WEBVTT - Tim David talks Singapore, Italy's Grant Stewart, Richo returns 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.400 The Unplayable Podcast is proudly presented by Quantus, the official 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.920 podcast partner and the official airline partner of Cricket Australia. 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.320 Once again, this season, Quantas is proud to be flying 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:19.000 Australia's cricketers as they take on the world. Hello everyone, 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.680 welcome back to the Unplayable Podcast. Really big episode today 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:23.560 as we look ahead to the Men's Tea twenty World 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.280 Cup that's happening in India and Shrilanka josh Onafinger's my name, 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.600 joined once again by Kane Richardson, who's back after the 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:30.400 Big Bash break. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:31.960 Welcome back to the show mate, how are you? 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:36.000 I'm good, We're back. Is it season two or is it? 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.200 Are we Is it the same season? We're just back 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:40.479 after the Big Dash break. 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:42.680 It's whatever you wanted to do, mate, that's whatever you 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:43.120 want it to be. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:45.559 I'm going to say season two. I want to keep 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:47.440 ticking them, I want to tick them off. I'm going 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.559 to say season two. Welcome back to season two The Unplayable. 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:51.839 Podcast sounds good. Now. 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.280 Of course you don't love to talk about yourself, but 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.120 since we last spoke to you've retired from cricket. So 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.440 we just want to say congratulations on behalf of the 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.800 whole team. And was it a tough decision to make 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:04.880 or was it a no brain A few. 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.119 No, it was a no brainer, especially after boxing day 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.640 after that went so pair shape. So the game I 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.680 remember hearing when I was younger that the game often 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.520 tells you when it's time, and it definitely told me 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.520 that night. So it was an enjoyable experience. As I said, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.240 I was keen to experience something different, but yeah, it 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.760 was one and done for me in Sydney, so yeah, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.720 I enjoyed it. But now looking forward to retirement life, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:30.520 which to be honest, doesn't look too different to what 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:33.319 it looked like before Big Bash, just the less bowling 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.480 on the indoor nets and local club grounds. So it's 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:37.440 probably good for everyone. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.320 Three hundred and thirty three professional matches in your career, 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:45.160 any highlights right off the top that just instantly come to. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.480 Mind, Well, the highlight would probably be not playing, and 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.320 then that would be from not playing at that World Cup. 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.520 But when we won, I think that will always be 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.000 the thing I'll look back on and cherish, having a 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.520 medal and being a part of that group that kind 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.640 of built up and won you know the T twenty 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.560 World Cup, which is topical at the moment, isn't it, 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.200 because we're about to get into another another one. But yeah, 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.400 looking back, I think that's the one thing that will 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:07.960 stick with me. 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.840 I saw a clip from your great mate Adam Zampa 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:12.480 just a couple of days ago talking about how he 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.239 ordered those ski goggles and they came right at the 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.800 last minute. Were you involved in that delivery or. 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:20.200 Or was that a surprise to you as well. 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.440 I want to put this on the record. He didn't 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.320 organize them. I organized them, and I've paid for them. 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.520 I've got the Amazon receipt. So it was funny after 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.400 that World Cup win. You know, Adam could arguably been 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.120 player of the competition, so I was going to let 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.440 him have his moment. But now you know, four years on, 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.880 I'm going to say, hang on a sec. I actually 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.800 that was all me. So it is your job as 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.640 a bench guy, your almost back room stuff, right, So, 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.760 and I didn't want the players that day focusing on 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:51.160 things like that, so I just floated it, is it 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.320 a good idea, It's going to look bad if we lose, 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.960 but you're not thinking that pre game. So yeah, I 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.000 actually organized that and I paid for it. I've still 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.120 got the receipt so as they say, keep the receipts. 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:02.760 Well, it's funny you say that because even in the 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.160 video I saw Zampa gave credit to Mitchell Swepson for 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.280 picking out the goggles, like you didn't even get a mention. 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.399 Yeah, I think again. I'm I'm happy to just fly 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.760 under the radar until now. You know, I'm retired. I'm 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:17.840 a past player, and as pass players, we've got to 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.760 be opinionated. So I've had enough, you know. I just 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:22.800 wanted to be on the record that it was I 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:24.720 organized it and I paid for it, and I don't 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.640 think i've I don't think I ever got any money 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.720 back from anyone. So that's why I'm saying that it 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.720 must be known that I that I orchestrated that. 