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 --> 00:00:12,267 Speaker 1: from News talks'b. 3 00:00:12,787 --> 00:00:15,707 Speaker 2: Caps have the chance to make more cricket history in 4 00:00:15,707 --> 00:00:18,907 Speaker 2: India Tonight they'll play their hosts in the third and 5 00:00:19,027 --> 00:00:22,707 Speaker 2: final ODI of their series at Indoor. The series is 6 00:00:22,747 --> 00:00:26,587 Speaker 2: locked at one game apiece. New Zealand have never beaten 7 00:00:26,707 --> 00:00:31,147 Speaker 2: India in a One day series in India. Darryl Mitchell's 8 00:00:31,147 --> 00:00:33,907 Speaker 2: been front and center for the black Caps. Eighty four 9 00:00:33,987 --> 00:00:37,147 Speaker 2: in the first game and an unbeaten one hundred and 10 00:00:37,347 --> 00:00:40,987 Speaker 2: thirty one in the second wicket. The seven wicked victory 11 00:00:41,027 --> 00:00:41,787 Speaker 2: in Game two. 12 00:00:43,987 --> 00:00:48,147 Speaker 3: I see played and that's his eight hundred in One 13 00:00:48,227 --> 00:00:52,747 Speaker 3: Day Internationals. Just like ya roll today, it's Darryl Mitchell 14 00:00:52,787 --> 00:00:57,227 Speaker 3: who's holding this New Zealand innings together and putting them 15 00:00:57,827 --> 00:01:03,867 Speaker 3: in prime position to get master finishing game. What an 16 00:01:03,867 --> 00:01:07,787 Speaker 3: extraordinary way to finish a game and what an extraordinary 17 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,627 Speaker 3: end to an innings that you will remember for a 18 00:01:10,667 --> 00:01:11,107 Speaker 3: long time. 19 00:01:11,187 --> 00:01:13,067 Speaker 4: New Zealand And won a game in India. 20 00:01:12,787 --> 00:01:15,467 Speaker 2: After a long time. Yeah, wonderful stuff. Darrell Mitchell is 21 00:01:15,467 --> 00:01:17,747 Speaker 2: with us. Darryl, thanks for chatting mate. That was your 22 00:01:17,787 --> 00:01:21,747 Speaker 2: eighth ODI one hundred for New Zealand your thirteenth across 23 00:01:21,787 --> 00:01:25,227 Speaker 2: the formats. But and I'm beaten one hundred and thirty 24 00:01:25,267 --> 00:01:27,147 Speaker 2: one and a winning run chase in India must be 25 00:01:27,147 --> 00:01:29,987 Speaker 2: pretty special. Where does that inning sit among those that 26 00:01:30,027 --> 00:01:31,627 Speaker 2: you've played for New Zealand? 27 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:35,387 Speaker 4: Hey, Paniya, thanks for having me. Yeah, look, it's I think, 28 00:01:35,427 --> 00:01:38,187 Speaker 4: firstly just nice. I guess with a younger group, that 29 00:01:38,347 --> 00:01:40,387 Speaker 4: will an experience group that we do have over here 30 00:01:40,427 --> 00:01:43,067 Speaker 4: at the moment to go and prove that we can 31 00:01:43,107 --> 00:01:45,267 Speaker 4: go and challenge against some of the best in the world. 32 00:01:45,347 --> 00:01:47,947 Speaker 4: And obviously when that last one, take it to a 33 00:01:48,027 --> 00:01:50,947 Speaker 4: decider and you're hopeful looking forward to the next one 34 00:01:50,987 --> 00:01:53,387 Speaker 4: in a couple of days now. So yeah, in terms 35 00:01:53,427 --> 00:01:57,507 Speaker 4: of yeah special, I guess every time you play for 36 00:01:57,507 --> 00:01:59,827 Speaker 4: your country special, and every time you contribute to winning 37 00:01:59,907 --> 00:02:03,387 Speaker 4: games is even more special. So yeah, I don't really 38 00:02:03,427 --> 00:02:05,867 Speaker 4: I strug to look back in the past, and I'm 39 00:02:05,867 --> 00:02:07,907 Speaker 4: sure I'll do it once my career is over. 40 00:02:08,227 --> 00:02:10,467 Speaker 2: You joined Will Young at forty six for two and 41 00:02:10,467 --> 00:02:13,547 Speaker 2: the thirteenth chasing two eighty five, so you need six 42 00:02:13,587 --> 00:02:15,787 Speaker 2: and a half per over from there. What was the 43 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:18,227 Speaker 2: plan between the two of you as you started to 44 00:02:18,227 --> 00:02:19,107 Speaker 2: build the partnership. 