1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: The Unplayable Podcast is proudly presented by quantas the official 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,399 Speaker 1: podcast partner and the official airline partner of Cricket Australia. 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: Once again this season, Quantus is proud to be flying 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Australia's cricketers as they take on the world. Hello everybody, 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: this is The Unplayable Podcast, Day four of the Fifth 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: Test here at the SCG and Australia. Oh, they now 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: trail England by one hundred and nineteen runs. We've seen 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: an amazing century to Jacob Bethel here, one hundred and 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,159 Speaker 1: forty two not out as it stands, and overall a 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: pretty great day of Test cricket. Eleven wickets, three hundred 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: and fifty one runs and we've got a game, folks. 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we do. 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 3: Tentatively, it felt like the way England had some kind 14 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: of mind explosions, like in the piece there, it felt 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 3: like what Jacob Bethel had done a ton for the 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 3: ages was going to be completely undone in. 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: A bit of a flash. 18 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 3: But there are one hundred and ten, one hundred and 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 3: nineteen runs ahead now. Jacob Bethay sat up here in 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: the press conference a second ago and said, if we 21 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 3: can get it up to one eighty one ninety who knows. 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 3: I tend to agree with him. But England, as I 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: think you've pointed out, England agan need to bowlop it 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 3: than they have in this game so far. 25 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,639 Speaker 1: I mean, it's been the story of the series. England 26 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: have got themselves into strongish positions and then have relinquished that. 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: We saw a couple more today, which we will get to. 28 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: A brook Wick at Jack's Wicker of Stokes, sorry, a 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: Smith run out, So we'll get to all those, but 30 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: let's stay with Jacob Bethel because what an innings that 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: was austraight in lasts too long today, and then Bethel's 32 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: in in the first over of England's innings after Stark 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: struck again one hundred and two hundred and thirty two balls, 34 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: sixteen fourth, A lot of those high class boundaries as well, 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: you could make a claim for many of those being 36 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: the shot of the day. 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: And he, I don't know, did he give a chance. 38 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: He was pretty much chanceless, and even when he had 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: to spend seven balls on ninety nine, he never looked 40 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: like he was going to panic. 41 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: He just looked. 42 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Composed, calm, and he got there with not much doubt 43 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: in the. 44 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 3: End, which is a great starting point, and I think 45 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: it was four or five overs one shot away from 46 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 3: one hundred. 47 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 2: He got to ninety six really quickly. 48 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: He got to into the nineties off some overthrows, kind 49 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: of exactly what we're talking about the other to day 50 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: around throwing at the stumps and the potential of creating 51 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 3: some overthrows. But that was probably my biggest takeaway of 52 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 3: today was this is a man who has two centuries 53 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 3: before today against grown men. 54 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: So I'm going off Cricket Archive, which is a pretty 55 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: reliable source for me most of the time. 56 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: So not juniors, That's right, that's what you're saying. 57 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, So there's the list I'm kind of going off. 58 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: Has a bunch, you know, Barbados under fifteens versus Jamaica 59 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: under fifteens, English Schools, Cricket Association, Midlands under fifteens versus 60 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 3: North under fifteens, Warwickshire under seventeens Young Lions stuff. When 61 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: he's actually played against men, there's been one hundred against 62 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: the Warwickshire Fort Warwickshire second eleven against Clusters year second eleven. 63 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: Okay, so not even county stuff. 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: Well not in below county. 65 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, second eleven stuff, and then there was another under 66 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 3: nineteenth century following that, and then he made one in 67 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 3: a bilateral ODI against South Africa. Yet when he got 68 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 3: to within one shot away from a century, he just 69 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: kind of calmly nudged around. He got a single, he 70 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 3: got to ninety seven, he got to ninety eight, he 71 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 3: got to ninety nine. Stark bolt too ripping bounces at him, 72 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 3: you know, one hundred and forty five k an hour. 73 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: Yep, he got in the line of it. 