WEBVTT - Aussies in Pakistan - With Ben McDermott 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.239 The Unplayable Podcast is proudly presented by quantas the official 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:06.399 podcast partner and the official airline partner of Cricket Australia. 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:09.760 Once again, this season, Quantus is pradsbyby flying Australia's cricketers 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:17.760 as they take on the world. Everyone and welcome back 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.599 to The Unplayable Podcast. Josh Onafinger here to check in 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:23.200 ahead of the T twenty World Cup which is being 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:26.079 held in India and Sri Lanka. Ben McDermott is the 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.880 special guest on today's episode. He was part of the 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.360 Hurricane side that just fell short against the Sixers in 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:35.320 the most recent Big Bash. The Sixers of course lost 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.040 the final to the Perth Scorches who claimed their sixth title. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.279 Incredible stuff from the side from the West. They just 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.640 do it again and Ben McDermott is going to give 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.599 us a few insights on that tournament and also tell 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.120 us what it's like to play in Pakistan, where the 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.120 Aussie men are heading next. Ben was part of that 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.800 most recent tour to Pakistan in twenty twenty two. He 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.120 did pretty well on it as well as you'll hear 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.440 in the chat. But he joins us in just a 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.600 few moments to give us the loadown on what they 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.000 should expect and what's coming up. There's also that T 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:11.959 twenty World Cup which follows these three matches. Now, Australia 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:15.679 play those three matches against Pakistan in four days January 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.840 twenty nine, January thirty first, and February first, before their 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:23.520 T twenty World Cup campaign begins on February eleven. They're 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.760 taking on Island in Colombo to kick things off in 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:30.680 that tournament. They've also got Zimbabwe, Oman and Sri Lanka 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.679 in their group, so hopefully no hiccups there. They'll get 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.320 some time to find their feet. A few champions joining 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:41.039 the squad as well, Mitch Marsh, Cooper Conley, Josh English 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.000 just to name a few from that winning per Scorches side. 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:48.680 So lots of players in great form after another fantastic 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:53.160 big Bash campaign. Let's not waste more time. We'll bring 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.080 in Ben McDermott, who's here to join the Unplayabolek podcast. 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.320 So yeah, as mentioned off the top, Pakistan again a 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:05.720 host Australia for a couple of T twenties ahead of 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.480 that T twenty World Cup next month. So who better 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.160 to give us an insight than somebody who's done very 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.680 well over there in the past. Ben mcdermoty joined us. Now, 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:14.560 how's it going Ben? 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:16.919 Good? Thanks mate, Thanks having me. 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.160 No worries it all. Let's start with a big bash 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.800 because the Hurricanes, of course we're reigning champions, just fell 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.520 short this year, losing to the Sixers in the Challenger Final. 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.760 How did you feel like the season went as a 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:29.639 whole there, mate? 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:30.600 Yeah? 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.600 I think you know, when you set out to start 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:37.200 any tournament year, you aim to get that squad into it, 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.960 into a final and give them a chance to go 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.560 go all the way, and we were lucky enough to 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.400 do that. We've lost we lost a few of our 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:52.160 probably best players in CJ. Naith and Timmy David, So yeah, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.760 it probably hurt us a little bit when you lose 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:56.040 quality players like that. 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:57.120 But nice. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.760 Nice to get us into the finals and give our 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.200 bench a little bit of a chance to get us 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:03.880 all the way, but we weren't able to do. 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.960 And you took the rains as well. With Nathan Allis 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.080 out of the side, how did you feel that went, 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.040 taking the captaincy unband for those matches? 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:13.640 Yeah, I did it for three. 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.400 Two of those were rain affected we've played a seven 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.000 other game in a five over game, so that's that's 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.520 that helps, and then yeah, I really enjoyed the captain 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:27.320 inside of it. I definitely lean on, you know, our 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.760 other senior players. We've got some quality out there and 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.360 Bo Webster. Obviously Maddy Wade. I lean on him a 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:38.960 lot throughout, you know everything, really my budding and especially 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.600 when we're on the field and I'm skippering, always sort 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:42.160 of lean on him. 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.600 And yeah, loved it really good. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.800 And whenever Maddy Wade's in purple, he takes the gloves. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.240 Is there any competition from your side to take that 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:54.000 honor as well? 