Full Show Podcast: 04 January 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Fine
from Newstalk ZEDB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good to be with you, talking some sport until three
o'clock this afternoon. Cricket to start us off today, the
black Caps and Sri Lanka move into fifty over mode
off the back of their T twenty International series which
wrapped up in Nelson a few days ago. The first
of three one day internationals is at the Basement Reserve
and Wellington tomorrow. Man of the series and the T

(00:34):
twenty Internationals was Jacob Duffy. What a series he had.
He's standing by the chat to us not only about that,
but also about what the future might hold, because it
would be fair to say Jacob Duffy has had to
be fairly patient. He has been around for a long time.
He debuted for Otago Jacob Duffy in twenty twelve, thirteen

(00:56):
years ago, and it's had to wait and wait and wait,
and he's got the odd game here and there. But
when you've got guys like Tim Southy, Trent Bolt, Neil Wagner,
Matt Henry in front of you, I guess your opportunities
are a bit limited. But now with a number of
those players pretty much all of them apart from Matt
Henry gone. Jacob Duffy might be looking at a prolonged

(01:16):
stint in our white ball side, and who knows, maybe
even in the red bull side as well. So he's
our leadoff guest today, Jacob Duffy. Then I want to
get your assessment on whether we might be entering a
fairly exciting new wave of black Caps cricket, because, as
I mentioned, with those bowlers leaving and other players from
the Black Cap side dipping out and even you know,

(01:41):
doing other things like came Williamson and Devin Conway are
at the moment, so they're not playing for our white
ball sides. I looked at that team the other night.
This is a fresh looking side. This is a pretty
exciting bunch of younger, less experienced players who could actually
go on to do some pretty cool things for us.
So I want to talk to about that. One of
them Bevan Jacobs. He didn't get a game unfortunately in

(02:01):
the T twenty side. He's gone back to Walkland. Now
he's not in the one day squad, but he had
a day at Eden Park yes today, fifty eight or
thirty balls and then one of the best catches you'll
ever see as Canterbury basically collapsed. They lost six for
nine in the space of just over two overs. Bevan
Jacobs b J Jacobs some call him, but I think
he goes by Bevan. He is with us after two

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o'clock this afternoon. Other matters around today. An exciting year
ahead for New Zealand football fans. The All Whites have
the semis and final of Oceania World Cup qualifying coming
up in March. Coach Darren Baisley with us on that,
A huge year ahead. The Wellington Phoenix women back at
home this afternoon, potty to a park. They take on
Perth Glory from four o'clock. Striker Olivia Ferguson with us

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on that, and Ossie corresponded. Adam Peacock in his regular slot.
A lot of live sport to keep an eye on.
Test cricket at the SCG Australia and India underway in
the next half hour on day two. There India all
out one eighty five. Yesterday Australia are losing their first
week at just before stumps and plenty of heat in
this one, so we'll keep close eyes on the SCG.

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When they get underway again at around twelve thirty Super
smash cricketer Nelson CD against Wellington. The Woman underway at
twelve forty, followed by the men the ASB Tennis Classic.
You heard from Nathan in our sports news. They're back underway.
There reign delay yesterday and in fact they've got to
get the remaining two quarterfinals done before they can move
into semi finals. A bit later on, Madison Keys has

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won the second set incidentally, so they're into a decider
there in her in her quarterfinal. Sebastian Lavy has been
one of the commentators, one of the analysts with Sky
Sports coverage. He'll join us this afternoon. The National Bowls
Champs as well are on. Kevin Hickland checks in from there.
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Speaker 2 (04:17):
So it's mentioned the Blackabs since Sri Lanka going two
fifty over mode tomorrow matches at the bas Reserve and
then Hamilton on Wednesday and Auckland next Saturday. Jacob Duffy
player of the series in the two to one T
twenty win over Sri Lanka.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
Bosum knocks them over the danger man Perera. Oh he's
so god first part of a Spellersnee Duffy Bang Bang.

Speaker 5 (04:43):
And welcome back Jacob Duffy right on the Monday, right
from Paul one fall straight you miss I hit. Cannot
keep that man out of the action at the moment.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, I certainly couldn't. His figures across the three games
three for twenty one, four for fifteen and one for thirty.
That's eight wickets at an average of eight point two
five and a runs parie over number of just five
and a half, which in T twenty cricket is right
up there. Jacob Duffy is with us. Congrats on your figures, mate,
How happy have you been with your bowling over the

(05:15):
last week in these T twenty matches, Yeah.

Speaker 6 (05:18):
Mate, it's been.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
It's been very good.

Speaker 6 (05:20):
It's coming out well.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (05:22):
It's just nice to get a whole series put together
and they'll see contribute to a couple sort of game
winning game winning influences too, and then obviously get the
series winning against what's saying, you know, pretty very good
side with the high quality betting order and some skillful bowlers,
so it's bloody good.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, when you're preparing for T twenty bowling, just the
four overs, what is your strategy? What are you?

Speaker 7 (05:45):
What are you?

Speaker 2 (05:45):
What are your bowling plans? In T twenty cricket.

Speaker 6 (05:49):
That's a great question. They changed quite a lot to
you on us at the start. I think a big
part of it is still trying to sort of bring
stumps into play, had a good length. I think sometimes
you get carried away with trying to bowl but too
fast or too heavy and actually you can drag you
it short. So top of the stumps is always sort
of my cue card. And especially these sh link and beetters,
they're quite good on their back foot, so they try

(06:10):
to get you quite square, so sort of bringing the
bringing them forward a little bit, you know, using my
outswing the in the first few overs, and then obviously
adapting from there. It's all about adapting to sort of
sort of the way they're playing. They're coming pretty hard.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
If we need to.

Speaker 6 (06:22):
Close out and get a bit more defensive, you can
use your Sla bars and Yorkers and stuff.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
In that regard.

Speaker 6 (06:26):
But starting off as all starts off pretty similar, and
then we sort of adapt and role from there.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
Really, are you always looking to take wickets?

Speaker 8 (06:36):
Yes?

Speaker 3 (06:36):
And no?

Speaker 6 (06:38):
I guess like yes is the main answer to that.
We are, But sometimes I guess that comes through defense.
You know, these guys, you know, once they get going,
we saw in that first game, they just want to
keep hitting boundaries, which is you know, that's the name
of the game. So sometimes denying that boundaries the more
aggressive options. So if we can deny those boundaries and
build that pressure through that way, I guess that's that's

(06:58):
a form of offense in itself.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
And you often hear commentators others talk about, you know,
getting out of and over if you've for good balls.
We know T twenty can change in the space of
just a couple of deliveries. You know, do. You always
just have to be cognizant of the fact that yeah,
that batters can go bang bang if you're not right
where you need to be.

Speaker 6 (07:19):
Oh, one hundred percent. Mate. You often get to say
if you do good two or three dots, so guy
as a bowl, you get a little bit at chy,
just feeling you know, like, okay, he's he's probably lining
up here. That's kind of a good We used to
call it a gooseball get out of strife ball, where
you know you might set a defensive field, like you
might have your two guys back on the leag side
and then try him on the back heel sort of thing,

(07:41):
just to you know, get off that pressure and Olivia,
but pressure off yourself because you know he's coming for you.
But then again, like I say, that can be the
time where if you hold strong as well and make
them play a tough shot off a good ball, then
that sort of brings you taking abilities and to play too.
So it's really summing up the situation and playing each
ball in its merits. I have to say that's probably

(08:03):
my first series. I think it is my first game
is actually playing with me and having a guy like
that there with you. Helping you out, talking you through it,
discussing in between overs, and we.

Speaker 3 (08:13):
Just talk a lot.

Speaker 6 (08:13):
He's a guy that loves his loves his bowling, and
loves talking the game. So me and him got on
really well on that front. So to keep those communication
discussions going was really awesome for me.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
Outstanding and you're heading one forty K quite regularly now
it always have been, I presume, but yeah, I saw
the speed gun a couple of times. You're you're getting
up up and over one forty.

Speaker 6 (08:33):
Yeah. I actually happened a couple of years ago with
Shane Jurgensen. I was away on a trip, were in Dubai.
I didn't actually play, but I was on the sidelines
and working with him, and he literally he just gave
me a couple of sort of things about running in
sort of on the toes instead of on the instead
of my heels, and the angle on my front arm
being more tools of target as opposed upright, And honestly,

(08:54):
I don't haven't looked back since then. It's kind of weirdly,
it instantly gave me sort of five K.

Speaker 3 (08:59):
There's always sort of.

Speaker 6 (09:00):
At low thirties, but now I'm sort of hovering in
mid to high one thirty is pretty regular touching one forty.
So yeah, big shout out to Jerker because that was
that was quite huge and sort of how it shaped
micro has helped my rebul game massively and then off,
so you can at international level if you're moving the
ball with sort of one thirty five to one thirty eight,
that's you know, it makes for handy sort of stuff.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
One hundred percent. You've been running for a while. Your
debute for Otigo twenty twelve have been consistently excellent domestically
for ages. You've had to be patient though, with Tim
Southy and others in the pecking order ahead of you.
How challenging has it been to be to be patient
and wait for international opportunities?

Speaker 6 (09:40):
Oh yeah, I said, I get, I said a little bit,
but I haven't really viewed it like that. I love
playing for Tigo. I've loved you know, competing and growing
sort of the program down there. Obviously New Zealand's always
been the goal, But hasn't you say? I haven't always dominated,
To be fair, it has been ups and downs, and
just like anyone, you go for your trials and populations.
But I guess really in the last sort of two

(10:03):
or three years, really start to feel like I belong
at the national level certainly, and you have been hungry
for more. I guess the Test matches haven't quite happened
for me well yet. Hopefully they will one day. But yeah,
I guess seeing Tim go about it, it's it's been
a huge honor to sit behind him and watching him
go about his business. And I guess he was holding

(10:25):
me out of the team there for a long time,
but I couldn't think of a better bloke to be
doing it because he treated me with huge respect and
will always helping me grow my game too, so I
owe him a lot in that regard. So I do
feel like, you know, I'm ready, ready to take a
step up and a bit more responsibility hopefully, And you know,
obviously was selective taken going forward, but I'd love to

(10:47):
be more of a sort of permanent fixture in the
Black Caps, shit, n't you?

Speaker 2 (10:50):
And in all formats, because what I mean, you're all
but three hundred first class wickets, so you read bull
bowling's obviously been a strength as well down in Otago.
Are you ambitious in a red bull sense for New
Zealand as well?

Speaker 6 (11:04):
Oh one hundred. I'd say that's probably my potentially my
best format in the last sort of four or five years,
plugging away doing you holding a lot of overs for
a tigo and you know taking it for sure what
gets it in the most recent few years anyway, especially
so I've lined up a county state next year for Worcesters,
so we got to go test my skills over and

(11:24):
somewhere else and that as in Barbe Tour next year,
or you know, be desperate to make a debut over
there hopefully you know, fingers crossed and even know what happens.
But yeah, no, I'm dead keen to play that test
cricket and still probably the pinnacle for me.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
And you mentioned a word before, I'm hunger or being
hungry for more opportunities, you know, getting a string of
games as you have just recently, and I guess across
the calendar year of twenty twenty four when you were
featuring more prominently, does that make you hungrier to wear
the black cat more often?

Speaker 6 (11:54):
That doesn't make a hundreds of sense. I've been on
a lot of tours now and yeah, I've probably carried
the drinks more than I've played, so that makes you
hunger in itself. But then obviously you taste a little
bit of success and you know what it's like to
actually add value to a team and a team series win.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
Yeah it does.

Speaker 6 (12:11):
It does make you want more. And like I said,
I feel like, you know, it's my time. I'd love
to be sort of a permanent fixture in the setup.
So I'm just going to focus on keep doing what
I can do and bring my best foot forward and
I guess let the rest take care of itself.

Speaker 2 (12:24):
And does this feel like a bit of a new
wave in the New Zealand side? I look at yourself,
Zach Folks, Mitch Hay, Tim Robinson, Bevan Jacobs although he
didn't play, and Nathan Smith in the in the squad
also for the one days. A lot of new faces
there and new captain Mitch sent It. Does it feel
like a bit of a new wave of black Cap cricketers.

Speaker 6 (12:44):
Yeah, yeah, it certainly does. That's well the way I say,
it's pretty much exciting.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Mate.

Speaker 6 (12:48):
They've got some seriously talented cricketers. And then Aaron Rutsens
Roland say he's an old boy yet either, so yeah
we've got some that that bad line out seriously calend that.
I think you saw a glimpse of Robbie. I know
he's got more more to come. And then you saw
what Mitch as Mitchie did in that second game, and
folks here was outstanding in Sri Lanka. When he play
those games over there, he probably don't seen. He probably

(13:09):
didn't have the series he would have wanted this time.
But he's what twenty two and he you know, he's
got the head of him like he's played one hundred games.
So it's exciting. I hope New Zealand. Yeah, New Zealand
cricket fans get round. I think we've seen just by
a share turnout of the crowds that they're enjoying the
brand of cricket we're playing. So I think I think
it's exciting. And you know there's still guys like well

(13:30):
I ought to come back in and I see Kj's
bowling beautifully as well, So there's plenty of depth and
plenty of talent floating around them. It's good sience in
NEWSICALD cricket.

Speaker 2 (13:38):
I think indeed more sounds like a packed house at
the basin on Sunday as well. So as you move
from the t twenty format into the fifty over stuff.
Go from what your twenty four deliveries to sixty. How
much of your T twenty success can you take into
the fifty over format?

Speaker 6 (13:55):
Yeah, I think take a lot of confidence just to know,
you know, you're playing similar group of players. We had
reasonable success over in Trilanka recently two and that one
day series too, so I definitely can obviously play at
the base and we get a bit more bounce as well,
so that'll suit us quite nicely compared to those SriLankan wickets.
But like I said, we're actually at Schlankan toon. Know

(14:15):
if you saw the the ODI teams of the year
and I think they had four players in it. Yeah,
you know they're top three betters all in it. So
we're up against the hell of a side. But I
think we'll be right after the fight and come off
some success, which is good. Just brings that sort of
confidence knowing you can, knowing you can compete and do
well at.

Speaker 2 (14:32):
This sevil and at the end of the series there'll
be a squad name for the champions trophy next month
and into March, presumably. Kind of play well in these
three matches and get your name on that list.

Speaker 3 (14:45):
Oh may that'd be yeah, for sure.