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: And then when he finally saw bow webster flight wine up, 75 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 3: he said, I'm having a piece of that and bunted 76 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: him over long on that. Just the composure he showed 77 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: in that moment was extraordinary for a guy who, as 78 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: we said, just hasn't got much experience in like he 79 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 3: hasn't even done that at county level, Like he hasn't 80 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 3: been he hasn't been dominating ODII cricket T twenty cricket. Yes, 81 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: we can all see the talent, but when it got 82 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 3: to that moment, I was watching him really cihause, I'm likeual, 83 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: he's never been in this pitchure before. I guess you 84 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 3: can you can see why the basball regimes have have 85 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 3: fast tracked him. 86 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: Yeah they love him, don't they, and heading into today 87 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: averaging only twenty seven in first class cricket from twenty 88 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: seven matches, So it doesn't really strike you as a 89 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: player of the future. But when we saw him a 90 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: bat today, it was without doubt that's six. That was 91 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: a great shot. It came down the track. And then 92 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: the celebration was not over the top either. It was 93 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: if he was saying, like the job's not done. It 94 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: was a little fist pump and a little salute to 95 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: his family, and the family was shown a lot on TV. 96 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: There weren't many words being spoken as he got through 97 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: the nineties. And then I reckon a few tears down 98 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: his father's face when he did get there. Great to see, 99 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: and yeah, that's one of the things that makes test 100 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: cricket special. 101 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: It does. 102 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, and dad is an absolute spitting image. Apple doesn't 103 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: fall far from the tree. And but yeah, he was 104 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: he was really struggling. Bethel himself said I found his 105 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: press conference just before really interesting. He said that he 106 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 3: could nervous when he sees other people in the nineties, 107 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 3: but you know, I guess like he does it in himself. 108 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 3: He wouldn't really know because he just hasn't been in 109 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 3: that position too much. You know. It's interesting as well, 110 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 3: like he came out and played a season a great 111 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: cricket out here, didn't get to one hundred in that either. 112 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 3: He played, he got to the ninety nine in under 113 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 3: twenty one game, but he never passed fifty playing in 114 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: first grade in Sydney. So it's interesting. And even we 115 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: asked him about him before and about Great Cricket, he said, 116 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: I didn't really learn much, Like it's very different conditions 117 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 3: to you know, what you're going to play at the 118 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: next level, and it's like, well, you're an eighteen year 119 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 3: old kid, Like what do you mean the next level? 120 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 3: Like there was no next level at that point. But 121 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: this is a it's not to be confused with arrogance, 122 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: because he seems like a very humble, down to worth, 123 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: modest kid. But he has clearly just been pre ordained 124 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: for greater things the whole time, and it's like he's 125 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 3: known it. It's a remarkable, remarkable story, remarkable character. 126 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: He was asked as well if he had can sit 127 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: it about or thought forward ahead to what he would 128 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: do when he would get this one hundred, his first 129 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: hundred in first class cricket, and he said it was 130 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: always coming, wasn't it? So that was maybe that could 131 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: be a mistaken as arrogance, but that is just a 132 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: young kid with a full belief in his own ability. 133 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: That was a remarkable line. That really was a remarkable line. 134 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 3: It was like out no, it was always coming. Yeah, 135 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 3: hang on, what do you mean who knew? Who knew? 136 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: Was? 137 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 3: I mean we all thought it was, you know, the media, everyone, 138 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 3: Baz McCullum, everyone has watched him. 139 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: They thought it was coming. 140 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 3: But for him to also kind of know that it's 141 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 3: that's yeah. 142 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: It's rare now to score your first Test century, sorry, 143 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: to score your first first class entry in a Test match. 144 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: There are some good numbers and players that you dug up, 145 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: including some of the English guys. Gus Atkinson did it, 146 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: Stuart Broad did it, Jack Russell or Keeper did it. 147 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: I've also found some others Lou from other countries. Jason Holder, 148 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: he did it from the West Indies of course, Jason 149 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: Gillespie he did it as night watching and then this 150 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: is a surprise. Kumar Sangakara yeah as well from Shrinker. 