1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: The Unplayable Podcast is probably presented by quantas the official 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: podcast partner and the official airline partner of Cricket Australia. 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: Once again this season, Quantus is prouds Toby be flying 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: Australia's cricketers as they take on the world. 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 2: This is the Unplayable Podcast. 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: A great day if you're a fan of Australia, if 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: you're a fan of South Australia, if you are South Australian. 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: If you're a fan of Travis Head, all the above. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: At the Adelaide over Louis, Australia took their lead to 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty six. Travis Head, of course hit 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: another century as opener of this Test team and it 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: just feels like Australia are that one step closer to 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: retaining the urn. 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 3: Do you like it when I try and interrupt your intro? 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 3: Not really, I've put a lot of thought into the 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 3: introg I know, I know, you didn't even get halfway 17 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 3: through it and it was already just heckling you from 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: the stands, like people were heckling England from the members pavilion. 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: When Harry Brook dropped on today it was a standing 20 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: ovation for a drop catch. 21 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 4: Today, it was really weird. 22 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 3: It was a weird moment. It was like, yeah, it was. 23 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 3: It was just a it was a funny moment in 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: a funny old day. It felt like today, if it 25 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 3: hadn't already, this was the kind of day that Basball died. 26 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 3: Right like this, you're putting it in the grave. Well, 27 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: I think it probably already was that. You know, maybe 28 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 3: coming into this test. Halfway through this test, you know 29 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 3: when they failed to pass three hundred in their first innings, 30 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 3: that they got close this morning. England's you know, Stokes 31 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 3: and Archers showed the dog, showed the fight that Ben 32 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: Stokes wanted, but the damage had been done the previous day. Really, 33 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 3: it's that the manner in which they're capitulating is is interesting. 34 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: I don't think it really sticks with what they've been 35 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 3: doing over the last three years. The selection hasn't really 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 3: stuck with what they've been doing over the last three years. 37 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 3: It's time for the pylon, Josh, let's begin. 38 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: It, all right, if you want to start there, we 39 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: can definitely start there. I mean, from my point of view, 40 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: I felt like England had worked theirself back into this game. 41 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: It sounds silly because Archer and Stokes have put in 42 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: that one hundred run partnership, which was only the third 43 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: of the series so far, so asking them to bat 44 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: even longer is probably a big ask. But they've got 45 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: the deficit back to under one hundred, and if Stokes 46 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: bats until lunch, I mean, who knows that they're close 47 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: to parody. So there was that moment in the game 48 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: where Stark comes back with the new ball and of 49 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: course does what Stuck sort of does, and then you 50 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: could sense, Okay, maybe that was the straw that's broken 51 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: this camel's back. But there were also opportunities with the 52 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: ball that they had that they just couldn't grasp. 53 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, and like, yeah, the damage had been done the 54 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 3: previous day. You're asking a lot of Archer at number ten. 55 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 3: They asked a lot. They got a lot from Joffred. 56 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, he's had a great test, fronted up 57 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 3: beautifully today. You know. 58 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 4: It did. 59 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it did kind of just feel like that Stokes 60 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 3: miracle thing was kind of happening. 61 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 4: Everything was against him. 62 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: We knew how tired he was from the previous day 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 3: batting in the heat. He's come back and was moving 64 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: pretty well, was batting really well. I thought that the 65 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: first session, I think you had a pretty good stat 66 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 3: that you among others. I don't know if you were 67 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: the first person to uncover this that the I think 68 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 3: he's fifty was one hundred and fifty nine balls it took. 69 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 3: His previous slowest was one hundred and fifty two balls. 