45 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:23,747 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, I think it's we recognize the newer balls 46 00:02:23,787 --> 00:02:26,387 Speaker 4: probably difficult on that surface, and I thought the way 47 00:02:27,227 --> 00:02:30,147 Speaker 4: Devon Henry Nichols negated that and then obviously Youngie coming 48 00:02:30,147 --> 00:02:32,947 Speaker 4: in and got through that period. And for us as 49 00:02:32,947 --> 00:02:35,707 Speaker 4: a partnership, it was just trying to find ways firstly 50 00:02:35,787 --> 00:02:39,027 Speaker 4: to keep rotating strike against spin, but also try and 51 00:02:39,027 --> 00:02:41,387 Speaker 4: find ways to keep putting pressure back on them when 52 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:45,347 Speaker 4: it's six and over on a slower surface. I guess 53 00:02:45,387 --> 00:02:47,747 Speaker 4: you've got to keep trying to be proactive because you 54 00:02:47,747 --> 00:02:50,707 Speaker 4: don't to let the rate get up too high. And yeah, 55 00:02:50,747 --> 00:02:53,387 Speaker 4: luckily enough we've got a couple of boundaries away as well, 56 00:02:53,427 --> 00:02:56,067 Speaker 4: and yeah, we got job done. 57 00:02:56,147 --> 00:02:59,347 Speaker 2: Yeah, the wicket was noticeably lower and slower than Game one. 58 00:02:59,507 --> 00:03:02,707 Speaker 2: So did you find yourself going square a lot more 59 00:03:02,707 --> 00:03:04,867 Speaker 2: often than perhaps down the ground like you normally might. 60 00:03:06,787 --> 00:03:09,187 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's adapting to the different conditions. They wear a 61 00:03:09,187 --> 00:03:12,907 Speaker 4: lot slower and lower, And yeah, I guess you're constantly 62 00:03:13,147 --> 00:03:15,227 Speaker 4: with the fields that they set, you're trying to find 63 00:03:15,267 --> 00:03:18,147 Speaker 4: ways to put them back under pressure, and whether that's 64 00:03:18,387 --> 00:03:20,987 Speaker 4: using your feet, whether that's sweeping, there's there's different ways. 65 00:03:20,987 --> 00:03:22,867 Speaker 4: And I think the cool thing with batting with young 66 00:03:22,947 --> 00:03:24,987 Speaker 4: Ee is we both do it quite differently, so it 67 00:03:25,307 --> 00:03:29,267 Speaker 4: finds ways to put them under different options. And yeah, 68 00:03:29,347 --> 00:03:30,987 Speaker 4: it was nice that it paid off this time. 69 00:03:31,107 --> 00:03:33,027 Speaker 2: I hope you mention after the game that you've been 70 00:03:33,107 --> 00:03:36,467 Speaker 2: preparing for this tour in the marquee at Lincoln. Can 71 00:03:36,507 --> 00:03:39,747 Speaker 2: you just tell us about that and what conditions you 72 00:03:39,787 --> 00:03:41,707 Speaker 2: can replicate down there. 73 00:03:43,427 --> 00:03:45,747 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, I live in Lincoln. I live probably five 74 00:03:45,747 --> 00:03:48,107 Speaker 4: minutes down the road from the training base, so that's 75 00:03:48,147 --> 00:03:52,067 Speaker 4: always very handy when you can just stuck down the 76 00:03:52,107 --> 00:03:55,987 Speaker 4: road and do some work. So yeah, obviously the Marquee 77 00:03:55,987 --> 00:03:59,787 Speaker 4: there which we can create some conditions that we are 78 00:03:59,827 --> 00:04:01,907 Speaker 4: preparing for. We've we've done it for a number of 79 00:04:02,027 --> 00:04:06,067 Speaker 4: years now as a group, and yeah, it's probably we've 80 00:04:06,107 --> 00:04:08,387 Speaker 4: been so much the last sort of three four months. 81 00:04:08,387 --> 00:04:11,067 Speaker 4: But you know, with what's coming up with World Cups 82 00:04:11,067 --> 00:04:13,667 Speaker 4: and stuff, you're constantly I guess preparing for what is 83 00:04:14,547 --> 00:04:16,627 Speaker 4: to come. And part of this was this ODI I 84 00:04:16,827 --> 00:04:20,027 Speaker 4: series And yeah, so you just tinker away and you 85 00:04:20,107 --> 00:04:21,867 Speaker 4: find options that you want to try when you get 86 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:23,987 Speaker 4: into the game. And yeah, again it's nice that it 87 00:04:23,987 --> 00:04:24,827 Speaker 4: pays off sometimes. 