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Speaker 1: This episode of the Surge is brought to you by Origin,

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Speaker 1: proud partners of Cricket Australia and powering the Power Surge

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Speaker 1: in BBL fifty. It may be Christmas Eve, but it

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Speaker 1: feels like Christmas Day has come early.

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Speaker 2: On the Surge.

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Speaker 1: Former Australian international and BBL title winning captain Mike Hussey

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Speaker 1: is back at the desk. All how about hurricanes? Nikhil

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Speaker 1: Chowdry goes in from Tazzy. This is the Surge. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it is a Christmas Eve edition of the Surge.

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Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Adam White and well.

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Speaker 1: It does feel like we have got our special Christmas

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Speaker 1: present under the tree because Mike Hussey is our special

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Speaker 1: co host on the Surge today US So welcome.

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Speaker 3: Jay, Adam.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, great to be here, and well what an exciting

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Speaker 4: start to the Big Bash.

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Speaker 2: It has been it has been I don't know. It

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Speaker 2: feels it feels different this year. I don't know why.

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Speaker 1: And we've talked a lot in the in the build

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Speaker 1: up to the season around the high improving, the hypes,

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Speaker 1: coming back. We're feeling like it's it's almost RETROVBL in

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Speaker 1: a lot of ways, but the Crickets backed it up

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Speaker 1: in the first week of the season.

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Speaker 4: I certainly have. I mean, there's been some incredible games.

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Speaker 4: I was lucky enough to be at the Gabba that

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Speaker 4: per Scorches versus Brisbane Heat game, and when the Scorches

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Speaker 4: made two hundred and fifty seven, we thought, oh, never

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Speaker 4: going to be able to chase that down, and Brisbane

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Speaker 4: did it with one ball to spare. It was probably

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Speaker 4: one of the most exciting games I've ever seen. So

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Speaker 4: what a game that was. And yeah, there's been a

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Speaker 4: lot of highlights already so far in the tournament.

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Speaker 1: When you see those sorts of performances, those sort of

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Speaker 1: batting performances, how do you feel about it?

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Speaker 5: All?

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Speaker 2: The way that the game has changed so much.

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Speaker 4: It just blows my mind, just the skills of the

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Speaker 4: players and how the game's just, I guess, gone from

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Speaker 4: strength to strength. You know since I was playing, for sure,

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Speaker 4: the ray of shots that these guys have, the amount

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Speaker 3: And the power of the players.

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Speaker 4: That's another thing that's standing out to me is, you know,

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Speaker 4: we had more workers of the ball and smart cricketers.

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Speaker 4: You know, and very good players that played good conventional

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Speaker 1: I reckon it's a tough question how much of it

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Speaker 1: Of the freedom that they seem to play with now,

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Speaker 1: the freedom to express themselves, the license to thrill. Is

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Speaker 1: that one of the key reasons why they're able to

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Speaker 1: make those sorts of scores compared to say, you know,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's probably a combination of all those things.

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Speaker 4: I don't know how much technologies help with the bats

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Speaker 3: You know, how can you hit a six? Where are

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Speaker 4: And they practice it day in day out, whereas probably

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Speaker 1: It's kind of like badding's gone to another level. So

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree, it's sort of ebbed and flowed throughout

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Speaker 4: the generation of T twenty cricket, whereas the the batters

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Speaker 4: become the best death bowler in the Big Bash, then

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Speaker 4: the world's your oyster.

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Speaker 3: If you can be the best new ball bowler.

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Speaker 4: In the Big Bash during the power play, the world's

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Speaker 4: your oyster. So I just think there's such an opportunity

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Speaker 4: their value on the world market will just go through

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Speaker 1: Just even what you were saying before, it feels a

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Speaker 2: I'm sure it happens in NRL as well.

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Speaker 1: We high scores a lot of offense and the coaches have

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Speaker 1: and then it becomes a bit more of a grind.

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Speaker 1: I feel it's a bit like that in a BBL season,

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Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, it happens so

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with that, I really do, and I

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Speaker 4: think that's one of the reasons why I hope Hurricanes

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Speaker 1: So from the small sample size we've got, who are

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Speaker 4: Although the Hope Aout Hurricanes look really strong again. To me,

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Speaker 4: I think they've got a great balance in their team.

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Speaker 4: They've got a lot of power with the bat. They've

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Speaker 4: I think they've got the best all round team at

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Speaker 2: And putting you under the pump a little bit.

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Speaker 1: A team maybe just under the radar a little bit

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it is a tough one to answer. I feel

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Speaker 4: but I like the Sydney Thunder. I think they've got

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Speaker 4: But I feel like they've got a lot of weapons

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Speaker 4: They've they've changed their focus, you know, put a lot

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm like you.

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Speaker 1: I think the obvious one is the Hurricanes, and after

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Speaker 4: So I'm really happy for him. I know he's been

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Speaker 1: And he plays can ventional cricket shots. It just hits

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Speaker 4: the last game against the Sydney Thunder. So you just

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Speaker 4: I don't know, you just know what you're going to

442
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Speaker 4: get with these guys. It's going to it's going to

443
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Speaker 4: be a roller coaster, but at their best, they're going

444
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Speaker 4: to win your games, you know, off their own bat

445
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Speaker 4: or with the ball in their hand.

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Speaker 2: Who's your favorite international you sare or played with?

447
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Speaker 3: So going all the way back, you go all the way,

448
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Speaker 3: go all the way back. I mean Rashi Khan's my

449
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Speaker 3: favorit by far.

450
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Speaker 4: Like he was unbelievable the way he sort of burst

451
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Speaker 4: onto the scene for the Adelaide striker, I mean a

452
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Speaker 4: lot of credit to the Adelaide strikers. They almost gave

453
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Speaker 4: him his chance. Really before anyone else knew really knew him,

454
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Speaker 4: and how good he could be, and the amount of

455
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Speaker 4: games he won just for the Oudelade Strokes on his own.