70 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 3: That was headingly twenty nineteen. So they just had the hallmarks, 71 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: you know, batting was the tail, you know, some kind 72 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: of injury or something to kind of get the best 73 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: out of him. And so Australia kind of like Dilly 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 3: dalied a bit. I think not Dilly Daly. They'll fine, 75 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 3: but they had twelve hours to get to that second 76 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 3: U ball. They didn't bolve their main quicks in Stark 77 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: and Pat Cummins. I'm not sure if Scott Bowland bowled 78 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 3: in that period. If he did, it was just a yeah, 79 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: I'd have just been a short spell. But it was 80 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: a bit of green, bit of lion. And you know 81 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 3: that was pretty good for Archer and Stokes, like they 82 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 3: were able to get going, got some momentum and you know, 83 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 3: it just felt like the crowd was kind of coming 84 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: around to him. Stark, you know, he hasn't had a 85 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: dominant test like he did the first two, but he's 86 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: just got the wood over Stokes in big moments and 87 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: telling Lee he didn't play yet in twenty nineteen. Something 88 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: someone pointed out to me earlier today. You know, if 89 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 3: you know, if he had, maybe things could have been different. 90 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: It was, you know, it was a different story today. 91 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: He was swinging that second new ball a lot, and 92 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 3: instead he'd just gone the wobble scene. It's come out 93 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 3: beautifully and just nipped back through the gate. You know, 94 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 3: Stokes just kind of reacted a bit like a toddler, 95 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 3: like you just had a toy taken away from him. 96 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: You know, he stamped his feet, he threw his bat 97 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: in the air, and you can understand like he's given 98 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 3: so much this team and in that moment, I think 99 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 3: at England's kind of hopes in this, in this test, 100 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 3: maybe the series kind of evaporated. 101 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I love that reaction really because you 102 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: can really tell how much at Manton he sort of 103 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: knew that there was a pivotal moment in the game, 104 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: and stucks celebration as well was pretty up there as well. 105 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: Fox did a really good analysis of this build up 106 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: to that wicked I'm not sure if you saw it, Luke, 107 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: but basically Starks all of Stark's fielders on the off 108 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: side except for the cord and were on the rope, 109 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: and so they were encouraging Stokes to hit through the 110 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: off side, take the easy single, take the easy run, 111 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: and in the end he was trying to angle the 112 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: bat and play more square than he should have. It 113 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 1: went through the gate. And of the twelve dismissals that 114 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: Stark has bold Stokes, he's sorry. Of the twelve times 115 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: he's dismissed Stokes, he's bowling him six times. So it's 116 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: a pretty high percentage that, yeah, rattling the stumps. Yeah, 117 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: And I think the best one I've ever seen was 118 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: going back to the twenty nineteen World Cup, which was 119 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: played before the Ashes Big game. England got the wood 120 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: of Australia in that tournament the semi final, but Australia 121 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: actually beat him in the group stage, and the key 122 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: moment was, you know, another Stokes kind of comeback was looming. 123 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: I think England were chasing and Stark has just. 124 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 4: Kind of faded one. 125 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: Through the gate, just the perfect Yorker and then you know, 126 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 3: so that was another bowl. So kind of adding to 127 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 3: your case. So what did the deficit ended up being, 128 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 3: I think was eighty five. So England really need to 129 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: bowl out of their absolute skins on a very very 130 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: good wicket, the best wicket we've had for batting in 131 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 3: the series, and they just they just couldn't do it. 132 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 3: They haven't been able to apart from that first day 133 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: in Perth, they haven't been able to do what Australia 134 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 3: do in the sense of getting just enough from their batters. 135 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 3: All they probably got just enough from their batters. They 136 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: got close to three hundred and they needed some absolute 137 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 3: upworldy stuff from their bowling at this stage in the series. 138 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 3: I'm not sure that kind of performance was available to him. 139 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, and given that Archer was sort of a one 140 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: man banned in the first things, they needed a bit 141 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: more from their other bowlers today. And we didn't know 142 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: at the time, but Stokes was not going to bowl 143 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: himself for the entire day. We were told at the 144 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: press conference. 145 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: That he is fit. 146 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: I mean he fielded for all but three of the 147 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: overs out there today. He was hobbling around. He's clearly 148 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: not one hundred percent because definitely his gait has a 149 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: bit of a hobble at the minute they were discussing. 150 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 4: Growing so who's grabbing that area. 151 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: On the broadcast, he sort of hit his head when 152 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: he was attempting to stop a ball from Travis Head. 153 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: So he's definitely in the walls. 154 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: And if he's not bowling himself, we know how much 155 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: he loves to throw this team on his back, especially 156 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: with the ball. There must be something a little bit 157 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: untoward happening, No. 158 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 4: Doubt there's something going on. There's some kind of injury. 