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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 fifteen.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations to the KFCA BBL fourteen Shabbians.

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Speaker 1: The BBL is back and that means it's time to

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Speaker 1: preview a new Big Batch season. Former Australian and Melbourne

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Speaker 1: Relegads Captain Aaron Finch joins us at the desk, as

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Speaker 1: will young gun Jake Fraser McGirk. Class will cross to

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Speaker 1: Perth to catch up with finale and ahead of the

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Speaker 1: opening match of the season as he prepares for Barbarizam

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Speaker 1: and the Sydney Sixers. Welcome to the Big Push, Ben Allen,

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Speaker 1: We're all set for a massive summer of BBL. This

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Speaker 1: is the Surge. Welcome to another episode of the Surge,

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Speaker 1: the first of the BBL season. We've had the WBBL season.

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Speaker 1: It's now time for the men to take center stage,

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Speaker 1: Madam White and I'm joined by Aaron Finch, as I said, Finchy,

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Speaker 1: Captain of Australia, Captain of the Renegades, and he's with

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Speaker 1: me at the desk. Welcome to a new season. Gooday Whitie,

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Speaker 1: how are you. I'm very very well. We're back for

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Speaker 1: a new year. BBL fifteen comes around quick. Does it

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Speaker 1: make you feel old? And we talk about when it

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Speaker 3: Yeah, BBL fifteen lot you said that I can remember

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Speaker 3: it was franchise based kind of. And yeah, it's hard

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like we're getting to a point now

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Speaker 1: where the rivalry is genuine? The teams have been around

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Speaker 1: for fifteen years now, we think back to so many

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Speaker 1: they're a bit more wholesome. They've been more real.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think the roots of the fan bases

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Speaker 3: You've got kids that are growing up and they're they're

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Speaker 3: I think that the roots of the competition are really

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Speaker 3: You look at the superstars that we've got coming out

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Speaker 3: this year, there's serious players. And you combine that with

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Speaker 1: I think the significance of the competition when you're talking

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Speaker 1: treaped that actually playing for the Hurricanes and here is

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Speaker 3: And I know that the teams, the one city teams,

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Speaker 1: So when we think about this year, we think about

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Speaker 3: I think having the Pakistan players available, and they're not

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Speaker 3: So it's incredible what it means not for the players

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Speaker 1: And is there a bit of the a validation worldwide

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Speaker 1: as well for the competition that these guys want to

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Speaker 1: Is that important as we sort of project forward with

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Speaker 3: It is important, and particularly when there's so much competition

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Speaker 3: So the fact that they say this is one that

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Speaker 1: Time to get the crystal ball out before we get

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Speaker 1: Jake Frais McGirk in here. Who are you who are

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Speaker 1: you liking for the competition this year? Team wise? Who

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Speaker 3: Obviously my heart says the Melbourne Renegades now and it

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Speaker 3: Sydney Sixers. Their bowling attack is the most experienced in

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Speaker 1: forward to seeing play throughout the course of the summer

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Speaker 3: Of course, absolutely well, we're big fans of Olipeak. I

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Speaker 1: So I mean, as Aaron said, you're still a young

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Speaker 7: escape it, and I kept trying to go harder and

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Speaker 7: harder and just trying to get that first boundary away

438
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Speaker 7: and then realize, like it just doesn't work like that.

439
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Speaker 3: There was one game I was commentating one game, you're smacked.

440
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Speaker 3: I ockon five of the six balls in the first

441
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Speaker 3: over right out of the middle, and everyone hit the fielder,

442
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Speaker 3: and then you're shankuan and you walk down the other

443
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,000
Speaker 3: end and you're none off six. So then all of

444
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,159
Speaker 3: a sudden, the crowd they're like channing louder because they're like,

445
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Speaker 3: come on, I was lucky. I played with Vernda s Awag,

446
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 3: who is a deli boy, so I imagine the pressure

447
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,960
Speaker 3: that he felt, and then you both play very similar.

448
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Speaker 3: But then you get out to a good ball in

449
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Speaker 3: the second over and you're like, you could have been

450
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Speaker 3: on twenty five, could have been on thirty at that

451
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Speaker 3: stage because you smacked it. But if you start the

452
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Speaker 3: tournament slow that, then that's the flow on effect is

453
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Speaker 3: you go, right, well, geez, I'm going to go harder

454
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Speaker 3: next game, and then I'm going to go harder the

455
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Speaker 3: next game, and you're chasing your tail.

456
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Speaker 6: It's really difficult.

457
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Speaker 3: I was a little bit different, particularly in the Big Bash,

458
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Speaker 3: because when it went from six over power play to four.

459
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Speaker 6: I struggled with that.

460
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Speaker 3: Because I think if you looked at my career as

461
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Speaker 3: a whole, the back two overs of a power play,

462
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Speaker 3: I would have done as much damage as anyone in

463
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Speaker 3: the world, but I didn't have that, So all of

464
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Speaker 3: a sudden I look up and I'm right, I'm ready

465
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Speaker 3: to go, or there's five on the boundary. So then

466
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Speaker 3: then it was hard. I found it hard to get away.

467
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Speaker 3: The young kids now they are hitting sixers from ball one.

468
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Speaker 3: It's an unbelievable skill. It's a great skill, whereas I

469
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 3: was slightly different. I would take a little bit of

470
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Speaker 3: time and then I could catch up, and you have

471
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Speaker 3: days when you get away or fly here and stuff.

472
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Speaker 3: But that was probably the one thing that I struggled

473
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Speaker 3: with in the Big Bash, compared to from the start

474
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Speaker 3: of the tournament to when it went to the power surge.