Speaker 6 (14:47):
You know that's a nice s event. That's something I
haven't been to before, but I desperately love to go
to that and put my hand up and you know,
potentially bring home some sivil with New Zealand too. That's
what that's what it's all about, and winning games of
coreer for your country and yeah, I definitely love to
be part of that.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
Well, we've love watching you in the T twenty series
against Sri Lanka. Jacob. All the best for the the
other fifty over games over the next week or so
and beyond into the next segment of a pretty exciting summer.
Thanks for taking the time for a chat.

Speaker 6 (15:13):
No, thanks mate, no worries. I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (15:14):
No, I appreciate your time, Jacob. Jacob Duffy. There off
the back of a terrific series. Those numbers for T
twenty are exceptional. Three for twenty one, four for fifteen,
one for thirty eight wickets at eight point twenty five
and only five and a half runs per over. You've
heard from Jacob Duffy. I'm keen for your reaction now
on his performances, we can run a bit of a

(15:36):
Jacob Duffy appreciation segment eight hundred and eighty ten eighty,
but a wider cricketing discussion as well, But just on Duffy,
he's had to be really patient, really patient. He's thirty now.
But there have been guys ahead of them. He debooters
have said on them there back in twenty twelve. It's
been around for twelve thirteen summers and only really now

(15:57):
starting to get a consistent run in the side. I
think I saw a fact or a stat during the
week that that until last year twenty twenty four, it
had hardly, if at all, played, you know, more than
two or three consecutive matches for New Zealand. It was
sort of you know, he came in for a game
and then he was left out, and he even said
himself there didn't He carried a lot of drinks, went

(16:19):
on tours, but was always that guy who I guess
was the twelfth or thirteenth guy, because there were other
more established bowlers ahead of them. But now they've kind
of cleared out, haven't they. He was terrific this past week,
Jacob Duffy. Now let's look sept for a bit of
a run on the side. He might also be in
contention for that Test site this year and beyond. So

(16:43):
thoughts on Jacob Duffy. I know those of you in
the southern part of the country have had big raps
on him for a while. You can give voice to
those of you like on eight hundred and eighty ten
eighty and in a wider sense, how exciting is the
future of this Black Cap side. I think we've got
a glimpse of it this last week. I looked at

(17:04):
that team during the week when we were playing T
twenties and the number of new faces or newer faces
was really quite exciting. Jacob Duffy obviously, Zach Folks, Mitch Hay,
Tim Robinson, Nathan Smith who obviously had a Test debut
against England but was in the side and is in
the side for the One day as well. Didn't play

(17:25):
any the T twenties. Bevin Jacobs. I'm not sure what
was going on there. I'm not sure why you'd bring
him in and not give him a game, but he's
there too. A new captain in Mitchell Center. We got
Will o' rourke coming back for the One Day Internationals.
He was rested for the T twenty stuff. Even if
we look at what our red ball side might look

(17:46):
like in the time ahead. Matt Henry, you know, obviously
leading our attack, Will O'Rourke, Ben Sears when he's fit,
Carle Jamison, who I was excited to see bowling yesterday
for Canterbury, so he's obviously getting back to some sort
of fitness. Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy. There are a lot

(18:07):
of options there for our white and red ball sides
in terms of our bowling attack new captain of course,
and Mitchell Santna As I say batting, I guess less
so less so in our batting, although I mentioned you
know a guy like Tim Robinson who looks like a

(18:27):
bit of a white ball specialist. He opened the batting
with rich and Ravendra in these matches, and I think
Rachan is probably a you know, a guy who's going
to be around for a long time. It probably won't
open the batting. I wouldn't have thought anyway in the
in the T twenty stuff, they'll look for another option there,
but there are less obvious replacements for the likes of

(18:53):
Tom Latham, Devin Conway, Cain Williamson, Darryl Mitchell, will young,
no obvious heir of parents really in the Test side.
But you might have some thoughts on that as well.
But let's let's construct, if we if we can over
the next year to eighteen months, our sides for in

(19:14):
particular white ball cricket and guys who you think might
feature quite prominently in our white ball cricket side, we
can talk Test side as well. They're all sort of overlapping,
aren't they. But I just felt quite excited, quite optimistic
about the fact that there are some new guys in there,
and we've I guess always been you know well, I

(19:37):
mean we've had the same side for a while, right,
there have been guys who've been in the in the
side for a while and will continue to be for
a bit longer. But it's great to see some fresh blood.
Just really enjoyed watching these T twenty games. Chris, I mate,
you know, mate.

Speaker 8 (19:53):
A happy dear to you.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
And to you Chris hey.

Speaker 7 (20:00):
He played well and this series against Sri Lanka showed
us that once we lost a few of the guys
that's been around for a few years, we've got some
great talent coming thrue. So they just went out there
and played their natural games. I quite like the look
of that hate that working a batsman and a few

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of a few of the others chipping in.

Speaker 3 (20:25):
But we've also got.

Speaker 7 (20:27):
Some really talented cricketers playing over here in Australia in
the Big Bash League, and that'll be the selection well.
And I'm not sure why they didn't get involved in
the series of Sri Lanka. But if you match the
guys that have played for the New Guns in this
current theory, and then also the three or four or
five of them that are doing well in Big Bass, like,

(20:48):
we've got some talented crickets. But this is an Sime
time from his own cricket to sort of move on
from that golden era that we had and bring through
these guys. I'm really excited about.

Speaker 3 (21:00):
What we've got for these ten years.

Speaker 2 (21:03):
I am too, Chris, I am touring it and you know,
you're right, we've had the same side in a successful
side at least. Not forget that they particularly in the
red ball staff, you know, winning the World Test Championship
and you know, making success of white Ball World Cup
finals that sort of thing. But yeah, but you know,
time waits for nobody and you know, now with the
retirements of particularly some of our bowling attack. It is
I think time to to you know, to move into

(21:25):
a fresh new face. You talk about some of the
guys in the Big Bash, Lackie Ferguson's over there, Finelle,
and Tim Seifert's playing over there too, isn't he. So
you know there are guys who who Kennel's who are
also eligible if selected to play for New Zealand. So
I think that's probably another very good sign.

Speaker 7 (21:44):
Yeah, absolutely, and yeah it's a bit like the All Black.

Speaker 8 (21:48):
When you have.

Speaker 7 (21:50):
Multiple players in positions, the contest gets better and it
only goes to create a better team. So I look
at you doing cread and what I've done in the
last ten fifteen years compared to what I grew up
with when we lost Monday Series. As some barb Wie
got watch us by everyone. We're always as a mixed

(22:13):
paw and that's because we doing cricket is doing really
well with his development, so we're in a really good
cricket space and it's great.

Speaker 9 (22:21):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
I love it too, Chris. I love the positivity and yeah,
I'm excited about what lies ahead. You know, sometimes white
ball series can, especially bi lateral ones can become a
little bit samey, a little bit, a little bit ho hum.
But like I say, I watched those teachers. I watched
all every ball of those three T twenties because because
I was excited to see Tim Robinson and Mitch Hay,

(22:45):
Zach Folks, Jacob Duffy. I was hoping to see some
Nathan Smith and some Bevan Jacobs as well. I didn't
get to see either of those in the T twenties.
I say, Nathan Smith is still in the one day sight,
so hopefully we'll get to see him over the next
week or so in the fifty over stuff. But yeah,
I just thought it was really exciting. And Mitchell Sentner

(23:06):
seems to have brought a freshness as well in terms
of his captaincy. And you hear, you know, stuff coming
out of the camp and they like it as well,
you know, just a different voice. And now that he
is the permanent white ball captain, he can really start
to to you know, put his stamp on things and

(23:27):
carve out a culture in there in a way of
playing T twenty, in a way of playing fifty over cricket,
a brand if you like, for the black Caps with
the white ball I think it's exciting. One hundred and
eighty ten eighties out number. There's a spear line if
you want to jump aboard twenty nine away from one,
We're back with more of your calls after.

Speaker 1 (23:45):
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Speaker 2 (23:54):
They'd be news talks. There'll be twenty six away from one,
eight hundred and eighty ten eighty talking but a cricket
and the and the freshness perhaps of the of the
black Caps in the next little while. I eight hundred
and eighty ten eighty n on text. Jacob excelled in
the T twenty final for the Vaults back in twenty twelve,
says Andy, a very level headed player who has bided

(24:16):
his time, so good to finally see him get his chance.
Plus the Southland r is a great trait. Yes, I
could hear the Southland Burr in his voice. There's no
denying the blokes from Lumsdon good on y, Andy, good
to hear from you. And muss Is Duff is the
Matt Todd of cricket. Piney driving down from Hawk's Bay
mate to watch the black Caps tomorrow. What's the weather forecast?

(24:37):
I can tell you, Muss, it's actually okay for tomorrow.
It's not Look, it's not great. It's not absolutely sensational
for tomorrow. But they should get a gaman. They should
get a gayman. Although look, let me read it from
the Met Service for you. A period of rain before dawn,
then mainly cloudy with showers possibly heavy in the morning.

(25:01):
Southerly's rising to gale. That'll be nice, gusting ninety kilometer. Actually,
it's not a great forecast, is it. But I'm looking
at the rain and tomorrow the game starts at eleven.
The last of the rain is forecast in the sort
of midday to one o'clock hour, so that that's when

(25:23):
most of the rain is forecast. With the last of
the rain, so we should get a game. And tomorrow
it might not be particularly warm with those southerlys, musts.
I hope you packed a jacket, can I fail? You're
enjoying the new wave of black.

Speaker 10 (25:34):
Caps are.

Speaker 11 (25:39):
Coming from Gore.

Speaker 2 (25:40):
I know all about that, are yes? Indeed? Indeed, well
one of your own or one of your one of
your your bottom of the South Island colleagues. Jacob Duffy
doing great things he is.

Speaker 12 (25:52):
Yeah, yeah, and I you know, I am.

Speaker 13 (25:56):
I ain't quite enjoying the new look in the in
the wave like you said, I watched, I watched all
the games so far. Not sounding too good for it tomorrow,
but see what happens. Yeah, I'm quite a I'm like you,
I'm quite sort of optimistic and excited about the future.

Speaker 3 (26:15):
You know, we've got.

Speaker 13 (26:18):
It's funny with Duffy because it's almost like the forgotten player.
Like you said, he's been around so long. It's almost
like he seems like an old boy that's just broken through.
But just because he's been around for so long. But
I'm glad to see that he has, you know, and
finally is getting this time.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
But I wonder whether that's I wonder whether that's part
of the secret phil. You know, you often see youngsters
coming into international sport, and you know, some of them
are ready, but some of them you think might benefit
from a bit of experience. And so when Jacob Duffy, yes,
I know he's been in and out of the team
for the last three or four years, but the fact
that he's got so much to Messter cricket under his belt.

(27:03):
I wonder whether that's part of the secret.

Speaker 13 (27:06):
Yeah, well it could be. I certainly don't think. I
don't think it can do any harm. You know, the
more experience and the more you can play, the better
basically any any form, because like they say, there's nothing
like actually on field experience, you know. So yeah, because
I remember years ago when they talked about Kem Rutherford,

(27:30):
you know, and how sensational he was as a young
player and I think was than eighteen, they sent him
over to the West that he and I think it
done more harm than good and might have actually harmed
his career and stunted some of his potential because you know,
he got quite dealt to with those bowlers at the time,
you know, that were devastating. So yeah, maybe, yeah, holding

(27:51):
back a bit, you know, like you say, rather than
putting someone in too young, could be a beneficial thing.

Speaker 3 (27:57):
But I.

Speaker 13 (28:00):
Yeah, I like the fact, you know, we got O'Rourke
who's looks like he's going to be super quick speedch
so you know, like a Brent Lee and like Shane
Bond got up to and that sort of thing, which
I think is fantastic because every side. I think needs
a super quick you know, and I like to look
at the Hey, the wicket keeper there, robertson the battery,

(28:20):
you know, like you said, I'm not sure on the
batting stocks where else we go. We may be a
bit short on that, but someone might come through, you know,
younger player might come through during the year sort of thing.
But we got seers as well, you know, who's quite
pacy as well. I think is pretty a nippy up there.
And yeah, I'm just trying to think of all the

(28:44):
other names that but I'm liking what. You know, I'm
kind of optimistic for the future. I think Satner it's
going to be a good captain and a fresh perspective.
And like you said, the team seemed to like him
and maybe he's brought a kind of new not to
say that now he wasn't like he was good, but

(29:06):
I think there's things to have brought some positivity into
the team as well, you know, of a belief maybe
or something. So yeah, I'm liking it. Gay can I
also say piney. I know this is a bit off topic,
but yesterday, you know, when you're talking about the sports,
if you leave it, if you let me the game
in the sports? What's versas game and sports? I was

(29:28):
thinking about it because somebody once said to me that
I worked with the golf. Isn't it gay as in
a sport? It's a game? And I thought, I don't
want to agree with the guy because he's one of
those know it all fellas. So I thought maybe maybe
technically he's right, you know, because I was thinking what
as I was listening to your talk, be, I was thinking,
what does define technically? Because you could call golf and

(29:50):
darts both a game and a sport, you know in
my mind, but technically what does defind it? And I thought,
I thought about something like yachting. I thought, well, you
can't call yachting a game. You wouldn't say yachting is
a game, but you could coogl it a sport, whereas
you know, like rugby, you could google a game in
a sport.

Speaker 3 (30:06):
The thing.

Speaker 13 (30:06):
So I was thinking, I said, their yachting, maybe that
What do you think of that?

Speaker 10 (30:11):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (30:12):
Well, look I think yeah we did. We had this
discussion yesterday, as you pointed out full on. I think
it started, well, I know it did from whether darts
was a sport or not, because there is some conjecture.
There's a divided opinions shall we say on whether darts
is actually a sport or not? And I think we
landed on a couple of things, physical exertion being one,

(30:34):
a degree of physical exertion also a competitive aspect, and
a degree of technical skill or ability. I think those
were the kind of the key planks to to how
you define a sport. People are always going to have
different opinions. Look for me, there's absolutely no doubt that
golf is one, and I think probably most people you

(30:56):
ask would say, yes, golf is a sport, but the
physical exertion side of it, compared to something like yachting
for example, there's nowhere near it, you know. And in
fact they often say, don't they that you need to
be able to relax to be effective in golf, whereas
in a lot of other sports. I'm sure you need
to be a lot more amped up. It's always an

(31:16):
interesting topic. There was that description yesterday that was given
of you had to either take off your footwear or
put on special footwear for it to be a sport.
So you can ruminate on that, perhaps, Thanks Phil, good
to chat to you as always, mate. Updating Live sport.
They're underway at the SCG on day two of the last,

(31:39):
the fifth and final Test between Australia and India. Australia
no further loss in the first ten minutes today they're
thirteen for one. Sam Constance has been joined by Manus
Larva Shane. So yeah, India all out one eight five
years today so it's not a big total to defend.
But there's a bit going on out there. So Australia
just battling at the moment a little bit thirteen for

(32:00):
one as they try to build their first innings as
far as the Super Smash is concerned. Just about to
get underway in Nelson, the Saxon Oval venue in Nelson
where the Wellington Blaze taking on the central Hinds. Wellington
have won the toss and elected to bat first. So
the second and final chance to see Elise Perry out there.

