1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Okiday there live sort of from the export Big Ann 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Studios and you're sort of listening to the BYC. I'll 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: explain shortly, and what an extraordinary week it's been for 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: New Zealand cricket. If I'm being honest, I would never 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: have predicted those two results in a million years. The 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: cricket world has flipped on its axis. So convinced was 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: I that the Black Caps were going to be utterly 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: humiliated and the White Ferns were not going to even 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: cause a blip at the World Cup. I would have 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: bet my house on it. Fortunately I didn't, or I 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: might have woken up today in a tin Tinranui. It 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: truly boggles the mind and reminds us all of the beautiful, 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: unpredictable nature of sport. So let's get to it, but 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: it with a little bit of a twist, as our 15 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: correspondents are currently scattered around the world. But I believe 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: we have a bit of check from our one and 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: only Dylan Kleaver. 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I get avabyc is did you hear the one 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: about the cricket correspondent who mistagably the greatest twelve hours 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 2: in the history of the sport in this country? By 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: finding himself up the Mekong Delta. Yeah, it's still in 22 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: cleaver here. And as the Black Caps and White fans 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: carried out their sensational results in Dubai and Bengalaru, I 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 2: was living in my own version, very tame version of 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: that of apocalypse now in a gunboat up the Mekong River. 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: It's unlikely that the cricinfo dot com live storing has 27 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: ever been refreshed as often from the Greatest Saigon area 28 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: as it was in those twenty four hours where I 29 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: was trying to catch, desperately trying to catch the results 30 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: from Bengalaru and Dubai. Have we now returned to the 31 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: land of along white cloud. I'm still working my way 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: through the highlights packages and we'll watch the full final 33 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: of the World T twenty. But I do have some 34 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: top of the head thoughts, so I'd like to share 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: before a return to the show properly following the second 36 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: test in Pune, first from BEng Laru. Look, I'm not 37 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: telling you anything you don't know here. Barachin Ravendra has 38 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: the tools to be a multi format superstar. Some of 39 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: his shot making and difficult conditions is breathtaking. That guy's 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: ceiling would appear to be limitless. And I know it's 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: very early and it's test career to be talking like that, 42 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: but the guy just has something special and watching him 43 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: go about his work has become one of the great 44 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: cricket watching pleasures. Now, I thought New Zealand even in 45 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: even in spinning conditions, although you know there wasn't so 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: much spinning conditions in Benglaru all. Obviously it wasn't particularly 47 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: on that first morning, but I just think they look 48 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: a better balanced team with a three man seam attack. 49 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: All were very good, even Jim Sounder, who again just 50 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: couldn't get that kind of clutch of wickets that he 51 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: said desperately needs to convince people that he belongs there 52 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: and who was actually there's facing a controversial selection beforehand, 53 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: and I'm sure if Ben Sears hadn't been injured that 54 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: many of us would have been calling for him to 55 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: play rather than Sali. But I thought Saudi was very good, 56 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: whereas Matt Henry and Willow Rock just had moments of 57 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: brilliance in as I said, admdtly helpful conditions. But I 58 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: just think the whole thing is held better together, is 59 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: more glue to that attack. When they do have the 60 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: three seamers, Pune will almost certainly offer a totally different 61 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: surface that I mean ready reports, so that it looks 62 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: like a very bare black soil wicket that's going to 63 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: spin from day one. So there must be a temptation, 64 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: I guess, to bring a Santana back into the fold, 65 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: but I'm not sure i'd change anything at all. I'd 66 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: be very tempted to run out that same bowling attack. 67 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: Another thought that I had, And look, I don't think 68 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: it's been mentioned many places, and perhaps my cd CAN 69 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: connection has been a lot for this a little bit more. 70 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: But I thought it was a quite important job that 71 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: was done by will Young, who was under immense pressure 72 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: to provide just a semblance of the ballast that came. 73 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 2: Williamson gives it. Three came. Williams is not going to 74 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: be there again in poone, and I guess it's probably 75 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: looking more and more unlike as each day passes, and 76 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: you'll get to India at all for the Tests, with 77 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 2: the third and final one to be played at wan 78 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: K Stadium, so Will Young will get at least one 79 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: more run at number three. The forty Old Night Out 80 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: and turned what could have been a treacherous chase into 81 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 2: a formality. So well done there, and because I guess 82 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 2: it's cricket and things just changed so quickly. We now 83 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: find that Given Conway is no longer on the run 84 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: scoring hot seat, but Tom Latham certainly still is. You 85 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: know again probably difficult conditions to throw too much heat 86 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 2: his way out. He desperately needs the score and just quietly. 