December 8, 2025 • 19 mins
On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 9th December 2025, a depleted Black Caps side was unable to get a win in the first cricket test match against the West Indies as the visitors shut up shop on the final day batting defensively to get the result. Jacob Duffy is a fast bowler for the Black Caps and he joined D'Arcy to reflect on the test match and look ahead to the second test where some new faces may feature
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And D'Arcy and Sports Journalist Ross Karl discuss the Black Caps selections for the second test against the West Indies and the All Blacks home schedule for 2025
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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This is Sportsfix Howard by News Talk, said.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
B Annas Warm.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Welcome to the Fixed podcast. I'm Darcy Watergrove Fanks very
much been joining us. This is all you need are
now in sport of a day here and bite size
packages lined up beyond the show. We have got Jacob Duppy.
I'm amazed to can talk or move after what he
had to endure in the first Test against the West
Indies at Hagley Oval, in which is going to talk
(00:44):
to us about that and the ICEPAF and a wee
bit more ahead of the second Test match which gets
underway in Wellington tomorrow. Doub got a couple of opinions
to share. Surprise, surprise, and we'll be joined in the
chamber like Ross Carl as we take a look at
the selections for the Black Caps and the nature of
(01:06):
the Test season for the All Blacks next year. That's
our plan, So let's head go news in a short
sports spring through. Who said, what hey? Is the latest
and the long line of cricketers to gain a Black Cap.
He's been three soapar this year three the year before that.
The category keeper is in. Tom Blundle is not broken.
(01:29):
Skipper Tom Latham announced the step up Today's.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
From me starting up a press conference, but unfortunately Tom
Blundle has been ruled out of this. The second chest
switch obviously means we'll have Matchey who has been calling
for squad and he's going to make his debut tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And he will not and he will not lose that position.
I don't know that sure, but I figure to print
Classy A gypsion and Liverpool striker Mosella is upsetting the
locals after his behavior around a lack of selection for
the team. He's been left out as well of the
traveling teams of Milan the Champions League Exchange after having
(02:10):
a crack at the club last week. Ex Pool defender
Jamie Carragher is not happy.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
I thought it was a discresse what he did after
the game. Some people have painted it as animal shell
out first. I don't think it was. I think Weather
Mosseller stops in a nixel, which he's done four times
in eight years at Liverpool.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
It's choreographed.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
The touch paper on the twenty twenty six All Black
season will be ignited at christ Its Dancy Stadium into
our general manager of professional Rugby, Chris Lindron. It was
an easy decision, wasn't it, Chris?
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yes, it's probably the simple answer for owners of the
country are important to us, but the Canterbury region is
a heartland for rugby, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And then I'll do it for you. A short sprint
through sport here on the Fix.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
News and a bellion. It's Sportsfix with Dancy Vandergrave.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's a big hello to Jacob Duffy Paceman, one of
the most experienced ones we've got now out of the
Black Caps ahead of tomorrow's Test up against the West
Indies at the Basin Reserve.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
Good a, Jacob, how are we doing?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You're right, I'm doing probably a lot better than you.
How long would the ice bath for after that first test?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (03:27):
I had to do a decent one.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
But three days later, mate, were sat up right and bluddy,
how we're good to go again?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Well, we're still relatively young, and you know you're full
of verve. So I suppose when you sat there through it,
what did your process through your mind about what actually
happened in christ Church?
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Yeah? I like that mate thirty one years old. Young.
It was a funny one.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
We obviously worked so bloody hard man and there's a
bit of a hollow fairland to get through that and
only have a drawer on the end of it. Yees't
wasn't super tough with that. But yeah, at the same time,
you'll be proud of what you put on the park.
And the boys tried their dead guts out and it
kind of fell out. There's not much more we could
have done, obviously with only three and a half bowlers,
I guess you could say so, yeah, one hand was
(04:09):
very deflating and gutting, but I guess a couple of
days later you can sit there and be proud of
there for you put in.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
For all intents and purposes. It could have been a
lot worse. They could have got trigger happy and tried
to smash all over the park so they scored a
lot of runs. See it's unlikely, but that that thought
go through your mind, and old on. These guys are
in a bit now, they're seeing the ball. Okay, maybe
they will chuck the bad at us.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Well, I'll be honest, up until tea time, that's kind
of what I thought.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
The plan was, and from your point of.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
View, honestly, I think as long as they kind of
kept on trying to go for I think that would
have given us the chance. But just the fact that
they shut up shop and defended like that just kind
of took us out a big game.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
On that wicket it just becomes so placid and if
you want to occupy the crease, it just didn't seem
that hard. So I was kind of hoping that they
were still gone for it, and I sort of thought,
you know, why not look at a bit of history,
like to chase five hundred plus there on day five
obviously doesn't have very often, and if they did that,
they would have brought us back into the game too.