88 00:04:24,907 --> 00:04:27,947 Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's clearly working clearly working one's over India 89 00:04:27,987 --> 00:04:29,827 Speaker 2: fifty over cricket to be fairly hard to come by, 90 00:04:29,907 --> 00:04:33,147 Speaker 2: particularly in India. Well, what would it mean to win 91 00:04:33,187 --> 00:04:35,467 Speaker 2: a series there for the first time ever with a 92 00:04:35,627 --> 00:04:37,587 Speaker 2: relatively an experienced team. 93 00:04:39,067 --> 00:04:42,027 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, it would be seriously cool. We we obviously 94 00:04:42,027 --> 00:04:45,027 Speaker 4: we climb out Everest last year, well with the three 95 00:04:45,107 --> 00:04:48,547 Speaker 4: no Test Test series went over here and yeah, then 96 00:04:48,707 --> 00:04:50,827 Speaker 4: I guess to do it in the one day series 97 00:04:50,867 --> 00:04:53,987 Speaker 4: it would be pretty special as well. But yeah, look, 98 00:04:54,707 --> 00:04:57,187 Speaker 4: it's we know what it's going to take to have 99 00:04:57,227 --> 00:04:58,587 Speaker 4: to try and win this next one. We're going to 100 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:01,347 Speaker 4: have to be ruthless with the ball and bill partnerships 101 00:05:01,347 --> 00:05:04,307 Speaker 4: with the bat and hopefully it all comes together and 102 00:05:04,667 --> 00:05:06,307 Speaker 4: we do we do get across the line. 103 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:09,587 Speaker 2: How have the newer guys to the team fitted in? 104 00:05:09,667 --> 00:05:12,187 Speaker 2: You know, there's a there's a you know, several players 105 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:14,667 Speaker 2: who have either not been in the black Caps environment 106 00:05:14,707 --> 00:05:17,067 Speaker 2: before or haven't been in it very often. What have 107 00:05:17,107 --> 00:05:19,467 Speaker 2: you seen from the from the relative newcomers to the 108 00:05:19,547 --> 00:05:21,627 Speaker 2: side and the way they've adapted to being black Caps? 109 00:05:22,867 --> 00:05:24,787 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, it's it's cool that you know that these 110 00:05:24,787 --> 00:05:26,987 Speaker 4: guys are getting I think and to be able to 111 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:32,347 Speaker 4: experience India. You know, when you tour India and what's 112 00:05:32,347 --> 00:05:34,187 Speaker 4: the word, how big it is to come over and 113 00:05:34,187 --> 00:05:35,667 Speaker 4: to this part of the world and you realize that 114 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:38,147 Speaker 4: crickets are religion over here. You only have to see 115 00:05:38,147 --> 00:05:40,307 Speaker 4: when you hop off, hop off the plane and get 116 00:05:40,307 --> 00:05:43,507 Speaker 4: to the airport and the airport's full of people screaming 117 00:05:43,827 --> 00:05:46,307 Speaker 4: your name. I think Zach Folks had a drawing of 118 00:05:46,387 --> 00:05:50,027 Speaker 4: him sitting there at the entrance, So it's yeah, it's 119 00:05:50,067 --> 00:05:52,267 Speaker 4: definitely different to what we used to as Kiwi's back home, 120 00:05:52,347 --> 00:05:56,067 Speaker 4: and I think that's that's the part that it's been 121 00:05:56,067 --> 00:05:58,547 Speaker 4: cool to see the younger guys sort of see what 122 00:05:58,587 --> 00:06:00,547 Speaker 4: it is like to tour India. And then you add 123 00:06:00,587 --> 00:06:03,267 Speaker 4: the challenges of playing cricket in a different country and 124 00:06:03,307 --> 00:06:06,027 Speaker 4: different conditions on top of that. So they'll they'll definitely 125 00:06:06,067 --> 00:06:08,707 Speaker 4: learn from these experiences and it's going to help them 126 00:06:08,707 --> 00:06:10,147 Speaker 4: in the long run for sure. 127 00:06:10,187 --> 00:06:12,707 Speaker 2: Is the fifty over stuff your favorite batting format? 