1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Jason Pines with our sports talk host seven pm tonight 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: on New Talks. He'd be Jason, good afternoon. Geta right. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: It looks like we're winning this Test, are we well? 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 2: I hesitate slightly to give one hundred percent confirmation of that. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: What are we at tea? We lead by four hundred 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: and seventy eight runs. Now, that seems like a lot 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 2: of runs to be ahead. Still quite a bit of 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 2: time left in this Test, weather permitting the rest of 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: today and then two more days. The only little caveat 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: here is that England have revolutionized the way that Test 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: cricket has played, so it wouldn't be beyond them under 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 2: Brendan McCullum, of course, to go out there and smash 13 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: five hundred to win a Test match. Having said that, 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: no one's ever chased down more than about four hundred 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: and eighteen in the entire history of Test cricket. So 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 2: it feels like in England winners off the table. It's 17 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: just where the New Zealand has the wherewithal over the 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: next couple of days to bowl England out, get a 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: win in Tim Southay's last Test and salvage a bit 20 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: of pride from this Test series. 21 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm just looking at I was wondering who it was 22 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: on the telly at the moment. It's Mark Ridginson. He 23 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: looks terrible. God his age since I last saw them 24 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: go Anyway, let's talk. Let's talk foot fall Auckland. The 25 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: Sea have been hit by injuries. Now this is going 26 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: to be a bit of a problem for us. 27 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: Well it could be, yes, it could. I mean they've 28 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 2: been so good to start, haven't they. And they've had 29 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: a very consistent team selection to start with. But yeah, 30 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: two or three of their big players Dan Hall, they're 31 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: center back from Australia, Louis Vastrata, their Belgian midfielder, and 32 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 2: key we midfielder Cam Howison all out for the foreseeable future. 33 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: I think for Strata is the one likely to be 34 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: back quickest. But Dan Hall's broken his ankle. That's a 35 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: three month kind of stint on the sidelines for Howse 36 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: and it's sort of four to six weeks. Having said that, 37 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: they missed those three guys last night and still got 38 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: a drawer coming from one kneel down and two one 39 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: down to draw two two in Melbourne against Melbourne Cityh're 40 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: a pretty good team. So look it'll test their depth. 41 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: But that's what you know, that's what that's what sport's 42 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: all about, having the next man up mentality. So yeah, 43 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: let's see how how Auckland FC cope with being a 44 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: couple of men down were. 45 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: They supposed to? Is this what you would have expected 46 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: from them? Performance wise? So far? It's they've done pretty well. 47 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: I don't think anyone expected this at the start of 48 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: the season. No, no, I mean the you know to 49 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: be I'm beating up to seven games to win six 50 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: on the trot, to go so far into their season 51 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 2: without conceding, I don't think even the most optimistic, the 52 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: most wildly optimistic of Auckland fans would have expected this. 53 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: It's great, it's fantastic. Look, we're only seven games into 54 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: a twenty seven game season, but they've started pretty well 55 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: so long may continue. 56 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Jason, thank you for that. 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