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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News talks'd be and first ball, Henry's gone New Zealand.
They leave by six hundred and fifty seven.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Henry runs off the field quickly because New Zealand will
get a few overs in England.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Is it enough?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Lane?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Is it enough? Said? Enough? Is it enough?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Look, it's two days to go, so there's plenty of
time for the English batsman. That's only three hundred and
you know twenty on a day.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Have you ever they only got one forty in the
first innings.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Jeez, I know, even the fact that there might be
some chance of England chasing these runs down. Andrew Ordison
joins us from sid And Park and Hamilton just to
let you know they're going to bowl six overs in
the second innings or get to seven thirty, whichever comes first.
We're in the third of those six overs, England nine
for one. How do you start to sum today up
for us?
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Orders?
Speaker 2 (01:03):
She gets a good question. Friday has been well, I
mean dominated, haven't they? But I thought towards the end
of the innings it did start to get a bit
fascical and the fact that they're chasing six hundred and
fifty eight, Z probably could have gone out sooner, But
it really is conservative with a capital C sending that
sort of targramy that is beyond the six hundred and
(01:23):
fifty four for five, the highest fourth innings and test
history that England made against Africa and the timeless test
of nineteen thirty nine.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Before they had to catch a train to catch a
boat for home.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yes, I remember you reporting on that on the tenth day,
sending through your match report from Durbin on the town
before you boarded the train. I'm being silly. Why do
you think New Zealand didn't pull out earlier six hundred
and fifty eight? What would have been the difference pulling
out at five hundred and fifty eight, for example?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
I've been pondering this.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Is it that they're concerned that it was just as
like a fear of England or something like that. Maybe
they wanted to grind them down one last time and absolutely.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Make sure that they could pull off as dead rubber.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
But I do think that New Zealand had done well
nonetheless to be able to put it to England so emphatically.
I mean to get to four fifty three in that
second innings is still an excellent showing. I mean, came
Williamson one hundred and fifty six was a top innings
getting to a century with a six down the ground
of Jacob Bethel a magnificent stroke.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
In his thirty third Test century.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Pinty, I thought the runs of the day for me,
beyond Williamson, probably Rutch and Ravender of playing innings that
was really uncharacteristic of him was that forty four off ninety.
He was seven off fifty one at one stay. He's
just got to hope that the you know, super kings.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Went watching that innings.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
But nonetheless, you know, he really grounded out and even
to the ire of some of the England bowlers, I
mean Stokes even questioning him not coming out before the
night Watchman last night he saw Brydon Cas giv him
up godfull and then Matthew Potts when he was dismissed
it gave him a pretty snarling sceendof too.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
So he is really guess you take it as a
bage of honor.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, well it thinks about well, I why would Ratch
and Revender get under anybody's skin. He's one of the
one of the nicest blokes going around. I did think
the night Watchman calls was interesting. Orders Why would you
send out on what night watchman to protect somebody when
you're three hundred and twenty eight.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, So I thought that was yea, there
was some mirrors in nets. So anyway, I thought that
Revenger none the less. I mean he was able to
sort of negotiate there, and then today putting on those
runs with Williamson, I guess set New Zealand up, But
just towards.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
The end I thought that it was.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I mean, if you're comparing forty four's, the innings of
Revender are probably a better forty four than forty four,
not out for Tom Blundell, which effectively became, you know,
stat padding.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Towards the end of that knock.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Came Williamson's innings one hundred and fifty six. Yeah, he
loves this ground, doesn't Another test century at Seddon Park
just just quickly sum up came Williamson's innings for us,
if you would all party.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
It was just the usual bamaking that we've come to expect,
this clinical grinding down, the English attack. I mean when
he got to one hundred and forty two not out
and that we've changed down he was out for one
fifty six.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
He was averaging a hundred at this ground. I think
that was from twenty one innings. Over a period of time.
He has seven centuries here, five fifties.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Just absolutely loves coming to said in Park and doing
some in front of his family as well, which would
have been something else, but people just again really respecting
what it's like to just be able to watch Williamson
in his pomp into what would presumably be another Test victory.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
With two days to play.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
We saw being Stokes limp off with a hamstring injury.
Is he likely to bat tomorrow?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
There's still some consideration over that.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
We've just received a press release from the English media
manager and just saying that he said he wasn't killing
him back on to bowl without the hamstring injury. It
took him I think it was two balls into his
thirteenth over, but there's still some deliberation over whether he
will bat. I presume he probably will, but we'll have
to wait. Maybe he just rest it overnight, get it
(05:14):
checked out to see how damaged it.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Is, and just finally Tim Soudy walked out to bat
for the last time. Again, I thought he might have
gone on a bit earlier to try and find those
two sixers to get to one hundred Test sixers. He
did get the chance to get out there. Nice ovation
for Tim Southy walking out and then walking back in
for the final time in Test cricket.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, exactly, and much like Williamson in front of his family,
et cetera set up here for this contest.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
And he's even got a.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Wicket as well with the smissle of duck at early
so that's something for Tim Soudy to save it from
the Tim Southi end et cetera. Over the course of
this Test. Patche even got a second guard of honor
as well when he came out to bat, so he's
been doing quite well out of it, but wasn't able
to get those two loosive sixers that would have taken
him to one hundred in the game. So still sitting
(06:02):
I think behind what Brindan McCallum, Ben Stokes and Adam
Gilchrist there.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
All right, England can't get these runs, can they? They
can't get these runs.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Well, if they do, it's going to be entertaining cricket. Pinty.
I'll put it a magnificent spectacle and you should not
miss it. But they're gonna get They're gonna go about
it in the usual fashion, aren't they.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I think they won't be taking a backward step, and
that's probably you know, there's that elegant element of conservatism
from New Zealand shown and probably a bit of fear.
They're thinking that they may know the way they're playing
the game these days, and if the wicket holds well.
I didn't see that there was some spin there for
hire which Mitchell center and then looks for like look
of that. If they were able to do it, Jesus,
(06:45):
it would be something to behold.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
It'll be one of the more remarkable sporting feats. So
I think that we've never had the chance to watch
orders great to get your get your analysis. Today's a
couple of overs to go before you can get into
your post day works. So thanks for joining us on
sports Talk. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Pleasure.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Piny good Man Andrew Ordison read him at NZ Herald
dot co dot end. He's been covering the Test Series
for US, which is into its final throws.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
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