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.800 Yeah, obviously I love keeping lumber keeping. I'll you know, 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:01.600 certainly be I hope, hopefully be stepping into that role 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:06.720 whenever Maddy feels like he's ready and finished. But as 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.600 soon as he you know, as far as we're all concerned, 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:14.440 he's a better glove than than I am. And yeah, 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.440 so whenever he's you know, he's finished and ready, I'll 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:18.479 step into those shoes. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.760 I think I'm doing it for for Tazzy. 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.240 The old boys backs not great for fifty hours, so 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:28.200 I'll step into that. And yeah, looking forward to to 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.440 doing that in our last sort of three games for 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.080 Tazzy as well hopefully. Well, I think we've flocked in 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:34.800 the home final, which is which is awesome. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.280 Yeah. I was going to ask, because yeah, obviously you're 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.839 back down there with the Tigers this season and you've 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:41.840 played some played some one day games I think before 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.719 Christmas first class Crickets Sheffield hiew. Is that still on 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.599 the agenda or was that sort of you're done with 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:48.480 that for the minute. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.839 I never say never, man, I think if I'm here 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:57.839 and available, yeah, happy to happy to have the conversation 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:02.360 and get ready for a first class fix. But yeah, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.760 at this stage, really just trying to focus on my 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.560 white ball game and see where that can take me. 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.839 I guess I'm supposed to be leading for Malaysia tomorrow 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.800 for a T ten competition, so you know, just things 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.000 like that that pop up, and I'm really enjoying the 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.960 freedom to go and be able to do so. Yeah, 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.839 get over there, play some T ten which should be 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.440 a lot of fun, and then get back to play 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.800 some one day and finish off the season strong with Taszy. 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:28.760 That's great. 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:30.960 Who are you representing in the Malaysian League? 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:33.720 The Royals. 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.719 I actually don't know what the team's called, but where 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:43.320 the Royals. So we're coming to play some fun cricket. 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:43.800 That'll be good. 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.719 Nice And have you played much ten before? And like, 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.520 how much does it change to T twenty because obviously 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:50.920 it's just a lot shorter. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.960 Yeah, I mean it's obviously. Yeah, it takes the two 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:59.440 of our play. We played one over search or sort 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.559 of simil thing. I don't think they called it the Surge, 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.520 but yeah, I played that in Abadhabi played it played 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.640 Zimbabwe one as well, So yeah, they're a lot of fun. Obviously, 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:10.800 you know you're feeling under the pump as soon as 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:12.520 you face a couple of dop balls. It's a little 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:14.880 bit different at T twenty that way, but yeah, it's 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:19.000 just a it's a it's a one. It's actually sort 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.920 of It was funny I came from the Hong Kong 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.560 sixes to straight to Abadabe T ten and I was like, 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.159 I felt, this feels like a T twenty. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.560 So yeah, it's just it's all guns blazing. 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.760 It's it's take a couple to get yourself certain and 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:34.960 then join asmon as you can. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.760 The Hong Kong sixes looks like so much fun. From 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.560 what I've seen on TV, you're playing on synthos and stuff, 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:42.839 aren't you in small grounds and just lots of sixes? 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.159 No, we played on a turf WI could Actually it 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.080 was absolute belter, right, it was. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.599 Yeah, it was awesome. It was such good fun. We 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.240 got a lot of stick for it. It did look 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.080 a little bit different to what you know some of 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.480 the guys see in TV, so but that was what 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.559 made it really cool. Actually, like it was an SG 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.360 ball or something like that, and it was pinging around 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.039 like it was coming off a goal like a golf ball, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.080 and the ground was so tiny and the wicket was 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.800 like a road. It was so much fun and we 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.080 had a really good crew there as well. 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.960 Do you reckon there's any scope for that sort of 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.040 stuff in Australia? Six over matches, ten over matches or 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.240 is twenty over perfect for what we've got down under here? 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:26.440 I think you'd never say never. 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.520 I think the games evolving so much it would be 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:32.720 critical to see you people want to play more cricket, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.880 and especially sort of where I'm leaning towards, and I 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.760 think the games heading a little bit towards some guys 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.320 is the shorter format. So maybe there was a scope 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.120 for it, but you know, it is a lot of fun. 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.880 I think Rossie, our captain over there, was talking about 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.480 us getting together and trying to take on you know, 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.480 like go around Australia and take on some teams whoever 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.720 wants to sort of play us, and I thought that 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:56.840 was a pretty cool idea as well. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.920 So it goes Harlem globe trotter's style. 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:03.320 Yeah, yeah, that's it. 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.800 We got knocked off over there by Pakistan in the 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.800 semi final, but they had some nice player as well. 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.400 They had a couple of internationals as well playing, so yeah, 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:14.000 it was good fun. 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.960 And on a personal note, mate, you finished the tournament 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.280 pretty well for the Hurricanes, fifty nine off thirty one 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.400 against the Heat and forty off twenty six against the Sixers. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.480 But you guys came up against Steve Smith, I guess 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.480 in that challenger. So that was always going to be 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.880 pretty tough considering the four meeting at the minute. 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.199 Yeah, always always a tough one. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:36.079 We're had a good strategy meeting the day before with 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:41.440 Naith and our sort of our staff working out sort 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.360 of where we wanted to bowl, and as you do, 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:45.800 just dragged on for about twenty minutes about how we 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.240 bbviously reckon but no, it was it was, it was. 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.600 It was a challenge we fellow. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:54.079 We got a couple close there a couple of times, 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:57.400 but he got away again and he's showing his class 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.000 and he's unbelievable tough to get out. 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.320 Yeah, and speaking of class, the Scorches one out again 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.600 for the sixth time. A lot of people had written 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.120 them off, but they've just done it again. Why do 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.439 you think they've been able to come back and win 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:11.920 it again. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.640 I think they've managed to keep their squad pretty similar 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.800 for a long period of time. They've obviously got some 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:25.400 gun players. They've got the Australian opening Bata and the 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.120 other opening batter finale and had an unbelievable season. And 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:32.200 it's always the way when you get guys, guys firing 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:32.800 at the right time. 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.000 I think Finn didn't miss seem like you missed at all. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.840 But yeah, he had an unblievible tourment and you know, 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.400 those those sort of things they sort of get you 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.280 all the way in. We sort of had that last 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.720 year with Mitchell when he had an absolute belter And yeah, 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:48.040 just guys coming off at the right time. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.160 And like I said, yeah, they've got a. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.040 Squad that are really familiar with each other and played 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:53.839 a lot of cretek together. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.599 Yeah, and yeah, a lot of international players in that 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.920 squad who you mentioned. A lot of those guys will 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.160 be heading to Pakistan either today or they've already headed 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.920 over there. You were there in twenty twenty two when 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.840 Australia returned for the first time in twenty four years. 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:10.600 What was that experience like and what are your memories 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.080 of that tour as well? 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.400 Yeah, obviously it was it was COVID time, so we 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:21.080 were in a hotel, locked into a floor with lots 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:25.160 of security. So yeah, a little bit of a tense time, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:29.360 but it sort of brought us pretty close together. We 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.560 spent a lot of time and yeah, in the coffee 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:34.960 rooms and around each other, getting around each other. So 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.720 it was a nice little bubble that we had there. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.559 And it was a short tour, like we pumped out 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:45.800 the games, but the wickets, yeah, quite good for batting 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.679 and high scoring, so it was nice to go over 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:51.360 there as a top water batter and try and spend 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:52.880 some time in the middle, which I was lucky enough 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:54.240 to do a couple of games with I think a 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.320 sixty or something and my first idea one hundred. So 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.480 I was, yeah, something to look back on and really enjoyable. 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:06.120 And yeah, probably one of my fondest creaking memories personally. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.160 Yeah, I mean there that's one hundred came that second ode. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:11.880 I just had a look at the score card. You 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.360 were batting three, a big partnership with Travis Head as well, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.640 so that would have helped. Suppose can you take us 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.960 into the middle. How are you feeling at that time 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.280 and as you're getting close to that milestone? Were they 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.160 nerves or were you just in the zone? 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:25.120 Yeah, I think I was. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:27.920 Yeah, I was betting with Trav which was which was 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.640 helpful throughout that power play and the middle overs. 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.440 You know, yeah, it was. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.400 It was swinging around a little bit early, but then 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.160 you know, you know, once you sort of get through that, 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:42.320 the wicket's going to be good. And we sort of 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.600 knew that we needed we needed a big score. They 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:50.320 were chasing down pretty much anything under two sixty three hundred, 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:54.280 racking or around that mark, so we knew that runn 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:55.720 a ball wasn't going to quite cut it. 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.480 So I think I started to fall behind a little bit. Yeah, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.360 I thought it. I had no choice. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.520 I was like, I gotta keep going here, and I 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.600 think I brought it up with a six and brought 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:07.760 my strip right back up to one hundred or something 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.320 like that. So it was nice but got out shortly after. 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:15.120 It didn't quite go on with it, but yeah, really nice, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.360 nice wicket to battle the hall. 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.959 Yeah, well, four sixer's and ten fours, so you obviously 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:22.840 clear there over a couple of times there, mate, and 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.679 the tough bowling to take us off. Shaheen and Harris 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:27.960 Ralph were both there, so they were pretty much at 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.160 full strength. I reckoned from that tour as well, weren't they. 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.760 Yeah. I remember standing on our outside. 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.120 Leg to Shahin because I knew he was coming to 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.280 try and blow my pad off, and they get him 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.520 down the ground once over his head and then I 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.720 just knew he was going to come short for some reason. 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.280 And then, oh, I say, for some reasons, obviously going 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.719 to come at my head, I reckon and imagine to 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.240 hit him over oversquare Lea for six. So I was 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.400 nice feeling to get away like that against the quality 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.000 ball like him as always sets up with a bit 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:55.560 of confidence. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.839 So what should the Aussies expect when they head out 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.320 in these three t t is good batting conditions, I guess, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:06.840 and plenty of tough, hot conditions, I suppose. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.080 Yeah, I think. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.240 At Law that I think there's yeah, there's the three 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:15.840 games there at the hall, So it's going to be 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.880 a good batting track. I want to take a little 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.800 bit of spin, it's going to it's going to stay low, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:22.559 going to feel like everything's going to hit the toe 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.079 of the bat compared to what we've what we've felt like, 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.960 especially those guys that would have played in Perth. But yeah, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.960 I mean a lot, a lot of a lot less bounce, 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.760 a lot more hitting the hitting at the toe of 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:35.840 the bat. Yeah. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.760 And so when you're not at the ground and you're 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.040 not at training you just said you were guys were 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.360 in the hotel rooms. How did you sort of pass 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:47.880 the time where they're mini golf games or players playing music, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.360 or did you do cards, Monopoly deal or anything like that. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.160 I think there was a well, you know, there was 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.480 a golf simulator. So there's a lot of time spent 0:13:55.559 --> 0:14:01.880 on that. A lot of crap being spoken in one 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.880 person's room just to. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.320 Pass the time, A lot of coffee. 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.040 We had that Lama Soka machine that seems to go 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:13.800 around the the the Aussie change rooms or team rooms, 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:19.360 i should say, And yeah, lots of lots of working 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:20.000 on your putting. 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:21.400 I don't think I've. 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:23.400 Brought my golf clubs, but there was there was obviously 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:25.880 some golf clubs floating around with that golf shimale we had. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.560 And yeah, lots of Netflix, lots of PlayStation all that's 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:31.760 all that sort of stuff that we were used to 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.240 by that stage of COVID. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.120 Nice and how do you reckon The Aussis will fare 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:39.080 at this year's Tea twenty World Cup, which Marsh captaining. 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.960 And yeah, obviously a strong bowling attack. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:46.120 As usual, yeah always, I mean, yeah, very strong team. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.040 And we're coming from some really good t twenty crickets 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.840 and some quality obviously one of the best competitions in 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:54.760 or Tea twenty competitions in the world as far as 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.720 I'm concerned. So I think they're gonna they're gonna be 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.520 ready to go and they're playing. It's gonna build on 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.080 that momentum that they all have. They've all been selected 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:06.720 obviously because they've had good tournaments and or they've been 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.680 there for a long time, so they're going to go well, 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.880 they're a quality side. Yeah, it's just going to be 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.360 interesting to see, you know, how they adapt to those 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.360 conditions as obviously, like I said earlier, it's going to 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:19.520 be a lot different to Australia. 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.720 So really keen to watch it. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.680 And the other tournament's going on at the minute is 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.720 the Under nineteen World Cup. I had to look through 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.760 and you actually featured an Under nineteen World Cup back 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.720 in twenty fourteen. How's your memory going on that one? 