1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from Newstalks EDB. 3 00:00:12,627 --> 00:00:16,107 Speaker 2: I'm into white ball action again tomorrow, the shorter version. 4 00:00:16,187 --> 00:00:19,027 Speaker 2: Off the back of their Champions Trophy campaign which saw 5 00:00:19,027 --> 00:00:22,427 Speaker 2: them fall just short against India in the final, they're 6 00:00:22,467 --> 00:00:25,627 Speaker 2: back into T twenty mode. The first of five T 7 00:00:25,627 --> 00:00:29,787 Speaker 2: twenties against Pakistan Hagleyoval tomorrow, followed by three One Day 8 00:00:29,787 --> 00:00:33,427 Speaker 2: internationals now. The five T twenty games are all double headers, 9 00:00:34,027 --> 00:00:36,467 Speaker 2: with the White Ferns playing Sri Lanka in the first 10 00:00:36,507 --> 00:00:39,947 Speaker 2: two and then Australia in the next three. So big 11 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:42,667 Speaker 2: double headed days of cricket coming up in christ Church, 12 00:00:42,747 --> 00:00:47,987 Speaker 2: then Dunedin, Auckland, Mount Monganery and Wellington. Afresh and exciting 13 00:00:48,027 --> 00:00:50,307 Speaker 2: looking black Cap squad has been named for this one, 14 00:00:50,307 --> 00:00:54,427 Speaker 2: including Canterbury wicket keeper batsman Mitch Hay over touch. 15 00:00:54,667 --> 00:00:58,387 Speaker 3: It's rarely high and it's long enough as well, comfortably 16 00:00:58,427 --> 00:01:04,747 Speaker 3: long enough. That's not fun enough, it's not anywhere near 17 00:01:05,387 --> 00:01:05,987 Speaker 3: for enough. 18 00:01:06,507 --> 00:01:08,507 Speaker 2: Much Hay belting a white ball around the place. He 19 00:01:08,587 --> 00:01:10,267 Speaker 2: joins us down much. You got your first taste of 20 00:01:10,307 --> 00:01:13,107 Speaker 2: the Black Cap and white ball matches against Sri Lanka 21 00:01:13,467 --> 00:01:15,787 Speaker 2: in Sri Lanka and then back home against the same 22 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:18,427 Speaker 2: opposition late last year and into January. How much did 23 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:23,227 Speaker 2: wearing the black cap wet your appetite for more international cricket. 24 00:01:24,027 --> 00:01:24,987 Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks having me on. 25 00:01:25,067 --> 00:01:27,427 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, It's one of those things you get a 26 00:01:27,467 --> 00:01:29,667 Speaker 5: taste for it and it's pretty awesome. It's everything you 27 00:01:29,747 --> 00:01:32,267 Speaker 5: sort of dream of, and then when you finish up 28 00:01:32,267 --> 00:01:33,747 Speaker 5: the series, that's all you want to do is get 29 00:01:33,747 --> 00:01:36,107 Speaker 5: back in the environment. So it's awesome to be to 30 00:01:36,187 --> 00:01:38,027 Speaker 5: be back in and have some some T twenty cricket 31 00:01:38,067 --> 00:01:38,427 Speaker 5: coming up. 32 00:01:38,587 --> 00:01:40,187 Speaker 2: How happy were you with the way you played in 33 00:01:40,227 --> 00:01:42,867 Speaker 2: those games away in Sri Lanka and then back home. 34 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:47,027 Speaker 5: Yeah, that pretty contrasting series. The games in Sri Lanka 35 00:01:47,027 --> 00:01:49,627 Speaker 5: are pretty pretty low scoring. Key thing was I was 36 00:01:49,627 --> 00:01:52,027 Speaker 5: pretty involved up to the stunts there, which was good 37 00:01:52,067 --> 00:01:54,027 Speaker 5: and I was really happy with that. With the bat 38 00:01:54,107 --> 00:01:56,107 Speaker 5: was pretty tough work, but I don't think anyone's done 39 00:01:56,107 --> 00:01:57,987 Speaker 5: it too easy over there, and then you're nice to 40 00:01:57,987 --> 00:02:01,027 Speaker 5: contribute back home against the against Sri Lanka back in 41 00:02:01,227 --> 00:02:02,227 Speaker 5: New Zealand, So now. 42 00:02:02,387 --> 00:02:04,227 Speaker 4: I was over all pretty happy for a first couple 43 00:02:04,267 --> 00:02:04,667 Speaker 4: of series. 44 00:02:04,787 --> 00:02:07,267 Speaker 2: Yeah, you look at the game in Mount Long forty 45 00:02:07,307 --> 00:02:09,947 Speaker 2: one not out off nineteen balls. How much did you 46 00:02:10,067 --> 00:02:11,627 Speaker 2: enjoy enjoy that knock? 