456
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Speaker 4: It was just an unbelievable And when he left the

457
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Speaker 4: Adelaide Strikers, I thought, how are they going to how

458
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Speaker 4: are they going to replace him? You know, he's virtually

459
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Speaker 4: worth two players in himself. So he's probably been my favorite.

460
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Speaker 4: He's added so much to the competition over the years.

461
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Speaker 4: What about to play with Well drey Russ was pretty exciting.

462
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Speaker 4: I still remember the first training session when he turned

463
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Speaker 4: up and there was so many cameras around all wanting

464
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Speaker 4: to film him. And he had a net session at

465
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Speaker 4: our ground, Energie Stadium it is now, and Shane Watson

466
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Speaker 4: was coming in bowling to him and he hit one

467
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Speaker 4: literally out of the stadium, literally first or second ball

468
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Speaker 4: that he faced, and we thought wow, and you could

469
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Speaker 4: hear all the cameras like clicking, and just everyone jaws

470
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Speaker 4: just dropped. So he added so much to our team,

471
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Speaker 4: you know, on the field, off the field, I mean

472
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Speaker 4: we couldn't have a team meeting before six pm because

473
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Speaker 4: he'd sleep all day.

474
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Speaker 3: But that he was absolutely awesome.

475
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Speaker 1: I mean it's that's saying something. When you had Jax Callis, yeah,

476
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Speaker 1: Owen Morgan, who else was there? Joss but Butler, Yeah,

477
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Speaker 1: there's been quite a number of them, but Casi, he's

478
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Speaker 1: got Rashid Khanna is probably the number one play you've.

479
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Speaker 2: Seen so far in the BBL. Who would be two

480
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Speaker 2: and three on your list?

481
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Speaker 4: Well, I feel like the first two players are quite

482
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Speaker 4: easy to pick as my all time Big Bash players,

483
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Speaker 4: and I think Chris Lin's got to be in there. Like,

484
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Speaker 4: he's scored the most runs, He's hit the most sixers

485
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Speaker 4: by a long way. I think he's hit two hundred

486
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Speaker 4: and twenty sixers and the next best is about one

487
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Speaker 4: hundred and fifty with Glenn Maxwell, So he's miles ahead

488
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Speaker 4: in that front. So I feel like those two are

489
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Speaker 4: are pretty easy to pick. The third best player, I

490
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Speaker 4: feel as though it's really difficult to pick, you know,

491
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Speaker 4: the easier options would be like a Maxwell or a Finch,

492
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Speaker 4: but I'm actually going to go for Sean Abbott. Sure Abbot, Yeah,

493
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Speaker 4: he's the most wickets in the competition. And Moses on

494
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Speaker 4: Reeks the captain loves using to bowl all the hard

495
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Speaker 4: overs he bowls during the Power Power play, He bowls

496
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Speaker 4: during the power surge, he bowls at the death whenever

497
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Speaker 4: he they need a wicket, they turned to Sean Abbott,

498
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Speaker 4: And I think the thing that also stands out to

499
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Speaker 4: me is he's been part of championship winning teams. And

500
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Speaker 4: I know Aaron Finch has been part of a championship

501
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Speaker 4: winning team, but unfortunately for MAXI, he hasn't quite been

502
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Speaker 4: in that a winning team just yet. Might be this year,

503
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Speaker 4: you never know, But I think that's what just separates

504
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Speaker 4: Shawn Abbots slightly.

505
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Speaker 3: First, so he goes into my number three position.

506
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Speaker 1: I'm happy with that forward team out of yours. Or

507
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Speaker 1: had he were you the Thunder at the same time

508
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Speaker 1: he was.

509
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Speaker 4: No, he'd already gone to the Sixers by that stage.

510
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Speaker 4: But I must admit I tried.

511
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Speaker 2: How long that he's been actually playing.

512
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.

513
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Speaker 4: I tried for about three years to get him back

514
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Speaker 4: to the Thunder. But he loved Moses as a captain.

515
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Speaker 1: Yeah, because I reckon sometimes his batting is underrated as well.

516
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Speaker 1: You know, there's been many times where the Sixers have

517
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Speaker 1: been in trouble and it has been Sean that's been

518
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Speaker 1: able to get them out of a bind and it's

519
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Speaker 1: not necessarily hitting fours and sixers either, it's just finding

520
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Speaker 1: a way to get them to a competitive score that

521
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Speaker 1: they would then bowl to.

522
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Speaker 4: I agree with that, yeah, And I felt like that

523
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Speaker 4: was an area when we were trying to get him

524
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Speaker 4: back to the Thunder at that stage that we really

525
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Speaker 4: wanted to sort of invest in. We could see him

526
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Speaker 4: batting a bit higher than he normally comes in about

527
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Speaker 4: eight yep. I felt like he could probably he had

528
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Speaker 4: the skills to maybe bad a bit higher there, and

529
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Speaker 4: that's something we really want to develop. But he stuck

530
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Speaker 4: with the sixers, and look, I can't argue with that.

531
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Speaker 4: I mean, he's done a great job for them over

532
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Speaker 4: many many years and help them win titles.

533
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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.

534
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Speaker 1: All right, So there's us' top three. So what do

535
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Speaker 1: you think at home listening to that? Rashid Khar number one,

536
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Speaker 1: number two, Christly number two and then number three Sean Abbott.

537
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Speaker 1: Jump on socials and get involved in the conversation. Our

538
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Speaker 1: special guest is going to be next. We're talking before

539
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Speaker 1: about the Hurricanes. The Keil Chowder Hill will join us

540
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Speaker 1: from Tazzy from the defending champion team, the Hurricanes.

541
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Speaker 3: Thanks, and make that seven sixes.

542
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Speaker 5: That's probably the biggest of the night.

543
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Speaker 1: It's out, it's gone.

544
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Speaker 2: How good was that?

545
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Speaker 1: Siks from nik Kill Chowdry the other night? It was

546
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Speaker 1: measured as about when there was one hundred and four

547
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Speaker 1: hundred and five. I think it went at least one

548
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty one hundred and forty meters. It went

549
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Speaker 1: out of the stadium. It was massive and the Kill

550
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Speaker 1: joins us now part of the championship winning team, the

551
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Speaker 1: Hobot Hurricanes from last year.