475
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Speaker 1: How much fun is that, Jake? When you're in full

476
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 1: or in top gear, what's it like being out there?

477
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Speaker 1: What's that feeling like?

478
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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's.

479
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Speaker 7: Sort of hard to explain because you don't really think

480
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 7: a lot when you're out there. You're just like, it's

481
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,199
Speaker 7: sort of like when you think a ball is going

482
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Speaker 7: to be here, and it's there, and it's sort of

483
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Speaker 7: like you can pitch the ball before or it even happens,

484
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 7: and it's exactly where you want it and then you

485
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 7: just hit it and it's a great feeling. And it's

486
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Speaker 7: the feeling that all bad as want. And I think

487
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Speaker 7: that's what they call like the flow or whatever, the

488
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Speaker 7: flow state. Yeah, and that's what we like. Everyone's trying

489
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Speaker 7: to get in as early as possible. Then again, if

490
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 7: you're trying to eat first ball six and you don't

491
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Speaker 7: and it's out, then you can't do that.

492
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Speaker 5: So yeah, it's hard.

493
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Speaker 1: And do you know when you're in and out of form,

494
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Speaker 1: when as Spinchy said, everything's happening so quickly, you know

495
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Speaker 1: there's demands on you to get you know, to be

496
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: clearing the boundary so early in your innings that you

497
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Speaker 1: can get halfway through and you go, I don't even

498
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: know whether I'm betting well or not. It's just circumstantial.

499
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Speaker 7: It's it's I think it's more of like a rhythm

500
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 7: thing because with me, sometimes it just takes one shot

501
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 7: and then you're like you're back. And I didn't really

502
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 7: get that shot in last RBL. Then again, I'm not

503
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,400
Speaker 7: hoping for that. I'm not like going I need it,

504
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 7: like I need to hit a six year for me

505
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,199
Speaker 7: to be back. But sometimes it does take just like

506
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:07,160
Speaker 7: one shot and yeah, it's with me personally, it's all rhythm.

507
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 7: It's like, am I hitting the ball like timing it

508
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 7: well instead of forcing it? Am I going using pays?

509
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 5: Am I not like a bit like that?

510
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 7: And at the moment, I feel like I'm I'm in

511
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,959
Speaker 7: a really good rhythm at the moment. I guess we'll

512
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 7: find out in a few days time if that's true

513
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Speaker 7: or not.

514
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Speaker 1: But yeah, So I spoke to Cameron White, your coach,

515
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: yesterday about you, and he was talking about he's really

516
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Speaker 1: big on you making sure that you're playing proper cricket

517
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Speaker 1: shots as opposed to being too inventive because you've got

518
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Speaker 1: this great capacity about hit proper cricket shots out of

519
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 1: the stadium. Can you explain a little bit more about

520
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: your relationship with Cameron and some of the things that

521
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 1: he's trying to get you to do this year.

522
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Speaker 5: Yeah.

523
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Speaker 7: I think he's talk to me about just giving myself

524
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Speaker 7: a chance and whatever that looks like or sounds like

525
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Speaker 7: in my head, like in the words whatever words I

526
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,679
Speaker 7: want to use, and what that looks like, do that, like,

527
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 7: just give yourself a chance and that may be smacking

528
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,959
Speaker 7: ten balls on the ground or whatever.

529
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 5: But then don't lose your intent.

530
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 7: So that's the main thing is if you get a

531
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 7: ball you can hit six, and then you sort of

532
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 7: hit it on the ground, it's like you've missed out there.

533
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 7: But no, he's been really good. He's such a calm coach.

534
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 7: I've had him last year, this year and then also

535
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:27,400
Speaker 7: for MLC Sam fran He was like an assistant coach,

536
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,959
Speaker 7: but he's very good to have a round even when

537
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 7: you're going bad. Last year he was very relaxed and

538
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 7: kept giving me opportunities. So hopefully give him, give him

539
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,680
Speaker 7: what he deserves as a coach this year.

540
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Speaker 1: Mohammed Risban Finci talked about about him earlier on in

541
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Speaker 1: the program. To have him in your team this year,

542
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: I mean he's one of the most not necessarily the

543
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 1: most damaging, but one of the best white ball players

544
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 1: we've seen in the last twenty years. You can yeah,

545
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Speaker 1: I mean that can mean any sort of thing. What's

546
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Speaker 1: it going to be like to play with him?

547
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Speaker 5: Do you think?

548
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 7: I think it's it's good because he's got like it's

549
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 7: very good at rotating strike, but also good at fight,

550
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 7: like hitting balls where you don't expect it and you

551
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 7: would have played against him a lot more than than

552
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 7: I have. But he just HiT's balls in weird pockets,

553
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,880
Speaker 7: weird places, and can hit the same ball in four

554
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 7: different areas. So I think that's going to be a

555
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 7: massive strength for us, especially at Marvel and GM HbA,

556
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 7: where you can pretty much just bowl fall and looks

557
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,159
Speaker 7: can't really hit you square because it's small, small square.

558
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 7: So he's going to be good for us on those surfaces.

559
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: So if I look ahead to what's possible this year

560
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 1: with the Renegades, you're very hard team to peg because

561
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,400
Speaker 1: you've got the capacity to be amazing, but the way

562
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: you play in the players you've got, you can be

563
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: a bit sort of up and down. What do you

564
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 1: think is possible with this group this year?

565
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 5: I feel like we can go all the way for sure.