But that was an incredible sort of innings from them,
(05:06):
and grieves and shake hope and came out there at
the end.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
So care play to the windows. I guess.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I watched McCallum smash the fastest test sentry at that
very same ground, and honestly I had the fear that
some of it all over again. Jacob, did you consider
ringing up Steve Smith or David Warner for a bit
of assistance, because that was a dead pitch. There was
nothing you could do. What did you even try out there?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Well, you saw it, mate, I guess we tried everything.
There's a lot of around the wick at bumpers, which
my body wasn't too thankful for.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
But you know, we did a lot of that.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
That obviously worked a lot in the first innings and
then a little bit in the second in things.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Too, But man, you do anything. You saw it. We tried,
they'll pitch it up. We tried. We thought the ball
got into.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
A condition where it might reverse a bit, but I
guess that wind just took everything out of it and
just suck the life out of that pitch. And yeah,
I guess.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
What you saw was all we had.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It was around The work at bumpers kind of made
things happen a little bit, but I guess just the
slow nature of it by the end of the by
the end of the fifth day, and the way they play,
I think they did bloody well. So we threw everything
we could it and hopefully the.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
Wellington picture got more life and it that's for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
So you're good as gold to come rolling back in again,
because you're going to be the scene at the ripe
young age of thirty one, you're basically going to be
the senior man and that side. I'm presuming if Folks
goes back in there again, maybe Techna might get selected.
But there's a couple of new guys on the horizon
as well. See, you're going to carry quite.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
A lot, don't you.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Here there is mate, there's a fresh, fresh looking bowling
line up, which that's awesome. I know we all know
each other pretty well, you know me and texting on
very well and mail mate Raiser from backing the Ittager
days is in the lineup and Christian Clark there too,
so that's that's awesome.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
It's exciting.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I think between us we've got seven Test cips, so
we'll find a way to get twenty twenty Test wickets
and you can get up mount back in that limo
will be there'll be an awesome story to tell.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Here's an old one for you. In two years there
have been six debutantes Test cricket tons of the black Caps.
They've all been seemas you're churning through them, aren't you.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I guess yeah. It just shows you the state of
player cricket at the moment. Man, we're playing so much cricket.
I think I counted out the other day. I think
that it was like the eighteenth game already the summer
that's going back to you know that Ossie twenty twenty
series and the turnarounds have just been ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
We're playing some in the twenty twenties.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We played back to it game sometimes or two or
three days between each game, and then obviously that test
going the full five days only go us three days here,
so there's a lot of cricket, and then you top
in whatever guys are doing in the winter two. So
I guess it's the nature cricket these days, and probably
it's only even get worse too, with more, more and
more cricket than they send to jam these games in
the schedule too. So that's good fun, bloody loving it.
(07:54):
But it certainly takes a toll on the body, that's sure,
and you're.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Unlikely to say no to any demands or commands or
orders right from them up above you. You want to
give me some cricket, I'm going to play because what
have you got five years? If you want to do
whatever you.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Can right, Definitely, we had a combo about with Rob
about that at the start of the summer, and you know,
because there was talk about guys resting series here and there,
and he sort of asked me what I want. I said, mate,
I'm thirty one. I've waited ten years to be in
the edition, so I want to play big and bloody
game of can So he's taking that the tree. I'm
going to pick for most of them, so I can't
complain about that.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Dissecting the sporting agenda, it's Sportsfix with Darcy Waldergrave.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Over the wee King. The twenty twenty five season wound up.
It wound up with Lando Norris winning the Drivers Championship,
wonderful for McLaren. Of course, they also picked up the
Constructors Championship, Lando Norris, Oscar Pastrey doing what was required
of them, and the Papaya stuck in the middle of
that Max first Step and who tried his darndest at
(08:59):
the end of the season to overtake Lando Norris. It
didn't quite work over for a few points lost early
in the season. It was a great way to end
a championship. The three characters who've given us the most
joy all ended up on the podium. I salute them,
I applaud them. What I don't salute or applaud though.