151 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: So if you can have half a career that Kuma 152 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: he'll be doing pretty well. 153 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 3: So a bit of a theme with those ones. Yeah, 154 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: Atkinson suit Broad is one of them. Jack Russell, there 155 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: was a guy from pre nineteen hundred's weally bin cricket 156 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 3: doesn't count. 157 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: In Healy did it as well. So the theme. 158 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 3: There is wicket keepers and handy lower roared to batters 159 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 3: who are primarily bowlers. They are the ones doing it 160 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: not And then you know there's a couple from I 161 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: guess countries or regions in Holder's case, where the first 162 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 3: class system maybe isn't you know, as robust as Australia 163 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 3: in England and maybe India. But and then I guess 164 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: you get the prodigies. I guess that's the other category 165 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: is and Sanga Kara was probably one of those. Holders 166 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 3: was probably one of those as well as one of 167 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: the most talented cricketers coming through it at one hundred 168 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: nineteen's level, certainly in the last last couple of decades. 169 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 3: So there are some guys who can just be fast 170 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 3: tracked to. 171 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: Greatness, definitely, and Bethel might be one of those. Only 172 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: twenty two years of age the start of the day 173 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: Australia scored three for forty nine to get their total 174 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: up to five hundred and sixty seven. It was Bo 175 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: Webster who was not out seventy one, not out stranded, 176 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: perhaps short of his made in Test century, but had 177 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: fantastically well. It didn't look like getting out really And 178 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: then it was Mitch Stark who struck for the twenty 179 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: seventh time in the first over of a Test innings 180 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: and he got Crawley out for the third time in 181 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: that fashion in this series. 182 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was an interesting start from Mitchell Stark because 183 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 3: it looked like that was a pretty wild and wooly 184 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 3: first over. Like that ball that came back to Crawley 185 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 3: was an absolute beauty. But the rest of them were 186 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 3: nowhere near the stump, so were sure they were wide. 187 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 3: You know, Duckett kind of got off the mark with 188 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 3: some of them, but yeah, he just speared one back 189 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 3: into his pads. And that's kind of bowler he is. 190 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 3: He struggled all game. In fact, I reckon with the footholes, 191 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: even in the first sinnings when they hadn't been anywhere 192 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: and down on the wicket. He was really battling. And 193 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 3: that seems to be a theme. It doesn't seem to 194 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: just he just doesn't love bowling at this ground. They 195 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 3: even had to kind of swing him around from the 196 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: other end to bowl from there. But you know the 197 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 3: way Michael Nisa and Scott Bowland in particular in this 198 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 3: innings have just kind of picked it up off the 199 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 3: back of him, you know, maybe not being quite at 200 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 3: his best the last two tests of this series, which 201 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 3: is forgivable. Bowland I thought was just immense two thirty 202 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 3: four up nineteen overs I think he had. You know, 203 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 3: he'd considered thirteen runs from his first ten overs of 204 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 3: the day, so he was just relentless and that created 205 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: a lot of pressure. You know, Nissa gets Ben Duckett 206 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: up to he kind of gets away to his high 207 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 3: score of the series. It only gets his series average 208 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 3: up to about twenty, but he looked like finally a 209 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 3: big score was in the offing. But yeah, Nissa gets 210 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: duck it. Boland then gets Joe Root on the back 211 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 3: of some really excellent bowling, and it kind of brings 212 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 3: Brooke and Bethel together and for a moment there it 213 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 3: looked like things were going pretty well for England. 214 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, so Ducket's a serious total two hundred and two 215 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: runs I've also dug out the stats how many times 216 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: you reckon? 217 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 2: He left the ball? 218 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 3: This seriously, probably probably quite a few more times I 219 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: reckon than what he had done in previous series. That 220 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 3: might I haven't looked up the previous series, but his 221 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: total leaves for the series with ten, so probably more 222 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: than you'd think actually considering that reputation he has. But 223 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 3: I went back and had a look at a few 224 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 3: of them. Some are, you know, swaying out of a 225 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 3: lay of bouncers. So we're counting those as leaves because 226 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: he's not trying to cook or pull. 227 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: But you could you could probably discount them, really. 