566
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Speaker 7: I think every player feels like that about their team

567
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:06,880
Speaker 7: before the first four games happen. I think we've got

568
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:13,239
Speaker 7: every sort of base covered really well. Spin, we've got Zorba,

569
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 7: Tommy Rodgers, Berendorf, middle order, all rounders. We've got Ikey Dixon, Sutherland,

570
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 7: Hassan Khan. So yeah, and we've talked about a lot

571
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 7: about the top orarterer. I think we've got a lot

572
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 7: of the bases covered, and if two of the three

573
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 7: are going well in a game, I dare say that

574
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 7: will get us a win.

575
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 5: And I feel like that's all we really need to

576
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 5: do is just keep winning.

577
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 7: Once we learn the winners as a group, then it's

578
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 7: pretty hard in the tournament not to keep going.

579
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: So you talk about how fun it is to play

580
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 1: to bat when things are going well, How fun is

581
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: it to play in a team that've got so many

582
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: dynamic cricketers.

583
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's almost like, I know, it's a weird one

584
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 7: because you're just you're sort of watching and if you're

585
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 7: not going so well yourself and you're seeing all these

586
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 7: other guys just belt the ball around, you're like, gee,

587
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 7: this is It's a bit competitive as like within your team,

588
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 7: isn't it. I know Brown and I were talking about

589
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 7: who can hit them as many six as last year

590
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,199
Speaker 7: we only ended up on twelve each because we want to.

591
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 5: Hit every ball for six.

592
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 7: So yeah, it's it is great to watch and like

593
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 7: when you're on the bench. I remember watching Vince it

594
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 7: was a joke. You just hit every ball everywhere. I

595
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 7: do remember one shot that you played. You went back foot,

596
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 7: punch over cover, at Marble second tier, and I was like,

597
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 7: that is just a joke of a shot.

598
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 5: How does that happen?

599
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,959
Speaker 6: Sometimes you get lucky, but no, you know that you

600
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 6: don't have to hit.

601
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,040
Speaker 3: You can hit sixes in your thirtieth ball as well,

602
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 3: you don't have to hit you don't have to hit

603
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 3: six sixers in your first ten balls. So that's the

604
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 3: part that I struggle with sometimes with how good these

605
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 3: youngsters are, is that I feel at times where the

606
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 3: t twenty game has got to is ridiculous. When you

607
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 3: look at some scores of players and teams get around

608
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 3: the world, and I'm just talking batting here, there's times

609
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 3: when I understand, and I really understand, that you don't

610
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 3: get those scores if your players aren't brave and take

611
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 3: it on from ball one.

612
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 6: And then my rational.

613
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 3: Mind kicks in and I say, if your team gets

614
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 3: two hundred every game, more than likely you're going to

615
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 3: be in with a shot to win the tournament because

616
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 3: you get two eighty one game and one twenty next game.

617
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 3: I'm not sure what is more entertaining. If I'm a

618
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 3: fan turning up to a game, I like to know

619
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 3: what I'm going to get, and yes, yes, always surprise.

620
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 3: Every single game you're surprised. But even as a commentator

621
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 3: watching all these young players around the world, it still

622
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 3: blows my mind how they can walk in with just

623
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 3: such a clear mind and destroy attacks. But I'd love

624
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 3: to see every now and then, particularly on some difficult

625
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 3: wickets that you get at Marvel and Geelong. Let you

626
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 3: you're not quite sure what you're getting at GMHBA, you're

627
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 3: not quite sure what you're getting in the first couple

628
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 3: of games at Marvel, it's all right. You can take

629
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 3: three or four balls or five balls to assess things

630
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 3: and then launch an attack on the opposition.

631
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: And that's why Jake I asked that question around that

632
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: whole thing about the responsibility to entertain versus the responsibility

633
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: to win matches. And yeah, just because you can't bat

634
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: sensibly necessarily, but Finch, you kind of can, can't you.

635
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: I Mean, it's one of those things you can.

636
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,479
Speaker 3: Certainly if you're batting in the middle order, you get

637
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 3: a lot more information on what the wicked is doing

638
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 3: by the time you get out there, and you still

639
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 3: have to assess it yourself when but often at the

640
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 3: non strikers and you're getting as much information as when

641
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 3: you're down the other end. So you get out there,

642
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 3: you talk to your partner, you say, right, any spin,

643
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 3: no spin, Well maybe he's google's spinning a bit more

644
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 3: than his leg break. So you're calculating all of that

645
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 3: information and then when it comes time to pull the trigger,

646
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 3: you go one hundred percent. And I don't think anyone

647
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 3: can ever question Jake's commitment to try and committing to

648
00:30:59,120 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 3: one hundred percent.

649
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: And last one, Jake, You've just come off a shield

650
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: game where you played I think you got thirty odd

651
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: or forty odd for South Australia, have some good Premier

652
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: cricket or district cricket results as well. It feels like,

653
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: you look, the shape looks good, You're hitting the ball

654
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: really nicely. How much confidence does that give you going

655
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: into the BBL that there is a bit of a

656
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: foundation there.

657
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 7: Yeah, plenty, Puny, And I think in terms of movement

658
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 7: it's into the ball, it's been as good as I've

659
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 7: ever felt. And like the tempo of shots, not swinging

660
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 7: out one hundred and ten percent, like if I want

661
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 7: to hit a six. I think we saw in the

662
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 7: Shill game. I was just sort of timing them and

663
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 7: they were still going just as far as I was

664
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 7: trying to.

665
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 5: And know you've been telling me this for four plus years, but.

666
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 3: I'll tell you what, there's a few text messages that

667
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 3: went underapplied to as well.

668
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 6: I think I can tell you that much about it.