(09:20):
Is Formula one holding the last race of the season
at such a boring, horrible, soulless track as that mess
in Abu Dhabi. Yeah it looks pretty with the lights,
but that's not a race track that doesn't have anything
we want to see. There is no elevation, there is
no jeopardy, there is nothing. It is so dull sort
(09:43):
of pitstops. There's nothing else to watch in that. I''m
disgusted all of these races, all of these Middle Eastern
races have appeared, and they offer nothing to the spectacle
of Formula one. Stop it, Stop it now. Next year
we've got a brand new season, brand new cars. It's
going to be fantastic. But stop going to the Middle East.
(10:07):
Other point, track limits mental. The policing of track limits
will be the death of Formula One. Okay, it's a
little over the top, but instead of penalizing drivers for
driving off the track, just put sand traps back in again.
You want to be punitive around track limits. When they
go off the tracks, they hit the kit editor they
(10:27):
can't go any further. That will discourage drivers from playing
fast and loose with track limits. I don't care if
they spread kitty litter. I don't care if the race
has to stop as they pluck a car out of
the sand pit. I just want to see more Jeopardy
in Formula one and we are not getting it with
the ridiculous track limit concept.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Roscale joins us now and the Chamber, Great Tavy and
air Roscala. I trust you well and are enjoying the
ridiculous heat that Auckland's bring.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Oh isn't it nice?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (11:04):
You you're just sweating all the time.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Reveling in the actions about a couple of big sh
topics today. And I suppose that one of the big
ones for me is is there anybody left to play
cricket at a test level for New Zealand? How much
do you know about Ray and Clark because one of
those guys is probably going to debut tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (11:26):
Bugger all other than reading their cricket and fe information. Darcy,
you know, get in knee op. You could be in
the black Caps next week.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
But these guys they've got an opportunity. I suppose of
anything and what we've seen in the last two years,
as we've seen six test debutantes for New Zealand have
all been seamans. What's that screen that you workload?
Speaker 7 (11:50):
Workload issues, Lots and lots of workload injuries.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
What about technique? What about the way they're trained? Remember
a while ago you probably don't, you're probably a bit young,
but we used to break fast bowlers at Lincoln All.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Yeah, because they're playing on indoor facilities with a concrete
base and those kind of things. Yeah, yeah, I mean
I think that's it. And when you consider that these
guys have got a short period of time to make
a hell of a lot of money if they head
to the PSL or the Caribbean Premier League and all
those things, the gaps in between international cricket and our
chokker with the ability to go and play, I'll swear
(12:23):
and do other things, you know, and.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
I'll do that naturally, won't they? I go, well, and
what could be broken in half in a year, A
monstill make myself a couple.
Speaker 7 (12:30):
Okay, yeah, yeah, exactly, So now is your time to
cash in so to some degree, and similar to you
know what they were saying about the ashes, I think
Tris Gothic was saying about the ashes and the fact
that they didn't have any warm up games. Modern cricket
means it's just cricket all the time, and the chance
to have time out and prepare and get things perfectly
in place before a series, whether it's your body or
(12:53):
the team practice sessions or the ability to just get
some time in the middle. It's not that easy to
prep the way that you need to prep because of
all of those constraints. I think you see on a
cricket have actually done quite a good job of allowing,
especially senior players time out here and there to just
make up for it.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I look at the line up, I look at these
guys and I find a positive in this and the
fact there is I know some of them are getting older,
but Jacob Duffy, for example, reckons he got picked too
early way back when in domestic cricket. But there are
guys who can fill these positions. And you got to
stand there and go, this is pretty amazing when you
consider who we've lost, the fact that we can field
(13:34):
a team. You've got to applaud them, don't.
Speaker 7 (13:37):
You, one hundred percent? And in home conditions it's a
great place for them to get into it. You know,
if you're having the same issue when you're about to
go to India, you know you'd be worrying. Wouldn't you
bring in, you know, a guy who's got two or
three five wicket bags and a longish first class career.
To go up overseas against the top team would be difficult.