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:34.440 Yeah, well done. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.119 All those videos and photos that are last a lifetime, 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:38.000 so that's priceless. 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:39.240 Yes, mate. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.200 On this show, we've got an interview with Tim David. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.400 We've got Jack Painter over there in Sri Lanka from 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.440 the Unplayable podcast he caught up with the Big Hitter 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:49.720 just a couple of days ago. And then we also 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.240 are chatting to Italian all round. The Grant Stewart, who 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.200 we've mentioned a couple of times on this pot. I reckon, Richard, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.640 especially as that you're talent are going through the qualification stage. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.040 So why don't we hear a quick word from our 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.440 sponsors and then we'll come back with our weekly winness. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.160 It's been a long time since we've done a weekly winner, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.120 rich Oh, so let's make this a winner of twenty 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:17.600 twenty six to date. We've brought in the parameters a 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.440 little bit here. Who have you got to who do 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:20.960 you want to kick it off with season two? 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.880 Well, now you've said that my weekly winner will be 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.520 anyone who's in the Australian camp that bowls medium pace 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.279 and is ready to play. They are my weekly winner. 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.640 But I'll also give it to someone who's actually performed 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.960 in the last few days. Romerio Shepherd. I think it 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.560 was two nights ago, three nights ago. He's exploits first 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.400 game five for twenty a hat trick, four wickets and 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.839 five balls. What a starts for a World Cup. So 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:50.760 big man Weekly Winter. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:52.600 He is a big man and that's a big performance. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.880 They'll need a lot more of that from him. The 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:59.240 West Indians I've gone with Sophie Mullinu, another all rounder 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:04.640 named Australian captain. Once Alyssa Hilly takes over finishes up, 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.400 she'll be taking over full time. I think that's a 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.040 huge honor and a bit of a surprise to many, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.359 including myself, that they went with Sophie and Mulnu, but 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.440 well deserved and she's got a great track record obviously 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:18.640 led the Renegades to that win last season in the WBBL. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.600 Have you would have crossed paths with Sophie a little 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.479 bit over your time at the Renegades. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.719 Yep, I have. She's a terrific person. I think, as 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.360 you said, her track record, building that Renegade team up 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.440 from a team that had struggled to then also you know, 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.720 winning last year's title and then being competitive again this year, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.400 her work with Simon Helmet, but also her performance never 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.640 dipped as captain and that's always a good sign. So 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.159 I'm not sure how old she's but I dare say 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.719 she's got quite a long period in the job. And 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.080 that's when you say a surprising selection in some parts 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.720 would be I think that would have come into it 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.640 that you know it's not just going to be a 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.800 short a short term thing for her. She's going to 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.559 be in the job for quite a while, which is nice, 0:05:58.600 --> 0:05:59.920 so yeah, congress her. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:02.600 All right, let's look at the head to that TEA 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:06.000 twenty World Cup. As you said, pace bowling, Frustralia seems 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.200 to be a bit of a hole at the minute, 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.800 with no Commans, no Hazewood and of course the retired 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.080 Mitchell Stark not there at all. There is plenty of 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.159 quality with the likes of Nathan Allison, Ben Dorsias and 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.599 even Short Abbott coming into that squad now, but it 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.960 does seem to be an aspect that is going to 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.600 challenge the Aussies because there's just so much an experience 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.839 when it comes to these big tournaments. You want players 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.800 with lots of experience in those big moments, don't you. 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.039 Yeah, you do, absolutely, And I think the one thing 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:36.320 I'd be concerned about is if it was a different 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:37.920 time of the year, not coming out of the Big Bash. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.800 But I think the positive, as you said, you've got 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:45.280 dorcious Abbott, ellis all coming off big Bush cricket, so 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.400 they know the format, they're up to speed and really 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:51.719 like how many of those guys are going to take 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.640 to the eleven. It's going to be a spin heavy squad, 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.279 spin heavy eleven, but also with your all round us 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.920 in stolliness, So I'm not sure how much we'll actually 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:07.480 need from those frontline quicks. Obviously Ellis is a front 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.800 runner and he'll be one of the first picks, but 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.160 kind of who can fill the edges around that and 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.360 support throughout the World Cup is going to be the 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:18.360 biggest question mark, So we'll find out come game one. 