228 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: You could in a sense, Yeah, it's those ones outside 229 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: off that we're looking for, aren't we And there was 230 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: only a handful. 231 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 3: Of those so well, And I mean he would have 232 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 3: been warned, but you know, the kind of pitches they've 233 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: been playing on, you don't really need to leave the 234 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 3: ball because you can always trust the bounce. And he 235 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 3: would have been worn that. It wouldn't work in Australia 236 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 3: and it hasn't worked in Australia. 237 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: You know, absolute absolute shock. 238 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 3: So you have to change your game when you when 239 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 3: you go to different conditions the best players do. No 240 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 3: one bats the same way in every single conditions. Bethel 241 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 3: was up here just now saying that he opened up 242 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 3: his stance from his first test at the MCG of 243 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: the series compared. 244 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: To test too. The best players are always. 245 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: Tinkering with their game, adjusting and making changes on the move. 246 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: You touched on the Boland to Root thing there. Boland 247 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: was just at his accurate best, wasn't he? And in 248 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: fact that little passage of player that he had two 249 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: Joe roots. He bowled twenty four balls at the former 250 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: England captain Rude didn't score off any of them before 251 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: he was trapped LBW and it looked like Rut didn't 252 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: want to review that, or at least that he took 253 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: some convincing from Bethel his partner. But then when the 254 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: ball tracker showed that it was just clipping the top 255 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: of the baiales, he looked furious that he had been 256 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: given out in that fashion, or maybe it was just disbelief. 257 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: He sort of threw his head back and then dropped 258 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: his bat, although I don't think that was a deliberate act. 259 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: Maybe he just fumbled it as he was turning around 260 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: to head to the sheds. But that was a big 261 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: moment in this game because Rute batted so well on 262 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: that first innings and then he's out for six off 263 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: thirty seven. Here. 264 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 3: He looked furious, didn't he. And I think the dropping 265 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 3: of the bat was almost a metaphorical kind of addition 266 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 3: to it, just added to the theater and the drama 267 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: of it. He was a guy who's maybe played his 268 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: last ashes Test innings in Australia. I have to say 269 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: ashes before Test innings because there is the one hundred 270 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 3: and fiftieth Test he next year. I think people forget that. 271 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: You'd be surprised if route he isn't playing for England, 272 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 3: you know, within the next fourteen months, so he might 273 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 3: get another another go out here. But yeah, his last 274 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 3: last knock in Sydney certainly, And yeah, he shaped as 275 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 3: a danger man after his first inning century. And yeah, 276 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 3: I mean the fact that the fact that Brook and 277 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 3: Bethel got going despite him, despite him, you know, not 278 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 3: making too many runs. You know, budded really well for England, 279 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 3: and then there was some even more infuriating kind of 280 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 3: stuff to follow, wasn't it. 281 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,239 Speaker 1: There was so Brooke and Bethel put one hundred partnership, 282 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 1: they've restored parody, they're building a lead now for England. 283 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: And then yeah, bo Webster is throwing the ball of 284 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: Bosom off spin, which he's done most of his careers. 285 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: The medium pace is just a recent sort of edition, 286 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: so he says he doesn't practice it a lot. It's well, 287 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: here's the words he's got off he's on tap, just 288 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: in case they're ever called it. 289 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 3: A pint, and that him and Travis had agree that 290 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 3: the less you practice them, the better they are. 291 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if the coaches would agree with that, 292 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: but that's certainly their philosophy. And then in his second 293 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: over he gets one to turn sharply into Brook that 294 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: Webster didn't even think was going to hit the stumps. 