But in these conditions against the West Indies, what a
(13:58):
perfect time to provide some opportunity and give them a
chance to build some depth and making sure that in
time to come there'll be someone else there who's the
next drop.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
What did you make of that? In West Indies experiment?
I say experiment because when you lose a hole on
the planes for the last day or so, it does
become an experiment. Was they good out of that? Do
you think?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well?
Speaker 7 (14:18):
I mean, I suppose you learn resilience. Do you you
learn what your body is capable of? But what they
also learned is that they couldn't get the wickeds that
they needed, and they spent a lot of time in
the field chasing some leather.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
They should to rng up Steve Smith or David Warner
and said, mate, can you leand us some sandpaper? Because
that's the only time they get the damn thing to
move right.
Speaker 7 (14:38):
Yeah, that's Test cricket though, isn't it. The first two
or three days you try to really roll them because
by the end if they've got some resilience and you know,
we saw with the English that they didn't really you know,
the ability to stick out a Test match when you're
right up against the wall. That was really good from
the West Indies. You know, that is good old fashioned
cricket and that's something they should be incredibly proud of
(14:59):
as an achievement.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I looked at that. I was there at Hagley Over
when Brendan McCallum just tore shreds and scored the fastest century.
And I'm watching these guys back going could this happen again?
One of them are unleashed, just let go. I kind
of thought they might have had a crack. Yeah, yeah, no,
anyway back again Wellington tomorrow's the best looking forward to
(15:24):
seeing Ray or Clark whoever they actually picked for that
lineup eight you're right rugby, like right in your cross hears,
in your wheelhouse. Whatever they say. The Test next year
there is eight hundred thousand of them, but only four
in New Zealand. It's starting off in christ Church makes
sense I supposed.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Isn't it.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
Yeah, one hundred percent. Starting in christ Church giving them
that Test match. I mean they're gonna have a big
year at that stadium between that and the Super Round,
and I think a Warrior's game as well. There's plenty
going to be going on there.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Hopefully there's a few concerts too for the locals.
Speaker 7 (15:55):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And to start off there I
think is great. They do only have four Test matches,
and when the All Blacks are your number one money
maker and all you have is four home Test match
is to really take everything you can out of that
cash cow. What position are you in other than to
take it to the major centers, to fill as many
(16:17):
seats as possible, fell up as many corporate boxes as possible,
which is also incredibly important. I look at their decisions
and personally, for me, if your New Zealand rugby and
money isn't easy to come by, sometimes you've just got
to go where the money is.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
I have a problem with Wellington get another Test match,
mainly because we haven't got a great record there and
while they filled a couple up, but that was South
Africa and France. You understand, not so much against Argentina,
although they've got a I think they've got a better
record here in recent times. In South Africa or Australia,
that is another story. But I thought in this case,
(16:53):
there are plenty of grounds twenty twenty five thousand around
that country. How about taking this game against Italy. This
is not going to sell it against Italy and showing
some love to the provinces. Have they got no hat?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
You've got to do what you got to do, Darcy.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
They're not going to sell out against Eily and Wellington,
are they.
Speaker 7 (17:13):
Well, they're going to have to do a good job
of marketing here then.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Aren't they.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Are they?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
You know, I think there are a lot of things
tied to these decisions that happen in the back rooms,
and especially when you're selling corporate gigs and you're saying, Okay,
you buy this corporate box and you're going to get
this many Super Rugby games, you're going to get this
many NBC games, and you're going to get a test match.
You sell that, and especially in the major centers where
there are a lot of corporate boxes. You look at
the size of the corporate box element going all the
(17:38):
way around the graveyard I and the cake tin and
you know.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
I saw Dean Carter, rip Sheett and Bus there years
ago against the line, so I'll always have that memory.
I'll forget about the yellow seats.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
Yeah yeah, Sometimes you've got to go where that money
is coming from, and that's it. It would be awesome
to see them there. I remember being in Nelson for
that Test match in twenty seventeen. What a wonderful experience
that was against Argentina, and just the way that the
town got in behind it. The days leading in. We
might have had a few beers on multiple nights and
people are out all week long and enjoying themselves, and
(18:14):
that night afterwards was great. There was something about taking
it to a small place that's very rarely had a
Test match before that is incredible. But will it make
them as much money at a time where money is
hard to come by.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I don't know if any of the decisions they've made
in the last five years have made them any money
at all. The provinces are suffer, the Hurricanes have lost
two million bucks. Chamber door is open, ross Carl you
being boot it out. Thanks very much for your opinions.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
Love your work.
