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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Cricket Today Show for a massive

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Speaker 1: First Test preview between Australia and the West Indies. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Liam McCallon, also know as the stats guy,

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Speaker 1: looking sharp on the couch. The crew is back together,

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Speaker 1: Liam malally, how you going gone? All right?

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Speaker 2: Thank you for calling me sharp looking.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate that, No worries.

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Speaker 1: We've also got Marcus Barzano the mow is coming through,

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Speaker 1: so I don't know if he's a sharp looking good

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Speaker 1: us about.

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Speaker 2: It, Bills about it?

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Speaker 4: You're either I'm looking a big grippy over here. Look

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Speaker 4: at it. It's seen better day worse for the old

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Speaker 4: man's old. That mean whatever you wanted to mean, whatever

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Speaker 4: you guys wanted to mean. I'm going to take in

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Speaker 4: charl of this show because they's doing the couch, do

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Speaker 1: Out of you as well. Marcus and myself like to

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Speaker 1: do a few articles there. Awesome show. As we go

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Speaker 1: through the first test of the Frank Worreld Trophy, We've

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Speaker 1: got predicted lineups, key players, what to watch out for

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Speaker 1: and our predictions as well, like.

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Speaker 3: We sometimes get it wrong, we sometimes get it wrong.

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Speaker 3: So I reckon today, we're we're going to.

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Speaker 2: Be on more often than not get them wrong.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, problem, but we have cracked. We have a crack.

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Speaker 1: So let us know in the comments after you hear

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Speaker 1: our predictions or even just now chucking your predictions for

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Speaker 1: the Australia Versus West Indies series before we start. Make

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Speaker 1: them through the through the socials and through other things

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Speaker 1: like that, as well as all the socials at Cricket

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Speaker 1: Today AU. That's across every every social thing for cricket

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Speaker 1: all season long. Let's just get into it. Let's get

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Speaker 1: straight into it. The first test our predicted lineups. Now,

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Speaker 1: just putting that out there that we don't know the

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Speaker 1: exact lineups as of yet, so we're just doing our

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Speaker 1: predicted lineups, or mainly Leo's predicted lineups because that's what

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Speaker 1: he's gone right, So I will start with the man himself, Leo.

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Speaker 5: For as Australia's lineup, I've gone with Kawaja Constance Green,

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Speaker 5: English Head, Big Bow Website, BBW AT six carry Cummings,

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Speaker 2: What do we think? What are your early vibes when

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Speaker 2: I tell you that.

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure it to be honest, that mainly just

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Speaker 4: the bowling attack. I don't think we need to go

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Speaker 4: as heavy like the four pronged attack that have got

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Speaker 4: to all have two hundred and fifty plus Test wickets.

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Speaker 4: I don't think we need to go that hard. I

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Speaker 4: think it's an opportunity to rest the works of Hazelwood,

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Speaker 4: Starks played a lot of cricket recently and Cummins coming

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Speaker 4: a chance to maybe rest one or two of those.

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Speaker 1: I think the West Indies bowlers more suited the pace

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Speaker 1: the spinners we've talked about that before anywhere sort of

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Speaker 1: suited to spin. They've got the humidity I think Leo

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Speaker 3: But I'd be resting the bowlers.

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Speaker 1: There's fast bowlers, Chuck Cunheman in there with line because

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Speaker 5: I'm not against Koneman, but I just think you could

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Speaker 5: I'd say, don't mind the bowl and spin.

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Speaker 1: I don't mind it, yeah, fair enough, fair enough anything

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Speaker 2: So obviously Marnus has been dropped.

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Speaker 5: Smith is injured, so it's a good opportunity for constants

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Speaker 5: opening the batting conditions and English is also expected to play.

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Speaker 2: Who handles the spin very nice?

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Speaker 4: I think he's very stiff. Not to even just be

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Speaker 4: in our test scored your test team, starting test team

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Speaker 4: in general, like our best eleven.

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Speaker 2: He's behind Stephen Smith.

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Speaker 4: Well we could come in from Mars yeah open, No,

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Speaker 2: I don't think absolutely.

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Speaker 1: I would personally rather English at three than Cam Green

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Speaker 3: Little bit either really bad at three.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I think especially with Kowhaja and Concerts in

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Speaker 1: and the third Batsmaster comes straight in. I hope that

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Speaker 4: I feel like this is a good time to test

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Speaker 4: even if we don't play Even if we don't play

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Speaker 4: Manus the whole series, we don't play Smith for the

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Speaker 4: for returning, but it is a good opportunity to prepare

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Speaker 4: for what the top order of the Ashes will look

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Speaker 4: like and give these players a role. Maybe even just

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Speaker 4: Maybe open English, open Green, open head.

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Speaker 3: Just comments. Could we go at the bat he can

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Speaker 2: To get serious.

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Speaker 1: Oh, let's get serious and let's have a bit of fun.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about Sami Constance. He is literally

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Speaker 1: one of the most exciting players in the world. He

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Speaker 1: lit it up on boxing day. Do we think he's

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Speaker 1: going to just bring that energy and bring exactly what

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Speaker 5: Probably not the best player of spin, and the pace

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Speaker 2: We'll see.