295 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: Alex Carey did and thankfully, frustrating Kerry was able to 296 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: convince Smith to take The review was only one second 297 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: on the clock and three reds. 298 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 3: I think the whole thing probably proves that both teams 299 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 3: were wrong in not picking a specialist spinner. It's a 300 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 3: hard one because Todd Murphy probably would have played in 301 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 3: the bow Webs spot. Yeah that's right, but yeah, like 302 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 3: I mean, and you know, bow Webbs has been one 303 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 3: of their best players, and it's maybe their best player 304 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 3: and in the match, maybe the most impactful with seventy 305 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 3: one not out and three really crucial wickets. So I 306 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 3: don't know how you kind of shake that all out. 307 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 3: You probably would have him instead of Green really, if 308 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: you know, if they wanted to get Websit into the team, 309 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 3: I think they would have looked. 310 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: At that way. 311 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: But yeah, it was great bowling to get Brook and 312 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 3: then geez Will Jacks like what a test that he's having, 313 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 3: like to come down second, second ball and try to 314 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 3: mow him over. I guess he was trying to get 315 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 3: him over midwicket mid on. He's just got to you know, 316 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 3: too little of it and squirt it out to Cameron Green, 317 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: ironically the exact same bound he'd put down Travis Head 318 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 3: the previous day. I think there were about twenty people 319 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: ready to make that point in the press box as 320 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: soon as it happened, but it just felt like a 321 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: mindless wicket at that point. 322 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: Ricky Punting said, you know, what do you say to 323 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: you teammates and you walk back into the sheds and 324 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: you've played a shot like that. I'm sure he was 325 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: promoted ahead of the injured Stokes and ahead of wicket 326 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: keeper Jamie Smith because of his ability to bat for 327 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: long periods of time, which he's shown in Brisbane and 328 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: in Adelaide. Here he comes out and does that. 329 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: It was baffling. 330 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: Well, I don't know what he supposed to be as 331 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 3: a Test cricketer. He hasn't had a bad series like 332 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 3: I think there's been. He's bold as well as he 333 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: could have. Like I don't think, you know, he's done 334 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 3: what he would have said on the sorry with the ball, 335 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: he's done what he said on the tin. With the bat, 336 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: he's done the opposite. I mean he's supposed to be 337 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: this t twenty ye blaster, come in number eight, counterattacking. 338 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 2: Whatever it is. 339 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 3: His strike rate for the series, his twenty runs lower 340 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 3: per hundred balls. And it was mcguaja, who's, you know, 341 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 3: probably the most watchful of the Australian batters. I think 342 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: it stood at forty coming into this inning. So a 343 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 3: really puzzling move from him, and caps are you know 344 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 3: he's placed in the line on the line going into 345 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 3: this Test. So that was a frustrating one. And then, 346 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 3: I mean even more frustrating was Jamie Smith saidsit because Yep, 347 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: he's scoring quite quickly, as as he always does. Again 348 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 3: it's at the hands of Barnas Lavisha. 349 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, Marnus was bowling, came on to bowl the short 350 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: stuff to him and then a bit of a mix up. 351 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: I'm interested to get your take on this. It was 352 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: nice work, must be said from Jake Weatherold. Yeah, square 353 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: leg or just in front of square had to come 354 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: around to his left hand side, so non preferred got 355 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: onto his right and was able to pinpoint the throw 356 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: to Laboshine, who, as he always does, gets right over 357 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: the top of the stumps. It looked like Smith had 358 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: gone beyond halfway of the pitch before turning around. Bethel 359 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: was sort of ball watching. Whose fault does that go 360 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: down to? Yeah? 361 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: I think some responsibility has to go to Bethel, but 362 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: I don't think all of it. Look, maybe it's sixty forty. 363 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 3: Bethel's way would have been a good one to ask 364 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 3: him a second go whether he felt some responsibility, because yeah, 365 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 3: you're right, he's kind of ball watching. He's unsure. It's 366 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: one of those ones just out of reach of the field. 