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B Annas Warm.
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Welcome to the Fixed podcast. I'm Darcy Watergrove Fanks very
much been joining us. This is all you need are
now in sport of a day here and bite size
packages lined up beyond the show. We have got Jacob Duppy.
I'm amazed to can talk or move after what he
had to endure in the first Test against the West
Indies at Hagley Oval, in which is going to talk
(00:44):
to us about that and the ICEPAF and a wee
bit more ahead of the second Test match which gets
underway in Wellington tomorrow. Doub got a couple of opinions
to share. Surprise, surprise, and we'll be joined in the
chamber like Ross Carl as we take a look at
the selections for the Black Caps and the nature of
(01:06):
the Test season for the All Blacks next year. That's
our plan, So let's head go news in a short
sports spring through. Who said, what hey? Is the latest
and the long line of cricketers to gain a Black Cap.
He's been three soapar this year three the year before that.
The category keeper is in. Tom Blundle is not broken.
(01:29):
Skipper Tom Latham announced the step up Today's.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
From me starting up a press conference, but unfortunately Tom
Blundle has been ruled out of this. The second chest
switch obviously means we'll have Matchey who has been calling
for squad and he's going to make his debut tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And he will not and he will not lose that position.
I don't know that sure, but I figure to print
Classy A gypsion and Liverpool striker Mosella is upsetting the
locals after his behavior around a lack of selection for
the team. He's been left out as well of the
traveling teams of Milan the Champions League Exchange after having
(02:10):
a crack at the club last week. Ex Pool defender
Jamie Carragher is not happy.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
I thought it was a discresse what he did after
the game. Some people have painted it as animal shell
out first. I don't think it was. I think Weather
Mosseller stops in a nixel, which he's done four times
in eight years at Liverpool.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
It's choreographed.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
The touch paper on the twenty twenty six All Black
season will be ignited at christ Its Dancy Stadium into
our general manager of professional Rugby, Chris Lindron. It was
an easy decision, wasn't it, Chris?
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yes, it's probably the simple answer for owners of the
country are important to us, but the Canterbury region is
a heartland for rugby, isn't it?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And then I'll do it for you. A short sprint
through sport here on the Fix.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
News and a bellion. It's Sportsfix with Dancy Vandergrave.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's a big hello to Jacob Duffy Paceman, one of
the most experienced ones we've got now out of the
Black Caps ahead of tomorrow's Test up against the West
Indies at the Basin Reserve.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
Good a, Jacob, how are we doing?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
You're right, I'm doing probably a lot better than you.
How long would the ice bath for after that first test?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (03:27):
I had to do a decent one.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
But three days later, mate, were sat up right and bluddy,
how we're good to go again?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Well, we're still relatively young, and you know you're full
of verve. So I suppose when you sat there through it,
what did your process through your mind about what actually
happened in christ Church?
Speaker 6 (03:43):
Yeah? I like that mate thirty one years old. Young.
It was a funny one.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
We obviously worked so bloody hard man and there's a
bit of a hollow fairland to get through that and
only have a drawer on the end of it. Yees't
wasn't super tough with that. But yeah, at the same time,
you'll be proud of what you put on the park.
And the boys tried their dead guts out and it
kind of fell out. There's not much more we could
have done, obviously with only three and a half bowlers,
I guess you could say so, yeah, one hand was
(04:09):
very deflating and gutting, but I guess a couple of
days later you can sit there and be proud of
there for you put in.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
For all intents and purposes. It could have been a
lot worse. They could have got trigger happy and tried
to smash all over the park so they scored a
lot of runs. See it's unlikely, but that that thought
go through your mind, and old on. These guys are
in a bit now, they're seeing the ball. Okay, maybe
they will chuck the bad at us.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Well, I'll be honest, up until tea time, that's kind
of what I thought.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
The plan was, and from your point of.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
View, honestly, I think as long as they kind of
kept on trying to go for I think that would
have given us the chance. But just the fact that
they shut up shop and defended like that just kind
of took us out a big game.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
On that wicket it just becomes so placid and if
you want to occupy the crease, it just didn't seem
that hard. So I was kind of hoping that they
were still gone for it, and I sort of thought,
you know, why not look at a bit of history,
like to chase five hundred plus there on day five
obviously doesn't have very often, and if they did that,
they would have brought us back into the game too.
