WEBVTT - "36 Years In The Making"

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<v Speaker 1>Okiday there live sort of from the export Big Ann

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<v Speaker 1>Studios and you're sort of listening to the BYC. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>explain shortly, and what an extraordinary week it's been for

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<v Speaker 1>New Zealand cricket. If I'm being honest, I would never

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<v Speaker 1>have predicted those two results in a million years. The

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<v Speaker 1>cricket world has flipped on its axis. So convinced was

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<v Speaker 1>I that the Black Caps were going to be utterly

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<v Speaker 1>humiliated and the White Ferns were not going to even

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<v Speaker 1>cause a blip at the World Cup. I would have

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<v Speaker 1>bet my house on it. Fortunately I didn't, or I

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<v Speaker 1>might have woken up today in a tin Tinranui. It

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<v Speaker 1>truly boggles the mind and reminds us all of the beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>unpredictable nature of sport. So let's get to it, but

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<v Speaker 1>it with a little bit of a twist, as our

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<v Speaker 1>correspondents are currently scattered around the world. But I believe

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<v Speaker 1>we have a bit of check from our one and

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<v Speaker 1>only Dylan Kleaver.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I get avabyc is did you hear the one

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<v Speaker 2>about the cricket correspondent who mistagably the greatest twelve hours

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<v Speaker 2>in the history of the sport in this country? By

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<v Speaker 2>finding himself up the Mekong Delta. Yeah, it's still in

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<v Speaker 2>cleaver here. And as the Black Caps and White fans

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<v Speaker 2>carried out their sensational results in Dubai and Bengalaru, I

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<v Speaker 2>was living in my own version, very tame version of

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<v Speaker 2>that of apocalypse now in a gunboat up the Mekong River.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unlikely that the cricinfo dot com live storing has

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<v Speaker 2>ever been refreshed as often from the Greatest Saigon area

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<v Speaker 2>as it was in those twenty four hours where I

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to catch, desperately trying to catch the results

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<v Speaker 2>from Bengalaru and Dubai. Have we now returned to the

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<v Speaker 2>land of along white cloud. I'm still working my way

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<v Speaker 2>through the highlights packages and we'll watch the full final

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<v Speaker 2>of the World T twenty. But I do have some

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<v Speaker 2>top of the head thoughts, so I'd like to share

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<v Speaker 2>before a return to the show properly following the second

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<v Speaker 2>test in Pune, first from BEng Laru. Look, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>telling you anything you don't know here. Barachin Ravendra has

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<v Speaker 2>the tools to be a multi format superstar. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>his shot making and difficult conditions is breathtaking. That guy's

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<v Speaker 2>ceiling would appear to be limitless. And I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>very early and it's test career to be talking like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but the guy just has something special and watching him

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<v Speaker 2>go about his work has become one of the great

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<v Speaker 2>cricket watching pleasures. Now, I thought New Zealand even in

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<v Speaker 2>even in spinning conditions, although you know there wasn't so

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<v Speaker 2>much spinning conditions in Benglaru all. Obviously it wasn't particularly

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<v Speaker 2>on that first morning, but I just think they look

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<v Speaker 2>a better balanced team with a three man seam attack.

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<v Speaker 2>All were very good, even Jim Sounder, who again just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't get that kind of clutch of wickets that he

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<v Speaker 2>said desperately needs to convince people that he belongs there

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<v Speaker 2>and who was actually there's facing a controversial selection beforehand,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sure if Ben Sears hadn't been injured that

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<v Speaker 2>many of us would have been calling for him to

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<v Speaker 2>play rather than Sali. But I thought Saudi was very good,

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<v Speaker 2>whereas Matt Henry and Willow Rock just had moments of

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<v Speaker 2>brilliance in as I said, admdtly helpful conditions. But I

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<v Speaker 2>just think the whole thing is held better together, is

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<v Speaker 2>more glue to that attack. When they do have the

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<v Speaker 2>three seamers, Pune will almost certainly offer a totally different

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<v Speaker 2>surface that I mean ready reports, so that it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like a very bare black soil wicket that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>spin from day one. So there must be a temptation,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, to bring a Santana back into the fold,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not sure i'd change anything at all. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>be very tempted to run out that same bowling attack.

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<v Speaker 2>Another thought that I had, And look, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it's been mentioned many places, and perhaps my cd CAN

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<v Speaker 2>connection has been a lot for this a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 2>But I thought it was a quite important job that

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<v Speaker 2>was done by will Young, who was under immense pressure

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<v Speaker 2>to provide just a semblance of the ballast that came.