367 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: If they had taken the run, I think he would 368 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: have been scrambling. But he so I guess you know 369 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 3: your junior cricket coaches would say, anything in front of 370 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 3: the wicked is the striker's call, Anything behind the wicked 371 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 3: is the non strikers call. I think that's not always 372 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 3: the case when you've got a good line of sight 373 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 3: on the ball. So he would have known, Okay, that's 374 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 3: gone to weather, it's left. How far to his left? 375 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 3: I suppose it's a question, and it is going to 376 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 3: his non preferred side. So you know, Smith was probably 377 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 3: doing the right thing by trying to get down the 378 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: other end, but he's just overcommitted a bit. 379 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: I think. 380 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, certainly Bethel could have called more clearly, I think. 381 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 3: But in the same boat, I don't think Smith really 382 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 3: should have been that far down the wicket, but excellent 383 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 3: fielding and it would just something if you're an England fan. 384 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 2: It would just frustrate, you know. 385 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 1: End. Yeah, And if you look at that replay, Bethel 386 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: as sort of he's got his hands on his knees. 387 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: He looks as devastated as Smith that he played a 388 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: part in that runout, but it didn't face him. He 389 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: kept going, didn't he even when he's injured. Captain Ben 390 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Stokes came out and lasted five balls, couldn't really run 391 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: too well between the wickets. He's obviously hobbled by that adductor. 392 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 3: We're saying, a doctor, a double duc which is why doctor, 393 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 3: that's the inside of the groin. I believe the abductor 394 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 3: is on the outside, kind of more your hip flexa area. 395 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 2: Okay, have I passed that test? 396 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: Job? 397 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 1: No? 398 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: No, I'm not. I'm asking. 399 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. 400 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 2: Yep. 401 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, so yeah, really concerning for him, and he's bowled 402 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 3: a lot of overs in this series. I think Brighton 403 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 3: Cass is the only one to bowled more. You know, 404 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 3: he's bowled himself into the ground. And I think there 405 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,479 Speaker 3: were some question marks as to why he didn't come 406 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 3: out at six. Well, you know it was clear. I 407 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 3: mean even at eight that might have been a spot 408 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 3: too high. You saw the first ball that Bethel faced 409 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 3: after Smith got out. He tucked one around the corner 410 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 3: and he started running and then Stokes just was walking 411 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 3: down the other end and Bethel was like, oh, hang on, 412 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 3: what's going on? Like it seems crazy that there wasn't 413 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 3: more of a conversation had, like you know, Stokes making 414 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 3: he probably needs to make it clear to Bethel like okay, 415 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 3: like I'm out here, but we're not running any quick singles. 416 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 3: So who knows what exactly that conversation looked like. But yeah, Bethel, 417 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 3: it was good that he was paying so much attention 418 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 3: to his teammate because it could have been a little 419 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: bit hairy. But yeah, you could just tell Stokes wasn't 420 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 3: quite right. It did feel like the stage was set 421 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 3: for a Stokes like just dig in to show you guys. Well, 422 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 3: I don't think he could. Physically, he just can't tee 423 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 3: off right, like he saw the first couple of balls 424 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 3: he faced from Marnas trying to get under those coupers, 425 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 3: which you know, you do have a lot more time 426 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: getting under those bumpers compared to compared to Mitchell Stark, 427 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 3: Like he was in a lot of pain ducking under them. 428 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 3: You know, I imagine if Stark had been let loose 429 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 3: on him. And then yeah, going back to that bow 430 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 3: Webster ball that was that was just not a shot 431 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 3: that Ben Stokes wouldn't ordinarily play off a bowler of 432 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 3: Webster's caliber. 433 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: Let's say it was Webster's third wicket. He finished the 434 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 1: day with three for fifty one. Now, I don't love 435 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: to name drop Lou, but I do have a little 436 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: bow Webster's story for you. 437 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 3: Here. 438 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: On the way down to the press conference room at 439 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: the SCG, you have to get into some lifts that 440 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: are shared with some corporate suites. I was lucky enough 441 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 1: to be in with a Crash Credit of fame. And 442 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: then in comes John Howard and his wife. So as 443 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: we're waiting Jeannethe Jane Howard. Hello to as we're coming 444 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: down the lift, I said to John, you know Bow Webster. 