WEBVTT - Richo slams ‘evil’ act, why Hazlewood’s first Test wicket wasn’t out 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:06.960 Let's get it on, Gillie. This is Pat Cummins. This 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:10.360 is Australia. One of the worst things I have ever 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:23.119 seen done on a cricket field. Tonight. It's August. The 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:25.360 Test Summer is about to start. A Titan of the 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.639 game passes away. More turmoil in English cricket. The one 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.880 hundred teams battle it out for the cringiest franchise. Zampa 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:35.000 makes a move, Clickgate rocks the cricketing world. There's no 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.240 such thing as a quite off season. This is down 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:40.520 Playable podcast. Coming up on this episode, we've got josh 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:44.920 Hazlewood in an exclusive chat. But first Joshua Finger here 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.600 with Kane Richardson. Welcome back to the hot seat, richard has. 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.000 Thanks Ben, good to be back. Thanks for having me back. 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:52.279 It's been a quiet winter. And you said the Test 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:53.880 summer's back. It's the Test spring. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:54.800 Yeah that's right. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.080 Yeah, so if anyone takes a great catch up, North 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.680 will be catch of the spring, won't it. Well, winter 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.400 stiably still so, but yeah, thanks for having me back. 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.679 It's good. You're looking fine and dapper and you look 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:06.320 like you're a really nice ten as well. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.400 Oh well, thank you. I had a few weeks away, 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:11.720 which is very nice in the States of Mexico. A 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.640 bit of sporting action going on. 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:15.960 Cheered on our socks, cheered. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.360 Them on, yep, but never cheated. Neil Nild You're also hard, 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.200 but got the point that they needed. 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:22.959 I saw some great kid from you as well as 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.280 you pulled out some retro Australian Yeah. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:26.560 Well I had a little bit of green and gold 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:27.400 in the cupboard. 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.679 So who's your plug? Who's your connection for that? 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.000 A little friend called Jim down in South Australia. It 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.080 doesn't like to be cold out, but he's a superstar 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:37.160 and that's department, isn't he? 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:37.840 Thank you Jim. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.480 And you've got a wool and going hat on today. 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.040 What's the connection there that's. 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.200 With the hometown of Adam Zamper, isn't it? I think? Okay, 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.080 just a bit of tourist memorabilia. I actually I have 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.480 never been. I just found it in a shot shout 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:51.120 out Woollo Gong surf Leisure resort. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:55.280 Yeah there you go. Okay, great. As I said, We've 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.920 got Josh Hazewood for an exclusive chat this episode. He 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.880 is back to full fitness and fingers cross it can 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.120 play his first Test in a bit over a year 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.080 when they played Bangladesh and let's talk about that Ossie 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.519 squad rijo because it's basically full strength. We've seen that 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.400 Pat Cummins is there, Josh Hazwood is there, Nathan Lyon 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.320 is back, and the Aussies have been in Brisbane over 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.720 the last couple of weeks going through their paces and 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:21.119 doing a bit of interest squad hitouts and those sorts 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.000 of things. It's exciting to have the full contingent back 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:25.519 because it feels like it's been a while. 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.120 It does feel like it has been a long time 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.040 since the Ashes kind of wrapped up. So it's nice 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.320 for the crowd in Darwin to get and Mackaire to 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.400 get you know, you get to see the first choice 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.880 guys up close. So there's that's a really good part 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.440 of it as well, because there's nothing worse. You know, 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.760 you bring cricket back to that, you know, I know 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:45.720 they had some limited over stuff last year, but to 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.720 bring Test cricket back to that those parts of the 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.120 world and then not have the biggest stars, So that's 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:52.560 a really good part of it as well. But it's 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:56.120 also nice from the selectors. You know, there's an enormous 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.960 amount of cricket coming up. Test cricket. This is our team, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:02.640 this is our strongest, you know, eleven or squad to 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.359 start with, and then they can kind of work their 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.840 way back from there. So there's a few question marks 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.160 obviously with Josh as you said, with his fitness and 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.000 it's been a long time since played a Test match, 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.680 but also Nathan Lyon returning. So there's some question marks 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.600 over a few guys in terms of not not ever 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:21.320 has there been question marks over their performance, but more 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.400 so how will they go And it's going to be 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.800 tough like that. You know, you're in Sydney for winter, 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.440 all of a sudden you're in Darwin for spring. It's 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.600 going to be warm, and I imagine the wickets won't 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.360 be conducive to bowling, so it's going to be it's 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:36.880 going to be tough. