great form. I'll tell you what

710
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: that's going. You think of these lower nations and you're

711
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 2: like they struggle to reach the strike creed of the

712
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 2: YEP better nations batters. This guy has a strike crade

713
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 2: of like one fifty plus on every game really, and

714
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 2: he's making he's making forty odds, he's making fifty odds,

715
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 2: sixty odds perfect. So recently he made forty of about

716
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 2: twenty three balls. He was the player of the series,

717
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 2: I believe in that one off tournament. So he's been

718
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 2: great and you can also do a shift with the ball.

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Speaker 1: He's bowled a couple overs.

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00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 2: He too far as well.

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Speaker 1: I like it.

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00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 2: So Michael Levertt is going to be my I wouldn't

723
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Speaker 2: say stand out play, but he's one most you're excited

724
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Speaker 2: to watch.

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00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I don't mind that. I'm going to the

726
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: same same sort of vibe ones to watch stand out

727
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: player Tristan Stubbs. We talked him up in the IPL.

728
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: He was amazing his strike rate. He literally goes from

729
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: ball one bit like Jake Fraser McGirk should be in

730
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: the side. That's that's another argument for the Ausies. Yeah,

731
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Speaker 1: he's awesome. I'm just gonna have a quick look at

732
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: his strike rate. His strike rate in the IBL career

733
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: is one seventy four, and then he's strike rate in

734
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Speaker 1: ten twenty international with his one fifty six.

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Speaker 2: He's only twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, So what are you doing.

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00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 2: I'm actually younger than him. Just oh, there you go.

738
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Speaker 2: So you usedtill have a chance of I can make

739
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: him the big time? Yeah, hopefully Italian national Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Joe, he is doing that. We haven't talked.

741
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,719
Speaker 2: Actually, oh, there you go.

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Speaker 1: That's that's another one.

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00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 2: Is not a very Italian name, is it?

744
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: No? It's definitely not. Yeah, what much of the change

745
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: is that? No, he's his brother passed away and his

746
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: whole family sort of got together and we're talking about

747
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: their past and he's Italian, his mum's Italian and that.

748
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: So he's like, in honor of his brother, he's going

749
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Speaker 1: to play for the Italian national side and try and

750
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Speaker 1: get them to qualify for the twenty twenty six World Cup.

751
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: Talk about it. So that's pretty cool. So you could

752
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: play for Italy with Joe Berts. I wonder what the

753
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: standard of the anyway that we're getting distracted. They're not

754
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: even in the World Cup. But maybe at the next

755
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: World Cup. That would be pretty cool. Yeah, I'm gonna

756
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: go Stubbs. Stubbs, he's been awesome, thirty six thirty seven

757
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: average in ibl Just really I didn't really know who

758
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: he was and then he dominated the IBL has had

759
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: a sold start to his TEA twenty international career and

760
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: one of those guys in that middle order for South

761
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Speaker 1: Africa that could decide if they get a two hundred

762
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: plus score in the in the in the tournament. So yeah,

763
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah that's my standout player. All right. I

764
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Speaker 1: think we've covered all the groups there. We've done pretty

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00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: well on Marcus. Yeah, we smashed that. That stumps for

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