128 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:17,467 Speaker 4: Now? I would say, like, I love all the three formats. 129 00:06:17,507 --> 00:06:21,587 Speaker 4: They obviously all provide different challenges. Obviously, test crickets definitely 130 00:06:21,587 --> 00:06:24,267 Speaker 4: the hardest in terms of the conditions that you face 131 00:06:24,307 --> 00:06:27,147 Speaker 4: all around the world and the surfaces, and I'm having 132 00:06:27,147 --> 00:06:29,787 Speaker 4: to do it for five days in a row. ADII 133 00:06:29,827 --> 00:06:33,227 Speaker 4: cricket probably challenges you in different ways. You've got to 134 00:06:33,267 --> 00:06:36,427 Speaker 4: I guess negate the swinging ball up top spin through 135 00:06:36,427 --> 00:06:39,507 Speaker 4: the middle, and then the death heading phase and in 136 00:06:39,547 --> 00:06:43,187 Speaker 4: the end and then T twenties it's seriously fast. You've 137 00:06:43,187 --> 00:06:46,467 Speaker 4: got to make decisions really quickly and adapt on the fly. 138 00:06:46,627 --> 00:06:49,467 Speaker 4: So they're all fun in their own way, and yeah, 139 00:06:49,507 --> 00:06:52,667 Speaker 4: it's good fun that I consider myself very grateful to 140 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:54,587 Speaker 4: be able to play all three formats for our country. 141 00:06:54,707 --> 00:06:56,707 Speaker 2: Well, after this you go into T twenty mode, of course, 142 00:06:56,707 --> 00:06:59,347 Speaker 2: a five game series against India ahead of the T 143 00:06:59,347 --> 00:07:01,627 Speaker 2: twenty World Cup. Do you think that white ball batting, 144 00:07:02,027 --> 00:07:05,267 Speaker 2: even in fifty over cricket can provide good prep for 145 00:07:05,387 --> 00:07:08,227 Speaker 2: you for TEA twenty because you are effectively going to 146 00:07:08,267 --> 00:07:11,707 Speaker 2: be in the same sorts of conditions. Yeah. 147 00:07:11,747 --> 00:07:13,907 Speaker 4: Look for me, I think it's it's been awesome to 148 00:07:13,947 --> 00:07:17,067 Speaker 4: be over here for this ODII series to prepare for 149 00:07:17,107 --> 00:07:19,667 Speaker 4: that T twenty World Cup. I guess my role for 150 00:07:19,747 --> 00:07:21,667 Speaker 4: how what I have to do in the ODI cricket 151 00:07:21,707 --> 00:07:24,787 Speaker 4: is different to sort of that middle order finishing role 152 00:07:24,787 --> 00:07:27,027 Speaker 4: that I'll play in the T twenties, but to be 153 00:07:27,067 --> 00:07:30,067 Speaker 4: over here in the conditions, to be able to prepare 154 00:07:30,107 --> 00:07:32,547 Speaker 4: and practice on these conditions for an extra two weeks 155 00:07:32,747 --> 00:07:36,507 Speaker 4: has been really valuable and hopefully that that will help 156 00:07:36,547 --> 00:07:38,027 Speaker 4: with success come to twenty time. 157 00:07:38,227 --> 00:07:40,587 Speaker 2: Yeah, and what it feels as though a five match 158 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:43,787 Speaker 2: series against India, a T twenty series I'm talking here 159 00:07:44,187 --> 00:07:46,067 Speaker 2: in their conditions where you're going to play the World Cup. 160 00:07:46,067 --> 00:07:48,147 Speaker 2: I mean, you couldn't get much better prep than that, 161 00:07:48,187 --> 00:07:48,467 Speaker 2: could you. 162 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:52,827 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna I think it's it's over about ten 163 00:07:52,907 --> 00:07:55,387 Speaker 4: days as well, so there might be some pretty tired 164 00:07:55,467 --> 00:07:57,227 Speaker 4: boys by the end of that five match series, so 165 00:07:57,227 --> 00:08:00,307 Speaker 4: it might get a couple of days off hopefully. But yeah, 166 00:08:00,307 --> 00:08:01,867 Speaker 4: look it's yeah, it's gonna be good. It's gonna be 167 00:08:01,907 --> 00:08:05,667 Speaker 4: great prep leading into that World Cup. You know India 168 00:08:06,107 --> 00:08:08,067 Speaker 4: thing is playing India and India's you know, it's going 169 00:08:08,107 --> 00:08:10,227 Speaker 4: to be full stadiums, It's going to be seriously loud, 170 00:08:10,307 --> 00:08:12,307 Speaker 4: and yeah, it's going to be a great challenge. 