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.760 We're expecting some flatter decks, it. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.720 Would be reasonable to assume that. So it's not going 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.800 to be everything in their favor. But again these these 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:45.680 are the best bowlers in the world, so they'll find 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:47.920 a way. But I just do think it will. We'll 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.160 hit them quicker than what they expect in terms of 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:51.560 if they're not fully prepared. 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.200 And I mean, as you sort of touch on, it's 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.800 great that they've come out with this full strength squad 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.400 because over the last few weeks management and players have 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.040 repeatedly said that these fast ballers just can't play twenty 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.160 one Tests in twelve months or whatever it is. And 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:09.200 that's fair enough, because that's a lot of cricket. But 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.600 to start with your strongest, even though it might not 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.440 be the strongest opponent, I think it's a good sign 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:18.000 and that's a good way to start this big stretch 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:18.680 of cricket. 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.360 Well, we've probably been speaking about this more than anyone 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:25.080 about how just to admire them and appreciate them before 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:25.560 they're done. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:25.960 Yea. 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.280 And again, this next period of cricket probably sets them 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.480 up to achieve some things. They've achieved everything, they've won everything, 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.599 really haven't they But there's only there's probably some places 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.800 around the world that they haven't won. I know, Josh 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.479 spoke about that last week, So that's probably the it's 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.480 really the last thing and on their belt, the notch 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.320 on their belt that they haven't got yet. But yeah, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.960 this is the start of that journey for them to achieve. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.600 The group as well, they've been building for so long, 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:55.920 so yeah, this kind of sets them up nicely. But yeah, again, 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.120 it's a great way to start a springboard into a 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.720 campaign to have this is and even for the rest 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.480 of the squad whoever doesn't make you know that first test, 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.880 all right, this is the benchmark, this is the team. 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.440 I've got to find my way in and we'll have 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.520 the domestic season starting surely as well, so other guys 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.760 will get opportunities. But yeah, I think it is a 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.960 really good job by the selectors to get everyone up 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.400 and running for that test. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.960 Some are calling this a bit of a legacy season, 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.839 especially for these guys. If they can tick off a 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.320 win in South Africa, a win in India, a win 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.760 in England. Is that fair or is that putting a 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:32.880 little bit extra pressure on them? 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.200 I think it is fair. Like I remember thinking back 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:39.440 when I was still playing and playing with those guys 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.360 and I was like, what gets them out of bed 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.080 every day? You know, And it has to be things 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:45.800 like that at the end of the day when you've 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.000 achieved as much as they have to continue to do 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:50.960 the work away. You know, this time of year, especially 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.560 where we're not talking about them, we're not seeing them 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:57.520 every day they're doing the work. Still, what is driving 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:00.040 and what is motivating them outside of obviously making a living, 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.920 and it's that part of it. They've done basically everything, 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.600 it's that small part that they haven't achieved that obviously 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:11.119 that really motivates them to continue. So I think that's fair. 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.839 I mean, legacy is something that these guys that that's 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.039 the air they're in, isn't it. It will speak about 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.320 him in you know, fifteen, twenty, twenty five, fifty years 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.800 that this group, especially the bowlers, I mean that's specifically 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.480 the guys who've been around for a long time, and 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.040 obviously Steve Smith with the bat. So yeah, I think 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:30.480 that's fair. 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.720 You'll hear this in the chat that that's coming up 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.120 with Hazwood, but I sort of hinted that, you know, 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:38.279 there might be an opportunity or a situation where he 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.760 might have to sit out a test in this next 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.840 stretch even though he's fit, And he said that would 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.480 be really tough if that was the case, because as 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.560 a bowler, you can probably relate. If you're fully fit, 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:50.599 you expect to be playing. You don't want to be 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.520 sitting out, even if it's the best thing for management 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:53.840 or rotation or whatever. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.240 It is, absolutely and especially with age. I think I 0:06:57.279 --> 0:06:59.719 always remember people saying once you are like, once you 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.720 do get to a certain age, it is easier to 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:05.120 just keep going. But if he's missing a test, he's 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.280 going to stop bowling. But I do think like match 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.120 match prep and repetitioning game, you do just want to 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.560 keep going the minute you stop. Especially for someone like 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.360 Josh who's missed so much cricket, the last thing he 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.600 wants now is to not be playing. So but also 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.520 it's better to miss a test fit than it is 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.640 to miss test matches injured and not even be around 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:29.200 and be watching it on TV at home. So they're 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.440 going to have to probably temper those expectations and pull 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.320 back a little bit and understand that it is going 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:37.840 to be holistically, like everyone in that squad supports stuff, 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.960 They're all going to have a part to play in that, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.600 because to keep these guys in the park, it's going 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:44.360 to take everyone. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.480 And how good did he look last season before he 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.760 got injured. He was killing him in those two twenties 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:49.880 and he. 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.400 That was the thing. I think that's probably more frustrating 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.600 as well, isn't it When he is up and going. 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.880 He's still you know, he saw in the IPL as 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:58.840 well when he came back, like he just doesn't miss 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.080 a bat. He doesn't old BA ball in his career, 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.040 really has he, So he's almost a robot. So to 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.560 get him back playing is something we all want to see. Again. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.320 There's not long left, so to to get every opportunity 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.120 to see them would be would be nice. But yeah, 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.720 that was the frustration last year, wasn't it. But then again, 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.520 there's always it seems as if there's always someone waiting 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.280 in the wings, and that's someone has been Scott Bolan, 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:26.200 hasn't it. And Michael Nessa yeah as well. So yeah, again, 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:27.920 just appreciate the time they have left. 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.520 Those two both had fantastic Ashes campaigns and it's crazy 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.120 that they could sort of miss this first Test back 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.480 just by the sheer number of players who are coming back. 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.200 Brendan Dogget's there as well. Billy Stanley has been training 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.560 at the Aussies as well up in Brisbane and he 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.960 was on that recent trip to Bangladesh and Jakistan, so 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.560 they obviously right Big Billy. We know that he's played 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.160 for Australia a bit in the past. And he's got high, 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:55.440 he's got pace, just needs to stay in the park. 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.120 He could be anything, So things crossed a big billy. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.440 I'm not sure he's quite in the test reckoning yet, 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.120 but who knows. Things can change very quickly and cricket, 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.520 can't they Bangladesh, I know you've been right into the 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.199 ways of the Tigers squad. They have made quite a 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:14.679 few changes. Sumya Saka, the experienced test opener, hasn't played 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:19.199 Tests for five years, but their chief selector Habibleshah said 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:22.240 a bit of desperation in picking some They just don't 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.280 have any other openers who can handle pace and bounce, 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.520 and so they've gone back to the well with him. 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.360 I think that's probably a fair enough bet. You've probably 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.840 going to more likely get a good result with a 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:35.880 thirty three year old rather than throwing in someone who's 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.920 eighteen or nineteen and only played first class cricket in Bangladesh. 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.800 So you can understand that they're quick. So they are 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.680 missing Nahid Runner, which is a real shame. He ruffled 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.680 up Pakistan in that series that they won two nil. 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.400 He can hit close to one hundred and fifty k's 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:52.880 an hour. He's one of the fastest bowls in the 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:55.560 world at the minute. But he's out with a side strain, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.120 which is a real shame. But they do have an 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.480 experienced pace attack, which I I do like. Again, they 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:05.560 haven't gone for use and raw players who are untested, 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.960 which we do see a lot of teams try in Australia. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.960 They've gone with Tasken Arman who's thirty one, Khalau Hman 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.680 who's thirty three, and ever Dot Hussein Richard he's thirty two. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.360 He has cut short his paternity leave. He was enjoying 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.560 some potential leave in Italy. He's decided to cut short 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.360 that little time with new baby and wife. He's going 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:32.040 to arrive in Australia to solidify this fast bowling attack. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.120 So that's a very selfless thing he's. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.760 Done, cut it short. Wonder what his prepper was like 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:43.480 in Italy, car Bloating probably probably was. Maybe in Rome 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.120 was Joe Burns, that was part of. 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.920 The world was over there getting married. 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.559 So yeah, yeah, maybe there's a little cricketing only being 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.520 built there on there. I think I'm not sure the 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.439 conditions in Rome will be similar to Dull. That's the thing. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.400 Maybe the heat is the only thing but very noble 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.720 of him. It's it's one of those things you know 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.719 you want to take a bit of paternally to leave, 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.640 but then when you're actually changing nap he's every fifteen minutes, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.520 you know, maybe bowling a couple of spells and Test 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.199 cricket doesn't sound too bad. So good on him though, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:11.840 that's yeah. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.120 I hope we've see him in the first eleven now 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.400 and then get a couple of wickets to be a 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.199 great story. Litton das he's also one who's just been 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.240 included this week. That's a big conclusion. He's been their 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.440 leading run score over the last five years. Very handy 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.679 keeper bat and I think he's got six or seven 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.840 Test hundreds to his name now, so he can certainly 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.080 do it at the top level. 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:35.160 Yeah, it'll be It's interesting you said about Sumusaka and 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.920 he's accustomed to pace and bounces. I'm not sure what 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.000 to expect when I say the conditions, I think they 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.160 will be good. It's not going to be you know, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.439 Optus day one in terms of you know, Gabba that 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.720 kind of thing. So it'd be interesting to see what 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.040 they're expecting and what we'll get, because I don't think 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.200 it will be that typical Australian test pitch where you 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.520 know the quicks are super effective in terms of you know, 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.800 scene movement and swing and bounce, but it could be 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.400 it could be more similar to what you know bangaledes 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.839 She conditions in terms of low bounce. I'm not sure 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:09.600 how much it will spin, so again we're all probably 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.440 guessing a little bit with I know from Cricketbean played 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.320 up there last year only a T twenty, but it 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.280 did tend to go a little bit up and down, 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:21.080 more down if anything, and low bounce, so if anything, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.720 it might plant Banglesh's hands. Okay with that, but again 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.680 I could be proven very wrong. 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:28.520 But if you had to make a guess at this 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.680 point and we're still over a week outfrom because you'd 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.400 say spin will become a big factor in the game. 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.160 I think, just naturally with the conditions being warmer and 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.560 son out that the pitch will break up. But it 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.439 is a drop in as well, so I just think 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.040 naturally from seeing it up there this time year, it's 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.760 always been a bit lower anything, so it will keep blow, 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.600 will break up. So again I can be proven wrong, 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.000 but I don't think the Banglesh she's thinking it's going 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.360 to be fast and bouncy, will be, will be on 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:54.840 the money. 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.560 All right, Well let's get into that chat with Josh Azood. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.719 When we returned from this quick break. We've got the 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.760 Aussie fastballer who's just had a chat to us yesterday 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.320 in Brisbane. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.920 Well, josh Ason, welcome to the Unplayable podcast. 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:11.200 Thank you. 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:14.600 You mentioned just off there there the IPL another title 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.880 with our CB. Can you just run us through what 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.920 this season was like to play again and win another 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.480 title of the biggest league in the world. 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.240 Yeah, it was obviously a bit different than the year before. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.200 I think, you know, we hadn't won in ever so 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.160 eighteen years, so I think that was sort of a 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.680 big relief for pressure, particularly the guys have been there 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:34.600 for you know, some have been there since the start, 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.000 some have been there one year, five years, seven years. 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.840 So I think that's a big relief relief for pressure 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:42.840 to get the one off the back. And then this 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.120 year I probably we probably played with a bit more freedom, 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.400 I guess, just purely because of that. We're obviously the 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:52.520 hunted throughout the whole tournament, where that means anything in 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.960 T twenty, but I think everyone goes pretty hard anyways. 0:13:55.960 --> 0:14:00.319 So yeah, it was a great, great few months. We've 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.920 got a pretty good team at the present moment, and yeah, 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:04.440 it's good fun. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.200 What's it like playing with vire out in India like 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:07.920 that must. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.319 Be pretty crazy. Yeah, it just means that every game 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.920 is a home game. Basically, you've got I think every 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:17.920 game but maybe Chenna and we'll buy. You've got ninety 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.600 percent of the crowd, so really Bengal, youve got one 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:21.200 hundred percent. 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:22.960 Every other ground you got ninety. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.160 You know, ten nine, while you've probably got fifty to 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.760 fifty starts. It's a it's a nice feeling to be 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:28.960 cheered all the time. 