552
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Speaker 2: The Kill thanks for joining us.

553
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Speaker 5: Thanks guys, thank you for having me.

554
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Speaker 2: How fun did you think you hit that six the

555
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Speaker 2: other night?

556
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Speaker 6: I was thinking one twenty yeah, exactly, yeah, and then

557
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,639
Speaker 6: Box came to me it was like, did you pull that?

558
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Speaker 5: I was like, no, that was coming from the middle. Yeah,

559
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Speaker 5: that was good. Good to hear one. All the roofs Now.

560
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Speaker 1: We're a bit disappointed with the view that you've got

561
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Speaker 1: in the background. You would have thought, as being member

562
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Speaker 1: of the premiership team, that we would put you where

563
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Speaker 1: you had some nice view or something like that. What

564
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Speaker 1: what are they doing at the whole about Hurricanes Now?

565
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Speaker 6: I'm not I'm not in the in the apartments right

566
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Speaker 6: now because I'm playing the domestics, go my own place

567
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Speaker 6: with one of my team, that's the seven feet one

568
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Speaker 6: inch car Marksbian.

569
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Speaker 5: So yeah, we're staying at this fan I was at

570
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Speaker 5: the moment obviously.

571
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you've done very well for yourself. Before Mike's got

572
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Speaker 1: he's got plenty of questions for you. I just wanted

573
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Speaker 1: to talk to you about the new season. It's it's

574
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Speaker 1: the same team, but there's a few differences, certainly your

575
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: role in the team. You're betting a little bit higher

576
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Speaker 1: than you did previously. What's the feeling like to get

577
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Speaker 1: everyone back and and firing for this year?

578
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Speaker 5: Yeah, really excited.

579
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Speaker 6: Before the before the season, we were just talking about

580
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Speaker 6: are we going to go this year?

581
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Speaker 5: Obviously it's not easy to go back to back with

582
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Speaker 5: all the teams so skillful and talented, all the players

583
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Speaker 5: around the teams.

584
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Speaker 6: But obviously the big question was we don't have the

585
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Speaker 6: opening right now because.

586
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Speaker 5: Lemon Lemon left for Renegades.

587
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Speaker 6: And then they came to me, they were like, you're

588
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Speaker 6: gonna you might be opening the innings and I was like,

589
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Speaker 6: I've never opened in my life, like not even not

590
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Speaker 6: even at a park or a school game. I was like,

591
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Speaker 6: all right, this is new and then Mitchie on the

592
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Speaker 6: other side being Mitchie's Lackniki, it's easy mane, You're just

593
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Speaker 6: gonna to fit this outside.

594
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Speaker 5: You're just gonna play. It's just that's I was like, all, good,

595
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Speaker 5: I'll try.

596
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Speaker 6: The first game went pretty well, which was a big

597
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Speaker 6: confidence booster for me because obviously opening for the first

598
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 6: time wasn't easy. I couldn't sleep night before the game,

599
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Speaker 6: so I was that excited. And then obviously having all

600
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Speaker 6: the players back in the group, gim me David one

601
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Speaker 6: of the best to do for the country and yeah,

602
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Speaker 6: good to have two wins out of three games.

603
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Speaker 5: Now going doing pretty well for til now.

604
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 4: Niko, you're the second Indian born cricket at to play

605
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 4: in the Big Bash. When you've got an amazing story,

606
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,439
Speaker 4: can you just take us back to your life in

607
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Speaker 4: India and how you got into cricket back over there.

608
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I was.

609
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Speaker 6: I'm listed as born in Delhi because I was born there,

610
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Speaker 6: but I moved my family moved from Delhi to Punjab

611
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,679
Speaker 6: when I was just one and then just started playing

612
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Speaker 6: in the parks. Wasn't like I started playing professionally or

613
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Speaker 6: with the academy pretty early. I started very late, probably

614
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Speaker 6: around thirteen fourteen and then played under fourteen sixteen nineteen

615
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Speaker 6: senior cricket four Punjab, played sem Stark and.

616
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Speaker 5: Open job and then in twenty twenty I came here.

617
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Speaker 6: Just for holidays, to spend my spend my birthday for

618
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Speaker 6: a couple of months and then the COVID happened.

619
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Speaker 5: Just after four days I landed. Everything was shut no no, no,

620
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Speaker 5: no flights back to India and then yeah, I just

621
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Speaker 5: started playing Northern Suburbs in Brisbane and that was just

622
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Speaker 5: for six months. I got stuck.

623
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Speaker 6: And then after that I was talking to Dad, my

624
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Speaker 6: coach back in back in India.

625
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Speaker 5: They were asking me if you want to come back,

626
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Speaker 5: what are you want to do?

627
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Speaker 6: It was It was a tough position that time because

628
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Speaker 6: I was already playing professional back in India and you

629
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Speaker 6: know how big it is in India to play for

630
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Speaker 6: your state team. And I just yeah, I just left

631
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 6: out there, started playing here three years. Did nothing, to

632
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 6: be honest, just played club cricket, Mexican restaurant Australia post

633
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 6: for three years, giving out all the Christmas posties and

634
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,439
Speaker 6: deliveries to people out.

635
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Speaker 5: There, which was fun. It was fun. It was It

636
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 5: was struggling, but it was fun.

637
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Speaker 6: And then eventually I got the contract in twenty twenty

638
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Speaker 6: three September, and after that it's been roller coaster.

639
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Speaker 4: And I heard a rumor that you love britt Lee

640
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 4: and you wanted to be a bowler as a youngster.

641
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,120
Speaker 4: Is that story true? And then how did you transition

642
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 4: from being a young fastballer into being a spinner and

643
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Speaker 4: a guy that can smash it out of the park.

644
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 2: Yeah.

645
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Speaker 6: Now, when I was young, I used to copy his

646
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Speaker 6: actions all the time in the school corridor, at home

647
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 6: in the morning, wake up, just do Bretley action going

648
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Speaker 6: into the kitchen.