But that was an incredible sort of innings from them,
(05:06):
and grieves and shake hope and came out there at
the end.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
So care play to the windows. I guess.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I watched McCallum smash the fastest test sentry at that
very same ground, and honestly I had the fear that
some of it all over again. Jacob, did you consider
ringing up Steve Smith or David Warner for a bit
of assistance, because that was a dead pitch. There was
nothing you could do. What did you even try out there?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Well, you saw it, mate, I guess we tried everything.
There's a lot of around the wick at bumpers, which
my body wasn't too thankful for.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
But you know, we did a lot of that.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
That obviously worked a lot in the first innings and
then a little bit in the second in things.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Too, But man, you do anything. You saw it. We tried,
they'll pitch it up. We tried. We thought the ball
got into.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
A condition where it might reverse a bit, but I
guess that wind just took everything out of it and
just suck the life out of that pitch. And yeah,
I guess.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
What you saw was all we had.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It was around The work at bumpers kind of made
things happen a little bit, but I guess just the
slow nature of it by the end of the by
the end of the fifth day, and the way they play,
I think they did bloody well. So we threw everything
we could it and hopefully the.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
Wellington picture got more life and it that's for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
So you're good as gold to come rolling back in again,
because you're going to be the scene at the ripe
young age of thirty one, you're basically going to be
the senior man and that side. I'm presuming if Folks
goes back in there again, maybe Techna might get selected.
But there's a couple of new guys on the horizon
as well. See, you're going to carry quite.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
A lot, don't you.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Here there is mate, there's a fresh, fresh looking bowling
line up, which that's awesome. I know we all know
each other pretty well, you know me and texting on
very well and mail mate Raiser from backing the Ittager
days is in the lineup and Christian Clark there too,
so that's that's awesome.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
It's exciting.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I think between us we've got seven Test cips, so
we'll find a way to get twenty twenty Test wickets
and you can get up mount back in that limo
will be there'll be an awesome story to tell.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Here's an old one for you. In two years there
have been six debutantes Test cricket tons of the black Caps.
They've all been seemas you're churning through them, aren't you.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I guess yeah. It just shows you the state of
player cricket at the moment. Man, we're playing so much cricket.
I think I counted out the other day. I think
that it was like the eighteenth game already the summer
that's going back to you know that Ossie twenty twenty
series and the turnarounds have just been ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
We're playing some in the twenty twenties.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We played back to it game sometimes or two or
three days between each game, and then obviously that test
going the full five days only go us three days here,
so there's a lot of cricket, and then you top
in whatever guys are doing in the winter two. So
I guess it's the nature cricket these days, and probably
it's only even get worse too, with more, more and
more cricket than they send to jam these games in
the schedule too. So that's good fun, bloody loving it.
(07:54):
But it certainly takes a toll on the body, that's sure,
and you're.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Unlikely to say no to any demands or commands or
orders right from them up above you. You want to
give me some cricket, I'm going to play because what
have you got five years? If you want to do
whatever you.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Can right, Definitely, we had a combo about with Rob
about that at the start of the summer, and you know,
because there was talk about guys resting series here and there,
and he sort of asked me what I want. I said, mate,
I'm thirty one. I've waited ten years to be in
the edition, so I want to play big and bloody
game of can So he's taking that the tree. I'm
going to pick for most of them, so I can't
complain about that.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Dissecting the sporting agenda, it's Sportsfix with Darcy Waldergrave.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Over the wee King. The twenty twenty five season wound up.
It wound up with Lando Norris winning the Drivers Championship,
wonderful for McLaren. Of course, they also picked up the
Constructors Championship, Lando Norris, Oscar Pastrey doing what was required
of them, and the Papaya stuck in the middle of
that Max first Step and who tried his darndest at
(08:59):
the end of the season to overtake Lando Norris. It
didn't quite work over for a few points lost early
in the season. It was a great way to end
a championship. The three characters who've given us the most
joy all ended up on the podium. I salute them,
I applaud them. What I don't salute or applaud though.