669
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 5: But yeah, but I think it does give you a

670
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 5: fair bit of confidence.

671
00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 7: And if we're talking about method and batting sensibly and

672
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 7: things like that, the game that I sort of fall

673
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 7: back on is the last.

674
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 5: Game of the year against the Heat.

675
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 7: I reckon I was fifteen off sixteen balls there and

676
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 7: it ended up ninety five or forty five. So you

677
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 7: got the best of both worlds in terms of entertainment.

678
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 7: And you know method, I watched that innings quite a

679
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 7: lot and us what was I thinking at this time?

680
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 7: Blah blah blah, things like that, and I'm sure, well

681
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 7: you wouldn't do it anymore, but.

682
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,239
Speaker 5: When he was playing, you would have watched a few.

683
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: Well, look, it's so good that you've come in. Really

684
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: appreciate it. I mean to get some insights from you.

685
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we all get emotional watching you. There are

686
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: times I'll admit that I'm yelling at the television, but

687
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: there's also times where I'm sitting back just having you know,

688
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: just a great time watching you go about your business

689
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: so good, like I hope you really do have genuinely

690
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: hope you have a really good season personally and hopefully

691
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: things go really well for you at the Renegades. Thanks

692
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 1: Jake fraz McGirk joining us on the Surge. So from

693
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: one exciting batsman, we're going over to the other side

694
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: of the country next to talk to another one, Fin

695
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: Allen from New Zealand, who is playing this year again

696
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: for the Scorches.

697
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 6: I think you really kicked it comfortably.

698
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: Oh and this time he goes large to the on site.

699
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 2: And when I say large, let's go extra large.

700
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: Well, from one power hitter pretty much to another. And

701
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure whether Finchy anyone hits the ball harder

702
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: than our next guest from the Perth Scorches, one of

703
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 1: our international stars Finale and his join us. He's just

704
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: walked off having had a practice match over in the West. Finn,

705
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: welcome to the Surge.

706
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on.

707
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: Now, before we get into things, I'm hoping that you've

708
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: made some runs in your breakie game this afternoon.

709
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: Oh, just a classic, probably eighteen or twenty odd in

710
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 2: a little twelve or thirteen on the super Rover.

711
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 4: So yeah, not feeling too bad.

712
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 6: So how do you go you played a lot around

713
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 6: the world.

714
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 3: How do you go about attacking each the start of

715
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,479
Speaker 3: each season or series that you play, playing with different

716
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 3: teams and different teammates and coaches and staff and everything.

717
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think obviously you know, different conditions around the

718
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 2: world and things like that. I think for me it's

719
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 2: about just keeping consistency in my preparation on and off

720
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: the field. I think, you know, even talking to Buy

721
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,320
Speaker 2: some of these last few days about how important mental preppers,

722
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 2: you know, something I learned from last season is probably

723
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 2: just you know, backing my skills coming into a into

724
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 2: a probably slightly unfamiliar track like Optus. Yeah, I think

725
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 2: that's that's the biggest key for me, consistency.

726
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 3: So what did you learn about playing at Optus last year?

727
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 3: Being your first time there?

728
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 2: To be honest, I think I tried to change too

729
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: much about my game and myself to suit conditions and

730
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 2: rather than backing that I had the skills and the

731
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,360
Speaker 2: ability to adapt when I get out there. So this

732
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 2: year I've come and I've probably had a bit more

733
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 2: of a down period off the back of surgery and

734
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 2: all that to reflect.

735
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 4: On probably the last twelve months, and yeah, I.

736
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 2: Think this year I'll probably just back my skills a

737
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 2: bit more and probably just adapt to what we get

738
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 2: out there.

739
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: I'm interested Finn from we're talking to Jake Fraser McGirk

740
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: about this about when you go through a leaner patch,

741
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: how to keep the confidence levels high and the belief

742
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: high knowing that fundamentally it's going to turn around because

743
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 1: of the quality of the player you are, but also

744
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: the nature of the game. How do you keep yourself

745
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: positive because it was challenging in times for you last year.

746
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's definitely difficult.

747
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 2: I think playing an aggressive role, you know you have

748
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 2: to be okay with failure, and I guess that only

749
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 2: comes a time and again. I think if you're consistent

750
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 2: around your preparation and you back your skills, then you

751
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: know you fail a couple of times, you have to

752
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,399
Speaker 2: back that you're going to come good in that fourth game.

753
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 2: And I think that becomes really important, especially when you're

754
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 2: playing in a new team. Last year was definitely challenging mentally.

755
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: You know, you're playing for a new team, you want

756
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 2: to do well pretty passionate fans. They'll let you know

757
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 2: when you're not doing too well. So yeah, I think

758
00:35:58,760 --> 00:35:59,959
Speaker 2: just yeah, it's.

759
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 3: A lot of So you mentioned surgery and a back

760
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 3: injury that's been lingering for quite a while. Have you

761
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,760
Speaker 3: had to change anything about the way you go about

762
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 3: your play, but also your training or your preparation to

763
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 3: counteract that or help I guess with the longevity of

764
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:14,760
Speaker 3: your career.

765
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 2: I think the surgery should hopefully help with the foot stuff.

766
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,760
Speaker 2: So they've had to put a plate in five screws

767
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 2: in my foot, so hopefully that's into those issues. The

768
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 2: back stuff, I think it's an ongoing thing. Just being

769
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 2: aware of my body, probably not doing too much at times,

770
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 2: not playing too much golf, and then I guess being

771
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 2: in the gym and getting my running loads consistent has

772
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,879
Speaker 2: definitely been helpful. It's been nice being at home, having

773
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 2: a good little block building into this and what's hopefully

774
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,800
Speaker 2: a pretty busy summer. So yeah, it's just those things

775
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 2: getting a bit old now, so got to be a

776
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 2: bit more aware of my body.