47 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:15,147 Speaker 5: Yeah, so it's pretty enjoyable in T twenties and you 48 00:02:15,187 --> 00:02:17,427 Speaker 5: get a couple out of the middle and I was like, 49 00:02:17,467 --> 00:02:19,547 Speaker 5: I say, really nice to contribute to a good one 50 00:02:19,627 --> 00:02:22,867 Speaker 5: that day, And yeah, it's always nice to to sort 51 00:02:22,867 --> 00:02:24,747 Speaker 5: of show you can do it on the international stage. 52 00:02:24,987 --> 00:02:28,667 Speaker 2: Have you developed a particular approach to batting in T 53 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:29,427 Speaker 2: twenty cricket? 54 00:02:31,027 --> 00:02:33,027 Speaker 5: Yeah, I guess the thing with T twenty cricket and 55 00:02:33,147 --> 00:02:36,467 Speaker 5: especially banning in the middle order have to be quite adaptable, 56 00:02:36,787 --> 00:02:40,227 Speaker 5: can be quite Yeah, it's probably not one blanket. 57 00:02:39,787 --> 00:02:41,107 Speaker 4: Recipe that will work all the time. 58 00:02:41,187 --> 00:02:43,307 Speaker 5: So it's trying to adjust to the situation and the 59 00:02:43,307 --> 00:02:46,147 Speaker 5: conditions and managed to adapt as well as I can 60 00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:49,307 Speaker 5: to get a performance on the board to the TAM because. 61 00:02:49,067 --> 00:02:50,947 Speaker 2: I guess as you're sitting there waiting to come in, 62 00:02:51,027 --> 00:02:53,267 Speaker 2: and you know, when you're panted up, you think, okay, 63 00:02:53,347 --> 00:02:54,907 Speaker 2: there might be able to eight overs to go, but 64 00:02:54,947 --> 00:02:56,307 Speaker 2: then you might be sitting there and all of a 65 00:02:56,347 --> 00:02:58,307 Speaker 2: sudden there's only three overs to go. So as your 66 00:02:58,307 --> 00:03:01,227 Speaker 2: mindset constantly changing as you're sitting there waiting for your turn. 67 00:03:01,827 --> 00:03:04,747 Speaker 5: Yeah, I try not to be use up too much 68 00:03:04,907 --> 00:03:08,187 Speaker 5: energy waiting to bat, but only changes pretty quickly and 69 00:03:08,707 --> 00:03:10,587 Speaker 5: often you don't all that much time when you get 70 00:03:10,587 --> 00:03:12,387 Speaker 5: out there, so that's you see a few balls and 71 00:03:12,387 --> 00:03:15,107 Speaker 5: then have a have a crack. And sometimes you can 72 00:03:15,107 --> 00:03:16,907 Speaker 5: give yourself slightly more time, like you say, if you've 73 00:03:16,907 --> 00:03:19,267 Speaker 5: got eight or nine overs, but yeah, it can be 74 00:03:19,387 --> 00:03:21,587 Speaker 5: quite a few few sometimes, so you come in and 75 00:03:21,627 --> 00:03:24,307 Speaker 5: come pretty hard and hope that it's your day. 76 00:03:24,627 --> 00:03:27,387 Speaker 2: What about wicket keeping in T twenty cricket much because 77 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:29,147 Speaker 2: you know, off the one hundred and twenty balls to 78 00:03:29,227 --> 00:03:31,467 Speaker 2: get bold, you know only three or four might come 79 00:03:31,467 --> 00:03:34,747 Speaker 2: through to you, right, So what's the How different is 80 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:37,307 Speaker 2: is wicket keeping in T twenty even compared to fifty 81 00:03:37,387 --> 00:03:37,987 Speaker 2: over cricket. 82 00:03:38,947 --> 00:03:40,347 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's definitely a little bit different. 83 00:03:40,667 --> 00:03:42,907 Speaker 5: I found I had a pretty interesting start to it 84 00:03:42,907 --> 00:03:45,507 Speaker 5: in Sri Lanka where I think the amount of balls 85 00:03:45,507 --> 00:03:47,707 Speaker 5: I caught up to the stump sort of been ridiculously 86 00:03:47,787 --> 00:03:50,307 Speaker 5: high with the amount of turn there was, so there 87 00:03:50,347 --> 00:03:52,707 Speaker 5: was probably a bit of a false introduction to T 88 00:03:52,707 --> 00:03:53,547 Speaker 5: twenty creet But. 89 00:03:53,827 --> 00:03:55,067 Speaker 4: Yeah, back in New Zealand. 