649
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,440
Speaker 5: It was Yeah, I wanted to be a fastballer. Literally

650
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 5: had the same action, bar probably didn't have the same

651
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Speaker 5: speed I can.

652
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Speaker 6: I changed it to auspin. Died as an auspin then,

653
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Speaker 6: and then played as a batsman. Probably around under nineteen

654
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Speaker 6: I was in a batsman and until I was seventeen eighteen.

655
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Speaker 6: To be honest, I used to bat at nine ten

656
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Speaker 6: and just bawl offspins. And then yeah, changed so so

657
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Speaker 6: many times as a as a professional creat cricketer.

658
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Speaker 5: For the first time I played again under your saying

659
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Speaker 5: and Herbertson saying, they were my captain and YC. So

660
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 5: I played as a medium fi all rounda and then

661
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,959
Speaker 5: came to Australia, I changed totally to a leg spinner.

662
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 5: So now I'm an leg spinner and a batsman who

663
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 5: can open.

664
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: That's called complaining the set.

665
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: So I'm just wondering, see the kitchen in the kitchen

666
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: bowling the Brettley action? Then is it the chainsaw celebrations

667
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 1: as well? Were you sort of perfecting those as you

668
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: know when you're sort of moved into the lund ram

669
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: or yeah, I.

670
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 6: Tried it so many times, to be honest, even in

671
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 6: the game, I tried it and then I, yeah, carry

672
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 6: on so many times after the.

673
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 5: Beget just just watching him I used to do against

674
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 5: England South Africa like fired up. Well, as I said,

675
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 5: I didn't have enough speed to carry on as a fastballer,

676
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 5: so I just become a lex spinner.

677
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 4: So you said that you've seen and Harberjan Singh with

678
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 4: your captain and vice captain. What did you learn off

679
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 4: those two fantastic cricketers.

680
00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 6: Probably one of the best cickets ever two player Australia

681
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 6: or sorry India.

682
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 5: For India and uh yeah it was. It was amazing.

683
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 5: My first game.

684
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 6: I still remember, you know, he's he's fearless, he's very

685
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 6: few years. If you do a little bit things wrong

686
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 6: say And then I was like, I was at the

687
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 6: I was at the deep square leg and I was

688
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 6: I kept in mind that you don't misfield any ball.

689
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 5: If you if you do any missfield, You're gone. You're

690
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 5: out of the team. He's gonna say something to you

691
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 5: and then you'll be done for life. So now, but

692
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 5: the first two games I played pretty pretty well and

693
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 5: that he literally messaged me on WhatsApp playing well played champion.

694
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 5: And then after that it was a bit easy going

695
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 5: on through through the tournament.

696
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 6: But yeah, learned so many things, how do how to

697
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 6: keep going uh in the white ball game from your

698
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 6: rout saying, like, learned so many things from him, how

699
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 6: to make your inning, how to change your gaze during

700
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 6: the game off field, what you should do.

701
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 5: So yeah, it was a big learning for me.

702
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 4: And you talk about those celebrations, you know, the brett

703
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 4: Ley sort of celebrations after a wicket or whatever. I've

704
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 4: seen you when you take a catch you do the

705
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 4: is it the Kabadi separate celebrations. Well, I've seen skuldaw

706
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 4: and do that as well. Where where does that come from?

707
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 6: Uh, it's a it's a it's a cultural sport and

708
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 6: Punjab kabudhi and every time you take a point, it's

709
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 6: it's like a rugby without the without the rugby, it's

710
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 6: more of a wrestling thing. So you go into uh

711
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 6: the other team area, you touch one of the players

712
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 6: there and then you come back into your area and

713
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 6: you have thirty seconds to do it.

714
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 5: But if you do it, that's your celebration to get

715
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 5: the point. So it's a kabudi tuppy, which you call

716
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 5: kabudi tapy. So I just do it after every wicket

717
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 5: or a catch I take.

718
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 6: And it's more because I'm from Punjab, try to take

719
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 6: my culture everywhere.

720
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 5: So that's one of the things we.

721
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: Talked before about the fact that you came out from

722
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 1: India to come to Australia and it's obviously working out

723
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: really well for you. This year, we've got the likes

724
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: of Razam Shahin, Sharaffredi, Ahmed Risban. Do you do you

725
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: think there'll be a time where we might see some

726
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: more of the Indian stars playing the babyl Ashvin almost

727
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: got over the line this year if it wasn't for

728
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: a for a dodgy knee. Do you see a future

729
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: where we've got some Indian stars in the babl.

730
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 5: Yeah for sure. Probably. I don't know it should it

731
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 5: should have been done till Low to be honest, like

732
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 5: you get all the big stars coming to the Big Batch.

733
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 5: That's what you want, that's that's what that's what people want,

734
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 5: uh to watch in the Big Batch of being one

735
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 5: of the best leagues. I think we miss out on

736
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 5: that thing where Indian players can't come and play. I

737
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 5: reckon once it starts, uh, when we start doing it,

738
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 5: it'll be it'll be fabulous. Like even Ashman was coming,

739
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 5: you know how much how much people were excited about

740
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 5: it and then obviously uh he was injured. But probably

741
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,719
Speaker 5: a couple of years or so. I reckon will players

742
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 5: coming in even after getting retired early or something like that.

743
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 5: But I would love to have Indian players coming to

744
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 5: the Big Bash.

745
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 1: And for you this year, the Hurricanes, the the theming

746
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: around going back to back, it was such a I

747
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: guess the monkey off the back to be able to

748
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: go and win for the first time. It takes the

749
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: pressure off you guys and puts it squarely on the

750
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: Stars now is the only team to have not won

751
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: a title. But coming back getting the similar group together,

752
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: what are some of the conversations you've had to get

753
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: yourselves up and firing again this year.

754
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was very.

755
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 6: Important to get the core group together after winning the

756
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 6: camp because you know, sometimes you win the camp and

757
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 6: then next year those key players go those two other

758
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 6: teams or get traded or something like that. So it

759
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 6: was very important to get the core group back, which

760
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 6: we had, which our management did amazing work of for getting.