777
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 6: Lucky you don't play for England. You wouldn't get a

778
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 6: game if you can't play golf.

779
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: That's right, exactly, Sophin when you're getting ready for a

780
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,240
Speaker 1: new season, whether it's here in Australia for the BBL

781
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: or overseas. You know, he had a lot of success

782
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: in America in the season just gone. Are you focusing

783
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:09,359
Speaker 1: purely and simply on what you do in the first

784
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 1: four overs or maybe even the surge later and making

785
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: sure that you're getting that right, or are you looking

786
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: more holistically at your batting in the innings is that

787
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: you're actually going to have I hope that makes sense.

788
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I think yeah, as a whole for sure.

789
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 2: I think obviously nexturally you're aware of the power play.

790
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 2: But I think for me, I know, if I play

791
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 2: good cricket shots and if I'm in good positions, then

792
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,720
Speaker 2: boundaries should generally come.

793
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 6: Yeah.

794
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 2: I think, you know, just my prep is extremely important

795
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 2: and I'm just trying to be more consistent as a whole,

796
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: and hopefully little tweaks here and there with my technique

797
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 2: and being a little bit more sided on and things

798
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 2: like that have helped with that over time. And yeah, obviously,

799
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 2: but annoying to have a six month down period off

800
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 2: the back of America, but you hopefully you can pick

801
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 2: up where are they stuff?

802
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: So when you're hitting what you say a normal cricket shots,

803
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: to most people, they're not normal cricket shots. But I

804
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: understand what you mean. The fielders or even the boundaries

805
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: factoring to you at all, or if you see a

806
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: ball and you know if you hit it, well it's gone,

807
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 1: it's out of here.

808
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 2: Definitely an Aussie you have to think about it a

809
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 2: bit more. It's not like back home where you can

810
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 2: get your sixty degree and get a six for it.

811
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 2: But yeah, I think I still beck that if it's

812
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 2: in my area that I'll probably try and hit it

813
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 2: for six. But again it's just being more aware of,

814
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 2: you know, higher risk options. Maybe in the past I

815
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 2: probably wouldn't have thought about that as much, and now

816
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 2: trying to take more calculative risk when I need to,

817
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 2: and obviously picking my moments at times to take the

818
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 2: higher risk options too.

819
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 3: There's a little bit of a change with the Perth Scorches,

820
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 3: a couple of very experienced quicks not there this year.

821
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 6: So what does the squad look like and.

822
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 3: What are the changes that you've noticed around the group

823
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 3: in the last couple of days since you've landed.

824
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think having Mitch marsh around the boys has

825
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 2: been huge, just from like a sense of calm, a

826
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 2: calm aspect that he brings. He's obviously really big on

827
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 2: me intol prep and how valuable time away from the

828
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 2: game is to be fresh, and I think for us

829
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 2: it's a really important thing. Obviously, the boys here absolutely

830
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 2: love it and they train the house sound as much

831
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 2: as they can. And I think for us understanding when

832
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 2: we need to put in the work and when we

833
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 2: need to take a bit of time away it's probably

834
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 2: really important. Yeah, slightly younger bowling attack, but I think

835
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 2: we've had a lot of talented guys we saw it today,

836
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 2: you know, guys like Marley Beardman and obviously having Joel

837
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: Parris come back as well. He's crafty, So I think

838
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 2: you know that plays into our hands at Optus for sure.

839
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 2: Obviously losing Lance is a big loss for us, but

840
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 2: I think, you know, those are the things that we

841
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,839
Speaker 2: have to work around. Couchy coming back in it. Spen

842
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 2: a bit of time with him in America. I think

843
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 2: he's extremely talented, swingsable both ways, good solubles, bowl's good

844
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 2: pace too, So I'm really excited about seeing him get

845
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 2: involved this year, and I'm glad we got him.

846
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 3: Has it been much talk about Joe Richardson joining the

847
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 3: Test squad and potentially why he will miss the opener

848
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:57,760
Speaker 3: on Sunday.

849
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's obviously extreme in the gutting for us.

850
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 2: You know, he's he's horrible to face, so yeah, definitely

851
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: definitely disappointing for us, but you know, it's just what happens,

852
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 2: and he's obviously got a job to do down the

853
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 2: lad and laid I think, yeah, so it's it's it's

854
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 2: a shame, but yeah, we've got a pretty pretty sack

855
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 2: balling line up.

856
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 4: So I think you.

857
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: Touched on Mitch Marsh before. And the great thing is

858
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: you've got in for the entire tournament. To have the

859
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: white ball captain of Australia playing the whole year is

860
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,399
Speaker 1: great for the fans and it's obviously great for you.

861
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: What's it like batting with him? And I mean we're

862
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 1: going to have fun watching it, but you out there

863
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 1: with him, what's it like?

864
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 4: Man, He's awesome.

865
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just someone great to learn off and to

866
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,240
Speaker 2: watch how he goes about his business. You know, he's obviously,

867
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 2: as you said, white bull captain of Australia. But he's

868
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: had so much success recently, well for a long time.

869
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 2: We're all around the world, so just watching him go

870
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 2: about his business.

871
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 4: Is quite cool.

872
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 2: You know, he's so laid back and he's you know,

873
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 2: he's such a likable character, especially around the group. The

874
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 2: boys like them, and the fans obviously love him. So

875
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 2: having him I think, as I said, just a real

876
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 2: nice calm aspect in the group, knowing that we've got him.