159 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 3: You know, England can play it down as much as 160 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: they like, but you know, this is a guy who 161 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 3: is absolute one hundred percent at everything, and if he's 162 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: not able to do that, there's you know, something's not 163 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 3: one hundred percent right. And this was England's last shot 164 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 3: at at say, you know, kind of getting something out 165 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 3: of this series, and you know it did look like 166 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 3: you know that just had that feeling about Jake Weatherold 167 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: gets pinned WW by Brydon Cass. Interesting decision to give 168 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: it out, even more interesting called not to review it. 169 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 3: For some people criticize trap Head for not giving Jake 170 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 3: a better steer on whether he should have reviewed that 171 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: or not, whether that's unfair or not. I think, you know, 172 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 3: probably some of it's got to fall on on whether 173 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 3: Ord himself, like when a ball pitches, and this is hard, 174 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 3: so hard to figure out in the moment, especially if 175 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 3: your partner's kind of saying, I think you're probably out. 176 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: But unless the ball hits you on the shin or 177 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 3: really fall from a right arm bowler bowling over the wicket, 178 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: you know, there's good chances in a bitch outside leg. 179 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 3: You've got three reviews, he's one of their top seven batters. 180 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 3: He would have been entitled to use it. You get 181 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 3: the sense that he you know, he was on a 182 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 3: podcast during the week and he's still getting his feet 183 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 3: under the desk, so to speak. You know, he would 184 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: have felt like if he burned a review, like he 185 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: would have been kind of letting the team down. Some 186 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: of the more established members of that team would have 187 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 3: would have absolutely had no hesitation at all in using 188 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: one of the reviews there. But yeah, when that kind 189 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 3: of happens, it, you know, it feels like could get 190 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 3: on a roll. You know, Marnus Labushane doesn't look you know, 191 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 3: he's probably the subject of some really good bowling. I thought, 192 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 3: you know, casts and tongue in particular, angled a lot 193 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: of stuff towards him from around sorry, from quite wide 194 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: on the crease. You know, this team doesn't have a 195 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 3: left arm, but they don't have much variation in the team, 196 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 3: so they've kind of had to create that and really 197 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 3: good bowling. Tet marnas so at two for fifty three. 198 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: That lead all of a sudden, he's only around one 199 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 3: thirty something like that. You know, it feels like it's 200 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 3: kind of going on, and it's that man was mcgauadra again, 201 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 3: like he's he's just bobbing up everywhere At the moment. 202 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: He looked pretty good again today, didn't he? He finished 203 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: with forty from fifty one deliveries and would have been 204 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: absolutely kicking himself with. 205 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 2: The way he got out. 206 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: Will Jacks had to bowl nineteen overs today, Will Jacks, 207 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: and he bowled a lot of half trackers, didn't He 208 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: bowled a lot of stuff that probably he would have 209 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: been disappointed with. And he bolts of pies, Josh, Okay, 210 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: that's a good way say. And the delivery that got 211 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: quadrat was short and wide, spinning away from Kuajra. 212 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 2: His eyes let up. He thought, I'm going to cut this. 213 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: To the fence, bounced a little bit more than he 214 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: thought perhaps, I mean he's a tall guy, Jacks and. 215 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: Giving him credit here, just a bit of the extra 216 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 3: bounce on that, you know, not stump line outside. 217 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, he was. He was very lucky to get 218 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 2: that wicked. 219 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 4: He looked embarrassed. 220 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 3: Didn't it to get him out that way, But yeah, 221 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: it shouldn't probably overshadows a bit what was he did 222 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 3: because he didn't manage to go on and kind of 223 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 3: I mean, this was his chance to rememb what he 224 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: did during the twenty one twenty two ashes, he made 225 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 3: twin tons, made himself undroppable. 226 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 4: He was his chance to do that after his eighty. 227 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 3: Two in the first innings eighty odd. 228 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 4: And he didn't quite take it. 229 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: But yeah, from I mean it was an eighty or 230 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 3: ninety odd run partnership with Travis Head that really put 231 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: England to bed. And even despite Cameron Green continuing a 232 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 3: poor test with a bat, you know, when Kerry and 233 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 3: Head came together it was pretty much lights out for England. 