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.240 And was it good to be back bowling and see 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.080 it was a bit of a break for you before that. 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:35.640 Yeah, it was nice, it was nice. 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.000 I think T twenty is good in that regards that, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.920 you know, coming off the back of not much for 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.040 a few months, you can sort of pick up and 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.320 as long as your intensity is is good enough, which 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.680 is tough to do in the next but you know, 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.760 got to India, you know, trained over there as well, 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.400 got that intensity up as best you can. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.080 You're almost ready straight away. 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.800 So in terms of day and day out workloads for 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.800 a Test match, you don't need those behind you, so 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.160 tick that intensity box and then you're sort of a way. 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.080 So it's a good format to creep back into cricket. 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.320 And the Chinaswami isn't normally known as a bowling you know, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.680 sort of friendly venue, but that's the home ground, so 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.120 you've got to work out a way to make it 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:13.560 work right. 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.360 Yeah, yeah, it was probably a bit flatter this year. 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:20.120 Last year was quite bounty wicket, so it was it 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.160 was nice to bowl them, but this year was Schools 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:22.840 were a bit higher. 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.600 I think it's just the mentality of the wicket and 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:28.359 the field. 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.800 A small outfield, good wicket, School's going to be higher 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.640 as long as we're in a better mindset than the 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.160 opposition bowlers. I certainly know that they come thinking, oh no, 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:42.000 to twenty two forty could be more. It's tough place 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:43.680 to bowl, but I think you can really turn the 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.600 game in a couple of balls or in over So 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.600 I think that's sort of the mentality that we have 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:49.960 as a bowling group. 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.920 And I imagine when it's full and people are cheering, 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.320 like there's no chance you're going to hear someone clicking 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:56.240 their fingers at slip. 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.920 Is there definitely not. No, there's a few chances that go. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.360 I think there's only about under forty thousand capacities, but 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.080 it feels like I guess it's small field, so they 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:08.720 feel on top of you. They feel like, you know, 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:10.640 sixty or seventy, so it's nice. 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.560 It's a big stretch of cricket coming out for Australia, 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:15.720 as has been pretty well publicized up to twenty one 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:19.400 Test tours to South Africa, India, England. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.000 Is that daunting as a player or does that make 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:22.600 you excited? 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.320 I don't think it's daunting. I think it's yeah, it's exciting. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.800 I think yeah. I mean we're always playing cricket. This 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.400 is just a little bit of a next level the individual. 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.080 I mean, the batterers might play every game, but I 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:37.960 think from an individual point of view as a bowler, 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.560 then you're probably still going to play a similar amount 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:45.160 to previous years. I think there's opportunities to have a 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.800 breather here and there probably more, say in white Pool 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.640 than red Bull, but without sort of feel like you're 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.360 missing too much because there's another series and other Test. 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:55.960 Match, another big game around the corner. 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.760 So yeah, it's just a I feel like every four 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.320 years that it sort of comes to this, a couple 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.080 of big tournaments cut the big series in a row. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:05.840 So it's good fun. 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:07.760 And I imagine knowing that you might have to sit 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:09.719 out a test or two here or there, even if 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.320 you are sort of fit. Is that easy to take 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.199 now that the whole bowling group are in their thirties 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.800 a bit more experienced rather than fresh into the scene and. 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.040 You just want to go hammer and tong sit every match. 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:20.760 Or not? 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.040 Really, I don't know, really, I haven't been in that 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:25.720 position in a while, so you've probably have to ask 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.800 a few the other guys. But I mean, if you 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.240 fit and there's the test, MAT's there for the plan 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:34.200 to play, it's it is tough to sit out even 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.320 when you are you know, you never one hundred percent fit, 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.160 but if you if you enough to play, it's still 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.880 tough to sort of have those conversations. Actually, I've did 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.320 it once in Ashes in twenty three. Actually I missed 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.760 the middle Test, so I felt pretty good, but that 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.560 was the plan leading in. So again I was coming 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:52.800 off not much cricket. I'm going to play the first 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.240 two in the last two. So yeah, Ronnie came to 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.600