(32:20):
Hopefully she'll get a few more uns and than she
did the other day. And in terms of the tennis,
I can tell you that Madison Keys has been knocked out.
I looked up at the graphic on the TV before
and I thought I saw that Madison Keys had won
the second set. In fact, she didn't and it went
to a tiebreaker which the fifth seed, Danish player Clara

(32:43):
Tollson won, so she's through. She'll play American Robin Montgomery
in the first semifinal at three o'clock. Katie Volnet's and
Alicia Parks underway in the final quarterfinal. The winner of
that one will play Naomi Osaka. So they've had to
sort of truncate it all and squeeze it all in
because of the rain. But three of the four quarter

(33:05):
finals now done, the fourth one underway, and then the
semis will hit the court from about three o'clock this afternoon,
coming up sixteen away from one. Still a bit of
time to talk cricket. If you'd like our eight hundred
eighty ten eighty anybody who stood out for you in
the recent T twenty Internationals. Anybody you can see, you know,
leading the line in terms of our bowling attack and

(33:26):
white and red ball cricket, and who are the up
and comers as far as batting is concerned, Who are
the up and comers there? If we're looking for players
to replace the likes of Latham and Williamson and Conway
and Mitchell and even will Young in the in the
next few years. So are they eight hundred and eighty

(33:48):
ten eighty back with your calls? After the sixteen away
from one On Weekend.

Speaker 1 (33:52):
Sport The Tough Questions Off the Turf Weekends for It
with Jason Hyne and GJ. Gartnerholmes, New Zealand's most trusted
home builder, News Talks.

Speaker 2 (34:03):
News Talks The thirteen to one Australia lost their second
wicket at the SCG Manus Labbashane caught behind. They're thirteen
for two. The Indians are up and about, up and
about Bill high Nate, how are you doing very well?

Speaker 3 (34:16):
Bill?

Speaker 2 (34:16):
Very well?

Speaker 8 (34:17):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (34:17):
Good?

Speaker 8 (34:18):
Hey, Look God, I don't know. I'm not a great
follower of provincial cricket and stuff, so I don't know
what happens around the local was seen and what have you.
But I think with the New Zealand team, they've got
this attitude of if you've done something, you're good enough
to stay, you know, and they tend to hang on
to some of these fellows a week bit too long,
you know. A classic example would be Gaptoo and one

(34:40):
or two others that they just seem to keep bringing
back and then all of a sudden he did make
a score and then for the next age, I think
he'd get nothing, you know, And I think Ravenda might
have been a bit lucky to get a few the
other day because he's actually been quite disappointing.

Speaker 2 (34:56):
He actually, I think by his own admission, Bill, he
would say that, yeah, he what a get in the
first one he got eight and one didn't he got sixty,
or the other night or the other day when he
had which help, But yeah, interesting.

Speaker 8 (35:07):
Time take him under his wing.

Speaker 2 (35:09):
Yeah, I think, yeah, he'll still be okay, Bill, don't
you worry about that. He'll still be okay. But yeah,
maybe he needs a bit of guidance. I think you know,
he's a he's a three format cricketer, which I guess
adds its own challenges. But back to what you said before,
it's interesting to me about players who you think okay, well,
maybe they need to be given a rest. I guess
one fact that they've got to look at is is
if it's not that guy, then who is it.

Speaker 14 (35:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (35:32):
The thing is with a lot of these young fellows,
I think they need to give them a crack. If
they don't measure up well, then at least they've they've
given that opportunity. I believe there's far too many people
on the verge that that don't get a look on
because because they've hang on to this particular person or
whoever it may be. You know, there's there's been to

(35:52):
be a lot of young fellows out there that are
snapper and the heels of these fellows but just don't
get that opportunity, and I think they deserve at least
one chance at it. If they fail, well, then you
know they fail. The other the other thing to talk
about quickly, as somebody mentioned about arts not being a sport, yep,

(36:13):
I think years ago it was in the same league
as snooker and it was classed well, as far as
New Zealand's considered, it was class as a leisure because
I remember I think I'm not sure it was miss
out or somebody applied for funding from Smoke Free New
Zealand for it might have been a national ball tournament

(36:33):
or snooker tournament or something, and that we were rejected
because of the simple fact they didn't class paul or
snooker then as a sport. They classed it as a leisure.
Interesting and to be eligible to be eligible for a
grant from smoke free New Zealand. It had to actually
be recognized as a sport. So I think things have

(36:54):
changed over the years.

Speaker 2 (36:55):
You bill up without doubt they have, without doubt they have. Yeah, thanks,
but thanks for the insight. And yeah, interesting points you
make about about selection and how long somebody should be
there or maybe not be there.

Speaker 9 (37:07):
Jonathan, Hello, we'll get up and Jason, Yeah, I don't
want to get started on the dance debate again other
than yesterday.

Speaker 2 (37:13):
No, I think we'll leave it off to one side,
shall we let's.

Speaker 9 (37:16):
Talk to Yeah, definitely. My clearly is regarding the action
of one of the Shrilankan bowlers who I've noticed, and
I think it was the last game or the game
before that. His arm is coming over what I think
is forty five degrees, so it's not vertical, but there's
nowhere near vertical. It's forty five degrees, and obviously I

(37:38):
was saying to produce it. It's a it's a legal action.
Otherwise it would be outlawed and you wouldn't be able
to do it. And I remember years ago, I think
there was Milingia. He was Malinga the slinger. I think
his arm was horizontal. I could be wrong. So I'm
just wondering, are you able to comment or do you
know the limit of how how off off off vertical

(38:04):
the arm can be, because I think it's only to
dodge you to me somehow.

Speaker 2 (38:09):
Yeah, it's new one through sharer. I think the bowlder
you're talking about, Yeah, and he I think he's he's
basically on record of saying, look, he modeled himself on
Lasith Malinga, Malinga the slinger as we all, and he
was so successful. My understanding of the Lord Jonathan is,
as long as your arm is straight, you can do
what you like with it. But you can't obviously can't
bowl under arm. It's got to be above your waist.

(38:30):
You can't do that. But yeah, I think you know,
as long as it comes as long as it comes around,
I think, yeah, I mean, as long as you're not
having the umpire, I'm pretty sure it's okay.

Speaker 9 (38:41):
Yeah, Because obviously some bowlers would get a better action
being off the vertical, because because because bowling vertical is
pretty hard, you know, it's not a natural way to
throw a ball, is it. Whereas if you come around
the side like horizontal, nearly you're probably getting a it's

(39:01):
probably easier on the boller to do that. You could
bowl under arm, but kind of like softball or baseball fashion.
But let's not do that.

Speaker 2 (39:09):
Yeah, no, let's not. Let's not get into into a
softball pitching situation. Jonathan. Yeah, look, and I guess I
know there are obviously benefits to bowling upright. I think
it's probably easier to keep your arms straight in that situation.
If you coming around with a sling, I think you're
probably more likely to just to, you know, to bend
your arm, which is illegal. So yeah, but yeah, Malinga

(39:31):
almost he was a real trailblazer in that way. And yeah,
Thushara is the latest to give it a crack. I
hope we clarify it. That's my understanding is as long
as the arm is straight and it's above the waste
to the otherwise you're getting into the underarm situation, then
you're okay. Seven away from one US Talks.

Speaker 1 (39:49):
B analyzing every view from every angle in the sporting
world weekends for it with Jason Ye.

Speaker 2 (39:56):
They're all under US Talks B four to one. We're
at the tennis after one o'clock and illegal bowling actions
when a player is throwing rather than bowling. The ball
defined by the ICC as when the player's elbow extends
by an amount of more than fifteen degrees between their
arm reaching the horizontal and the ball being released. So
think about throwing. That's what you're doing. Basically nothing in

(40:19):
this broad definition about where your arm is. As long
as your arm stays straight, pretty sure you can sling
it as much as you like. And that's what Thushara
Malinga and others are doing. Appreciate the call, Jonathan, and
hopefully the clarification is there for you as well as
I say. Tennis. After one, we're at the ASB Classic
on quarterfinal and semi final day and All Whites coach

(40:41):
Darren Basley to cure their place at the FIFA World
Cup in twenty twenty six. It is a tantalizing two
matches away for the All Whites. If they beat Fiji
on the night of Friday, March twenty first, and then
that's a semifinal back that up at Eden Park three
nights later. With a win in the final against the

(41:02):
winner of the other semi then they will be going
to the FIFA World Cup in twent twenty six. Automatic
entry for Oceania in this expanded forty eight nation World
Cup next year. So for the very first time, the
winner of Oceania gets direct entry. And I say New
Zealand's heavily favored to do just that. Heavily heavily favored

(41:23):
to do just that. So how do they avoid complacency?
Who's going to get picked? How deep is the squad?
And if they do make it, how many games will
they have afterwards between then and when the World Cup
rolls around next June, that's June of twenty six, to
make sure that they go there fully prepared. Darren Basley
is the man to answer all those questions. He's the
coach of the Sape. He's with us this hour. We'll

(41:45):
also cross the Tasman and catch up with our Australian
correspondent Adam Peacock on sporting matters from that side of
the ditch. Very shortly, some tennis for you from the
ASB Classic. Just updating you on live cricket which is
happening on both sides of the Tasman. Super Smash Women
Saxton Overall and Nelson Wellington won the toss and decide

(42:06):
they would bat first and outwalk to of the best
batters in women's cricket, and not just New Zealand but
in the world. Mealy Kerr and Elise Perry, who's here
on a two game stint. This is the second of
those games. Unfortunately for Wellington fans, both of those players
are out. Mellie Kerr was out for seven and followed
by Elise Perry for sixteen. So Wellington blaze at the

(42:29):
end of six overs twenty nine for two. So the
central hinds you'd say, have the upper hand there. Took
quite a bit of batting to come from Wellington though,
And as far as the SCG Test is concerned, fifth
and final Test between Australia and India, Australia have lost
a wicket today on the second morning. It is that

(42:49):
of Marnus Labashane. It needed a referral before it was
confirmed that he had been caught behind by Richard pant
Off the bowling of the exceptional Jasper Bunra for two.
Initially not given out. I saw a reclave up on
the TV in the studio here before and as soon

(43:09):
as it was given not out, a straightaway went up
to the third umpire and he confirmed that yes, Manus
Labashon had got a tickle on it, so thirty five
for two. Sam Consta is still there, the nineteen year
old opener twenty three not out. He's been joined by
Steve Smith, who was unbeaten on four. So Australia thirty
five for two in reply to India's first innings of

(43:30):
one hundred and eighty five and so to the ASB.
In fact, they've just lost a third wicket just as
I speak, they've just lost a third wicket. Sam Constance
is out. So in further trouble now Australia thirty five
for three. More details on that coming up to the
Tennis ASB Tennis Classic. Top seed Madison Keys knocked out

(43:53):
by fifth seed Clara Towson in the quarterfinals a short
time ago. The Danish fifth seed held her nerve in
a second set tiebreak for a six to four, seven
to six wins. She will play American Robin Montgomery in
the first semi from three this afternoon. It also means
Touson could play three times today. She's had her quarter finals,
she's got the semifinal, and she's also in the semifinals

(44:15):
of the doubles. It's a busy old day for her.
Americans Katie Volinets and Alicia Parks currently playing the last
of the singles quarter finals before the semis a bit
later on. You can watch ASB Classic Women's Semifinals live
on Sky Sport One and stream on Sky Sport Now
from around two forty five this afternoon, and Sky Open

(44:35):
will also have free to air coverage of the first
semifinal from three this afternoon. Let's bring in former New
Zealand Davis Cup, representative, director of the Lavvy Tennis Academy
and expert analyst during Sky Sports coverage of not only
the women's tournament, but the men's tournament to follow, Sebastian. Sebastian,
thanks for taking the time. The last of the quarter finals.

(44:56):
Let's go there, Alicia Parks, Katie Volinets. Can you compare
and contrast these two players for us?

Speaker 11 (45:04):
Yeah, no, definitely.

Speaker 15 (45:05):
I mean, look, first of all, I think the tournament
surfer has been really entertaining. I think obviously there's a
lot of big seeds up front, former Grand Slam champions.
They got knocked up quite early, so it really opened
up for a few other players who often don't get
the chance to play in a semi final or a
quarter final.

Speaker 14 (45:20):
Of this level.

Speaker 15 (45:21):
I've really enjoyed watching both Volinettes and Parks. Actually they
bring very different game styles. Volynets is much more of
an energetic, CounterPunch a type of player, and Parks is
really a big, powerful server and is trying to take
her initiative as soon as she can. So I think
it'll be a really interesting matchup. It's very hard to pick.
I think that Parks has probably got a little bit
too much for if she is firing, but Volinets has

(45:42):
just been really, really relentless on everything. It'll be really
interesting see how this goes.

Speaker 2 (45:46):
You mentioned the fact that we lost a few of
the bigger names earlier in the week. We almost lost
Naomi Osaka yesterday too, didn't we She was a set
down came back to beat Haley Baptista sixty seven six
one sixty two. How have you assessed her performances across
the week?

Speaker 15 (46:03):
Look, I think I think she's actually been performing really well.
She obviously hasn't played a lot of tennis in the
last few years. This is her first match since September,
so for her to come through three rounds against some
tricky opponents, they weren't necessarily the highest strength, but they're
still players. With some matches under the belt. Is always
a good feeling. I think the first set in the
tournament she played exceptionally well, really really set a high

(46:23):
standard of play, and then she's been able to get
through the next ones. I think first set against Baptiste
probably had a few too many eras in't it. Baptiste
has got a really difficult game. Star was able to
mix it up with some slices and had a few
great passing shots. But then she recovered really well and
was playing really well at the end, and I know
she was stoked with that one as well.