761
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,719
Speaker 5: All the all the main core group back into the

762
00:33:58,840 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 5: into the team.

763
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 6: And uh yeah, obviously I reckon winning the Winning the

764
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 6: camp was.

765
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 5: All right, but now it's even more pressure of being

766
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 5: the best team in the camp and then you just

767
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 5: sort of go into the game winning every game, which

768
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 5: is not easy or possible winning every game because other

769
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 5: teams are so good. And that that's what Nell was.

770
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 5: We were having a meeting together Nell, our coaches and everyone.

771
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 5: Nathan Ellis's main thing was, even if we lose, it

772
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 5: doesn't mean we are a bad team. You're gonna lose

773
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 5: some games, you're gonna win some games, but it is

774
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 5: the most important thing is to play the best play

775
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 5: the best out of us, play the best game when

776
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 5: we go inside.

777
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 6: Uh that was the thing.

778
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I want to ask you about your three internationals.

779
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 4: We know about Chris Jordan, how good he's been over

780
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,319
Speaker 4: a couple of years here for the about Hurricanes. But

781
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:58,240
Speaker 4: the two new faces Rayhan Ahmad and has sign risd Hassain,

782
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 4: what if they brought to the team.

783
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 5: Richard has gone, Rahan is gone. Probably the best two

784
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 5: spinners leg spinners I've seen in a while now, both

785
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 5: totally different. Uh Richard is more slow and very traditional

786
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 5: leg spinner. Uh Rihan is very quick in the speed

787
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 5: and skiddy as well. And then you have seen in

788
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 5: the last three games how good they are going. Probably,

789
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 5: And I'm we're lucky to have two leg spinner in

790
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 5: the team who can bawl from one to twenty ny

791
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 5: always and then getting all the key wickets. Even in

792
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 5: the last game Renegades, their their five six always just

793
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 5: took us back into the game where they were striking

794
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 5: at eight two, came back to six point five and

795
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 5: that was that was a big movement for us. And

796
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 5: I'm really excited for them, both of them in the

797
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 5: future as well. They're going to take so many wickets

798
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:53,959
Speaker 5: in the big batch and.

799
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 4: Ben McDermott, he started the season in great touch. What's

800
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 4: he like to bet within the middle. Is there a

801
00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 4: lot of conversation going on.

802
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, I saw him probably after three four months now,

803
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 5: after the first one days and after going to the

804
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 5: other leagues. I think there's a big change in him,

805
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 5: like as in skills and in mentality as well, Like

806
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 5: his stance has changed, and then he's not going very

807
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 5: hard at the start. He's taking his time. That's why

808
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 5: he's like consistent. Now you can see his three games,

809
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 5: he's been so consistent and like when.

810
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 7: I was batting with him, it's easier on me to

811
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 7: go because he strikes the ball so well and then

812
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 7: even if I have two dots or like I'm not

813
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 7: scoring in five six bolds, the next story, he just

814
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 7: takes ten or twelve in the over, which makes it

815
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 7: easier for me.

816
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 3: And your own form, you've been in such great touch.

817
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,479
Speaker 4: I know you've got a great opportunity batting either opening

818
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 4: the batting or number three in the last match there,

819
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 4: but getting a big score under your belt in Sheffield

820
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 4: Shoe Crecket coming into the tournament.

821
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 3: Has that helped your confidence level comeing into the Big Bash.

822
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, for sure.

823
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 6: Before the season, I never thought. Not even before the season,

824
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 6: I've never thought of playing Chicla cricket, to be honest,

825
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 6: because I was more of a white ball player and

826
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 6: even all the people like you can't play red ball,

827
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 6: and then eventually I started playing red bull within four games.

828
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 6: Now I've got to fight for one hundred so i

829
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,320
Speaker 6: can play the red ball now.

830
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,879
Speaker 5: So which is good. Having having performed well for.

831
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 6: Tazzy coming into the Big Batch, it really helps helped

832
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 6: you to score more in Big Bash as well, and

833
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 6: then hopefully I keep doing it for the board teams.

834
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: Big Game Boxing Day, you head west to take on

835
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,439
Speaker 1: the Scorches. Being the premiership team, you get to play

836
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: in the in the big blockbuster matches. How excited are

837
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: you about heading over to Pert Stadium?

838
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:49,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, very excited.

839
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 6: Mat that was my debut. Was there three years ago?

840
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 6: They were like thirty six thousand people. I was I

841
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 6: was never going to play that game, very go back

842
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 6: spasm or something, and then just just two hours before

843
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 6: the game, I got to know that I'm going to

844
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 6: play the game. Very nervous that time. I'm still nervous

845
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 6: it's a boxing day. There's going to be so many

846
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 6: Perth fans there, so well excited and nervous at the

847
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 6: same time. I'm going to open the inning air but

848
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 6: one of the fastestwi gets in the country, so it'll

849
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 6: be fun.

850
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 5: Hopefully we can make it three out of four now

851
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 5: away games, which is very important for us because you

852
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 5: know how difficult it is to win.

853
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 6: The away games in Big Bash. And hopefully we can

854
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 6: make two out of three away games now, so then

855
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 6: we have three home games, which will be much easier

856
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 6: for us.

857
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering, at what point do you give Josh

858
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: Archie Becky's gold chains or are you allowed to You're

859
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: allowed to keep them while you're playing the babyl I.

860
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 6: Think my chains are better than him, to be honest,

861
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,839
Speaker 6: there's not even a question about it.

862
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 5: It's from India. It's very pure. I don't know where

863
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,280
Speaker 5: he's from, definitely not from India. And he's too big.

864
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 5: His changes are too big. Doesn't look nice, does it?

865
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 5: It should be. And then at the same time you're

866
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 5: going to be putting on the chans and performing, which

867
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 5: he did got a five fight.

868
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 6: But yeah, nah, I love Joffrah. He's such a class act.

869
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 6: But yeah, I love my change.

870
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,959
Speaker 5: Man. It's not someone's, it's mine. It's my own hard work.