(09:20):
Is Formula one holding the last race of the season
at such a boring, horrible, soulless track as that mess
in Abu Dhabi. Yeah it looks pretty with the lights,
but that's not a race track that doesn't have anything
we want to see. There is no elevation, there is
no jeopardy, there is nothing. It is so dull sort
(09:43):
of pitstops. There's nothing else to watch in that. I''m
disgusted all of these races, all of these Middle Eastern
races have appeared, and they offer nothing to the spectacle
of Formula one. Stop it, Stop it now. Next year
we've got a brand new season, brand new cars. It's
going to be fantastic. But stop going to the Middle East.
(10:07):
Other point, track limits mental. The policing of track limits
will be the death of Formula One. Okay, it's a
little over the top, but instead of penalizing drivers for
driving off the track, just put sand traps back in again.
You want to be punitive around track limits. When they
go off the tracks, they hit the kit editor they
(10:27):
can't go any further. That will discourage drivers from playing
fast and loose with track limits. I don't care if
they spread kitty litter. I don't care if the race
has to stop as they pluck a car out of
the sand pit. I just want to see more Jeopardy
in Formula one and we are not getting it with
the ridiculous track limit concept.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Roscale joins us now and the Chamber, Great Tavy and
air Roscala. I trust you well and are enjoying the
ridiculous heat that Auckland's bring.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Oh isn't it nice?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (11:04):
You you're just sweating all the time.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Reveling in the actions about a couple of big sh
topics today. And I suppose that one of the big
ones for me is is there anybody left to play
cricket at a test level for New Zealand? How much
do you know about Ray and Clark because one of
those guys is probably going to debut tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (11:26):
Bugger all other than reading their cricket and fe information. Darcy,
you know, get in knee op. You could be in
the black Caps next week.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
But these guys they've got an opportunity. I suppose of
anything and what we've seen in the last two years,
as we've seen six test debutantes for New Zealand have
all been seamans. What's that screen that you workload?
Speaker 7 (11:50):
Workload issues, Lots and lots of workload injuries.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
What about technique? What about the way they're trained? Remember
a while ago you probably don't, you're probably a bit young,
but we used to break fast bowlers at Lincoln All.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Yeah, because they're playing on indoor facilities with a concrete
base and those kind of things. Yeah, yeah, I mean
I think that's it. And when you consider that these
guys have got a short period of time to make
a hell of a lot of money if they head
to the PSL or the Caribbean Premier League and all
those things, the gaps in between international cricket and our
chokker with the ability to go and play, I'll swear
(12:23):
and do other things, you know, and.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
I'll do that naturally, won't they? I go, well, and
what could be broken in half in a year, A
monstill make myself a couple.
Speaker 7 (12:30):
Okay, yeah, yeah, exactly, So now is your time to
cash in so to some degree, and similar to you
know what they were saying about the ashes, I think
Tris Gothic was saying about the ashes and the fact
that they didn't have any warm up games. Modern cricket
means it's just cricket all the time, and the chance
to have time out and prepare and get things perfectly
in place before a series, whether it's your body or
(12:53):
the team practice sessions or the ability to just get
some time in the middle. It's not that easy to
prep the way that you need to prep because of
all of those constraints. I think you see on a
cricket have actually done quite a good job of allowing,
especially senior players time out here and there to just
make up for it.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I look at the line up, I look at these
guys and I find a positive in this and the
fact there is I know some of them are getting older,
but Jacob Duffy, for example, reckons he got picked too
early way back when in domestic cricket. But there are
guys who can fill these positions. And you got to
stand there and go, this is pretty amazing when you
consider who we've lost, the fact that we can field
(13:34):
a team. You've got to applaud them, don't.
Speaker 7 (13:37):
You, one hundred percent? And in home conditions it's a
great place for them to get into it. You know,
if you're having the same issue when you're about to
go to India, you know you'd be worrying. Wouldn't you
bring in, you know, a guy who's got two or
three five wicket bags and a longish first class career.
To go up overseas against the top team would be difficult.
But in these conditions against the West Indies, what a
(13:58):
perfect time to provide some opportunity and give them a
chance to build some depth and making sure that in
time to come there'll be someone else there who's the
next drop.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
What did you make of that? In West Indies experiment?
I say experiment because when you lose a hole on
the planes for the last day or so, it does
become an experiment. Was they good out of that? Do
you think?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well?