Speaker 2 (46:41):
We know Les, I guess about Robin Montgomery, the US
left hand are currently ranked outside the top one hundred
in the world. What have you liked about her? Tell
us a bit about who Gain.

Speaker 15 (46:51):
Yeah, Look, I think we're going to see plenty more
of her in the future. She's a real big She's
a real big hope for American tennis. She's a huge
left handed served, she can swing it left right, she
can do anything with it, and she's got a really
good head on her shoulders. I think she's going to
be actually a top fifty player by the end of
the year. I wouldn't be surprised if she's in the
top twenty in the next year. So again it's another
player that we're able to see before they make it.

(47:13):
I think Auckland has attendancy really finding these stars before
they become stars. So I've been really enjoying her match.
I think that whoever she plays later on will be
really interesting.

Speaker 2 (47:23):
Surely Osaka and Montgomery would be favorites for the semi
finals given the facts of bestian By heaven't have to
play today. The Rhine delay helps them, doesn't it.

Speaker 15 (47:33):
It definitely does.

Speaker 11 (47:34):
It definitely does.

Speaker 15 (47:35):
Having said that, if those players managed to get their
matches done reasonably quickly, they might not have too much
tennis in their legs. Sometimes playing in the conditions on
the day, if it doesn't get you too tired, it's
actually an advantage. So look, I would say in theory
they should have an advantage, but it doesn't necessarily mean
so the other players will have to be wedding around
little day. Hopefully we don't get too many showers coming

(47:57):
through today, but it could be a long day. So look,
it's really anyone's match. I think at the end of
the day will just come down to those who really
compete the best and able to play the tennis.

Speaker 2 (48:05):
And big point, how much of a disappointment was it
to see Lulu sun eliminated so early?

Speaker 15 (48:12):
Look, I think I think as a Kei, we obviously
would have loved to see her play more in the
center court. I know that she's obvious had an incredible
year last year. She's had some big performances, but the
reality of tennis is you don't win every week. Obviously
we've seen her quarterfinal run at at Wimbled and we've
all seen some other big results she's had, but the
rest of the year players do end up losing a
lot of matches first and second round, So it's not

(48:34):
incredibly surprising. But obviously, as a Kiwi and as a
real marquee player for the event that we'd love to
see her go far.

Speaker 2 (48:41):
Do you still predict that she will have a big
twenty twenty five even given what you've said, You're right,
you know you don't win every week, But have you
seen enough from Lulu Soun over the last twelve months
or so? Let's not forget she was only a qualify
here last year. Have you seen enough from her to
suggest that she has has more gas in the tank
in the next few years.

Speaker 15 (48:59):
One hundred percent. I mean, look, she's had a really
big game style. She can hit a powerful ball, so
she can now hit a lot of players on tour again.
At the end of the day, the way the ranking
system works is you don't have to win matches every week.
You just have to really peak at the big ones.
She's going to have a lot of points to defend
at Wimbledon, but she's got plenty of time until then
to really wrap up the points. She'll be playing the
lastest series now, should be getting a lot of opportunities

(49:21):
to compete against higher ranked players. And she's still relatively young.
I mean she's only I think twenty two to twenty three,
and she's just firing up the ranking, so I would
be surprised if she didn't at least get top fifty
or maintain top fifty by the end of the year,
and then I'd really hope to see her back here
next year as one.

Speaker 3 (49:37):
Of our top seeds.

Speaker 2 (49:39):
And you alluded to it slightly before as well, around
the standard of the week. If you were, you know,
to recap the tennis that you've seen. If you know
spectators are turned up, that'd be relatively happy with the
value for money they're getting.

Speaker 15 (49:52):
One hundred percent. I mean, look, for me, the match
of the week, well, one of the matches of the
week was probably the and le versus Sloan Stevens match.
Early on we had some really other great matches with
Sophia Kennon and Clara Toofs, and those were not necessarily
the biggest fans in the drawer, but the matchup just
created some incredible tennis. So look, I think watching tass

(50:13):
lives and really up close like we're able to do
it as Big Bassic is just an experience that it's
almost one that you don't get anywhere else, to be honest, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (50:20):
No, I mean I know that the intimacy of the
spectators and the players is a real feature. Just before
you go obviously we cross over, now will we start
to cross over? Qualifying underway for the men's tournament with
the round one main draw proper starting on Monday. I'm
no doubt you've had a look at the at the
men's draw. Are you excited about the tennis you'll see

(50:41):
in the week?

Speaker 15 (50:42):
You hit from the men one hundred percent. I mean, look,
every year we get some amazing surprises, and this year
we've got some really very very strong young players coming
to Auckland. Probably Giovardi chi Perry Karrave is one player
who's just I mean, he's incredible. He's big care of us,
he's big for just this week loan in Brisbane. So
to have a player like that coming to Auckland, we'll

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just be really exciting. The person I'm looking forward to
seeing us back in action of doubles. He's a new partner,
Nicola mctitch, who's performed really well here in the pass
and then we've also got Marcus Daniel will be hanging
up his reckets at the end of the tournament, so
there's plenty of keys to support and I'm sure that
this is great tennis coming up.

Speaker 2 (51:20):
Brilliant to get your analysis, Sebastian, thanks so much for
joining us across New Zealand this afternoon. Thank you, no,
thank you, Sebastian. Sebastian Levy there. He's part of the
sky Sport coverage of the ASP Classic, both the women's
and the men's tournament. The ASP Classic Women's semis live
on sky Sport one and streaming on Sky Sport Now
from just before three this afternoon. Sky Open will also

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have free to air live coverage of the first semifinal
from three this afternoon. Nineteen past one, well I mentioned
that Australia had lost a third wicket. They have now
lost a fourth. Australia are thirty nine for four, so
teetering in their first innings at the SCG. Sam Constace
was out for twenty three, quickly followed by Travis Head

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who came and went very quickly, came in, had a four,
then got out for four. Travis Heads had a really
interesting series, hasn't He was incredible early on eighty nine
and the second is of the First Test one hundred
and forty and has only bat in the Second Test
one hundred and fifty two in the third Test, but
since then seventeen nought one and four, So certainly a

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series of two halves for Travis Head. He's out and
so out there with Steve Smith now is the Tasmanian
debutante Bo Webster. He's negotiated his first ball yet to score,
but Australia thirty nine for four, trying to get close
to India's first innings of one hundred and eighty five,
a couple of gets each for ju just brief Boomra

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and Muhammad Saraj. So it's all happening. As they say
in the fifth and final test between these two at
the SCG twenty past one, we'll take a break when
we come back. It's the football big year, as I
mentioned before for the All Whites as they look to
qualify for the FIFA World Cup next year. Head coach
Darren Basley joins us after this.

Speaker 1 (53:06):
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Speaker 2 (53:16):
One twent three on News Talks NB and Weekend Sport.
An exciting year ahead for New Zealand football fans.

Speaker 16 (53:22):
Bell nice touch from Garbet garb it oh.

Speaker 17 (53:27):
Yes, that's super that separt sing has that got on
the school board.

Speaker 16 (53:35):
What beautiful lead up work from Matt Garbin.

Speaker 2 (53:37):
Yeah. The All Whites continue Oceania World Cup qualifying. Two
more matches a semi final and then if they win
that a final, if they beat Fiji on Friday, the
twenty first of March in Wellington, they will then play
the winner of the other semi final, which is also
on Wellington that same day. In Wellington that same day,
New Caledonia and Tahiti. The winner of that plays the

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winner of the Fiji New Zealand game three nights later
at Eden Park in Auckland and direct entry to the
twenty twenty six feet of World Cup Oceannia getting direct
entry for the very first time. Coach to the All
Whites is Darren Baisley, who joins us now, Darren, thanks
for your time. Twenty twenty five has arrived. Epy New Year.
How exciting a prospect is? What lies ahead for you

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in just two or three months time?

Speaker 18 (54:26):
Hey, plany have you new year to everybody? I mean, yeah,
it's really exciting and I'll see the big games coming up.
We know the job we've got to do. We know
the rewards that are there for us as well. So yeah,
it's exciting times. We just got to get there now
to march and get this job done.

Speaker 2 (54:43):
You should win these two games. How do you avoid complacency?
How do you prepare for these two matches?

Speaker 14 (54:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 18 (54:50):
I mean you're right when you look at the opposition.
You know the games we should win. We know that,
but it's also football and that brings slightly different challenges.
So you know, we've been pretty safe through all of
these games against the Oceana opposition. We're going to these
games slightly differently mindset to when we're playing Mexico a USA,

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where you know, we just need to be safe and
just do our jobs.

Speaker 3 (55:15):
Here.

Speaker 18 (55:15):
You know, we need to make sure that we've got
super discipline because you know, we know if we stay
in the games and nothing nothing happens untoward within these games,
we're going to get chances to score goals and you know,
ultimately we've got a chance to win the game. So yeah,
well we'll take every opposition the same. We'll do all
the analysis and make sure that we're prepared and we

(55:36):
know what we're coming up against, and we're just yeah,
we treat every game the same, but knowing that, you know,
these games we need to we need to just get
this job done.

Speaker 2 (55:45):
So last time you were together was mid November, so
by the time these roll around, it'll be four months
apart from the team. How much contact do you have
with your players and will you over the next couple
of months.

Speaker 18 (55:57):
Yeah, I mean in contact with them pretty regularly. You know,
we watch with technology nowadays and we're able to watch
most of the games that they play in around the
world and they are We get the highlights, we get
all their actions. So yeah, we can keep in touch
with what they're doing, how they're playing, how many minutes
they're playing, how fit they are, and then just keeping
regular contact with them and just make sure that we're
all connected. It's a it's a major part of us,

(56:19):
our culture and our connection. You know, we're a real
cohesive squad when we get together, the players sort of
you know, I've known each other for a long time.
Some of them you know, grew up together, some played
together when they were sort of growing up in different clubs,
and so yeah, coming together the culture and the environment
is key, just bringing them bringing them back together. So

(56:40):
it'll be a bit of a gap from November, but
you know, I just know when the boys get together
that they'll be ready for these games.

Speaker 2 (56:48):
Do you operate bays with a leadership group? Is there
a leadership group within your playing squad?

Speaker 14 (56:53):
Yeah, we do.

Speaker 18 (56:53):
We have a kaitiaki, which are our guardians, guardians of
our environment and guardians of the connection, which is the
same as our leadership group with players. So yeah, they're key,
you know some, and it's a mix in that group
of of age and experience and different sort of people
within that group.

Speaker 14 (57:11):
But yeah, we're lucky.

Speaker 18 (57:12):
We've got such a big squad now of really experienced,
good players that we can call upon, you know, options
in every position now, which is which is great.

Speaker 14 (57:20):
We're in a really lucky position at the moment and.

Speaker 2 (57:22):
A challenging one for you as a coach because you're
in the position now where you have more good players
then you can fit into your squads. So what informs
your selection decisions? How do you go about those those
decision making processes.

Speaker 14 (57:38):
Yeah, it's getting tougher, you know some.

Speaker 18 (57:40):
You've got some players like Woodsy and Libya and that
that you just know, you know, automatic selections at the
moment with what they're doing in their personal careers. And
we've got other players that are you know, having having
really successful moments within their with their careisma. But yeah,
we check on form fitness, you know, what they did
with us the last time, how they fit in the
balance of the team, you know, what we need to

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do in each game.

Speaker 14 (58:03):
So there's lots go.

Speaker 18 (58:04):
Into the selections and obviously I've got myself and Simon Elliott,
Tony Reddings, you know, Paul Gotha that you know, we
always have different opinions to be fair as well on
who we think should should be starting in each position.
And the good thing for us as well is not
only do we have lots of good options and players,
but we have lots of players that are pretty flexible positionally,
you know, that could play in different positions. So yeah,

(58:26):
making those decisions on starting eleven sometimes is a bit
of a process.

Speaker 2 (58:30):
You and I've spoken before about the whiteboard in your office.
I'm not sure if it's an extra white boarder wither
it's a spreadsheet on your laptop, but it's kind of
the depth chart I guess for New Zealand footballers playing
around the world. How many names, Rick can you get
up there?

Speaker 18 (58:43):
Well, we've got about fifty eight at the moment. And yeah,
it actually is a whiteboard. It's a spreadsheet as well.
There's numerous spreadsheets. But yeah, I like in the office
to have the visual of the of the names and
the whiteboards so that we can see the balances and
know what we've got underneath each player. You know, we
know we've got certain players. But when you you know,
even for someone like Libby, when you look underneath Libby

(59:05):
and there's this five or six of players that are
underneath him, competing to challenge or competing to be that
number two spot for the left back position, is great
to see, and then it sort of helps us just
keep an eye on everybody really around the world what
they're doing. You know, you've got in the left back position,
You've got Dalton some Suddon, You've got James McGarry playing

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over there. You know, Lucas Galli Hill coming through. There's
loads of loads of options. Francis very sorry, I misus,
frantsis there so loads of options underneath Libby and we
getting there in almost every position now, which is great
for us.

Speaker 3 (59:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (59:41):
You haven't center back too, haven't you? Because I look
at Michael box All, who's been around forever but still
seems to be about twenty three years old. I know
he's not Nanda Pinniker, who's naturally left sided. Then Finn
Sermon Tyler Binden, who's just turning heads everywhere he goes.
You must look at that whiteboard and think to yourself,
we're probably in as good a position as we have

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ever been.

Speaker 14 (01:00:04):
Definitely. Yeah, it's a really strong, wider squad now and
it is.

Speaker 18 (01:00:08):
It's getting to the stage now where every squad name,
we're leaving good players out.

Speaker 3 (01:00:13):
You know.

Speaker 18 (01:00:14):
The last few squads we've left players out like Alex
Greeb and Max Matter and you know, and people of
other players have miss squads, you know, Callum's miss squads,
so ourbred's miss squads, you know. But whoever we choose
comes in and does a great job. So I think
that's great for us now. The players know they're competing,
they're challenging, and they have to perform within their club

(01:00:34):
environments and when they come into us as well. And
the rewards are so big now, you know. Obviously we've
got these two games that we need to do our
job on, you know, but the reward for that is
going to a World Cup in twenty twenty six, which
every footballer dreams of. And they all sort of now
competing with each other as well as you know, other
teams to perform.

Speaker 2 (01:00:55):
That's the most important thing for you buys that they
are playing regularly at club level.