90 00:03:54,827 --> 00:03:57,707 Speaker 5: It was definitely less balls come through, but I think 91 00:03:57,707 --> 00:04:00,387 Speaker 5: the ones that do come through often chances or the 92 00:04:00,387 --> 00:04:02,467 Speaker 5: batsman's doing something pretty funky in front of you, so 93 00:04:02,627 --> 00:04:05,507 Speaker 5: the takes in never that easy. But yeah, like you say, 94 00:04:05,547 --> 00:04:07,627 Speaker 5: it's often not many, but when they do come through, 95 00:04:07,707 --> 00:04:08,627 Speaker 5: it's pretty crucial. 96 00:04:08,987 --> 00:04:12,547 Speaker 2: And what about the connection with the captain and the 97 00:04:12,587 --> 00:04:15,387 Speaker 2: bowlers as well? You see a lot from your vantage 98 00:04:15,387 --> 00:04:17,747 Speaker 2: point behind the stump. So do you feel confident and 99 00:04:17,947 --> 00:04:19,907 Speaker 2: even in a black CAP's environment which is still quite 100 00:04:19,907 --> 00:04:22,707 Speaker 2: new to you, to pass on that information to people 101 00:04:22,707 --> 00:04:23,427 Speaker 2: who might need it. 102 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:26,467 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's the great thing about the environment 103 00:04:26,747 --> 00:04:29,347 Speaker 5: is that there's a lot of experience guys, but they 104 00:04:29,347 --> 00:04:31,907 Speaker 5: sort of welcome you in and it's pretty relaxed environment 105 00:04:31,947 --> 00:04:34,227 Speaker 5: and everyone gets around you and gets on really well. 106 00:04:34,267 --> 00:04:37,427 Speaker 5: So feel pretty comfortable from the first game to have 107 00:04:37,507 --> 00:04:39,507 Speaker 5: you say if you see something and they take that 108 00:04:39,587 --> 00:04:41,427 Speaker 5: on as well. Because I guess we've all played a 109 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,387 Speaker 5: lot of cricket. They've played a lot more than me 110 00:04:43,387 --> 00:04:46,387 Speaker 5: at the international level, but the cricket is still the same. 111 00:04:46,627 --> 00:04:48,707 Speaker 2: Your most recent cricket's been red bull stuff, hasn't it. 112 00:04:48,747 --> 00:04:51,307 Speaker 2: For Canterbury had a plunket shill game earlier in the 113 00:04:51,307 --> 00:04:54,187 Speaker 2: month before that, fifty over crickets. That's been what's six 114 00:04:54,267 --> 00:04:56,827 Speaker 2: weeks or so since the Super Smash finished. Do you 115 00:04:56,867 --> 00:04:59,827 Speaker 2: find the adjustment relatively easy to make though between the 116 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:02,507 Speaker 2: formats and between the color of the cricket ball. 117 00:05:03,667 --> 00:05:05,787 Speaker 5: Yeah, I really like the change in format. I think 118 00:05:05,787 --> 00:05:09,107 Speaker 5: it keeps it all fresh, especially this timeless season where 119 00:05:09,467 --> 00:05:10,987 Speaker 5: sort of at the back end, it's quite nice to 120 00:05:11,667 --> 00:05:13,307 Speaker 5: sort of switch it up a little bit. I know, 121 00:05:13,667 --> 00:05:16,307 Speaker 5: the first Red Bull game back after a big diet 122 00:05:16,307 --> 00:05:19,587 Speaker 5: of white ball cricket was I'm my first netcision back. 123 00:05:19,587 --> 00:05:21,347 Speaker 5: It was actually quite nice to defend a few and 124 00:05:21,427 --> 00:05:24,667 Speaker 5: leave a few. So I quite enjoy the change up 125 00:05:24,707 --> 00:05:27,867 Speaker 5: and playing fighty different shots. And I guess all you know, 126 00:05:27,907 --> 00:05:30,587 Speaker 5: it's still crickets, still keeping, still betting, So yeah, now 127 00:05:30,587 --> 00:05:31,147 Speaker 5: I do enjoy it. 128 00:05:31,187 --> 00:05:31,347 Speaker 3: Yeah. 129 00:05:31,347 --> 00:05:32,787 Speaker 2: When was the last time you let a ball go 130 00:05:32,827 --> 00:05:34,587 Speaker 2: through to the keeper as a white ball batter? 