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.000 And have you been keeping across the scores of this 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:36.680 current under nineteen cap. 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:41.840 He's taken me back. I haven't been keeping up with. 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.360 The scores exactly, but I've seen a lot of highlights. 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.640 I've been as you do when you get on the 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:51.800 doom scroll, they passed for you your reels and stuff 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.720 like that. So I think I saw some heavy send 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:56.840 offs by the shril Ankins and I think our boys 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:57.680 are giving it back there. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.000 So I thought the boys will fired up. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.680 So no, that looks like it's it's going well, so 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.320 hopefully they can they can bring up some silverware. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.760 Any memories from your particular tournament back in twenty fourteen, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.120 I think you guys maybe finished third or fourth in 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:14.320 that particular tournament. 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.400 Yes, we lost to Africa and A semi I think 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.000 they had I think they had Adam Markram and Kickisa 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:24.240 Robarda absolutely ran through US. I remember that pretty vividly. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:30.640 I don't think we I don't reckon. We got about 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.840 rock and roll for about ninety one hundred chasing plenty, So. 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.040 Yeah, I think I just absolutely ran through US. So 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:37.760 I can got six or. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.680 Seven far, but yeah, that was that was the main memory, 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.080 and lots of lots of good fun with we had. 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.800 We had some some some guns there. We had Maddy Shorts, 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:54.960 Billy stan Lake, Tommy Andrews really testing me, Jaron Morgan. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:56.920 Yeah, we had it. We had a really good fun side. 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.360 So I enjoyed that over there is obviously in Dubai 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.840 and other w so that they're fun, fun places definitely. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.040 And so just finally, Ben, you've got the Malaysian League 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:10.320 coming up. You've also in your career played in Pakistan 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.960 and Sri Lanka, South Africa, England basically everywhere in fact 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.359 the CPL last year as well. Anything else in the 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.320 pipeline for you this year that we should look forward. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.840 To Yeah, just trying to tick them all off, mate, 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.840 love to love to do MLC. You haven't done that 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:29.680 one yet, but yeah, like just sort of yeah, focusing 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.959 on the the T twenty stuff for the moment. So 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.320 so keen to do, love to do, Love to do 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.800 APO one day, That's that's the goal. As well as 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.000 playing for Australia. I think that's sort of the pinnacle 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:47.320 of T twenty cricket. Pakistan Super League again would be awesome. 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:49.840 So yeah, just sort of see what comes up. I've 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.200 got sort of got the freedom to do do whatever 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.320 I want off contract now, so if someone goes down 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.520 or gets injured, I'm available and ready to go when 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.560 I'm required. So yeah, I mean the winter for us, 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.200 there's a lot coming up obviously. Yeah, We've got the IPL, 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:10.080 the PSL, MLC, some vitality blasts, some hundred all that stuff. 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:14.080 So it's going to be a lot of cricket you know, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:19.359 available and hopefully can pick up a replacement gig or 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:21.280 go in the PSOL draft or something like that and 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.119 thought out some signings in the near future. But the 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.600 way that this sort of T twenty gig works for 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.879 me has generally been in the past. I sort of 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.520 come in as a replacement player and from a play role. 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.800 But are you enjoying having that freedom and just not 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:37.840 knowing what next week might hold for you, because I 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:39.960 guess yeah, as you said, you're not sort of tied 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:41.120 to a state at the minute. 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:42.879 Yeah, I'm really enjoying the freedom. 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.640 That's sort of the path that I sort of went 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:50.240 down after sort of handing back my contract with Queensland, and. 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:52.919 Yeah, really enjoying it. 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.520 I'm really enjoying the sort of personalized training as well, 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:57.560 and going in there and getting what you need and 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:00.000 then coming back and spending some quality time with my family. 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.280 The tea twenty games, so it takes your way for 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.400 a long period, longer periods of time than perhaps a 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:11.520 shield game would. And yeah, so I really enjoying that 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.160 and the personalized training. Like I said, you can sort 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.159 of get in and work on the things that you 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:19.720 need to. Our staff down here and Tazzi have been 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.880 awesome and accepting of that, and yeah, I can't thank 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:23.280 you enough. 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.400 That was sort of the the gist of the move. 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.280 With the Heart being signed with the Hurricanes for another 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.040