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Speaker 1: He's a sportsman himself, so I think it's really great

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Speaker 2: But joining us in the studio right now.

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Speaker 1: I've got Anti Cricket CEO Joel Morrison.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Joel. Good morning Katie, and we're

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Speaker 1: I've got Cricket Australia's High Performance coach Troy Cooley.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Troy.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katy.

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Speaker 2: Lovely to have you on the show. Troy. Now, Joel,

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Speaker 1: I know that there has been plenty happening this season

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Speaker 4: That's right, We're heading into our chamber NT top end

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Speaker 1: We want to understand that there's going to be some

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Speaker 1: Oh good stuff, Well Troy, while I've still got you

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Speaker 2: Oh good stuff, Thank you, Troy.

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Speaker 1: And of course Troy Cooley is the Cricket Australia High

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Speaker 1: Performance Coach and well Joel Morrison Anti Cricket CEO. We

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Speaker 1: always appreciate your time. Thank you so much for coming in.

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Speaker 4: Not the problem. Game one this Sunday ten thirty am

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Speaker 1: Com do you I was going to say, where can

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Speaker 1: ntcricket dot com dot au.

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Speaker 4: That's right and you'll find all your details there.

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Speaker 2: Mate, before I let you go.

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Speaker 4: keeper in his last game, so he was our player

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Speaker 4: of the match and he's doing very well well.

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Speaker 1: He keeps all that pretty quiet. When he comes in

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Speaker 1: here to work.

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Speaker 2: So there you go. I'm glad to hear I wanted

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Speaker 2: to get a bit of background Dick blow the surface there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely good on you, Joel. Thanks so much for your time.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Kennie,