234 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: I can't believe it's taken us ten minutes to start 235 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: to talk about the South Australians here today. But we'll 236 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: get to Yes. Now it's time for the Head and 237 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: Kerry show. And I was thinking, Lou, if you're a 238 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: fan of South Australian cricket and at this time last 239 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: year making a Christmas wish list, what are you putting 240 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: on there? You're putting a one day cut victory, You're 241 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: putting a Sheffield to your victory, and you're putting centuries 242 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: for both your local boys at the Adelaide Ashes test. 243 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: I mean, they've all come true. It's been a golden 244 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: year for South Australian cricket and these two put on 245 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: a century stand today. It's the first century stand by 246 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: a South Australian born duo in over one hundred years. 247 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: You have to go back into the nineteenth century to 248 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: find the last pad to do that. And they walked 249 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: off arm in arm. It was a really special moment. 250 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: You can tell that they know each other really well 251 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: in their great mates and Travis had said after the match, 252 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: like they didn't say a lot to each other out there, 253 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: they don't need to. 254 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: They've got that. 255 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: Understanding and it just felt inevitable. I know that there 256 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: was those moments in the nineties that had had that 257 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: we'll get to but it just felt inevitable, especially for Head, 258 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: that he was going to raise the bat again. 259 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: Today that South Australia fan Christmas wish list. Would you know, 260 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 3: like Ben Minenti replacing names halfway through this year? 261 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Well you can get a bit more adventurous this year. 262 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I mean, you know, maybe Ben might have 263 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 3: a point to prove with you know, the controversial news 264 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 3: this week about Joe Burns getting dropped from the Italian team. 265 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: That's a different podcast completely. Travis like he cruised in 266 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 3: this one. He didn't look troubled until he got to 267 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 3: ninety nine and then all of a sudden the field 268 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 3: came in and it's funny like that. It's like, oh yeah, 269 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 3: Travis said that he'd been out to Joe route before 270 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 3: trying to slog him. I think that was during twenty 271 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: twenty three, and so he was a bit circumspected. He's circumspected. 272 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 3: He blocked back five balls over Rootover. He had some 273 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 3: good scene bowling as well, but he just kind of 274 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 3: bit the bullet after. Yeah, Brooke gave him that life 275 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 3: and kind of got the cheer from the crowd. Some 276 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 3: numbers on trav averaging eighty seven at Adelaide over, fourth 277 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 3: ton here, fourth ton in a row. Yeah, yeah, So 278 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: the last what have we got six or seven innings here? 279 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 3: Thirty eight not out, one hundred and seventy five, one 280 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen, one hundred and forty ten in the 281 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 3: first innings there and that was two days ago, and 282 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: then one hundred and forty two nine so far. So 283 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 3: this series three hundred and fifty one runs from four 284 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 3: hundred and seven balls. He's averaging seventy striking at eighty six, 285 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 3: basically double the striker rate of Ben Stokes. Just for comparison, 286 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 3: it's been a been extraordinary series when you go back 287 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: to think about Perth as well. 288 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: Definitely. 289 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: There was another stat that came up on the broadcast 290 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: in terms of Ozzie's hitting four consecutive tons at the 291 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: same venue. He's up there with some elite names. Don 292 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: Bradman has done it twice. He did it at the 293 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: MCG and at Leeds in the UK four tons in 294 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: a row. Michael Clark did here at the Adelaide Oval 295 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen, and then Steve Smith 296 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: has done it at the MCG and that's it in 297 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: terms of Ozzie's absolutely dominating a specific venue. 298 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, and you'd almost I mean, you. 299 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 3: Have to say that, TRAVI he's kind of up there 300 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: with a don really like in terms of I Reckon 301 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: in that's Smith Clark run. They got some Smith definitely 302 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 3: got some pretty flat wickets to the MCG Yeah, Clark, 303 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: I Reckon dined out in the last stages of the 304 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: pre dropping wickets, of the last natural wickets of Adelaide, 305 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 3: so they were always very good to bat on. You know, 306 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 3: travs this is a good, a very good batting wicket, 307 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: but some of those ones have been pink ball tests 308 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 3: where the curators have left a bit more grass and 309 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 3: I can't speak for what you know, Dee Bradman was 310 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 3: facing the Leeds in the nineteen thirties, but I Reckon 311 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 3: when it rained and you know, uncovered pitches might have 312 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 3: made it pretty hard. So the opening thing with him 313 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 3: has just worked beautifully lucky. I think it kind of 314 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 3: gets overlooked, but like he he's pretty good seeing off 315 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 3: England's new ball stuff. Albeit they were pretty tired, you know, 316 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 3: draft for front it up and was pretty accurate again, 317 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 3: but you know, a lot of the Donkey work had 318 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 3: to be done by Carson Tongue and Will Jacks. 