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.880 But also with the World Cup scenario the way it 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:22.720 is this year, can almost warm into it a little 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:26.000 bit with you know, you just basically have to do 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.200 enough to qualify for the next round. And we've seen 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.880 already that the associate teams are up and about and 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.360 they're going to challenge no matter who they're playing to win. 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.360 So it's not as if it's going to be easy. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.760 But I think Australia can kind of find their best 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:42.600 formation by the time the hopefully the later rounds come 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:43.320 in as z. 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.360 Avi, butlet there of course as well in case potentially 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:47.640 there might be a bit of swing on off where 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.840 they can look to Xavier. Australia's first game is on 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:55.160 Wednesday night. Australian time. That's against Ireland, as you said, 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:58.560 in that group to start, they've also got Oman, the hosts, 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.600 Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. What do you think of this 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.760 format with twenty teams and this strange sort of feeling 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.240 out phase before we get to the super eights. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.320 Yeah, I actually don't mind it. I remember World Cups 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.480 when I was a kid, they would always have kind 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.000 of associate nations and it felt like it would go 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.480 for months, which obviously you would love when you're a kid. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.320 You just wanted as much cricket as possible to watch. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.200 But it gives associate countries an opportunity to play in 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.520 a World Cup. But it also, yeah, gives more content 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.840 for viewers and players to play in. I remember the 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.400 one or the last couple that I played in. They 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.280 felt like they were just gone in the blink of 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.960 an eye, and almost if you had one or two 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.839 bad nights, which can happen in T twenty, you're out 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.880 of the competition. And I remember that year in twenty 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.280 two here in Australia where we didn't even make the 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.520 semi and it was basically offer a really bad game 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.440 to start against New Zealand and then we had to 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.040 wash out later on and then all of a sudden, 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.760 you know it's season over or tournament over. So I 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.480 do like that now you get a bit of an 0:08:57.520 --> 0:08:59.520 opportunity to play some more games, you can try some 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.400 more plays, and then you build up to try and 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:02.199 win it at the end. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.520 And with the Dutch coming so close against Pakistan a 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.040 couple of days ago, and then Nepal getting to within 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:11.120 four runs of England on Sunday night, do you feel 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.720 like the gap is closing between the associates and the 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.080 big teams or is that just T twenty cricket as 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.920 a whole where and you know you can have a 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:20.319 bad day. 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.960 Yeah. Well, to be honest, I don't know, Like I haven't. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:28.120 I've been following, you know, every team's progress that closely 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.560 leading in and we even saw it with the US 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:34.160 a Verse in you're in Mumbai, the in your in 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.520 precarious position batting first earlier on and it took Siria 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.480 Kumar to pull them out of kind of a bit 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.800 of trouble. But I think it's just any time you 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.800 get an opportunity to play a World Cup and I 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.280 remember it almost for me, it was almost like every 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.520 time I used to represent the NT in under fifteen's 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.760 cricket versus New South Wales. You could doesn't matter how 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.839 everyone's going, like that would almost be the one game 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.640 you've been building your whole lives for. And I'm sure 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.680 it's the same, you know for these USA guys or 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.040 you know, Nepal as he said against England, so oman 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.320 against Australia, Like they're going to be so up and 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.360 about for it, and there's going to be no opportunity 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.280 for you know, the big countries to kind of ease 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.720 into things. So yeah, I think it's just great for 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.000 the game. It's great for everyone involved to have as 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.440 many teams and players as possible playing now. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.360 We've seen already in those early Sri Lankan games plenty 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.480 of spin on offer. Seems like every World Cup that 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.160 we've been to over the last five or six or 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.600 seven years, Adam Zamper has been one of Australia's best players. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.080 Are we locking him in for most wickets again in 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.120 this tournament? Where do you see him sort of performing? 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.600 Oh, it's probably a good there's probably a good chance 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:43.199 conditions will suit. He never misses a game. He's his 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.840 big bash form. He didn't he missed kind of some 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.959 games in the middle, but still think he was bowling, 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.120 you know, well, so, yeah, it's a very good chance 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.680 you pick any I think any of those spinners that 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.560 are play, especially the ones that get to play a 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.360 fair amount of games in Sri Lanka, because it does 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.200 tend to spin a lot more there, and if you 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:02.840 play some day games, it's going to spin for the 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:06.280 whole forty overs. So yeah, pretty sure odds for Zams 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:07.720 to be up there in the wickets. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:08.040 I think. 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:13.000 Now Australia's leading to this tournament wasn't ideal. They played 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.240 Pakistan in three matches and lost all three and it 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:21.079 was a pretty one sided series all things considered, but 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.080 they were missing a few of their top players in 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.040 Pakistan obviously knew the home conditions. Well, we did see 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.840 a little moment in that third match, I believe Cameron 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.920 Green and Wusmond Tarique had a little byplay. Did you 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.000 see what happened there and do you have any comment 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:36.680 on what played out? 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.360 He's not the first and not saying this with these 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:45.439 two people, but I've seen this before. I remember, I 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.640 remember guys in the hundred have when you get out right, 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.959 there's the competitive nature, the adrenalines flowing. You want to 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:57.720 blame anything, and basically that's what Greene did. Now, all 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.040 we can go on is is what been reported and 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.800 he's passed his tests, So I mean you can say, 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.079 to the eye, what does it look like. But I think, yeah, 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.520 if Greene had his time again, he probably wouldn't do that. 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.000 I'm not sure. I'm not sure it's for us as 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.160 players in the moment to be pointing out things like that. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.120 I think you let the people who make those decisions 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.640 make those decisions and we play. But as I said, 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.440 there's been plenty of people in the past that have 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.040 called an opposition bowler a chucker or mimic, that kind 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.680 of that notion. It's been gone on for you know. 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.360 I merely dealt with it his whole career, didn't he 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.160 And as Australians we always because he always did well 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.640 against us, we would pick on that. So it's almost 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.120 a it's almost a tip to the cap to the 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.720 bowler if if there is something unusual that we will 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.960 go to that. So yeah, I'm sure Greenie though, if 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:48.400 he had his time again, probably wouldn't do that. 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.160 I'm not saying that you should have copped it. But 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.480 was there any point in your career that opposition better 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.440 accused you of bending the. 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:59.360 Old Nah, that's probably the one thing I've never been called. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.560 I think maybe I should have tried it, especially later 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:02.920 on in my career, to try and get a couple 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.760 of kilometers out a bit faster. But now I was 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:07.599 always pretty clean with the trucks. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.360 And the other one I want to touch on because 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.840 I know this is right up here. Ally, the UFC 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:17.400 was on last week and we had former restraint test 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:22.000 Captain Steve Moore in attendance. Quite an unusual little crossover there, 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:25.280 but yeah, he gave the thumbs up. He was singing 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.960 along to Great Southern Land. I think, just some bizarre scenes. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.320 But you know you'd love to see that from your 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:32.240 former captains, don't you. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:36.560 Yeah, he's doing some side quests, isn't he? After the ashes, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.480 It reminded me of that's kind of what I think 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.120 I'm going to look like in twenty years when I go. 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.680 If I go with my two sons to like a concert, 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.120 that'll be me like just making sure they're staying out 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.720 of trouble. But he's he's a weird one, Steve like 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.000 he you kind of see him a bit and then 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:53.800 you don't see him for a few years, and then 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:55.920 all of a sudden he's back doing. As I said, 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.640 these side quests after the Ashes. So always good to 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.360 see our former greats out and about and enjoying life. 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.920 Yeah, I love it, Tim David. We've spoken a lot 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:09.360 about associate team so far on this episode, and as 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.960 I mentioned off the top, we'll have Grant Stuart from Italy. 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.400 He's going to be playing with the Minanti brothers and 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.520 the rest of Italy in this tournament. But Tim David 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.360 in twenty nineteen and twenty twenty, he played for Singapore 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.240 for a year, did very well in fact, after he'd 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.800 lost his WA contract, and he got up with Jack 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:30.040 Painter in Sri Lanka to talk about that year and 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.160 also his recovery from that hamstring injury that ended his 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:34.200 Big Bash campaign. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.120 Give us an update on Honey has that good? 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:41.840 Yeah? 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.520 Good, just having had any cricket to play for a while. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.520 So I we'll see how it goes coming back for this. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.680 I think there's some management thoughts going around with the 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:57.640 physical guys, but yeah, it's pretty strong and looking forward 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:59.080 to the back end this tournament. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.360 Is running, batting, fielding. Last night I think left to 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:02.880 tick off. 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.280 I want a bowl, but they're not letting me look 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:10.440 in the state of these pictures, and I wanted to 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.000 bat a bit longer, but they're just hold your horses 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.480 for a bit. It's only the first day, so plenty 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:16.120 of time left. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.200 Was there any initial fears for the World couple of 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.400 year confident to win it? 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.400 Only when I first did it, I was just annoyed 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:28.200 because obviously the Big Bash is so condensed now, and 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:30.000 just annoying timing because I thought we were a pretty 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.040 good chance of winning again and I wanted to. 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:32.560 Be a part of that. 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.880 So when I first did it, But when once I 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.360 got the scan back, no concerns. 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.840 I think I saw. Was it Mitch who was out 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.760 there at the time. He sort of talked to you 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.440 and convinced you sort of go off, And at that 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:46.160 point in. 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:51.600 The game, it's just an interesting dynamic, I suppose, because 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.840 Mitch was fielding it cover and we're playing against them, 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.120 and it was pretty I've had decent crowds, so maybe 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:02.240 like somewhere near forty and kind of game was The 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:07.320 game was on, so I said, I've done Mihammi, and 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.000 he was like, and then physio came out and which 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:12.960 actually said I'd try the test. I said, well, I've 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.840 done it, so it's not much point testing it here 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:20.520 because and then I the options were obviously to stay 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:24.280 and try and bat hit a couple of boundaries, then 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.520 get out. But I was at the non strikers and 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.160 I was like, I can't even get to the strikers. 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.600 And so I said to Mitchell, who obviously playing for 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.920 the other team, but is our captain here, And I said, done, Myhammi, 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.840 and he said, well go off, and so I said yeap, okay, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:41.480 you know, and then obviously the one eyed Perth crowd 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.600 were pretty happy. Yeah, so that was funny. 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.960 That's a pretty weird dynamic because. 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.480 Yeah, in a sense because it's kind of he just 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.720 want to win this game or but thankfully a lot 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:58.440 of trust there with Mitchie, so we made the right call. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.400 With so many associates teams in this tournament, I guess 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:03.120 I can reflect on that year you had with with 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:04.639 Singapore and what that that was like. 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.240 Yeah, so we got to a global qualifier where we 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:14.159 played against the bigger associate nations, your Dutch team, the 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:20.120 Scottish guys whose Papua New Guinea were good and Namibia. 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.359 So most of my time was spent playing qualifiers and 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.960 we play obviously in Asia and on a lot of 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.520 spinning pitches, which was which was a good experience for me. 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.960 And then yeah, we had a global qualifier in Dubai 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:35.760 and it was good fun because a lot of those 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.119 boys are still playing now and it's it. I'm obviously 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:43.399 very lucky I played for Australia now and slightly different 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.000 expectations coming to a World Cup. 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:49.840 How did it come about that opportunity? 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.040 So my dad played for Singapore when he was working there, 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:55.520 played with a couple of friends, so he still had 0:17:55.520 --> 0:18:01.119 friends that were at the Singapore creet Association and I'd come. 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:03.679 I got released by w A and I had a 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:04.840 broken foot as. 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:06.560 Well, so. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:12.480 I had the chance in that off season instead of 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.840 doing pre season with w A on the academy, I 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:18.639 was like, I'm going to play cricket. So I went 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.600 and played Singapore. I was probably probably over two years. 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:24.560 I spent three months a year up there and we 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:29.800 played qualifiers and different series, one one day series, so 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.040 that's how it came about. They kind of knew that 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:34.960 through dad still speaking to them that I was playing 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.040 and I played already played in the Big Bash at 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.320 that point, so yeah, I kind of changed my focus 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.400 to go over and play there and just enjoy playing 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:46.119 cricket and outside of the demands of being on a 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:50.439 state contract which I didn't have, and figure out my 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:54.359 game a bit more, which obviously lent you know, coming 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:58.640 back to Asian conditions and understanding how they how things 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.000 work over here. 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.000