Speaker 18 (01:01:00):
Yeah, I mean, that's key that they're playing. It's not
always as easy as that, we've got some players pretty
high level environments, like a Marco Staminich at the moment,
that's obviously a very very good player. It isn't getting
as many minutes as he'd want, but you know, we
know that he's he's fine, he'll he'll be great, He's
going to have a great career. He's just in a

(01:01:22):
club at the moment. The competition for him is really
tough in his position and within that squad. So I
think it's a mix of you know, we want players
to be playing because we know they'll come in, you know,
not ready to play, but also, you know, we know
the levels of the players around around the world and
who they are and what they've done with us previously.
So there's a lot of considerations taken into place when

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we when we select squads.

Speaker 2 (01:01:46):
Yeah, you talk about high level environments and then you
talk about the Premier League. How much are you enjoying
watching Chris Wood in Korea beast form.

Speaker 14 (01:01:54):
At the moment.

Speaker 18 (01:01:56):
It's amazing. You know, I'm not sure we'll ever get
another player that's doing what he's doing right now. You know,
he's he's you know, the second in the Premier League.
He's one of the top scorers in the Premier League.
He's yeah, he's literally on fire. So you know, for me,
my job of watching Premier League football and watching Woodsy
performer is great. You know, I spend a lot of

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time watching football of different levels around the world.

Speaker 14 (01:02:20):
And then suddenly you get to like, I'll say, scout.

Speaker 18 (01:02:23):
We don't need to scout Woodsy, but we're definitely monitoring
him and we're watching Premier League football while we're doing it,
which is which is amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:02:29):
There is starting goalkeeper still a live discussion.

Speaker 3 (01:02:33):
It is.

Speaker 14 (01:02:34):
You know, again, we've got great options.

Speaker 3 (01:02:36):
You know.

Speaker 18 (01:02:36):
Obviously Max Crocom's been the number one for the last
few years really and he's doing very well. He's playing
at a high levels, playing every week in a tough
environment in League One and you know his club are
struggling at the bottom of the table, which means he
gets a lot of action. But again he's doing very well.
But then you've got Alex Poulson, who's you know, he's
a younger player, you know, he's still that potential player,

(01:02:59):
is in his sort of second year of professional playing now,
but has had this run at the Phoenix last year
and got his big move and now had this run
of clean sheets at Auckland and again playing with a
lot of confidence and doing very well. So he's definitely
the future. He's the younger one obviously and he's pushing.
But behind him, you know, you've got your Holy Sales

(01:03:21):
and Nick Zanev who's playing again at Northampton over in
England at the moment, and a load of younger players.
Younger goal kid was Henry Gray in case sims that
are professionals now in pretty good levels. It's another position
where we've got decisions to make and tough, tough decisions
for not only the squads but for the start and

(01:03:41):
eleven and.

Speaker 2 (01:03:42):
One guy is not playing at the moment for injury
is being old. I know it's home over the Christmas break,
continuing this reheab, have you got any idea on whether
being old might be available for you?

Speaker 18 (01:03:52):
And March, well, it's it is a tough spot for him.
You know, he's he's picked up this injury at a
bad time. You know, he was just really getting himself
going in lot of legal and doing so well with
us and with niece, So yeah, that's tough. He's I
think March is probably touch and go. I think he'll
be back, just back playing around those sort of dates.

(01:04:15):
But whether leaving his club, you know, having just recovered
from injury and coming to international football is the right
thing for him and the club, we're not sure. So
at the moment, we're just monitoring him. It's an injury
that you know, it could be could be quicker, but
it's also an injury where they may just take a
bit of time just to make sure that it recovers

(01:04:35):
properly before they throw him back into football. So in
the ladder case, would mean he'd probably miss out in March.

Speaker 2 (01:04:41):
Did you know that Tyler Bunden, one of your center backs,
had the overhead kick goal and his locker.

Speaker 18 (01:04:47):
I wasn't sure he had that, but yeah, he's I mean,
Tyler can do almost anything. You know, he's nineteen years old.
He's playing so much football. He's got caps now, he's
got goals for New Zealand and for Reading. He's going
to get a big move in the next few weeks,
which will be the next step for him. Whether he
gets a big, big move, I'm not sure, but I

(01:05:08):
think right now I think just having that next step
for him is great, you know, moving up a level,
you know, and keep playing is probably key for him.
But yeah, he's nineteen years old and he's got a
wonderful career ahead of him, certainly.

Speaker 2 (01:05:21):
Orright, let's circle back to these World Cup games to finish.
If you qualify for the World Cup, if all goes well,
you win these two games and you qualify. There's a
long time between March and June of next year when
the World Cup takes place, so ideally, how many games
would you like to play in that time?

Speaker 18 (01:05:37):
Yeah, I mean we would be you know, if everything
goes to plan, we would be the first team in
the world to qualify for the World Cup apart from
the hosts, you know, which puts us in a really
good position of you know, being able to get some
really good games in the build ups. So I will
play every window, you know, loosing football Andrew Pregnant said
that now we're going to play every window. And I

(01:05:59):
think having if we are that team that's qualified for
the World Cup will be wanted by a lot of countries.
You know, everybody want to play against potential teams that
are at the World Cup. So I think we'll be
in a really good position to pick up some really
good games. The hard thing is a lot of the windows.
You know, there's obviously the five fiefa windows throughout the year.

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The hard thing would then be that actually a lot
of those windows were already used up for other teams,
you know, in their World Cup qualifiers, which would obviously
mean that they wouldn't be available for us to play against.
So it's a good position, but it's also a challenging
and a little bit tricky finding countries that I've got
three windows and are able to play against us.

Speaker 2 (01:06:39):
All, let's get March out of the way first. An
exciting few months ahead of you, your players in New
Zealand football fans base. Thanks for updidding us so early
in the year. We'll catch up again soon.

Speaker 14 (01:06:48):
Cheers play any catch up soon?

Speaker 2 (01:06:50):
Cheers, cheers are there and Darren basically they're the coach
of the All Whites. Yeah, so yeah, it is an
exciting time. Never before has New Zealand had the opportunity
to qualify for our World Cup automatically out of Oceanny.
Of the previous two times back in nineteen eighty two,
it was Asia Oceanny qualifying went through a whole bunch
of games, fifteen games, that New Zealand team had to

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play to reach the World Cup in Spain in nineteen
eighty two, and then of course in twenty ten, when
New Zealand made it to South Africa. That was off
the back of a two legged intercontinental playoff, the second
leg of which they famously won one nill against Bahrain
in Wellington and November of two thousand and nine, and
off to the World Cup they went. That's been the

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route for the last few and New Zealand hasn't been
able to get there. They weren't able to get past
Mexico for the twenty fourteen World Cup, weren't able to
get past Peru for the twenty eighteen World Cup. In
a one off game against Costa Rica to qualify for
the World Cup in twenty twenty two in Qatar, they
were beaten one nill in that game as well. So

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the days of intercontinental playoffs, certainly for the winner of
Oceania are gone because the other part of this is
that whoever makes the final and is the losing finalist
in Oceania goes in intercontinental playoffs, so there is a
second chance for that team. New Zealand obviously will be
hoping and I think most people would be expecting that

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they would win the final and make their way directly
into the World Cup next year. Exciting times updating the
live sport that's happening around the place across the Tasman
have just taken drinks on the second morning of the
final Test between India and Indian and Australia. Australia fifty
eight for four in their first innings with Steve Smith

(01:08:35):
and debutante Bo Webster together. Steve Smith unbeaten on seventeen.
Bow Webster has hit his first Test boundary. He is
unbeaten on six. Jasp Brick Bomra has two wickets. He
now has thirty two wickets in this series. That is
the most by an Indian bowler in a Test series
in Australia. He has been absolutely superb across this entire series.

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He's captaining the team too in this game after Rowat
Shama was left doubt but thirty two wickets thirty two
wickets for Bomra and there's still well six to four
in listenings and another ten potentially in the second inning.
So goodness only knows what number hell end up with.
Could be closer to forty and in the supersmash, the

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Blaze have recovered slightly from their their earlier trials and tribulations.
Batting first against Central and Nelson, there's seventy for four,
seventy for four after fourteen overs. Jess Kerr off the
back of her unbeaten sixty odd the other day in
the first match of the season is thirty not out.
Kate Chandler is there with her on four not out

(01:09:44):
nearly twenty to two. We'll take another break when we
come back across the Tasman will go catch up with
our Australian correspondent, Adam Peacock.

Speaker 1 (01:09:52):
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Speaker 2 (01:10:00):
News Talks Be News Talks will be seventeen away from two.
Let's get you across the Tasman correspondent at this time
most Saturday afternoons is Adam Peacock, who joins us now
but of tennis to talk. But can we start with
the cricket Adam Fifth Test Australia India at the SCG
India all out one eighty five yesterday Australia battling a
bit at sixty two for four, but incredible scenes at

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the end of day one last night, just brit Boomra
dismissed usmand Kowaja and then turned to glare at nineteen
year old opener Sam Constace, and then all the Indian
players came running in and oh yahhooing and apparently in
fact it looked as though Sam Constace had earlier been

(01:10:44):
sort of mouthing off a little bit at Boomera and
various other people. And I noticed that this has garnered
a little bit of mixed reaction online. Just Sam Constance,
this nineteen year old who's only really just arrived in
test cricket, does he have to be a bit careful
with the way that he conducts himself.

Speaker 12 (01:11:01):
Yeah, kid Pini, it was amazing day one at the
SCG had at everything so at forty seven thousand people there,
which some kind of record, I think. But yeah, I
think now people are having pretty strident opinions on what
they think of Sam Constous, both you and in India.
For starters, I've got a fair idea what they reckon

(01:11:23):
of him over in India. Yeah, look, it's just basically
down to opinion. Isn't it your personal preference for me?
I might be like you because I'm the middle age
variety that you think, well, I mean, do you really
need to get involved there? Is it really your argument
to kind of chime in with or you just stay
out of it and let us he deal with the

(01:11:43):
last ball of the day, whereas younger generations are absolutely
lap that up. So in a wider sense it's bad
for cricket, maybe not. Is it bad for Sam Constae perhaps?
Are you going to get in trouble? We'll wait and see.

Speaker 14 (01:11:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (01:11:56):
It's one of those things that really there's no right
or wrong hand for the match referee has with the day.

Speaker 2 (01:12:03):
Well, let's set up a very intriguing second day and tears.
Can I just ask you about Scottie Boland. The pick
of the ball is yesterday He took his fiftieth wicket
in his thirteenth Test and an average of under twenty.
This is some story, isn't it for a bloke who
made us teat stay built what thirty two years old?

Speaker 19 (01:12:19):
Yeah?

Speaker 12 (01:12:19):
Yeah, it's incredible and the type of guy that like
when he goes down. You saw him on day one.
He goes down to find the leg after he's over
where he's taken a couple of wickets or whatever. You
can tell. It still doesn't comfortably with him, like everyone
like yelling out of him and carrying on. He's just
kind of a polite little way, certainly a bit different
to Saan Constance who goes down to the downtary at

(01:12:40):
the mcg and starts doing an aerobics class. So yeah,
he's he's a pretty kind of inward guy, Scottie Boland.
But when he's when he's he's taken. Yeah, after a
lot of the other cricketers actually point out of here
who faced him? Who face all these guys in the nets?
The best placement we've got. They also say Scotty Bolin's
an absolute nightmare because it's always just doing enough to

(01:13:03):
trouble you and worry you around that mid drift. So
if you know what I mean, Yeah, he's certainly a
huge asset to Australian cricket. And look, he's probably already
paid seventy tests if he's in another era.

Speaker 2 (01:13:16):
Is it just because he was behind Stark, Hazelwood and Cummings,
Is that basically it?

Speaker 12 (01:13:22):
Yeah, And you can't argue with that, even I think
the most prochial Victorian, I'll look at it and go
almost probably fair enough these three who are all going
to go down as all of famers as far as
Australian cricketers concern. He's just come along at the exact
same time as they have. So it's pretty unfortunately it's
gotta bolin, but still a huge asset. It's going to
have a huge part to plan next summer's ashes as well.

Speaker 2 (01:13:43):
Absolutely, all right, let's move to tennis. You've been covering
the Brisbane International Tennis tournament defeat for Novak Djokovic at
the hands of American prodigy Riley Opelk. How big a
surprise was this?

Speaker 3 (01:13:55):
No, it was massive.

Speaker 12 (01:13:56):
I mean you look at Riley's rankings too, just inside
the top three hundred. But that's a good of a
misnowner because he spent basically two and a half years
off off the circuit. He only came back halfway through
last year after having a hip surgery and then two
wrist surgeries. So he has been top twenty in the world.
So it's not a complete shock that this guy has
been able to do something like this. What was the

(01:14:18):
shock is that he hasn't done anything like this for
a very long time. And Djokovic is Novak Chokovic on
Australian courts, so yeah, a bit of a worry for Novak.
He couldn't find a way against the guy that traditionally
he has. He's had a couple of losses to Hue.
So this riley of purple by the ways, Nindick seven
foot tall and as you can imagine, her service bombs.
So Novak historically has been able to find a way

(01:14:42):
against the big, big service on tour, but last night
he couldn't. And yeah, it was too good the American
once the ball got on the ground and there were abolis,
he was hitting winners as well, so yeah, it was
an epic.

Speaker 2 (01:14:53):
Win for him and Jokovic of course was in doubles
action two with Nick Kirios going down to a man
extually Michael Venus and Nicola Michticch was it box office?

Speaker 20 (01:15:03):
Kurios out there tried to be he wasn't quite in
the full entertainment mode and he was, Yeah, he was
trying to get the crowd going and him and Novak.

Speaker 12 (01:15:14):
It was just a weird pairing to still saying, but
they're like your guy and the Croatian. They're just a
better combo, better doubles players, so they knew their angles
and everything. But it was entertaining for a couple of matches.
And I think Curios is maybe going to play with
Clock and Archers down to the Australian Open, which all
light up the second week, perhaps if they get on
a run again. So yeah, Curious has got his own

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worries though he wasn't quite sure about his physical capabilities
coming out of this tournament. His wrist and a few
other things that could go wrong might go wrong down
at the Australian Open. So it's a big wait and
see to see how he gets through that first week.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
Indeed, yeah, we'll look forward to seeing how that goes.
And so is what semi finals for both men and
women today in Brisbane?