319 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: I mean, this has been the big kind of. 320 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 3: A difference between the two teams in this In this 321 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 3: Test in particular, Jacks has taken three for two hundred 322 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 3: and twelve from thirty nine overs. Wow, Nathan Lyon took 323 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: two for seventy off twenty eight in the first innings 324 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 3: and he's just kind of allowed. He allowed Australia's fast 325 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: bowlers to just rotate and he held up an end 326 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 3: and did exactly what he said on the packet, right, 327 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 3: Like this was how Australia want to play. They want 328 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: line bowling and kind of get the quick going. Jax 329 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: has just not been able to offer any control and 330 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 3: like it's probably not a surprise, Like this guy is 331 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 3: a T twenty globe trotting or rounder who hasn't played 332 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: a whole lot of first class cricket. He bashes him 333 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 3: in white ball cricket and he fires him in and 334 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 3: you know, tries to bowl his four overs for you know, 335 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: under thirty runs. Like bowling forty overs in an Adelaide 336 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 3: Test match in foreign conditions. 337 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 4: That's a long. 338 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 3: Way from yet what he's been doing. You know, we've 339 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 3: kind of spoken a bit about Bashir. It was interesting 340 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 3: g Time Patel was sitting exactly where we're sitting right 341 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: now in the we're recording this in the press conference 342 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: room Adelaide Oval and got asked about Bashyear and it 343 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 3: wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement, was it. Like he said, 344 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 3: basically he's bowling fine. I think that was the quote. 345 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 3: You know, fine is not going to win you an 346 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 3: ASHES test or you're going to be selected in an 347 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: ASHES test. So you know that's probably you know, maybe 348 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 3: number six or seven on England's list of problem you 349 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 3: know they're batting we talked about is probably number one 350 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 3: and number two and number three. So yeah, sorry, I 351 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 3: really I really brought down the move of that when 352 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: we were talking about Travis Head and Alex Cary. 353 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: That's okay, we know he'm gould have had to cycle 354 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: through the plans that Travis Head this series, given how 355 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: dominant he's been and today found a little bit surprising that, 356 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: you know, they started with such little coverage in that 357 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: backward point sort of area. And Travis had said in 358 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: the press conference just how that allowed him to get 359 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: himself into the game by running the ball into that area. 360 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: They didn't change it to a heavy off side field, 361 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: and they changed it to a heavy leg side field. 362 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: But the one thing that I really found surprising Lou 363 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: was his head to head pardon the pun against Joffra 364 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: Archer now head faced one hundred and ninety six balls today, 365 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: only fifteen from Joffra. So Joffre's bowled two five over 366 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: spells today and that's it. There were two hours in 367 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: between his two spells. And we know that he likes 368 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: to bowl these long spells because he's so economical, I suppose, 369 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: and he gets into his rhythm, so you want him 370 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: to have the best chance. But when you're only bowling 371 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: two spells and you're allowing such a dangerous player to 372 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: get away with the game, is that a mischance for England? 373 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, potentially, like a bit of Yeah, I don't have 374 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 3: too much. It's hard to criticize draft for like he 375 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 3: showed so much fight with the bat I reckon that 376 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 3: probably would have taken a fair bit out of him. 377 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 3: Like he battered a fair bit on that hot day yesterday. 378 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 3: He's ended up facing one hundred and five balls. He's 379 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 3: coming off just checking the first inning score guard. He 380 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 3: bowled more overs than anyone in the first innings and 381 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 3: has had to bowl on. 382 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 4: Every day of this series. 