877
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 2: He bolted at about seveny odd off not many today

878
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,280
Speaker 2: out there and retired himself. So he's obviously pretty happy

879
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 2: with how he's going at the moment, which is so

880
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 2: good for us. And yeah, I'm excited to get out

881
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 2: there with him.

882
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: And I want to ask you also about Cooper Connelly,

883
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: who's one of Australia's rising stars, and some of the

884
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 1: things that he's done the Scorches over the last couple

885
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 1: of years under enormous pressure for a young man's being

886
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: quite incredible. What is it that impresses you about him?

887
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 2: I think I say it all the time. His temperament

888
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 2: is extremely impressive.

889
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 4: You know.

890
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 2: I always think back to an innings last year at Marvel.

891
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 2: We were loads down for not many and he grind

892
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 2: out and nings got through to the end and he

893
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 2: picked his moment, went to counterattack and he did it too.

894
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 2: And he plays some extremely impressive shots. And I think

895
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 2: for a young lad hasn't played heaps of cricket, you know,

896
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,319
Speaker 2: he's extremely impressive how he can just take control of

897
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 2: a game. And you can see it from the outside too,

898
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,839
Speaker 2: you know, you always know what Gary's and how he's

899
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 2: looking to take guys down, and yeah, he's he's an

900
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 2: impressive player. And his bowling is pretty good too. I

901
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 2: won't tell him that.

902
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: It's handy to have that as well. There is pressure

903
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: on you this year because you need to hit sixers

904
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: in the first over because thanks to Westpac, if the

905
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: ball goes into the crowd in the first over, the

906
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: crowd get to keep it. So I know you did

907
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: at the start of this of last season. You've got

908
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 1: to do on a regular basis.

909
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, but then they get a new ball, so.

910
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 6: Come on.

911
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's hard enough betting.

912
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 2: And optics and they get two new balls, so we'll

913
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 2: probably just leave a couple and now you've only got

914
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 2: four overs here. So yeah, it would be pretty cool

915
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 2: to see a few fans take home a few new crickaballs.

916
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 3: Has that been a massive change for your game just

917
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 3: coming to the BBL and that being the only, I

918
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 3: guess main rule that changes in your approach at the

919
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 3: top of the order.

920
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know, it's like betting at

921
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 2: the top. You know, sometimes you take a few of

922
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 2: us to get into it and you look up at

923
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,720
Speaker 2: the school board. Your powerplay's done. You've got to grind

924
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 2: through the middle. So yeah, I think today that practice

925
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 2: game was probably a little bit of a you know,

926
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 2: I think I faced three balls or four balls going

927
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 2: into the last over, and you kind of that's what

928
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 2: you use as an opener sometimes, is your momentum shift

929
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 2: into the middle overs. So I guess for me, it's

930
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 2: that's the side of the good cricket shot side of

931
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 2: me that I'm trying to develop and have more of.

932
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 2: Is that still being able to do it in the powerplay? Sorry,

933
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 2: in the middle overs still back in that I can

934
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,359
Speaker 2: clear the fence if I need to, And then you're

935
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 2: just being super I guess, having super good and ten

936
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 2: against spin through the middle, especially optus.

937
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: Just finally thin, you've got the season opener against the Sixers.

938
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: So Barbarasam will be in action. We talked about Mitch

939
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: marsh yourself, Cooper Connolly. The list goes on this star

940
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: power everywhere. How exciting is it to be there for

941
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: the game one to kick things off?

942
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 2: Yes, epic, you know, obviously everyone always talks about the

943
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 2: rivalry with the Sixers and the Scorches, and I think

944
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 2: to have it first game obviously, my first game back

945
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,320
Speaker 2: for a long time, so to do it at Optus

946
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 2: is pretty exciting.

947
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: And yeah, it's.

948
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 2: Definitely coming back to the fans that opt Us is

949
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 2: something that you know keeps well, keeps me coming back anyway. Yeah,

950
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 2: they're pretty epic out there, so you're looking forward to

951
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 2: It's meant to be about forty degrees too, so.

952
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 1: So that's the get hot weather in the when it

953
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: comes to that. Thanks very much for joining us, really

954
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: appreciate it. It's great to have you back and hopefully

955
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,360
Speaker 1: you can clear the picts plenty of times throughout the

956
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: course of the summery.

957
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me.

958
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: And Allen joining us on the Surgeon. We've had to

959
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 1: wrap things up right after this. How good was that

960
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 1: to have both Jake Fraser McGirk and then just then

961
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: finel and talking all things at BBL two of the

962
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: powerhouse players of the competition this year. Now on the surge,

963
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: we're going to go Finch into the Yes. No, wait,

964
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: so it's going to put you under real pressure. Sure,

965
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 1: short and sharp, barbazam. He will make a century in

966
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: w in BBL fifteen for the Sydney.

967
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 3: Sixers T twenty. Centuries are hard to make and even

968
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 3: more so in Australia. Wait, but quality player would not

969
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 3: be surprised if he did.

970
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: Okay, Mitch marsh is going to be the Perth Scorch's

971
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: best player this season. We're just talking to Finaleen about

972
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: is that capacity there? Got seventy in a practice game today?

973
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:26,439
Speaker 6: We hear yes.

974
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 3: I think his impact at the top of the order,

975
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 3: in particular, he's found his tempo, he knows what he's doing.

976
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 3: The freedom that he brings to his game these days

977
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:38,959
Speaker 3: will be brilliant this year.