871
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 6: I've got three back to Bag in the last three

872
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 6: years now, all the Hurricanes money coming into the Chains.

873
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 4: Now, is it true that you're lobbying to change the

874
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 4: name of the team from the Hobart Hurrah Kanes to

875
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:34,720
Speaker 4: the Hobart Hurrah Chains.

876
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:35,319
Speaker 3: Is that right?

877
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 5: I did tell them to change it.

878
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 6: Hopefully we go back to Bag and they can change

879
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 6: it to Hurry Change Champs.

880
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 5: Then.

881
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: Look, it's been great to have a chat to Nikaile,

882
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,840
Speaker 1: just to know a little bit more about you and

883
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: Nikill ahead of obviously what shapes is such an exciting season.

884
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: We're only a few games in and it feels like

885
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 1: it's been backfiring.

886
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 2: Now for a lot longer than that.

887
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: Good luck in your new Make sure you bowl, because

888
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: I've got you my super coach team.

889
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 6: I need you to be.

890
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: Bowling some important overs as well as at batting at

891
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 1: the top. I hope it continues well for you and

892
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: all the best of the rest of the season.

893
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,919
Speaker 6: Joh thank you, thank you for having me, and I'll

894
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 6: tell at about the bowling for sure.

895
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 1: We'll have more on the surge right after this. It's

896
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: great to have Nikhil Chawdri on the surge, part of

897
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 1: the premiership winning team of the Hurricanes last year and

898
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,720
Speaker 1: he's starting the year very well. As we were speaking

899
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: to him about, okay, this is difficult, yes, no weight.

900
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 2: We like that. We've put Peterson under all.

901
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: Sorts of pressure the other day, so we're going to

902
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: start straight off. Don't worry about Baba, Shaheen or Rizwan.

903
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: It's shut up Khan. He will be the best performed

904
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: Pakistani over the tournament.

905
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 4: I'm going to have to say wait on that one.

906
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 4: I mean, he's had a great start and he does

907
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 4: look like the best performed player at the moment, and

908
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 4: he can offer it with bat and ball, so that's handy.

909
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 4: But I'm not riding off Bubba or Shahin just yet.

910
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,959
Speaker 4: I think both of those two in particular absolutely world

911
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 4: class box office. And I think Bubba, if he gets

912
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 4: his confidence up, I think that half century the other

913
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 4: night against the Thunder that could just kickstart his campaign.

914
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 4: And Shahine's probably just been off his best a little bit.

915
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 3: Honestly. If he gets it right and he gets his

916
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 3: confidence up, then he's going to rip through some top

917
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 3: orders as well.

918
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, genuine match winner. Okay.

919
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: Ricky Ponting was right to call in Rashard Hassein into

920
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: the Hobart Hurricanes team this year.

921
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 3: I agree with that.

922
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 4: I think that's right. I think he just suits their

923
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 4: team absolutely perfectly. They've got everything else covered really, and

924
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 4: that spin department was just the one we weren't one

925
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 4: hundred percent sure about. They've tried a few over the

926
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,320
Speaker 4: last couple of years, but I think Hassein looks like

927
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 4: a really good prospect.

928
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 3: Did really well the World Cup.

929
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 4: Was one of the leading wicket takers, I think, And yeah,

930
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 4: he just looks like he's put so much calmness and

931
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 4: he's got a great demeanor out there in the middle.

932
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 4: Nothing that much flusters him. So I think he looks

933
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 4: like a great pick, all right.

934
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 2: So yes, there for Ricky Ponting.

935
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 1: Mars Lavashin was right to call Jack Wildermouth a breakout player.

936
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,240
Speaker 2: For this year's BBL fifteen.

937
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,439
Speaker 4: Well, you'd have to say he's already broken out. Really

938
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 4: to score one hundred in the competition, it was a

939
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 4: phenomenal effort, so I'd probably have to agree with that.

940
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 4: I think, yeah, he hasn't played for three years in

941
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 4: the Big Bash, which is incredible.

942
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. I didn't almost believe that when I was told

943
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 2: about it.

944
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 3: I didn't either.

945
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 4: He's been around the squads but just hasn't had a game.

946
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 4: They just couldn't put him in the team. And he's

947
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 4: got a clear role. We spoke about that early, that clarity.

948
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 4: Got some confidence now by scoring one hundred's batting at

949
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 4: the Gabba, which you wouldn't mind that every second game,

950
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 4: and he looks confident, So I think, yeah, it's a

951
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 4: great call for Marnas.

952
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: All right, Yes for Marnas there on that one. And

953
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, when you're opening the

954
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: batting and opening the bowling, you're pretty much a breakout player.

955
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,839
Speaker 1: The Melbourne Renegades have got the top four right as

956
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: it stands at the moment. So Brown Side, fort Rizwan

957
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: and Jake Fraser McGirk is your top four.

958
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm going to say no, I don't know. I'm

959
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 4: not convinced. I'm not convinced. I mean, I like the

960
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 4: overse these guys there. I think they obviously are going

961
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 4: to do a good job. Brown and Jake Fraser McGirk.

962
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 4: Are they in the right place. I'm not sure. I'm

963
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 4: not sure about that at this stage. I was impressed

964
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 4: with Peak the other day as well, and maybe he's

965
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 4: someone that could push up into the top four, you know,

966
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 4: when he gets back from the well he missed the

967
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 4: rest of the tournament with the under nineteens. Yeah, okay,

968
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 4: so that's that's going to be a bit of a

969
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 4: loss for them, I think. But yeah, I'm just not

970
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,160
Speaker 4: convinced about Brown and Jake Fraser mcgig Are they in

971
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 4: the right place. Are they going to get enough output

972
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 4: from them? I think they both need to get going

973
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 4: for the Renegades to really push up the table.

974
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 1: So you're saying they've got to change the order or

975
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: there might not be a spot for both of them

976
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: because Harry Dixon's the other one that's just ready to

977
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 1: go when required. He might replace Peak, I guess when go.

978
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not sure there's room for both of them.