383 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 3: That was another point that Patel made that you sometimes 384 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 3: forget when you're not the thick of it, you know, 385 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 3: helping these guys prepare every day like it's a big 386 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 3: physical ask, even if you only have to bowl a 387 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 3: few overs on a morning like they did yesterday. Like 388 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 3: just the physical act of getting up and getting warming 389 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 3: up and all that as opposed to your batters batting 390 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 3: for a nice, you know, day and a half, putting 391 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 3: your feet up, getting in the ice bath and all 392 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 3: that kind of thing that could really take take a 393 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: lot out of here. 394 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: So you know, yeah, I certainly wasn't a having a 395 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: go at arch. I'm just saying, was there a way 396 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: so having to go with Jos could have shuffled the 397 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: deck chairs a bit to ensure that he had all 398 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: cracks at the head. 399 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, so maybe you go for like three spells of 400 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 3: four and then it ends up bowling twelve overs. Yeah, 401 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: I think you're a hundred percent right leaving the Yeah, 402 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 3: the off side open definitely a miss, especially when you're 403 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 3: the point you made about Stokes having that field, you know, 404 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 3: when he got out to Stark like that was a 405 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 3: that was a really clever field that they'd set for 406 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 3: for Stokes, and they never allowed him because he he 407 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 3: you know, blocked and blocked and blocked and then kind 408 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 3: of looked ready to go for it this morning. But 409 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: they had a field I hadn't seen a whole lot 410 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 3: of which was like a deep backward point and then 411 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 3: the cover, a very square cover was on the boundary 412 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: as well, and. 413 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 4: Then you kind of had your mid off from it on. 414 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: Now. 415 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 3: So if you bowled a nice straight ball like you 416 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 3: get rewarded and you wouldn't be able to Yeah, they'd 417 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 3: stop a single kind of thing. But then if you 418 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 3: just miss a little bit wide either side of the 419 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: wicket with the two square guys out on the leg side, 420 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 3: you could kind of just make sure that the damage 421 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 3: was minimal. So yeah, I think Stokes, you'd have to 422 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: wonder whether the heat, the exhaustion, you know, the oversey 423 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 3: bowl in the first innings has might have restricted his 424 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: brain power a little bit, Like just trying to think 425 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 3: about fields you know today would have been really difficult 426 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 3: when he's up against it physically. 427 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And then in the background, of course, is 428 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: Alex Carrey, who notched in another half century, following on 429 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: from his one hundred and six in the first innings. 430 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,959 Speaker 1: I feel like he didn't get a lot of attention 431 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: today given what was going on the other end. But gee, 432 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: he's just become such a consistent performer, hasn't the end. 433 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: We've been singing his praises with both gloves and batan. 434 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: What more can we really say about Carrie at this point. 435 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 3: Well that he might have kind of created been the 436 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 3: biggest factor in a bit of a selection dilemma for Australia, 437 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 3: you know, moving forward, if we want to do that, 438 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 3: we probably want to you know, savor Australia's win potentially 439 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 3: here most likely here and England collapse. But you know, 440 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: just thinking ahead to the last two games of the series, 441 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 3: Kerry not only looks like he can't be demoted back 442 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 3: to seven, he looks like he potentially could be batting 443 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 3: number five. Camra Green's had a poor test and you know, 444 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 3: his position you'd think would come under the microscope when 445 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 3: you've got a guy like bow Webster who was really 446 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 3: unlucky to miss out in the first place. So that'll 447 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 3: be a talking point. Was he Kawaja having an excellent 448 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 3: test when he wasn't expecting to play, when we thought 449 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 3: his career was over. You know, where does he kind 450 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 3: of fit in? Could he slote in at number five 451 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 3: when Steve Smith comes back? You know, could he be 452 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 3: considered further up the order if they want to, you know, 453 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 3: shuffle the deck chairs with Marnas and Jake Weatherold. 454 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 4: You know, English has. 455 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 3: Been playing a tough role at number seven, specialist batter 456 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 3: not having the gloves. There's a fair bit to kind 457 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: of consider there and Kerry's you know, and it was 458 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 3: acquired to a lesser extent. Have really given Australia selectors headache. 459 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 3: You know, we say it all the time, but it's 460 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 3: a pretty good headache to have, right. 461 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 2: The best sort of headache to have. 462 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: Lou, That's another great day here in Adelaide. Remember, if 463 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: you're a fan of cricket, get your Christmas wish lists 464 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: in because they just might come true. We'll catch you 465 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: all after day four of the Adelaide Test.