171 00:08:12,347 --> 00:08:14,427 Speaker 2: Nothing better, nothing better. And I know you're only focused 172 00:08:14,467 --> 00:08:17,347 Speaker 2: on this, but it's a very exciting twelve months ahead 173 00:08:17,627 --> 00:08:20,347 Speaker 2: with the red Ball, You're off to England India, come 174 00:08:20,387 --> 00:08:23,547 Speaker 2: here and then a Test series in Australia. Have you 175 00:08:23,627 --> 00:08:25,587 Speaker 2: let yourself think about what the next year or so 176 00:08:25,707 --> 00:08:27,907 Speaker 2: might look like with the red ball? For you and 177 00:08:27,947 --> 00:08:28,307 Speaker 2: for New. 178 00:08:28,307 --> 00:08:33,507 Speaker 4: Zealand, it's a full noise twelve months. Look, I think 179 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:35,827 Speaker 4: I kind of break things up into blocks when I 180 00:08:35,867 --> 00:08:38,347 Speaker 4: look at the calendars, and for me, the last sort 181 00:08:38,387 --> 00:08:41,067 Speaker 4: of six or twelve months leading up to this has 182 00:08:41,067 --> 00:08:43,627 Speaker 4: been this Tea twenty World Cup. So yeah, we'll get 183 00:08:43,667 --> 00:08:45,707 Speaker 4: to that Tea twenty World Cup and put all our 184 00:08:45,707 --> 00:08:48,307 Speaker 4: focus into that, and then I guess i'll sort of 185 00:08:48,307 --> 00:08:51,427 Speaker 4: switch post that into into the red ball mode and 186 00:08:51,747 --> 00:08:54,347 Speaker 4: planning my next sort of period of how we're going 187 00:08:54,427 --> 00:08:56,867 Speaker 4: to hopefully have some success in those and those big 188 00:08:56,907 --> 00:09:00,667 Speaker 4: Test tours after that. So it's exciting, but yeah, the 189 00:09:00,667 --> 00:09:03,787 Speaker 4: way I guess how I operate is get we'll try 190 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,107 Speaker 4: and get through this World Cup first. 191 00:09:05,707 --> 00:09:08,587 Speaker 2: It seems to be working okay. An exciting time ahead 192 00:09:08,587 --> 00:09:10,427 Speaker 2: for you and for the team and for cricket fans. Darrell, 193 00:09:10,427 --> 00:09:12,587 Speaker 2: always appreciate your time, mate, thanks for taking the time 194 00:09:12,627 --> 00:09:13,067 Speaker 2: for a chat. 195 00:09:13,187 --> 00:09:14,507 Speaker 4: NOAs cheers, No, thank you. 196 00:09:14,627 --> 00:09:18,187 Speaker 2: That's Daryl Mitchell. So tonight nine o'clock is the first 197 00:09:18,187 --> 00:09:21,707 Speaker 2: ball and the third and final ODI in Indoor win 198 00:09:21,787 --> 00:09:24,147 Speaker 2: it and you Zealand win a series in India for 199 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:26,427 Speaker 2: the first time in the ODI format. Then straight into 200 00:09:26,427 --> 00:09:28,627 Speaker 2: T twenty mode. Those five T twenties, the first of 201 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:32,267 Speaker 2: which is on Thursday early hours of Thursday morning, so 202 00:09:32,347 --> 00:09:34,547 Speaker 2: five of those, and then into the Cricket World Cup, 203 00:09:34,587 --> 00:09:37,907 Speaker 2: the T twenty Credit World Cup. Exciting times ahead. Looking 204 00:09:37,947 --> 00:09:41,507 Speaker 2: forward to a good little diet of cricket over the 205 00:09:41,507 --> 00:09:42,187 Speaker 2: next little while. 206 00:09:42,627 --> 00:09:45,827 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 207 00:09:45,907 --> 00:09:49,187 Speaker 1: to News Talk sed B weekends from midday or follow 208 00:09:49,267 --> 00:09:50,867 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.