979
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 4: They're both similar players, Fraser McGirk and Brown. Their role

980
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 4: is to come in and go hard. I feel like

981
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 4: it's Fraser McGirk at four is something that I don't

982
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 4: It's a tough role, I think, you know, like McDermott

983
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:04,919
Speaker 4: plays it so well, because he's one. He's got the power,

984
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 4: but he's also got the nouse it knows how to

985
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,800
Speaker 4: work his way through different situations, plays spin really well.

986
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 3: I don't know.

987
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 4: I wonder if Fraser McGirk just needs more clarity than that,

988
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 4: get up the top and just go for it, you know,

989
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 4: from ball one. But having said that, they tried that

990
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 4: last year and it didn't really work and he you know,

991
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 4: he came good towards you know, I got one good

992
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:24,400
Speaker 4: innings at the end.

993
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 3: So I don't know, it just doesn't quite feel right

994
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 3: for me at this stage.

995
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,319
Speaker 1: No, I don't disagree with you. The pet Scorches have

996
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: some serious bowling concerns.

997
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,359
Speaker 3: I agree with that.

998
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 4: I think that's right. Their batting looks unbelievable. They've kind

999
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 4: of changed their their strategy. They always had the strongest

1000
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 4: bowling lineup Berendorf. You had aj Tye you know, taking

1001
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 4: wickets all the time and they could defend low totals.

1002
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 4: But I feel as though now they've changed, they've really

1003
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 4: loaded their batting up and there's a few holes. I mean,

1004
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 4: they'll be hoping to get Joy richardson back, you know

1005
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 4: as a season where's on and that'll make a massive

1006
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 4: diff reference. Although he's now part of the test squad

1007
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 4: so he's going to be out for the next few weeks,

1008
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 4: so that's going to hurt them. They're sort of hoping

1009
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,760
Speaker 4: that some young guys can really stand up at Marley Bardman,

1010
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 4: you know, obviously someone with great talent, but he's still inexperienced.

1011
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,439
Speaker 4: You know, he hasn't got a lot of cricket under

1012
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 4: his belt, so to sort of have him as one

1013
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 4: of your main bowlers is going it's going to be

1014
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,720
Speaker 4: a roller coaster. There's a few other guys. Bryce Jackson's

1015
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 4: a good young sort of product coming through Western Australia

1016
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,320
Speaker 4: as well, but again hasn't got a lot of experience.

1017
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 4: So Brodie Couch looks a really good prospect, but again

1018
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 4: not a lot of experience.

1019
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 3: So I think it could be a roller coaster with

1020
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 3: a ball for the scorch.

1021
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 4: Then we've already seen that, you know, to give up

1022
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 4: two hundred and fifty eight runs against the Brisbane Heat

1023
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 4: at the Gabba shows there's a few holes in there.

1024
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, so yes of the scorch has been

1025
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: I was just thinking about then Richardson, no Morris, no

1026
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,479
Speaker 1: aj Tyno Berendorf, which Marsh isn't bowling. Yeah, so that's

1027
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: and then you can't really count Bradhog. That's probably going

1028
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: too far back. But but just those five there, fundamentally

1029
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: that's an attack and none of them are now bowling

1030
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: for the Scorches, at least at this time in the tournament.

1031
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 2: So it's a big change.

1032
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 4: Big big changes. But look, they're a quality outfit and

1033
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:10,319
Speaker 4: I'm sure they'll come good.

1034
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: Okay, So that's the Pert Scorches. The final one on yes,

1035
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: no wait. Having got their first victory of BBL fifteen

1036
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: in the Sydney Smash, the Sixers are about to go

1037
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: on a winning streak.

1038
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 4: I'm going to wait on that one. I'm not not

1039
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 4: one hundred percent convinced about the Sixers. I think it

1040
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 4: was a really good performance and an important performance for

1041
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,320
Speaker 4: them to you know, whin their game against the Thunder,

1042
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,799
Speaker 4: but they were a bit disappointing in their first couple

1043
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 4: of games, in particular against the Adelaide Strikers. I think

1044
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,879
Speaker 4: looking at the two teams, I think the Sixers would

1045
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 4: have thought, okay, at their CG will tick that one

1046
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,319
Speaker 4: off as an easy win, and they lost that game.

1047
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 4: So that tells me this hang on, something's not quite

1048
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 4: right there with the Sixers just yet. So I don't

1049
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 4: think I'm going to run just yet. Once a Test

1050
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,800
Speaker 4: match is finish and they get back maybe Steve Smith,

1051
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 4: maybe a Mitchell Stark, then I think they can go

1052
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:56,439
Speaker 4: on a run there for sure.

1053
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 1: All Right, we'll call out a wait for the Sydney

1054
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: Sixers as we wrap up at our show for this

1055
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: edition of The Surge, I want to talk to you now.

1056
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: I take my supercoach, my BB suprecasion very very seriously,

1057
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,919
Speaker 1: but I actually think you take it more seriously than either.

1058
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 2: How's your team going.

1059
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 4: I've had a solid start, not outstanding, but solid, and

1060
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 4: I feel as though Big Bash Supercoach it can be

1061
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 4: a little bit volatile. You need a bit of lut

1062
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,399
Speaker 4: and I've had a little bit of luck. I've had

1063
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 4: some good picks along the way, so I've been happy

1064
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:31,839
Speaker 4: with some players. And Mitch Marshall looking at you, I

1065
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 4: need you to pick pick your game up and get

1066
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 4: a few runs.

1067
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 1: I'm looking at him to I was a bit horrified

1068
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: when he said in one of the early matches he's

1069
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: definitely not bowling, So it means if you're not making runs,

1070
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:43,359
Speaker 1: you're out of the team.

1071
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, I know.

1072
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 4: I've been asking myself the same questions. But there's been

1073
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 4: a few good picks, like Jack Edwards has been outstanding.

1074
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 4: I've been very happy to have him. I brought in

1075
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 4: Jack Wildermouth just before his one hundred at a very

1076
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 4: cheap price, so his price is going to skyrockets. I've

1077
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,479
Speaker 4: been happy with that, and I captain for the last round.