Speaker 12 (01:15:56):
Yeah, there's semi finals at Pelco who we mentioned he's
playing against pericarda Frenchman who's sixth eight and so is
So I've got the theory that maybe they should just
play nine points starting with no service, and whoever wins
the best of those nine points wins the match. Because
other than the outside of that, it's going to be served.
I think perakots six aces against the curios the holiday,

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so yeah, it's the land of the Giant at the moment.
But the women's event satell anca players on Dreva to
really top players, so yeah, good of Nybrision, excellent stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:16:29):
Hey, and I'm always good to catch up the Aussie Open.
We'll meet with us before we know it, so we'll
look forward to us staying in touch with you on that.
Enjoy the rest of your.

Speaker 3 (01:16:37):
Day, too easy.

Speaker 12 (01:16:38):
I'll be in Melbourne next week, so look forward to it.

Speaker 2 (01:16:40):
No good on you, Adam will look forward Chetney to
you then, Adam Peacock, our regular Australian correspondent. The Australian
Open starts on Monday, January thirteenth. It's what's that Monday week.
The men's ASP class of course, this qualifying on at
the moment. The first round proper starts on Monday, with
the final next weekend and then a lot of these players,

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the men's players, the women's plaiers of course as well,
will head to Melbourne for the Australian Open. Speaking of
the ASB Women's Classic, we have our semi final lineup confirmed.
The fourth quarterfinal is complete and Alicia Parks has been
in country woman Katie Volinets in the what a Great
Name for Tennis play Volinets in an all American quarter finals.

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So Alicia Parks sixty one sixty four straight sets winner.
She will now face Naomi Osaka in the second of
the semifinals. The first of the semis will be between
Robin Montgomery, who won her way through yesterday and Danish
fifth seed Clara Talson, who completed a straight sets win
over Madison Keys in the rain interrupted quarterfinal which was

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completed just a couple of hours ago. So Robin Montgomery
against Clara Talson and Naomi Osaka against Alicia Parks. Those
are the semi finals which will happen from three o'clock
this afternoon, nine away from two, News Talk SEB.

Speaker 1 (01:18:02):
When it's down to the line, you made a call
on Weekend Sports with Jason Hine News Talk.

Speaker 2 (01:18:10):
Zemb sixth away from two, Let's update you on some
cricket SCG Australia sixty six for four in reply to
India's one to eighty five all out, bo Webs has
come out and making a fairly decent fist of his
test debut unbeaten on thirteen. Steve Smith is there on
eighteen not out Australia sixty six for four in their
first innings on the second morning at the SCG and

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in Sonny Nelson and it is Sonny Nelson the blaze
against the Hinds in Super Smash action. This is the
women's Super Smash to start the Wellington Blaze in the
eighteenth over ninety seven for four. So it's been pretty
pretty tough going for the Wellington Blaze, although Jess Kerr
has brought up a second consecutive Super Smash fifty. She

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is fifty three now not out of forty balls that
off the back of an unbeaten fifty the other day
against Northern District. So Jess Kurk has clearly been working
on her batting over the winter, back to back fifties
in the Super Smash. Kate Chandler is there with her
as well, other Blaze up now to ninety eight for four,
selling to set some sort of competitive total for the
Hines to chase. The men's game of course to follow

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with the Wellington Firebirds up against the Central Stags. That
came from around fourish this afternoon after two o'clock is
the final hour of weekend sport. Kixon want to talk
to Bevan Jacobs. This is a really interesting story Bevan
Jacobs for a number of reasons. He yesterday scored a

(01:19:39):
very quick fire fifty runs off fifty three or thirty
three balls and then took a superb boundary catch to
help Auckland beat Canterbury in a remarkable game of T
twenty cricket at Eton Parks Outer Oval. Canterbury were cruising,
absolutely cruising, but lost their last six wickets for nine
runs in just over two overs. It was a collapse
of epic proportions. So Bevan Jacobs was heavily involved there.

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He's been with the black Caps this past week as
part of the T twenty SI squad. He unfortunately for him,
didn't get on the field. He didn't get a game
in those three matches, so back to Auckland he went.
But he's also off to the IPL. At the very
last moment, as I understand, he threw his hat in
the ring for the auction and got picked up by
the Mumbai Indians. So what a roller coaster recently for

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Bevan Jacobs. He'll have a chat to us after two
in case you missed it. Of course, it's our regular
feature catching you up on all the things that you
might have missed. The National Balls Champs are on the
National Balls Champs in Auckland. We're into post section play
in the men's pairs and the women's singles. Kevin Hickland
is going to update us on that, and the Wellington

(01:20:45):
Phoenix women are in action this afternoon in a steadily
improving Wellington, Shall I say a steadily improving Wellington. Olivia
ferguson their English striker with us after two.

Speaker 1 (01:20:57):
The only place to discuss the biggest scores issues on
and after fields, it's all on weegen Ford with Jason
Pade of Sport, New York.

Speaker 2 (01:21:10):
Two seven. Hello there, welcome in. This is weekend sport
for another hour or so. Then Jess Davidson takes over
with Summer Afternoons from three. But a sport to get
through between now and then. Will keep eyes on cricket
on both sides of the Tasman. Australia seventy eight for
four in their first innings, with Bo Webster and Steve
Smith together as they chip away at the Indian first

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innings of one hundred and eighty five. Meantime, in Nelson,
the Blaze have been restricted to one hundred and fourteen
for eight in their twenty overs by the Central Hins,
so Central will come out shortly in their chase for
one hundred and fifteen. Jess Kerb the leading light for
the Blaze fifty nine in terms of the bowlers for

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the Hines, Rosemary Mayor two for twenty two the best
of them, so one hundred and fifteen is the target
for the Central Hines when they come out shortly to
try and chase that down and win the match.

Speaker 3 (01:22:08):
Well.

Speaker 2 (01:22:09):
Also, this hour focus on well a couple of things.
The National Bowls Champs are on at the moment in Auckland.
We're into post section play in the men's pairs and
the women's singles. Kevin Hickland is going to join us
in around fifteen minutes or so to update us on
post section play finals tomorrow and then they flip it
around the men's singles and the women's pairs for the

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next few days. After that. We'll also get inside the
Wellington Phoenix women's camp they take on Perth Glory at
Jerry Collins Stadium or Pottydoor Park in Pottydor this afternoon
from four o'clock. Olivia Ferguson, their new import striker from
the UK, scored her first goal for the team last weekend.
It unfortunately couldn't avoid defeat, but it's been a pretty

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good last month or so for the Wellington Phoenix women.
So Olivia Ferguson joins us and Bevin Jacobs. Such an
interesting story. Bevan Jacobs, one of our top white ball cricketers,
got a quick fire fifty yesterday, took an absolute spar
spectacular catch on the boundary as part of Auckland's win
over Canterbury, off to the IPL as well, and been
part of the Black Caps this past week. So be

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j Jacobs. Bevan Jacobs with us very shortly. Your calls
and correspondence continue to be welcomed on the show. If
you'd like to join us on the phone, O eight
hundred and eighty ten eighty nine two nine two is
the text line, and emails can be sent into Jason
at newstalkseedb dot co dot nz. But as we approach
ten past two, as we always do it around about

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this time on Weekend Sport, it's time to bring you
up today with some of the things that might have
escaped your attention. We call it in case you missed it.
Starting with the women's Super Smash yesterday and women's action.
Auckland winning a close one against Canterbury. Hello, that's going
to go out to midwicket and they're going to come
for one.

Speaker 17 (01:23:55):
That'll be all the hearts when this one fine Captain
c brock Helladay, it takes one for twenty seven pold
a couple at suffovers late friend Jonas the Star three
to thirteen to.

Speaker 2 (01:24:09):
A league football action last night and the men's competition.
The Wellington Phoenix were in Melbourne to take on Melbourne
City at Amy Park. Now Gkovich with Ramani Oh, it's
a clever.

Speaker 6 (01:24:20):
Brilliant goal, fabulous goot doom that Melbourne City finally have
that second goal.

Speaker 2 (01:24:29):
Nathaniel Atkinson with a classy finish.

Speaker 16 (01:24:32):
Driving the ball into the roof of the net.

Speaker 3 (01:24:35):
It's his first goal since returning to the A League.

Speaker 6 (01:24:38):
And it looks as though Wellington's Amy Park hudo is
going to continue for.

Speaker 16 (01:24:43):
One more game.

Speaker 2 (01:24:44):
It certainly did a two zero loss for Wellington last night.
I'm not sure if you watched this game. If you've
got it recorded and haven't yet watched it. I would
save yourself. The ninety minutes probably one of the more
disappointing Wellington Phoenix performances in recent memory. Actually a shame,

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a great shame the way they play. But they'll dust
themselves off, come back home and look forward to playing
Adelaide a week today. Incredible scenes meantime late last night
in the A League in Western Australia, Russell.

Speaker 16 (01:25:21):
Pottage out to thirdates one last hurrah stool time.

Speaker 4 (01:25:37):
Westernis in the most spectacular fashion.

Speaker 16 (01:25:44):
Haven't played like you've never see for Perth.

Speaker 4 (01:25:49):
Western United have scored twice in stoppage time and Jordan
Lauden has put himself in the pantheon of great day
let golds.

Speaker 2 (01:26:00):
Yeah, I know you can't see it on the radio,
but if you want to have a look at that
goal and crample to win it with the last kick
of the game. Out in Western Australia and Luke Littler
is the youngest World champion in dance history. The seventeen
year old has beaten three time former world champion Michael
van Goerwin in the final this morning at London's Alexandra Palace.

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Littler was runner up last year, but stepped up a
level this time, racing to a four zeerl lead in
the final. He never let Van Gerwin get closer than
three sets away, and at six three ahead in the
race for seven sets, he had the chance to win
the match in the tenth set to.

Speaker 16 (01:26:38):
Realize his dream to achieve his destiny to be world champed.

Speaker 21 (01:26:44):
Good dast.

Speaker 19 (01:26:49):
Geration Special Churnance beats the great Lachel Vane Blokes, the
new Cletum, the cheen Agents chapterin of the world he
has beaten and all. It's just seven to claim the
biggest prize.

Speaker 10 (01:27:09):
In the sport.

Speaker 1 (01:27:11):
It's more than just a game. Weekends for it with
Jason Dybe news talks.

Speaker 2 (01:27:16):
At b terrific starts stuff at the darts at Alipali
this morning and yeah that baton has been well and
truly passed. He doesn't turn eighteen for a couple of weeks.
Lut Littler absolutely astonishing stuff. Two thirteen. It is speaking
of astonishing staff. Remarkable game of tea twenty cricket yesterday
between Auckland and Canterbury at Eden Park's Outer Oval. Auckland

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batted first and made one hundred and eighty five for
eight from their twenty overs, Martin guptel sixty of thirty
five balls and Bevin Jacob's fifty three off thirty three.
Now Canterbury in reply, cruising one hundred and sixty three
for four after seventeen overs, but then lost their last
six wickets for nine runs in the space of fourteen deliveries,

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Auckland running out winners by thirteen runs. And amongst the
collapse was an absolutely superb boundary catch from Bevan Jacobs
to get rid of Henry Shipley. What has he got
enough for.

Speaker 19 (01:28:17):
Catch?

Speaker 16 (01:28:19):
Jacobs takes us, screamer.

Speaker 5 (01:28:23):
That is so good, absolute screamer, running round to us right,
a lot of work to do and he just throws
out in the right hand and it sticks inches, separating
him in the boundary rope.

Speaker 2 (01:28:37):
You will not see.

Speaker 5 (01:28:38):
Many better boundary catches than that. And he is pumped
up about it too.

Speaker 2 (01:28:42):
He would be, wouldn't you Bevan Jacobs is with us
some congrats on the win yesterday made and that catch
and the part that you played with the bat as well. Actually,
can we start with can we start with that catch?
Can you talk us through it?

Speaker 3 (01:28:54):
Thanks? Jason? Yeah, I mean that catch was you know
it's aten to be able to take that to the ball.
It's just under the situation that we're in. But you know,
I guess that's that's what I'm trained for, and you
know I was happy that I could pull it off.

Speaker 2 (01:29:07):
As you were sprinting around the boundary. What is going
through you mind? Are you just thinking, actually I need
to stop this going for four? Or was the catch
always on?

Speaker 3 (01:29:16):
I think I think in that situation when you know
the team needs the wickets, because as you said Canterbury,
the runmate wasn't the issue for them there, so team
needed the wickets, I think you always got to go
for the catch and then you can you know, you
can look this out if you if you don't go,
if you don't take it, you know, as long as
you try to go for it when the team needs it.

Speaker 2 (01:29:35):
Have you if you caught that with one hand, has
that gone into your right hand only.

Speaker 3 (01:29:39):
A bit of both? I think? I think you know,
I can't lie. I didn't think it was quite you know,
the full one hand, but that left hand definitely did
that help me keep it in my hands, that's for sure.

Speaker 15 (01:29:50):
Brilliant.

Speaker 2 (01:29:50):
Well, they need what what they need? They needed twenty
three or three overs, six wickets in hand. They're kind
of cruising that there it's in hand for them, right,
did you think it might not be your day or
did you always think there was you know, another chapter
to be written?

Speaker 3 (01:30:02):
Yeah? Look, I mean in that situation, Canterbury obviously has
the upper hand. But you know, cricket the funny game,
and every time you're chasing, no matter how easy it seems,
you know it can definitely turn any quickly. And I
think the boys just put on an excellent buying performance,
you know, jocket done at the end taking three apiece
and especially done to three and one over, you know,
so bet pops to them for you know, staying the course.

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And I guess it was just a big thing for
us in the aces. It was just you know, not
to think the game's over till it's over. So, you know,
big pops to them for getting that done.

Speaker 2 (01:30:31):
And do you get confidence in the game of T
twenty cricket when I hear this so often? You know,
the game can change in the space of just a
few deliveries with bat or ball. So do you actually
always feel as though are games live right until the end?

Speaker 14 (01:30:45):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:30:45):
One hundred percent. You know, it only takes one over
or one a piece of fielding or bullying or whatever
it is, you know, to then put them amentum back
in your side. And I think that's you know, that's
what happened. And the boards were really good at just
compiling it and you know, going from one into the next,
and you know, it led us to a pretty special win.

Speaker 2 (01:31:05):
So let's go back to your bat. You guys with
fifty three without loss, and then all of a sudden
you're fifty six for three. When you come out to
join Martin Guptel, you put together fifty nine and less
than six overs. He's been around for a while, hasn't he,
Martin Guptor How much do you enjoy betting with him?