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Speaker 4: Well, Shama Joseph did share some choice words with Sammy.

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Speaker 4: He did say basically good luck when you come here,

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Speaker 4: So maybe Sami Consas will try and flew it up

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Speaker 3: Could reap his rewards with it with a quick ton,

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Speaker 3: that'd be nice. He could he could do thank you.

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Speaker 4: You know me always love opening up with.

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Speaker 1: Head absolutely, Travis said. Trav ball is exactly what you

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Speaker 4: Got the Travis said, Mogo, And yeah it actually does

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Speaker 4: look a bit of travel it doesn't Who don't know

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Speaker 4: the same world about Leo's beard?

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Speaker 3: Who is that like in the Aussie team.

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Speaker 1: I don't think anyone actually has a dark star stuck As.

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Speaker 4: Actually one has a stubbly sort of thing.

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Speaker 3: Going with his bald could go one.

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Speaker 1: I reckon, hm hmm, obvious to calm down and fine

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Speaker 1: over here, Marcus. All right, Marcus, we'll let you have

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Speaker 1: the limelight for.

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Speaker 3: A little bit. West Indies give me the line.

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Speaker 4: We're talking about the West Indies team because it is

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Speaker 4: an exciting team. It is last time they came over

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Speaker 4: a little bit similar. Browth wait opening with Louis Darryl

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Speaker 4: Brathway Brathwait Louis as the opening batsman. We've got Kasey

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Speaker 4: Carty shall I hope Chase Greeves like Azari Joseph Worrican

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Speaker 4: Seals and Shama Joseph gotten out the team.

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Speaker 1: That's actually pretty good, Tower predicted a yes, that's just

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Speaker 1: our pretty good Well, the guy Roston Chase is their

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Speaker 1: of phase in West. In his cricket, you've obviously got

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Speaker 1: the two Joseph's of just very exciting part. Fast bowlers

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Speaker 1: I probably I like especially Shama better in the Test

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Speaker 4: For Alzari Joseph to be their best bowler basically in

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Speaker 4: Open type bowler, yeah, I think he's probably one lock.

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Speaker 4: He'll quietly get two minimum two or three each innings,

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Speaker 4: It doesn't take big bags, but consistent takes two or

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Speaker 3: That's what you need. You've got a few thoughts on

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Speaker 3: Casey Cardi? What's the thick they playboy? Can we call

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Speaker 3: him Playboy Cardi boy?

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Speaker 2: Can we call him most?

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Speaker 4: Can we call him Katie Carsei Cardi, B, Cardi B?

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Speaker 2: What was yours?

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Speaker 4: It's just swapping the sea and the tea in his

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Speaker 4: name his first name or second name.

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Speaker 2: That might be the worst one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not the comments.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I want to talk about Kasey Cardi. Look,

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Speaker 5: he only averages seventeen from ten, so it's not not great,

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Speaker 5: not great, But here's an odio average of nearly fifty.

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Speaker 5: He's a very composed batsman. I love him in the

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Speaker 5: If he plays, he's one that I'm looking looking forward

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Speaker 5: to watching because, as we said, this is our predicted eleven.

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Speaker 2: I want him to play.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he will.

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Speaker 1: No, like you said, I think his form in the

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Speaker 1: short form it might help him get picked anyway. So

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Speaker 1: hopefully he can help that average because seventeen, I don't

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Speaker 3: To go up against Australia. Though one's the best bowling attacks.

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Speaker 4: That's Marnus territory.

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Speaker 3: Last ten. Yeah, yeah, he's up.

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Speaker 1: But I think get twenty one or twenty five or

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd be excited to see a bit of Cardi.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's the predicted elevens for this Test to

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Speaker 1: first Test match in the Test series. Let's get into

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Speaker 1: the first Test predictions. A few stats just before we

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Speaker 1: get into it. Australia lead fifteen eight with three draws

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Speaker 1: against the West Indies all time, so pretty confident heading

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Speaker 1: I know what you're gonna pick anyway, But who's going

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Speaker 3: One was Australia. Okay, Australia.

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Speaker 1: Three three zip three zips clicked just because they might

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Speaker 3: Are we a right to call it. Are you guys?

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Speaker 3: There was a quick show for once. Are right with that?

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Speaker 2: Bad light?

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Speaker 3: Stop play?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, bad lights stop play? That starts for the Cricket

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Speaker 1: Today Show. We'll be back for a test rap. Are

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Speaker 3: The plan was in the plane a bit.

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Speaker 2: I did the plan for summer in winter.

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Speaker 3: This guy, I wish it.

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Speaker 1: Was summer because I wish the sumer of cricket is

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Speaker 1: already here. Get right around the show. Make sure you subscribe.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to get to what we what do.

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Speaker 3: We we leave four K four K. Let's get the foe.

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Speaker 2: Let's leave the sharp chat behind.

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much to Brodie behind the camera.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Lereic, thank you, thanks Marcus, thank you, Status perfect.

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