131 00:05:37,347 --> 00:05:40,627 Speaker 5: None so intentionally love it. 132 00:05:40,667 --> 00:05:42,667 Speaker 2: In first chance to play for New Zealand, I think 133 00:05:42,787 --> 00:05:45,107 Speaker 2: in your hometown tomorrow, how special is that going to be? 134 00:05:45,827 --> 00:05:46,027 Speaker 4: Yeah? 135 00:05:46,067 --> 00:05:49,667 Speaker 5: And that's very exciting. When I saw the schedule to 136 00:05:49,747 --> 00:05:51,587 Speaker 5: have a game of Haglar, I was pretty excited. It's 137 00:05:51,747 --> 00:05:55,147 Speaker 5: been a dream to groups New Zealand at home in 138 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:56,867 Speaker 5: front of him and family, So it's going to be 139 00:05:56,907 --> 00:05:59,347 Speaker 5: pretty exciting and really, unfortunately it sounds. 140 00:05:59,147 --> 00:06:00,707 Speaker 2: Like it's going to be close to a sellout as well. 141 00:06:00,947 --> 00:06:03,747 Speaker 2: I think as we talk today less than five hundred 142 00:06:03,787 --> 00:06:06,907 Speaker 2: tickets available, be over eight thousand there. Would that be 143 00:06:06,907 --> 00:06:09,027 Speaker 2: the biggest Hagley crowd you've played in front of? 144 00:06:10,027 --> 00:06:12,747 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, definitely the biggest Hagley crowd I've played in 145 00:06:12,787 --> 00:06:14,987 Speaker 5: front of. I'm not too sure what we get for 146 00:06:15,067 --> 00:06:17,867 Speaker 5: sub smash games, but it wouldn't be anything close to that, 147 00:06:17,947 --> 00:06:20,067 Speaker 5: I don't imagine. So that's going to be a pretty 148 00:06:20,067 --> 00:06:20,587 Speaker 5: cool occasion. 149 00:06:20,627 --> 00:06:22,907 Speaker 2: It must be exciting a start of a series, fresh 150 00:06:22,907 --> 00:06:25,707 Speaker 2: looking team, a lot of new faces and new Wish faces, 151 00:06:25,747 --> 00:06:27,907 Speaker 2: including you, Sarah. Do you get a sense of excitement 152 00:06:27,907 --> 00:06:28,467 Speaker 2: around the group? 153 00:06:29,387 --> 00:06:33,227 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. I think the group's very excited to sort 154 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:35,827 Speaker 5: of join up. If you new guys so I haven't 155 00:06:36,067 --> 00:06:37,347 Speaker 5: spent a lot of time with as well, so that 156 00:06:37,467 --> 00:06:40,547 Speaker 5: it was exciting to get to know them and just 157 00:06:40,587 --> 00:06:42,507 Speaker 5: get around them a bit, which is cool. And I think, yeah, 158 00:06:42,547 --> 00:06:44,507 Speaker 5: definitely can feel the excitement in the group for a 159 00:06:44,627 --> 00:06:48,507 Speaker 5: five match two twenty series, which is yeah, slightly more than. 160 00:06:48,227 --> 00:06:50,787 Speaker 2: Usual, absolutely, and a bit of a traveling roadshow as 161 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:53,267 Speaker 2: well to the five venues I mentioned before. It's great 162 00:06:53,267 --> 00:06:56,187 Speaker 2: to chat mate just before you go. Your partner Lara 163 00:06:56,227 --> 00:06:58,467 Speaker 2: is part of the Wellington Phoenix women's side. There are 164 00:06:58,547 --> 00:07:01,387 Speaker 2: a way at Sydney FC tonight you're going to get 165 00:07:01,427 --> 00:07:02,187 Speaker 2: the chance to have a lot. 166 00:07:02,867 --> 00:07:05,587 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll definitely be watching. I tune into most games 167 00:07:06,387 --> 00:07:07,947 Speaker 5: and I would definitely be keeping an eye on that one. 168 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:10,947 Speaker 2: The cyber good stuff mate. Well, all the best tomorrow 169 00:07:10,947 --> 00:07:12,867 Speaker 2: and for the rest of the T twenty series and beyond. 170 00:07:12,867 --> 00:07:14,307 Speaker 2: Appreciate you taking them time for a chat. 171 00:07:14,387 --> 00:07:15,267 Speaker 4: Thank you, appreciate it. 172 00:07:15,307 --> 00:07:18,427 Speaker 2: No, thank you, Mitch Mitchee. We could keeper batsman with 173 00:07:18,467 --> 00:07:20,827 Speaker 2: Canterbury and with the black Caps for these upcoming T 174 00:07:20,987 --> 00:07:21,867 Speaker 2: twenty matches. 175 00:07:22,387 --> 00:07:25,547 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 176 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:28,947 Speaker 1: to News Talk sed B weekends from midday or follow 177 00:07:28,987 --> 00:07:30,627 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.