978
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: The fact that he's playing old tournament and not sort

979
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 1: of coming in and out with Australia and he's how

980
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: much of a difference does it make that you can

981
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 1: get into a bit of a fly, a bit of

982
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 1: a rhythm into the season.

983
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a huge thing because when you're waiting on

984
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 3: international selection. You've sort of got one eye on that

985
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 3: one eye on the big bas so now he's just

986
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 3: all in. I think have made a call on his

987
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 3: red ball career. That's probably behind him, so now he

988
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 3: can just be all in on T twenty.

989
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 4: All right?

990
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: How about Hurricanes? Should they be the favorites this year

991
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:12,879
Speaker 1: after what they did last year?

992
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 3: Absolutely? Yeah, I think that their side is as good

993
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 3: as it was last year. Mitchell will find it hard

994
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 3: to back up and be as good as what he

995
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 3: was last year. But they've got Nathan Ellis at the

996
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 3: helm and with ball in hand, there's no one better

997
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 3: in world cricket in my opinion in T twenty formats,

998
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 3: So yeah, they've got all the pieces there.

999
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 1: The Stars have gone out and got Mitch Swepson.

1000
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 5: Will he be the.

1001
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,239
Speaker 1: Leading wicket taker for the team in green this year?

1002
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 6: They've got some good bowling options.

1003
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 3: I'll say no, but I think he'll be a very

1004
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 3: good contributor huge square boundaries. We know how much success

1005
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,760
Speaker 3: Adam Zamper had been a league spin bowler at the MCG,

1006
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 3: so I wouldn't be surprised if he uses those to

1007
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,760
Speaker 3: his advantage and he bowls incredibly slow, incredibly wide.

1008
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 6: Particularly the right hander is Karon Boyce style.

1009
00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 1: It's very similar, all right, the Adelaide strike they've been

1010
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: able to jag Jason sang it away from Sydney. He

1011
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: obviously plays for the Sackers in the Shield, but he's

1012
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: now wearing the blue of the Strikers. What sort of

1013
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: difference is he going to makeruit of the season?

1014
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 6: It'd be up there. Yeah, he's a very good player.

1015
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 3: I think the unusual areas that he's able to hit

1016
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,280
Speaker 3: the ball, his ability to play spin and hit square

1017
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 3: I think will be really important at Adelaide Oval.

1018
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 6: Serious player. I didn't give you a yes no wait

1019
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 6: for that recruit of the wait.

1020
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,239
Speaker 3: I think it's too hard to to commit to.

1021
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 6: Until you've seen the season.

1022
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,760
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just asking the questions. I'm just asking

1023
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: the questions. The Brisbane hate Now two years ago they

1024
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: won the title and then they missed the finals. Are

1025
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: they genuine finals contender this year?

1026
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:49,840
Speaker 6: Yes? Finals contender? Can they win it? I don't think so.

1027
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,320
Speaker 3: But in saying that teams have come from the clouds

1028
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 3: before and flown under the radar, I think there's so

1029
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 3: much focus on Perth on the Sydney Sixers and on

1030
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 3: Hobart at the moment.

1031
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1032
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,360
Speaker 3: T twenty is a game where you can get on

1033
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 3: a roll and all it has you have to just

1034
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 3: do it at the right time of the season.

1035
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: Now, Oli peek at the Melwoyn Renegades. Now we're both

1036
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 1: on the board of his fan clubs, so it's a

1037
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: bit biased when it comes to Oli. But could he

1038
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:19,800
Speaker 1: be the breakout player of the season at least for

1039
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: the Renegades.

1040
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, he could be.

1041
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 3: He's a superstar in the making, I think in all

1042
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 3: formats of the game to continually get his opportunities at

1043
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 3: shield level, one day level and now he'll make a

1044
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 3: good run out of it, run at it until he

1045
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 3: has to depart for the under nineteen Australian side, which

1046
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 3: is captaining I believe.

1047
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 6: So yeah, he could be.

1048
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 3: And like you said, being being heavily invested in his

1049
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 3: success is.

1050
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 6: Crucial as a Victorian.

1051
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now this is a half folly for you here.

1052
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: Sam Constance is going to be making headlines this year

1053
00:48:55,640 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: for the Sydney Thunder. Yes, enough said well, I mean

1054
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 1: just expanding on that a little bit. It's great to

1055
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: see him get that Shield cent tree before the end

1056
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,399
Speaker 1: of the year and we've seen him do really well

1057
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,799
Speaker 1: for the Thunder. Do you think he might just be

1058
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: freed up a little bit more now that which makes

1059
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:12,920
Speaker 1: him dangerous?

1060
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 6: One hundred percent.

1061
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 3: He's a seriously talented kid and he is still just

1062
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 3: a kid. I think we all have to remember he's

1063
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 3: still working out his game. He just got exposed to

1064
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 3: international cricket at a time when all the eyeballs were

1065
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 3: on it, and how he played in that Boxing Day

1066
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 3: Test I think was probably the wrong reinforcement to him

1067
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 3: at the time. I mean, he's tried it since and

1068
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 3: it hasn't quite gone to plan, But now it seems

1069
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 3: as though he's been able to go back to his

1070
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 3: grounding of right, I am still a very good player.

1071
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 3: Do I need to play that inventive all the time?

1072
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 3: Probably not. But there'll be a bug in him at

1073
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 3: some point that T twenty will bring out, and I

1074
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 3: think he'll have a big year.