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<v Speaker 2>Williamson gives it. Three came. Williams is not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be there again in poone, and I guess it's probably

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<v Speaker 2>looking more and more unlike as each day passes, and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll get to India at all for the Tests, with

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<v Speaker 2>the third and final one to be played at wan

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<v Speaker 2>K Stadium, so Will Young will get at least one

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<v Speaker 2>more run at number three. The forty Old Night Out

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<v Speaker 2>and turned what could have been a treacherous chase into

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<v Speaker 2>a formality. So well done there, and because I guess

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<v Speaker 2>it's cricket and things just changed so quickly. We now

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<v Speaker 2>find that Given Conway is no longer on the run

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<v Speaker 2>scoring hot seat, but Tom Latham certainly still is. You

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<v Speaker 2>know again probably difficult conditions to throw too much heat

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<v Speaker 2>his way out. He desperately needs the score and just quietly.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think General Richell would say no to one

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<v Speaker 2>either at the moment, but anyway, it was just, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an amazing result to win a Test in India,

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<v Speaker 2>to do it in those circumstances, to running for losing

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<v Speaker 2>the toss and then running through them on the well.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the second morning, but the first day of

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<v Speaker 2>any action was amazing. And then to fight back after

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<v Speaker 2>India pretty much put themselves in a position where it

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<v Speaker 2>looked like they might steal it with the sensational third

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<v Speaker 2>innings betting effort was really good bad you know, if anything,

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<v Speaker 2>it paled to what happened and do by going into

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<v Speaker 2>this tournament, if you had told me that the White

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<v Speaker 2>Ferns would end up winning it, I would have thought

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<v Speaker 2>you were smoking something. A lot of things had to

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<v Speaker 2>go their way and they did. They didn't face Australia

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<v Speaker 2>or England to have been the twin nemeses in the knockouts,

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<v Speaker 2>which was obviously advantageous for them, but you know that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really matter. You play who you play. And in

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<v Speaker 2>the semi final, in the final, they were wonderful. And

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<v Speaker 2>I say that in a slightly compromised position, and that

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't seen any other than the highlights at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, they did what they needed to do.

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<v Speaker 2>They did it in the way that we've been asking

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time, which was from contributions from people

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<v Speaker 2>other than Susie Bates and Safety Divine and Amedia Occur.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Amenia cur had at a magnificent final with

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<v Speaker 2>bat and ball and in fact you're bowling probably made

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<v Speaker 2>a dominant figure of the tournament as a whole. But

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<v Speaker 2>they got contributions from players who have been straggling big time.

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<v Speaker 2>They got contributions from Rasmie Meyer, who is superb. They

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<v Speaker 2>got really telling contributions with the bat from Georgia Plymouth,

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<v Speaker 2>who has spent a long time being labeled the most

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<v Speaker 2>promising young woman's batter in the country. But it just

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't been able to put the runs on the board.

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<v Speaker 2>She said they did that at the right time. There

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<v Speaker 2>was a physic and energy clearly to the way they

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<v Speaker 2>went about their work. And I pondered in the bounce

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<v Speaker 2>with this sort of deep philosophical question, whether all the

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<v Speaker 2>pain of the past couple of years, and remember they

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<v Speaker 2>came into this tournament having lost ten, ten, twenty eyes

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<v Speaker 2>in a row, which is really hard to do for

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<v Speaker 2>a competitive team, is it worth it to get a

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<v Speaker 2>result like this? And it clearly is worth it to

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<v Speaker 2>get a result like this, But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>they cannot fall back into those patterns that enabled them

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<v Speaker 2>to or not enabled them, which sort of saw such

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<v Speaker 2>a string of poor results. This is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a catalyst for so real dynamic White Ferns cricket over

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<v Speaker 2>the next couple of years. Sure, they've got a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of other veterans who are still very important, who ain't

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<v Speaker 2>getting any younger, But I see this as a real

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity for a springboard. Not only that, I think if

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the bigger picture, a women's cricket in

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<v Speaker 2>New Zealand has struggled to get the cream of the

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<v Speaker 2>best athletic talent, and I think this could be a

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<v Speaker 2>catalyst for New Zealand cricket to be more proactive in

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<v Speaker 2>that space, because if I'm looking.

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<v Speaker 3>At it as a as a parent of a young

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<v Speaker 3>female athlete who's got real talent, real eye hand coordination,

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<v Speaker 3>cricket offers some serious pathways, some serious career pathways.

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<v Speaker 4>Now with the Women's opl the Woman's one hundred, the

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<v Speaker 4>Women's Big Besh and as we just saw the White

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<v Speaker 4>Perns each creaming a couple of one hundred k from

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<v Speaker 4>winning this tournament, is a real opportunities there, and I

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<v Speaker 4>hope New Zealand Cricket grasps all.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, that's for me. I've been gone for long enough now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing twelve hours to follow, even if it was

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<v Speaker 2>done in foreign conditions, and I look forward to talking

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<v Speaker 2>to you in a more formal setting next week thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to your patience. Well, there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a wrap of this peculiar bee way. See, we're

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<v Speaker 1>very confident that next week all hands will be on

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<v Speaker 1>deck and we'll be able to delve further into what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening in the cricket world. Until then, thanks for taking

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<v Speaker 1>the time to listen. To us, and we'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>next week.