445 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: He's surprised a bit, didn't he got three for John Goes. 446 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: I didn't think you bold that well. Someone to s 447 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: feedback from the former PM not a big fan of 448 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: big Bow. 449 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: Calling it like he says, I reckon, that's probably a 450 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 3: fair I mean bo Webster certainly didn't send to Raid 451 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 3: his own spin that much. That's a remarkable sledge from 452 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 3: Prime Minister. I wouldn't be surprised to see that in 453 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 3: Crashes copies. 454 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: Now. Because of Bethel's performance in this match and tongues 455 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: in the last, it does make you wonder hold the 456 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: series have played out if those two were selected in 457 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: Perth and the proceed and the subsequent matches, Lou, I mean, 458 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: have England got their selection wrong or were they just 459 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: not ready at that time of the series. 460 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can see why they went in with the 461 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: team they did going into Perth. It worked really well 462 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 3: for one innings, it didn't for the next. That probably 463 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: sucked them in a little bit to thinking this very 464 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 3: untested combination of Archer, would and Atkinson and Stokes and 465 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 3: there's one more Cars. Of course, yeah, he's probably the 466 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 3: one I should because I've watched. 467 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 2: Him bold more than anyone. 468 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 3: But yeah, Wood went down with injury after one of 469 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 3: that first test, Archer then after three Atkinson midway. 470 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 2: Through the fourth. 471 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 3: It just it felt like they they obviously had a 472 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 3: clear plan on how they want to go about it, 473 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: but that I don't think that a contingency for if 474 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 3: things went wrong, and you know, and a contingency for like, Okay, 475 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 3: Josh Tungue actually looks like he might be bowling better 476 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 3: than than Cars and maybe your rest cast for a test, 477 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 3: or maybe your rest Josh for Archer for for a test. 478 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 3: It's a really difficult one as well, in the sense 479 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 3: that like, oh, we kind of hinted it early in 480 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 3: the series. We're like, well, why are they playing someone 481 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 3: who can kind of nip it around like a Matthew 482 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 3: Potts might be helpful. Well, it turns out Matthew Potts 483 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 3: isn't that good. You know, maybe that's a little bit 484 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: harsher and maybe earlier in this series he might have 485 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 3: been able to play more of apart, but yeah, certainly. 486 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 3: I mean the other thing about Bethel, this is the 487 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 3: whole thing with how England have gone about their selection 488 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 3: in this series. Like their only specialist battle was a 489 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 3: guy who'd never made a first class hundred. So you know, 490 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 3: it does feel like they kind of had made a 491 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 3: few missteps along the way. The fact that, you know, 492 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 3: if they really did rate Bethel so much, like they 493 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 3: should have had him at three earlier, you know, all 494 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 3: through that India series to really see what he was 495 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: made of and make sure he's he's ready to go 496 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 3: for this for this next series, and then you could 497 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 3: always go back to Olipope because you know he had 498 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 3: that test experience, you know, going back quite a long way, 499 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 3: I think they could have pulled the trigger on that 500 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 3: probably before this series. I can understand why they're then 501 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 3: stuck with it was a bit of ride or die 502 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 3: wasn't it with Pope and some of those other guys 503 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 3: through them through the first three Tests. So yeah, certainly 504 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 3: Tongue should should have played earlier because he's been their 505 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 3: best bowler. 506 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 2: I think since he's come in, the. 507 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: Seg has been the final destination for many England cricketers 508 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: over the past few years. By that, I mean that 509 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: they've played their final Test match at the end of 510 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: an ASHES series and Louis you wrote a piece about 511 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: that yesterday. You can find it on cricket dot com 512 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: dot It's called Sydney enshrined as England Cricket's final destination? 513 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 1: Will we see a few more in this Test match? 514 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: Let's find out tomorrow. On Day five, Australia need two 515 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: wickets to knock over England. The Pomps say late by 516 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and nineteen