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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 and welcome to the Surge again on

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Speaker 1: location here at Marvel Stadium. So it's a super over

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Speaker 1: edition and we have got a super happy captain with

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Speaker 1: us Marcus So and a Smarcus.

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Speaker 2: That was big tonight.

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Speaker 3: It was big. We needed it.

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Speaker 4: We haven't been playing too bad, but we definitely needed

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Speaker 4: that win. And it's nice for boys to get that,

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Speaker 4: you know, not just the winning feeling, but Sammy Harper

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Speaker 4: the way you batted, and Tommy Rodgers to bat like

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Speaker 4: that as well, Tommy Khran to come back in and

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Speaker 3: So there are a lot of positives.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, six days ago Melbourne was read. It's now green

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Speaker 1: quite quickly. I could tell even from last week's Again,

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Speaker 1: there's a fair bit of feeling in it. So how

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Speaker 1: do you sort of get that right sort of measurement

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Speaker 1: between having that feeling, that passion and just making sure

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Speaker 1: it's another game of cricket.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Look, to be honest, we've played most games like that.

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Speaker 4: So as much as I do want to build the

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Speaker 4: rivalry we're in at every game, to be honest, and

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Speaker 4: if you were going to say to me that they

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Speaker 4: for twelve months, I'd take that as well. But no,

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Speaker 4: they outplayed us the other night and then and then

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Speaker 4: we outplayed them today, I think, yeah, and I mean,

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Speaker 4: I mean it also is always a little bit different

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Speaker 4: the line in the fashion that we did.

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Speaker 3: As well.

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Speaker 1: I know you couldn't be concerned going to the game

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Speaker 1: with the three losses in row, because two of them

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Speaker 1: were very close. But we're starting to have conversations with

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Speaker 1: going okay or we confident that things were fine?

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Speaker 4: No, to be honest, I think the main thing was

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Speaker 3: We were going pretty well.

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Speaker 4: We had we had a probably our poorest game against

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Speaker 4: the Renegades. Sorry, yeah, it was the really nuts against

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Speaker 4: The other two were tight, and you're going to lose

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Speaker 4: the right direction, which which we believe as as a

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Speaker 4: leadership group of coaching staff that it is.

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Speaker 1: You've played a lot of Create with Semi Harpy, You've

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Speaker 1: played a lot of Created against Sammy Harper. What have

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Speaker 1: you seen that seen him become the player he has

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Speaker 4: Honestly, like I think the thing is is, it's not

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Speaker 4: it's not surprising. I mean the consistency he's doing it

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Speaker 4: I'm really happy for him. He's always had all the shots.

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Speaker 4: I think everyone's seen it. He's been able to hit

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Speaker 3: He's worked bloody hard and he deserve it.

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Speaker 4: So I think it's just a nice combination of talent

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Speaker 1: You've had so many different contributions from so many different

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Speaker 1: that tonight.

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Speaker 2: That was he was hitting the ball as hard as

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Speaker 4: No special I mean fifty off what was it, nine

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Speaker 3: He's actually battered, to be.

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Speaker 4: Honest, he's battered well every game, nearly nearly every game.

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Speaker 4: He's getting out of the power play, and it's just

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Speaker 1: We had nearly seventy thousand at the MCG and now

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Speaker 2: It feels like this, this rivalry is real, but it.

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Speaker 1: Feels the Big Bashes is back in a big way

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Speaker 4: I think I think the rivalry is great, but I

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Speaker 3: The fans.

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Speaker 4: We've had great turnout all year so far, and I

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Speaker 4: the way that the boys are playing, the way that

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Speaker 3: Why it shouldn't keep going in that direction.

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Speaker 1: And your cricket, I think you're having a good tournament

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Speaker 1: both with bat and ball. But I think, particularly from

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Speaker 1: a captaincy point of view, it feels like you love it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, I mean I've been very fortunate.

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Speaker 4: I've played a lot of cricket now, and I've always

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Speaker 1: Do you think it makes you a better player to

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Speaker 3: I think it does, especially at this stage of my career.

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Speaker 3: Think it does. It helps me to be super.

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Speaker 4: and you get a different a different lens. So you know,

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Speaker 2: Just one more on yourself. Does it is an advantage

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Speaker 1: You talked about it before about batting different positions, but

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Speaker 4: I can relate to losing a game with the bat,

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Speaker 3: I don't mind being.

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Speaker 4: You gotta put yourselfself out there to lose, you know,

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Speaker 3: So I think that's that's been my main message to

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Speaker 2: And just finally, what's possible this year for this team.

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Speaker 1: I know there's the whole thing about breaking the drought

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Speaker 4: It just feels like we're believe in ourselves. It feels

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Speaker 4: It feels like the intensity is really high, and in

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Speaker 4: The drought isn't actually something that you do think about,

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Speaker 4: So I'd love us to have the mindset of not

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Speaker 1: Well, congratulations on tonight, but more importantly, congratulations on how

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Speaker 1: as well as play your cricket. Let's say how it

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Speaker 3: Let's see.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Marcus, Doni and John Is on the surge. We're

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Speaker 1: absolutely smashed it at the top of the order for

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Speaker 1: Marcus Steiners. Let's hear from the opening batsman. We heard

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Speaker 1: played extremely well, Tomy Rodgers. Well done, congratulations, that was

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Speaker 1: How much easy is it for you to do your

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Speaker 2: Are frustrated, how do you keep the belief? How do

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Speaker 1: That it's there, Because clearly you've got the confidence from

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it does really mean the world, Widdie.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to Marcus steune Is about this, about the

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Speaker 5: It's really undescribable. I remember coming to these games. I

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Speaker 1: And just finally again we asked Marcus about what was

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Speaker 5: He demands so much of you on the field, which

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Speaker 2: Well, congratulations on tonight.

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Speaker 1: I think it's the equal second fastest fifty in Melbourne

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Speaker 2: Tonight it's off nineteen balls. Well done.

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Speaker 1: Let's hope it's the sign of things to come over

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Speaker 3: Thanks wide, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Tom Rodgers joining us down here at Marvel Stadium. That

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Speaker 1: the Melbourne Stars. Melbourne is certainly green tonight