87 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 2: I don't think General Richell would say no to one 88 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: either at the moment, but anyway, it was just, you know, 89 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: it's an amazing result to win a Test in India, 90 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: to do it in those circumstances, to running for losing 91 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: the toss and then running through them on the well. 92 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: It was the second morning, but the first day of 93 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 2: any action was amazing. And then to fight back after 94 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: India pretty much put themselves in a position where it 95 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: looked like they might steal it with the sensational third 96 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: innings betting effort was really good bad you know, if anything, 97 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 2: it paled to what happened and do by going into 98 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: this tournament, if you had told me that the White 99 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: Ferns would end up winning it, I would have thought 100 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: you were smoking something. A lot of things had to 101 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 2: go their way and they did. They didn't face Australia 102 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 2: or England to have been the twin nemeses in the knockouts, 103 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 2: which was obviously advantageous for them, but you know that 104 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: doesn't really matter. You play who you play. And in 105 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: the semi final, in the final, they were wonderful. And 106 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: I say that in a slightly compromised position, and that 107 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 2: I haven't seen any other than the highlights at this point. 108 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: But you know, they did what they needed to do. 109 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 2: They did it in the way that we've been asking 110 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: for a long time, which was from contributions from people 111 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: other than Susie Bates and Safety Divine and Amedia Occur. 112 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 2: I mean, Amenia cur had at a magnificent final with 113 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: bat and ball and in fact you're bowling probably made 114 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: a dominant figure of the tournament as a whole. But 115 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 2: they got contributions from players who have been straggling big time. 116 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: They got contributions from Rasmie Meyer, who is superb. They 117 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 2: got really telling contributions with the bat from Georgia Plymouth, 118 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 2: who has spent a long time being labeled the most 119 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 2: promising young woman's batter in the country. But it just 120 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: hasn't been able to put the runs on the board. 121 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: She said they did that at the right time. There 122 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 2: was a physic and energy clearly to the way they 123 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: went about their work. And I pondered in the bounce 124 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: with this sort of deep philosophical question, whether all the 125 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 2: pain of the past couple of years, and remember they 126 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: came into this tournament having lost ten, ten, twenty eyes 127 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: in a row, which is really hard to do for 128 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: a competitive team, is it worth it to get a 129 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: result like this? And it clearly is worth it to 130 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 2: get a result like this, But at the same time, 131 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: they cannot fall back into those patterns that enabled them 132 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: to or not enabled them, which sort of saw such 133 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 2: a string of poor results. This is going to be 134 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: a catalyst for so real dynamic White Ferns cricket over 135 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: the next couple of years. Sure, they've got a couple 136 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: of other veterans who are still very important, who ain't 137 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: getting any younger, But I see this as a real 138 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: opportunity for a springboard. Not only that, I think if 139 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 2: you look at the bigger picture, a women's cricket in 140 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: New Zealand has struggled to get the cream of the 141 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: best athletic talent, and I think this could be a 142 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 2: catalyst for New Zealand cricket to be more proactive in 143 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: that space, because if I'm looking. 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 3: At it as a as a parent of a young 145 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,599 Speaker 3: female athlete who's got real talent, real eye hand coordination, 146 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 3: cricket offers some serious pathways, some serious career pathways. 147 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 4: Now with the Women's opl the Woman's one hundred, the 148 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 4: Women's Big Besh and as we just saw the White 149 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 4: Perns each creaming a couple of one hundred k from 150 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 4: winning this tournament, is a real opportunities there, and I 151 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 4: hope New Zealand Cricket grasps all. 152 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 2: Anyway, that's for me. I've been gone for long enough now. Yeah, 153 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: an amazing twelve hours to follow, even if it was 154 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 2: done in foreign conditions, and I look forward to talking 155 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 2: to you in a more formal setting next week thanks 156 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 2: to your patience. Well, there you go. 157 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: That's a wrap of this peculiar bee way. See, we're 158 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: very confident that next week all hands will be on 159 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: deck and we'll be able to delve further into what's 160 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: happening in the cricket world. Until then, thanks for taking 161 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: the time to listen. To us, and we'll see you 162 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: next week.