Speaker 7 (14:18):
I mean, I suppose you learn resilience. Do you you
learn what your body is capable of? But what they
also learned is that they couldn't get the wickeds that
they needed, and they spent a lot of time in
the field chasing some leather.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
They should to rng up Steve Smith or David Warner
and said, mate, can you leand us some sandpaper? Because
that's the only time they get the damn thing to
move right.
Speaker 7 (14:38):
Yeah, that's Test cricket though, isn't it. The first two
or three days you try to really roll them because
by the end if they've got some resilience and you know,
we saw with the English that they didn't really you know,
the ability to stick out a Test match when you're
right up against the wall. That was really good from
the West Indies. You know, that is good old fashioned
cricket and that's something they should be incredibly proud of
(14:59):
as an achievement.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I looked at that. I was there at Hagley Over
when Brendan McCallum just tore shreds and scored the fastest century.
And I'm watching these guys back going could this happen again?
One of them are unleashed, just let go. I kind
of thought they might have had a crack. Yeah, yeah, no,
anyway back again Wellington tomorrow's the best looking forward to
(15:24):
seeing Ray or Clark whoever they actually picked for that
lineup eight you're right rugby, like right in your cross hears,
in your wheelhouse. Whatever they say. The Test next year
there is eight hundred thousand of them, but only four
in New Zealand. It's starting off in christ Church makes
sense I supposed.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Isn't it.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
Yeah, one hundred percent. Starting in christ Church giving them
that Test match. I mean they're gonna have a big
year at that stadium between that and the Super Round,
and I think a Warrior's game as well. There's plenty
going to be going on there.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Hopefully there's a few concerts too for the locals.
Speaker 7 (15:55):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And to start off there I
think is great. They do only have four Test matches,
and when the All Blacks are your number one money
maker and all you have is four home Test match
is to really take everything you can out of that
cash cow. What position are you in other than to
take it to the major centers, to fill as many
(16:17):
seats as possible, fell up as many corporate boxes as possible,
which is also incredibly important. I look at their decisions
and personally, for me, if your New Zealand rugby and
money isn't easy to come by, sometimes you've just got
to go where the money is.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
I have a problem with Wellington get another Test match,
mainly because we haven't got a great record there and
while they filled a couple up, but that was South
Africa and France. You understand, not so much against Argentina,
although they've got a I think they've got a better
record here in recent times. In South Africa or Australia,
that is another story. But I thought in this case,
(16:53):
there are plenty of grounds twenty twenty five thousand around
that country. How about taking this game against Italy. This
is not going to sell it against Italy and showing
some love to the provinces. Have they got no hat?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
You've got to do what you got to do, Darcy.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
They're not going to sell out against Eily and Wellington,
are they.
Speaker 7 (17:13):
Well, they're going to have to do a good job
of marketing here then.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Aren't they.
Speaker 3 (17:15):
Are they?
Speaker 7 (17:16):
You know, I think there are a lot of things
tied to these decisions that happen in the back rooms,
and especially when you're selling corporate gigs and you're saying, Okay,
you buy this corporate box and you're going to get
this many Super Rugby games, you're going to get this
many NBC games, and you're going to get a test match.
You sell that, and especially in the major centers where
there are a lot of corporate boxes. You look at
the size of the corporate box element going all the
(17:38):
way around the graveyard I and the cake tin and
you know.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
I saw Dean Carter, rip Sheett and Bus there years
ago against the line, so I'll always have that memory.
I'll forget about the yellow seats.
Speaker 7 (17:51):
Yeah yeah, Sometimes you've got to go where that money
is coming from, and that's it. It would be awesome
to see them there. I remember being in Nelson for
that Test match in twenty seventeen. What a wonderful experience
that was against Argentina, and just the way that the
town got in behind it. The days leading in. We
might have had a few beers on multiple nights and
people are out all week long and enjoying themselves, and
(18:14):
that night afterwards was great. There was something about taking
it to a small place that's very rarely had a
Test match before that is incredible. But will it make
them as much money at a time where money is
hard to come by.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I don't know if any of the decisions they've made
in the last five years have made them any money
at all. The provinces are suffer, the Hurricanes have lost
two million bucks. Chamber door is open, ross Carl you
being boot it out. Thanks very much for your opinions.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
Love your work.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
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Speaker 3 (18:51):
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