Speaker 3 (01:31:20):
Yeah, it's pretty special, you know, to be able to
share the crease with the legend of a game like that.
I mean, there's a lot of wisdom that you can
you can share, you can share with you when you're
out in the middle and just having those conversations with
the figuring out a plan, you know, having a small
little accumulation phase and then and then really trying to
put the foot down and the pressure act on Canbury.
So it's really nice to have him in the group
and have that experienced kind of guide you in those

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precious situations and.

Speaker 2 (01:31:44):
Your numbers, as I say, fifty three off, thirty three,
one four and five sixers, but all around the place,
long on with wicket, long off, overcover. How much do
you work on being able to play three hundred and
sixty degrees in T twenty cricket?

Speaker 3 (01:31:59):
Yeah, I think it's it's it's obviously important to be
able to hit more than one area at the ground,
But I think when you break it down to put
it real simply, it's just about making sure you've got
a clear plane and then just just reacting to the
ball that's coming down and you know, backing that your
skills are going to get you to the right place.
You know, Like I wouldn't necessarily say it's about training

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three sixty all the time. It's just more about you know,
working hard, practicing your skill and you know, letting your
stuff react in the moment.

Speaker 2 (01:32:28):
How much how much of what you do is premeditated.

Speaker 3 (01:32:32):
Sometimes it's it's more game scenario and field set. Obviously
with five out, you know there's not too many gaps
all the time for towards the boundary. But I guess
that's what that reaction piece comes in. And you could
obviously target a certain zone based on how someone's bowling
if if you feel like it's a good match up.
But then again, I think it comes back down to

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reaction and then if you're going to take it on,
you know that you're going to take it on with
one hundred percent and hopefully it clears the right.

Speaker 2 (01:32:59):
And now what about Eddie A Schultz reverse ramp for
six at the end? Has he been retelling that story?

Speaker 3 (01:33:05):
I bet he will be, so having talk to him
much about he's a talented he's a talented player, and
he's been working hard on those on those shots. So
it was good to see him bring it out in
the game.

Speaker 2 (01:33:15):
And while you were fielding a nasty collision at one point,
Ben Lister and Swadesh Dixon were involved, Are they okay?
Relatively okay? To your knowledge?

Speaker 3 (01:33:26):
Yeah, relatively okay. I don't think I haven't had any
confirmed clear comms on what the situation as I noticed
went of X ray and sided list. I think hopefully
not out for too long, maybe maybe a couple of
weeks worst case scenario, but I don't have any any
hard confirmation on that, so yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:33:46):
We'll keep that fingers cross Yeah, we'll keep our fingers
crossed and hope for the best as far as you're concerned.
You came through the Auckland pathway system down to Canterbury,
of course, where you played last season. What was behind
the return to Walkland the summer.

Speaker 3 (01:34:00):
There are a lot of factors, but at the end
of the day of a cricket decision, you know, I
just felt that, you know, Canbery obviously when they had
their black Caps back quite a strong side, might have
been tough for me to play as much cricket as
I potentially could in Auckland, and it was that was
mainly the driving factor. And obviously it's good to be
to be back home the family and stuff as a

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bonus as well. And I grew up playing with a
lot of the boys in Auckland, so the transition was
was a smooth one. But at the end of the day,
it was more just just a cricketing decision.

Speaker 2 (01:34:29):
And did they help yesterday knowing a few of the
guys who were bowling at you from having been alongside
them last summer.

Speaker 3 (01:34:35):
Yeah, I guess, you know, But it goes both ways.
I know them, but they know me too, but it's
always a good contest against them out there. And yeah,
it was just awesome to see both teams put on
a good display and something for the crowd to watch.

Speaker 2 (01:34:48):
Of course, over the last week you had, well you
had the last week in the black Caps environment. Despite
not getting a game, did you take some benefits from
the experience.

Speaker 3 (01:34:57):
Yes, one hundred percent. I mean those are some world
class players, and just to be able to talk to
them and listen to their experiences and try and implement
what they've learned. And it's my own game, I think
it's pretty special. And just being around that killing of
taste for that environment, you know, it makes me hungry
to get back there. So hopefully I can keep putting
schools on the board and working hard and you know,
get back there when I can.

Speaker 2 (01:35:18):
Do you think you might have gotten a game?

Speaker 3 (01:35:21):
I don't think it's impossible, you know, it's just but
the way the cards fild, you know, sometimes you don't
get the opportunity. But that's all good, you know, It's
just how it works sometimes. But it's just awesome to
be around that group and get a taste for it.

Speaker 2 (01:35:33):
Yeah, well, as you say it, so weet your appetite
and got you're hungry for. I'm sure the opportunity will
come again soon. And of course you're off to the
IPL too with the Mumbai Indians. The story's being told
a bit, but can you catch us up? How did
it all happen?

Speaker 3 (01:35:48):
Where I start? Put my name in the auction very late,
woke up at five point thirty two one call from
the coven South Africa saying I got picked. I didn't
believe them at first, and then I got about a
million other messages and checked social media and there it was.
So but yeah, that was pretty epic. And then got
the call up into the international squad not too long after.

(01:36:10):
So it's been a bit of a few weeks but
all good news, honestly. But now it so, I guess
it's just about, you know, coming back to coming back
to the present and just focusing on how I can
do the best I can for for Auckland.

Speaker 2 (01:36:24):
Well, the fact that you went to bed rather than
sort of you know, stayed up and kept an eye
on the auction would suggest that you weren't supremely confident
of being picked up. So was it actually a surprise
when you got the call from your your South African cousin,
and then all the messages started flying in and you realize,
actually this is true. I have been picked up.

Speaker 3 (01:36:40):
There was a heck of a surprise. I mean, you're
training early the next day, and I thought I should
get my rest, so, you know, because day one of
the auction had already been complete. Sos that are it's
probably not the biggest chance. But I've got training, so
I got a head to bed and then I got
working up by that at five thirty. Yeah, definitely, definitely
a huge surprise.

Speaker 2 (01:36:57):
Brilliant stuff. Now what an exciting time for you, mate.
Well before you can even look at that, you got
the white ball or the remainder of the white ball
season with Auckland. Congrats on a troffic before wants from
you and the team yesterday, mate, and thanks for taking
the time for a chat today.

Speaker 3 (01:37:10):
Thanks Jasin, appreciate you time.

Speaker 2 (01:37:11):
Now, I appreciate yours, speven. Thanks indeed, Bevin, Jacob's there
a name to look out for. I thought they might
give him a game in the t twenties. You know,
they were two l up going to Nelson. I get
that you want to reward performance and that's what Mitchell
Santners said. Yeah, but Bevan Jacobs was in that squad
and neither he or Nathan Smith got a game in
the T twenties. Nathan Smith at least stays in the

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squad for the fifty over stuff and I would hope
to see him at least in one of the games
to come, either tomorrow and Wellington, and that'd be a
good place to play actually his home home ground in
Hamilton and Auckland. I think it'd be pretty tough on
Nathan Smith if he's with the team for the T
twenty and one day series and doesn't get a game
across six. But yeah, Bevan Jacobs, I would like to

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see him have a crack for New Zealand. I don't
think that'll be too far away watching him back yesterday
and I'm mentioning it to him there. He's got a
range of shots. Man, as he was driving, you know,
down the ground, he was going over cover for six.
He obviously has got the natural swing of a right
right hander and he's down the ground and over mid wicket,

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but he's scoring all around the ground in a terrific
fielder as well. If you haven't seen that catch. Just
have a look at that find it online Someway. Just
type in Jacob's catch. I'm sure it will pop up
there for you. Really really good stuff from him. Two
twenty four It's the time of the year when the
National Bowls Champs are on. They're on in Auckland. We're

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into post section play today in the men's pair and
the women's singles. What's going on and who is looking
good to play in the finals of those respective divisions tomorrow.
Kevin Hickland going to join us in just a few
minutes to update us from the National Bowls Champs in Auckland.

Speaker 1 (01:38:57):
The big issues on and after Field Call eight hundred
and eighty ten eighty Weekends Forward with Jason Fain and GJ.
Gunnerhomes New Zealand trusted O Milner News Talks a Babe.

Speaker 2 (01:39:09):
To twenty eight on Weekend Sport. The twenty twenty five
Somerset National Bowls Champs are on in Auckland. Men's pairs
and women's singles into post section play today with finals tomorrow.
Then they flip it. It's the women's peirs and the
men's singles to follow. Defending champions and the men's parents
Gary Lawson Antony Grantham out of mental but in fact

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they're looking for a record breaking three peete and defending champion,
and the women's singles is International Lee and Paulson. She's
attempting to become the first person in over twenty five
years to successfully defend the women's singles national title. One
of the most well known voices in bowls is Kevin Hickland,
who joins us now. Kevin tell us about post section

(01:39:51):
play today, how does it all work?

Speaker 11 (01:39:53):
Well, they get afternoon Jason and there's no rain. Now
it's just a win. But I can tell you now
as your intro ree Gary Lawson and Liam Paulson. They
have both exited the competition, Lawson going down and Tony
grants them going for that three peety of course last
year in christ Church and going for the third consecutive

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New Zealand Peers title. But they were defended today by
Martin Creft and Brian core Coil of sin Claire and
Dunedin by fourteen shots to thirteen. Creft, of course very
very good volor and has represented at the Indoors Series
in the UK, so a very very good draw player.

(01:40:36):
Not to be for Lawson and grant them actually the
peers fourteen to thirteen. The m Pulson also up against
Katherine Bean of Saint Heliers and it was Catherine Bean
who ran out the winner by twenty one shots to nineteen.
And Catherine Bean has just in the last few minutes
repeated in another victory where she's beat beating the New

(01:40:57):
Zealand development player Lisa Pradeaux at how this afternoon so upsets,
I can tell you how big. In the woman singles
we saw current New Zealand blackjack player Selena Goddard defeated
by Olivia Menza and the young player out of the
Burnside Club and christ Church. She defended Selena Goddard, former

(01:41:17):
international player as well Wendy Jensen up against the News
selected New Zealand blackjack player out of the Platatuda Club
in New Plymouth, Briar Atkinson, while it was Wendy Gents
and the former black jack who the winner by twenty
one shots to aiden. Other prominent women's players the Champions,

(01:41:39):
World Champion and Champion singles player Mikayla Nathan of Birkenhead.
She's still going. She just defeated Angela Stevens big game
that would hack. But the real big game, I think
that's the game between Taylor Bruce and Dale Rayner of
Wellington a reign of course, a former blackjack and we
are of New Zealand titles, and she defeateded the big

(01:42:01):
match this morning Hannah Dawson, the up and coming young
player out of Howick Club. So the Bruce and Raina
game is being played now at Howick. At the end
of play today with the women's singles, Jason will be
down to the semi finalists, which will be all that
of course at Brown's play tomorrow and the men right

(01:42:22):
in the men's peers that they are playing to get
through the last eight tonight and they have caught a
final semi and final tomorrow and there playing there around
a sixteen. One prominent game this afternoon is Shannon McElroy
who's up against the former well known New Zealand Herald
sports writer wind And Gray, and they had a win

(01:42:46):
this morning in the first round this morning did Windin Gray,
very very passionate bowlers Wridden they'll have attack of Pluna Club.
But he's now up against Shannon McElroy and Robbie Reid
of the Stoke Club in Nelson, also going well in
the men's peers. Is the the runner up in the
men's singles last year. Sheldon begbie Hally and current New

(01:43:08):
Zealand player with his partner Aiden Ziesstein formerly of Patatudo,
now playing out of plays in Melbourne. They're making their
way to the last sixteen. Former New Zealand Singles winner
Taylor Horn he's won his way through and playing the
last sixteen. Keanu Derby the newly kept black Cat along
with Finn bar mcgriggan of Stokes Valley or Keu and

(01:43:32):
Finn both on their matches and now we played that
last sixteen along with Cadain Hully, another of the New
Zealand development players. We've played with Amos Kapi of the
Okato Club in Taranaki, playing their way to get into
the last sixteen. So because of the in and out
weather that we've had today, Jason, some Greens are a

(01:43:55):
headress results somewhere behind, so sort of in the catch
up phase, I suppose you could say. But the big surprise,
of course Gary Lawson going out in the peers and
the the impulsion and Selena god Exit in the women's singles.
Those the major upset at this point in time in
the Somerset Nationals.

Speaker 2 (01:44:17):
All right, so I guess we'll we know we'll have
new champions anyway when they're crowned in the and the
men's bear and the women's singles tomorrow. Has weather been
a factor across the you know, the last few days, Kevin?
Or is it is always? Is always a bit changeable?
Isn't it?

Speaker 11 (01:44:32):
To compliment Cny wouldn't want to be on the camping
holiday in the in the Auckland area at present if
it's not raining, it's blowing, all right, at least the
blowing Just about to say that from your point of view, Jason,

(01:44:53):
that that right now KLD will be the capital of
wind not well.

Speaker 2 (01:44:57):
Into all right, that's well like you've got some really
stuff competition as you know down here in terms of
how many I mean there's a lot of players, how
many greens have been used and will be used when
as the tournament goes on, well, as we.

Speaker 11 (01:45:12):
Light up for the day on Monday, they light up
for the women's, the women's peer and men's singles. That say,
the disability singles as well, it's around about it's twenty
seven greens around North Harbor and Auckland that they'll be using.
But we have got the advantage here in Auckland built
for the weather. I suppose if we've got the number

(01:45:34):
of artificial services and covered complexes as well, which we
really haven't had to use at this stage, that the
rain hasn't been totally disrupting. It's been annoying more than anything,
and the wind has just been constant. But you know,
it's a big demand on the organizers when you have
this inconsistent weather patterns for nine or ten days, certainly

(01:45:57):
in the early stages of the events, especially when they
need the most amount of greens. That really puts the
challenge out to the organizers.

Speaker 2 (01:46:05):
All right, So busy day or busy afternoon or the
rest of it today, then as you mentioned, we'll be
down to the final few who will play the matches tomorrow.
So what time will the will the titles be handed
out tomorrow afternoon? And where's headquarters?

Speaker 11 (01:46:18):
So headquarters at Brown's Bay, And I can tell you
that the if I look now, the quarterfinals will get
underway tomorrow morning out at Browns Bay at eight thirty am.
Because there's three rounds to be played, so quarterfinals, semifinal
and finals, and then the women's where of course we'll

(01:46:38):
be down to, will be down to the semifinals and
they will be played. Two semifinals will also be played
at eight to thirty at Browns Bay tomorrow and in
the final will follow at eleven thirty am, and then
the men's peers final will then be played later on
in the afternoon because they having to play three rounds

(01:47:01):
impeed to the women having to play the two rounds.