1075
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,440
Speaker 1: He's always fun to watch. This note out about that. Okay,

1076
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: just as we wrap things up on this episode of

1077
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 1: The Surge, the first for the BBL well this year,

1078
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the super Coach because

1079
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: it's a good reminder that We're only days away from

1080
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: the tournament getting underway, so you've got to pick a team. Now,

1081
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: some very popular players in the league this year, Mitchell

1082
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: and Josh Philippie and Glenn Maxwell. Now the Hurricanes and

1083
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: six Ers both play twice in the first round, Finchy.

1084
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,879
Speaker 1: So for those that are watching or listening and they're

1085
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,880
Speaker 1: looking for players to put into their team for Super

1086
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,919
Speaker 1: Coach this year, you've got any thoughts on this, Yeah, I.

1087
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 3: Do the temptation, and I know that you're a big

1088
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 3: fan of picking all rounders in your Super Coach because

1089
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 3: obviously they bat, they bowl, they they're generally highly skilled players,

1090
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,240
Speaker 3: so they're in the hot spots in the field. Think

1091
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 3: Glenn Maxwell for example. I'm going slightly different. I want consistency, yep.

1092
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 3: The number one player that comes to mind when I

1093
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 3: think consistency is Barbera's arm, So I'm putting him front

1094
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 3: and center straight away. I'm the big fella is right

1095
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 3: up there, because you know he will get runs. He's

1096
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 3: going to Perth for the first game. That might suit

1097
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 3: his game. Extra pace, extra bounds. He uses the pace wonderfully.

1098
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 3: He is a good playoff the back foot. I'm locking

1099
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 3: down Babba early on before he gets too expensive, because

1100
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,920
Speaker 3: he will because he will get Bolk runs. The other

1101
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 3: player I'm going for who can bat and fields in

1102
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 3: hot spots.

1103
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 6: But like I said just earlier, I.

1104
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 3: Think he's arguably the number one T twenty bowler in

1105
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 3: the world fast bowler, Nathan Alis. He bowls in times

1106
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:31,600
Speaker 3: when you get wickets. He's skillful enough that he deceives players,

1107
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 3: so he'll pick up a couple of wickets, he'll get

1108
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 3: a couple of catches. He might he might have a

1109
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 3: high strike rate at the at the back end of

1110
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 3: an innings, even if he faces five balls, is sliced

1111
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 3: a couple of fours away, so that they're my two

1112
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 3: go tos for the first round.

1113
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: I like Nathan Alis. I think Nathan Alis is one

1114
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 1: of the most underrated.

1115
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 3: Cricketers in the world, and I think he was up

1116
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,239
Speaker 3: until twelve months ago.

1117
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,960
Speaker 1: He might just now be rated, you think absolutely worldwide.

1118
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: Chris Jordan's the one I like because very similar to

1119
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:02,879
Speaker 1: what you're saying with Nathan Allie. But that's a bit

1120
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: higher than Nathan. If he often feels it long off,

1121
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,560
Speaker 1: so he's in the hot zones, particularly late, so he's

1122
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: taking catches, which is points can get valuable runs. And

1123
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 1: he bowls at the death too, which means also there's

1124
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: a couple of cheap wickets in there towards him as well.

1125
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: So I really like him. And again the Hurricanes they're

1126
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,160
Speaker 1: playing twice in the first round, so he'd be someone

1127
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 1: that I'd be looking for.

1128
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:22,880
Speaker 3: You haven't been an advisor to Greg Sippard for the

1129
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 3: last twenty years, have you? Because we know how Victoria

1130
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 3: and then now the Sydney Sixers structure up their side.

1131
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 6: They love all round us.

1132
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, they were exactly right. And then from

1133
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 1: an overall point of view, another all round of Cooper Connelly.

1134
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 1: Now we talked to fin Allen about him to have

1135
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 1: him come on. He'll probably baut three or four because

1136
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,120
Speaker 1: that's what he did last year. But again overse bowls

1137
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:45,880
Speaker 1: as well. I think he's a lock for me. For

1138
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: my kids and I have our own team and we

1139
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: take a very very serious seriously.

1140
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:54,120
Speaker 3: Do you collaborate on the one team? Yes, we do, well,

1141
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 3: we have been doing it.

1142
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:57,840
Speaker 1: They're getting a bit old and they think they know

1143
00:52:57,920 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: it all now and they will have their own team.

1144
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 6: And there's time a bad flame might be it.

1145
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 1: Might be, and I might just have to show them

1146
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: how that's done. That might be super coat. Is great

1147
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: fun to get involved when it comes to BBL because

1148
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,040
Speaker 1: the game on every night, so there's all sorts of

1149
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: fun to be had. And talking about having fun, don't

1150
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:16,640
Speaker 1: forge it. Also the BKT BBL Tipping competition fifteen thousand

1151
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:18,759
Speaker 1: dollars on the line, so get involved in that might

1152
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,080
Speaker 1: a bit of extra cash to get yourself a new

1153
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: cricket bat for next year. Make sure the Big Bash

1154
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 1: app it's got everything there that you need, whether it's

1155
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 1: a tipping has said the great game, but all the

1156
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: news information as well. Thank you for coming in REALIZEO shatted.

1157
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: How exciting is that it's back.

1158
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 3: It comes around quick, doesn't it. We're a couple of

1159
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,840
Speaker 3: test matches in and it's already on our doorsteps.

1160
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 6: So I can't wait. The talent and the skill level

1161
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 6: of these young players, and I keep.

1162
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 3: Saying it, in the last three years the game has

1163
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 3: gone to a level that I didn't think was possible,

1164
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:48,760
Speaker 3: and these kids are brilliant.

1165
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: BBL fifteen it starts on Sunday and we'll be here

1166
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: right throughout the tournament. On the surge