1078
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 4: Shadow can't and you got four for in their last

1079
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 4: game against in their win against the Brisbane Heats, so

1080
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 4: he performed pretty well.

1081
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: So for those that are wanting to play and perhaps

1082
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:11,800
Speaker 1: haven't at this point, and it's not too late to

1083
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: get involved, what's a secret when you're selecting teams. Do

1084
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: you like to go the all rounder options that can

1085
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: play a couple of different roles, or you after absolute

1086
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: superstars and go sort of top heavy.

1087
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 2: How do you go about it?

1088
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 4: I think there's a number of different strategies. I think

1089
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 4: you've got to look at the fixture a little bit

1090
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 4: as well, because certain teams will have double double games

1091
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 4: and so you've got a double chance of maximizing points there.

1092
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 4: So I'd like to have a couple of players that

1093
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 4: are on the double. I like to go to the

1094
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,399
Speaker 4: superstars because gen they're superstars for a reason.

1095
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 3: They perform really well. And then yeah, you touched on it.

1096
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,880
Speaker 4: There guys that can bat and bowl, particularly guys at

1097
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 4: bat high in the order, and you know we're going

1098
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,919
Speaker 4: to bowl from overs. Then even if they miss out

1099
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 4: with the bat, they can they can sort of make

1100
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:57,240
Speaker 4: it make.

1101
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 3: It up with the ball. So you get a bit

1102
00:48:58,680 --> 00:48:59,879
Speaker 3: of a double chance there as well.

1103
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got to be embarrassed.

1104
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: The other day we had a good win over an

1105
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: eight year old who lives next door, and I had

1106
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: to sort of just tone it back a little bit

1107
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: the competitive juices. It's meant to be my son James's team,

1108
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:11,880
Speaker 1: but I'll kind of get too involved.

1109
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 2: It's a good fun.

1110
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: So if you do want to get involved, super coach

1111
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 1: is the way to go when it comes to the

1112
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: BBL this season. Before we go again, I just wanted

1113
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: to ask you your seedings as it stands at the

1114
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 1: moment for the season. So again, most teams that played

1115
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 1: one or two games to this point to see the

1116
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 1: top four.

1117
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 4: Well, it is difficult. I mean I think how about

1118
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 4: Hurricanes number one? They stand out to me as the

1119
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 4: best team in the competition at this stage. Things can change,

1120
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 4: but I think they look strong. They've got all the

1121
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 4: bases covered. As for the other three teams, I think

1122
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,759
Speaker 4: you can it's a bit of a raffle. I think

1123
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 4: the Stars, with Maxwell and Stillness, they're going to and

1124
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,840
Speaker 4: set all back in that line up there as well.

1125
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 4: They've got a lot of experience there. Young Campbell Kellaway

1126
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 4: look great in their first game as well, so so

1127
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:05,319
Speaker 4: I feel like there's enough there for the Stars to

1128
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:07,680
Speaker 4: work with. But I feel as though they've always they're

1129
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 4: always up and down. They're frustrating as well at the

1130
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 4: same thing, so I've got to have him somewhere in

1131
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 4: the top four.

1132
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 3: Let's put them forth two and three. Who else are

1133
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 3: we looking at.

1134
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 4: I actually think the thunder Of only won one game,

1135
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:24,360
Speaker 4: but I actually think they're not a bad team, So

1136
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,400
Speaker 4: I'm going to squeeze them in there. And then the

1137
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:31,919
Speaker 4: Scorches they're batting that that top seven. If they're they're

1138
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 4: going to be unstoppable, they could. I thought they were

1139
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 4: on for three hundred in.

1140
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 2: Well, that's right up at the gab they were on track.

1141
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 4: They were on track there for all while exactly, But

1142
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 4: I think with that the strength and their batting, they're

1143
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 4: they're gonna they're gonna win some games.

1144
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 5: You know.

1145
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 4: They've just got to get a bit of their bowling

1146
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 4: sorted out. But I still see them in the top four.

1147
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 2: All right.

1148
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,000
Speaker 1: So, Hurricanes, Thunder, Scorches and Stars your top four in order?

1149
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so. Sixers aren't too far behind. Striker

1150
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 4: has got a bit of work to do. Who else

1151
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 4: we got in there?

1152
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:03,319
Speaker 5: Right?

1153
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:04,399
Speaker 2: You can't have a way?

1154
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 4: No, No, I'm just just a spitballing renegade. Renegade. There's

1155
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 4: a few holes in there as well. Eat this holes now.

1156
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 4: I'm happy with my top four at this stage.

1157
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 1: Okay, Hurricanes, Thunder, Scorches and Stars. Now, before we go,

1158
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,399
Speaker 1: have you played the Big Bash grid game?

1159
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 2: Now?

1160
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: This could be your kind of thing if you like

1161
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: the Yeah. No, I don't know whether we should show

1162
00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: you this because it's totally addictive.

1163
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm up for it definitely.

1164
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 1: Especially with all the flying you're doing around the country

1165
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: at the moment with the bl We might have to

1166
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: we'll talk to you about that after the show. And

1167
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of you at home have been

1168
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: enjoying the Big Bash grid start today with everything BBL

1169
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: by just downloading that. That's what you've got to do there,

1170
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 1: so you've got the news, you've got teams coming through

1171
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 1: with all the stats. That's what you need when it

1172
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: comes to the BBL this year, and of course the

1173
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 1: BKT Big Bash Tipping competition as well. Fifteen thousand dollars

1174
00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: up for grabs on behalf of everyone at the we

1175
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: wish you were Merry Christmas and two big games on

1176
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:08,919
Speaker 1: Boxing Day to sort of get right into the thick

1177
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: of the action.

1178
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 2: When it comes to BBL fifteen. Looking forward to all that.

1179
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 1: Sitting on the couch and doing not much except watching

1180
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:16,400
Speaker 1: a lot of cricket.

1181
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,480
Speaker 2: Have a great Christmas. It will catch you again soon

1182
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:19,280
Speaker 2: on the surge