Speaker 2 (01:47:03):
Good stuff, Kevin, Well, hopefully we can we can bus
into your busy schedule tomorrow and get a further update
from you. But thanks so much for joining us this
afternoon and giving us such a comprehensive update.

Speaker 11 (01:47:14):
All the best, Sason, Thanks very much.

Speaker 2 (01:47:16):
All the best to you two, Kevin, Kevin Hicklin that
you know his voice, I'm sure from many many years
of covering the sport of balls. There you go, the
most up to date information you'll get and the upshot
tomorrow is the quarterfinals of the men's pairs from eight
thirty into semifinals and the final in the afternoon, and
in the women's singles, the semifinals from eight thirty tomorrow
morning with the final at eleven. Those finals matches taking

(01:47:39):
place at headquarters at Brown's Bay, and then following tomorrow's
action they'll flip it around and it'll be the men's
singles and the women's pairs following a very similar format
over the first three or four days of next week.
It's twenty three away from three. We'll get to some
more football in a moment. Australia have lost their fifth

(01:48:00):
wicket at the SCG and it is the Price scalp
of Steve Smith out for thirty three, So Australia one
hundred and one for five. Bo Webster on debut looking
pretty good, unbeaten on twenty eight including three boundaries. He's
been joined by Alex Carey, so one hundred and one
for five Australia. That in reply to India's first innings

(01:48:20):
yesterday of one hundred and eighty five. And in the
Super Spanish the Central Hins and their chase for one
hundred and fifteen to beat the Wellington Blaze and the
women's match at Saxton. Oval and Nelson have got off
to what you might call a rather inauspicious start. They
are fifteen for two. I've lost a couple of wickets
early on Holyamtage out for three and tams and Newton

(01:48:43):
for a dark, both to the bowling of Jess Kerr,
who was having an absolute day out after scoring fifty
nine with the bat. She's got two for seven with
the ball Jess Kerr. The Central Hines fifteen for two
after four overs, needing a further one hundred runs off
sixteen overs to beat the Wellington Blaze. Take a break,
come back and get inside the Wellington Phoenix women's camp.

(01:49:03):
They take on Perth Glory this afternoon. They're Englis. Olivia
Ferguson is with us right after this one.

Speaker 1 (01:49:10):
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Speaker 2 (01:49:18):
News Talks to Baby, News Talks to b It's nineteen
away from three. The Wellington Phoenix women's side back at
home this afternoon in a League women's action. They take
on Perth Glory at Pottydoor Park with a kickoff at four.
The Phoenix are currently seventh on the ladder, but just
one point outside the top six. Perth Glorious currently sitting
in ninth position. Phoenix striker Olivia Ferguson scored her first

(01:49:42):
goal for the club and last weekend's two to one
defeat away at league leaders Melbourne City.

Speaker 22 (01:49:48):
An Apple's giving away cheaply, Jarley fumbles and there it is,
Olivia fergus said, gets on the store sheet. As I
was mentioning being dangerous at times from City to work
their way out and Wellington punished them. Sup poor pass
from me res out straight to Jarley and ready and
waiting was a Glivia Ferguson her first goal and the

(01:50:09):
all important.

Speaker 10 (01:50:09):
First goal of this game.

Speaker 2 (01:50:10):
Olivia Ferguson as with us now. Thanks for taking the
time Olivia, despite the results obviously not going your way
a week ago. How satisfying was it to score your
first goal for your new club.

Speaker 21 (01:50:21):
Hello? Yeah, I think the result was obviously disappointing, but
the whole team performance we felt like we deserve to
get something out of the game. For me, getting my
first goal was really important. For anyone that's seen the goal,
it was probably of the easiest one of score all season,
but sometimes you just need one like that to get
off the mark. I would have preferred it if it

(01:50:43):
would have counted towards some points at the end of
the game. But yeah, we keep moving forward and we're
really pleased with Howard performed in the game.

Speaker 2 (01:50:50):
Well, one of the old editors about goals is that
they all count for one regardless of how they come
as a striker. How important is it for you to
contribute with goals even though your all around performances have
been have been good. How important is it to also
chalk up goals for the side?

Speaker 21 (01:51:06):
Yeah, definitely. I think when you wear number nine and
you're play in that position, you do carry that responsibility.
It's good for us that we've had goals from across
the pitch, and I do film my performances. They're adding
a lot of value even without goals. But yeah, I
do take that responsibility on my shoulders and I want
to be scoring and yeah, it's really good to be
off the mark and hopefully I can find a bit
of slow now in front of goal.

Speaker 2 (01:51:28):
It was a narrow defeating and a good performance, as
you've outlined, and it came off the back of a
four game and beaten streak. So over the last four
or five games, what particularly do you think has been
going really well for the side.

Speaker 21 (01:51:41):
Yeah, I think we've found some really good momentum. I
think that's everything in football, really positive performances individually but
also as a collective. I think we've really been buying
into what Paul Temple has been asking us to do. Tactically.
We've managed to make tweaks dependent on the opposition, which
has been really good for us. And yeah, I think

(01:52:02):
momentum is the most important thing, but I also don't
think we've lost that with the defeat. I think we'll
carry on going. Our performance was really good and we
were unlucky not to get something out of the game.

Speaker 3 (01:52:11):
In the end.

Speaker 2 (01:52:12):
Just the nine goals scored in eight games for the side.
You've been good defensively, but just nine goals scored. How
hard are you working on creating more chances and scoring
more goals? Yeah, we always are.

Speaker 21 (01:52:24):
We're working on that in training and finishing as well.
I think ultimately, you know, if we're struck tight at
the basket, can only take one goal to win a game.
So yeah, tightening up defensively was one of our targets
after the first couple of games, and then getting that
momentum with the wins. You know, we haven't been scoring
lots of goals but we've done enough to get the results,

(01:52:46):
which is the most important thing.

Speaker 2 (01:52:48):
In the attacking third. And it maybe lends itself to
what you mentioned before about technically tweaking things for different oppositions.
You've started the last five games, but the likes of
Grace Jarlay in the main less of winnerm and others
have been sort of rotated in and out of the
side and used and impact roles. Has that been challenging
at all for you or are the connections there regardless
of who's on the field.

Speaker 21 (01:53:09):
Yeah, no, I don't think so. Obviously, we trained together
full time in the week, so we have those connections,
and I think those players that have been used as
impact players has been brilliant off the bench. And we
have a big week coming up where we'll need to
use everybody across the three games. But yeah, no, we
all connect really well no matter who's.

Speaker 8 (01:53:28):
On the pitch.

Speaker 2 (01:53:29):
You played for a long time in the UK. Why
did you decide to make them move to the other
side of the world and link up with Wellington Phoenix.

Speaker 15 (01:53:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 21 (01:53:38):
I guess that's the question A lot of people have
asked me. I've played in England for quite a while.
I just fanted a different challenge. The A League was
exciting to me coming across to New Zealand and experience
in a different culture, meeting different people was also exciting
to me, just a life experience. But yeah, the A
League and playing for Phoenix was definitely what pulled me here.

(01:54:00):
Just a different challenge.

Speaker 6 (01:54:01):
Really.

Speaker 2 (01:54:02):
As a new player to the A League, have you
had to do a bit more work in the background
to familiarize yourself with the players and the teams that
you're coming up against for the first time.

Speaker 21 (01:54:12):
Yeah, definitely. I think our staff have been really good
with that, with the level of information we get given
before games anyway. But it can be a positive as well,
that little bit of naivety, especially when you play against
the bigger teams and bigger name players. Just that bit
of bravery and freedom without any expectations.

Speaker 2 (01:54:31):
Really, and here's the Phoeix been an easy team for
you to fit into. Culture wise, the playing group, the
coaching staff, for the living in Wellington.

Speaker 21 (01:54:40):
Yeah, I'm having such an amazing time. It's such a
great group. All the girls are lovely, the staff are lovely.
It's been one of the easiest places for me to settle,
even though it's so far away from home, but yeah,
it really does feel like home already. Everyone's been so
welcoming and so nice.

Speaker 2 (01:54:57):
So can your family and friends back home watch the games,
presuming they can pick them up somewhere.

Speaker 21 (01:55:01):
Yeah, they are managing to watch them. The biggest issue
is the time different. My dad's having to get us
at three am to watch the game. Sometimes you'll send
me a message after the game with what he thought
about the game, and it's just spelling mistakes everywhere. He's
type a silly hour in the morning. But my dad

(01:55:22):
and my granddad are actually over here now in Wellington
and they'll be they'll be at the game today, so
that'll be really.

Speaker 2 (01:55:27):
Nice, fantastic. Oh, that's great. That's typing will be a
lot better and they him probably just tell you after
the game rather than rather than send you a message.
That's terrific stuff. That's parental dedication and wonderful. You mentioned
before about the busy week ahead after Perth Glory this afternoon,
you've got a game on Thursday away at Western Sydney
and then Adelaide on Sunday. So with the slightly busier week,

(01:55:50):
does that change the way that you structure a week
with three games in it.

Speaker 3 (01:55:57):
Yeah, I guess.

Speaker 21 (01:55:58):
So we'll be training most days as we normally have
a day off, but we need to use every day
that we have to get the tactical information in. I
do think the group's in a really good place. I
think we've got the balance right between enjoying the New
Year and Christmas but also being in and training. We'll
obviously be needing to use our depth across our squad,
which I think we have really strong squad, and like

(01:56:20):
we spoke about those players before who have kind of
been rotated at times, we'll need everybody and they'll all
be ready, I'm sure, all right.

Speaker 2 (01:56:27):
And then so after these three games, that'll be the
halfway point of the twenty two game regular season. This
is probably a silly question to ask, but does Wellington
feel like a top six side to you?

Speaker 17 (01:56:39):
Oh?

Speaker 21 (01:56:40):
Definitely, I think looking at our performances, particularly in that
unbeaten run of those four games. You know, we've played
Brisbane Raw, we've played Sydney Efty, we've played Melbourne Citty
and we've had good performances and we've managed to get
results in those games. You know, the table is so sorry.
The ladder is so tight at the moment and you

(01:57:01):
know a result one way or another can leave you
in tenth or fourth, so it's really exciting. We just
concentrate on ourselves and I think by the end of
the season, yeah, we can definitely be finishing in that
top six.

Speaker 2 (01:57:13):
Fantastic Olivia, great to chat to you. All the best
against Perth Glory. Really appreciate you taking the time.

Speaker 8 (01:57:18):
Thank you so much, Thank you, Olivia.

Speaker 2 (01:57:19):
Olivia Ferguson there, English striker for Wellington Phoenix as women's
side four o'clockick off this afternoon at Pottydoor Park they
take on Perth Glory. Busy week ahead, as you heard
Olivia outline, there were three games in eight days, eleven
to three. It's lunch at the SCG. Australia have gone
to lunch at one hundred and one for five with

(01:57:40):
Bo Webster twenty eight not out and Alex Carey unbeaten
on four. So that's still a deficit of eighty four
runs after India made one eighty five yesterday in Nelson.
The Central Hinds have righted the ship somewhat. They are
twenty nine for two in the eighth over chasing one
hundred and fifteen to beat the Wellington Blaze in women's
T twenty actions. So was that eighty six runs off

(01:58:03):
thirteen overs, around six and a half and over for
the Central Hines. And we're just about to get under
way at the ASB Tennis Classic in the women's semifinals,
the first of which will pits Clara Tolson, the Danish player,
against Robin Montgomery from the United States, and the second
semifinal another US player, Alicia Parks up against Japanese player

(01:58:28):
Naomi Osaka. So the first semi set to get under
way in around ten minutes from now. It is ten
to three on newstalk Seedbright.

Speaker 1 (01:58:37):
Breaking down the Hail Mary's and the epic fails weekend
sport with Jason Hine News Talk ZB.

Speaker 2 (01:58:45):
Six and a half away from three. That is pretty
much US four weekend sport for today. Just Avidson's on
the radio after three o'clock with Summer Afternoons. Who's thanks
to Libby for producing the show this afternoon. Thank you
for listening, and we're back tomorrow between midday and three
for the Sunday edition. Quick sneak peek at what is
on the show for you tomorrow. There's a one Day
Cricket International, which will keep very close tabs on. That

(01:59:08):
is the first of three between the Black Aps and
Sri Lanka at the Base Reserve. SHEED will get underway
at eleven o'clock tomorrow, so it'll cut right across our shows,
so we'll keep you right up to date with that,
as we will with what's happening at the SCG and
at the ASB Tennis Classic as well on finals day
for the women. Also tomorrow, I want to catch up
with the director of football at Auckland FC. They are

(01:59:32):
undoubtedly one of the success stories of twenty twenty four
coming into twenty twenty five. How do they get so
good so quickly both on and off the field. Their
director of football is Terry mcflynn. He will join us
for a chat tomorrow. And for those of you who
make New Year's resolutions, what is the best way to
make sure that you keep them, especially in a sporting sense,

(01:59:54):
if you're perhaps a grassroots coach, how do you go
about setting New Year's resolutions and then importantly sticking to
those resolutions well? Our coaching guru Wayne Goldsmith and to
join us with New Year's resolutions advice for grassroots coaches,
That's tomorrow on the show as well, and lots of
other things besides to take Us Out Today. Well, Luke

(02:00:16):
Littler earlier today became the youngest ever champion of the
World in darts. He does not turn eighteen until the
twenty first of January. His birthday the twenty first of
January two thousand and seven, So taking Us Out is
the number one song on Luke Litler's birthday, January twenty one,

(02:00:37):
two thousand and seven, and it came courtesy of American
alternative rock band The Fray, who got all the way
to number one with this song, how to Save a Life,
said tomorrow at midday Life and our.

Speaker 10 (02:01:05):
Hard Lie? Where did I come wrong? Allow the player
in the fad? What else up you all?

Speaker 3 (02:01:18):
Night?

Speaker 10 (02:01:19):
Then? I don't say I am well? Did I go?
Allows the play long in the FATA? What else.

Speaker 3 (02:01:33):
You know?

Speaker 10 (02:01:34):
Night? Let I don't say the same lie? Ho say Lie?

Speaker 1 (02:02:11):
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