June 11, 2025 • 5 mins
It's almost time for the cricket World Test Championship.
Australia will be taking on South Africa for the mace at Lords.
Talksport's Jon Norman is a bit annoyed that England didn't make the final, but he'll still be watching and he spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancie Waldergrave
from News Talk zib.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Well tis Championship. The final is are not so far
away to the first ball being bold. Were going to
old friend of the show's back in the radio Sport
days is out of Talk Sport. Its cricket tragic and
he's there. His name is John Norman. John, welcome, great
to talk again, sit the scene. What's ahead of us?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Well, it's always good to speak to you, Darcy, so
thanks for getting us on. I'll tell you what I
don't know. If you've ever hosted a party, you know
you've you've got all the drinks in, you've got you know,
if you've put all the valuables to one side, hitting
them away, you've got your music system set up. You know,
you've you've got rid of the cat for the night.
Someone's looking after the cat. The kids aren't around, and
(00:55):
and then everything's set. The guests are just about to arrive,
and as they arrive, you open the front door and
then you just say right, I'll leave you to it,
and off you go. And you have said you host
a party that you're not even invited to yourself. That's
kind of how it fills out here. I was at
Lord's on Monday, and you know what it's like around
these ICC events or these big world events. You know,
(01:17):
there's so much work that goes into the planning, you know,
fixing all the advertising stuff correctly, getting all the branding
up there, making sure all the press stuff is in place.
Everybody's getting really stressed at the start of a tournament,
all the accreditation stuff or the drinks are getting carted
into the stadium. But of course England on playing, so
(01:38):
it's a really weird vibe. So much is happening, so
much anticipation, but at the end of the day, England
on invited. And to be honest with you, outside those
famous walls at Lord's there's not a lot of people
that are interested, unless, of course you're of Australian or
South African persuasion.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
How many Australians have they managed to drag out of
Earl's Court to turn up? And I suppose the South
Africans are all there as well, aren't they. They're going
to be people there as they been by the tickets
being sold or well.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
That's why I cant. I just cannot work out and
I won't know until they get there later on today,
in a couple of hours time. So my big boss
at Talk Sport, he's an AUSSI. He's actually taking these
kids out of school. He is so exciting. In fact,
there's a WhatsApp message for me which I haven't actually
read yet from him this morning. He cannot wait and
he asked me to sort his tickets out for him
(02:30):
through you know, normal channels. He wasn't on a favor
and when I tried to get him these tickets it
was actually really difficult. They didn't sell them in one go.
They sold them in like you know stages, it seems,
but every time it was very difficult. I got them.
In the end it wasn't a problem. I'm still in
my boss's good books. But I want to know how
many people have actually are actually going. Have they opened
(02:51):
all the all the ground or you know what they do?
Sometimes I see it at in Wellington for an ODI,
they you know, one stand will be heavily populated and
then there'll be three stands with nobody in it. Is
that how it's going to be at Lord's today, And
the thing that kind of makes me feel that it
won't be that well populated, is of course that there
(03:12):
have been World Test Championships played in this country. In fact,
this is the only country where the World Test Championship
final has been played. And at no point have those
games between Australia and India and New Zealand and India
have they been heavily populated with supporters. The first one
was a bit of an outlier because it was played
at the what is another utility bowl. I was there
last night for the two twenty EU so it's impossible
(03:35):
to get to that ground, and of course it was
terrible weather. But I don't seem to remember a huge
crowd for Australia India. Let's find out. It'd be great
if it was a packed house as South Africans and Australians,
but you know, the pounders and as strong as it
used to be, those Aussies don't come like they used
to be. The tax deal isn't quite as sweet as
(03:57):
it used to be. The used to go back to
Australia after two years with all the tacks that they
didn't have to spend here. Those rules I think have gone,
So I don't know. I don't know if ELM's Court
is quite as populated with Aussies and Saffers as it
used to be. So we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Well, you can't control that. You can't control the weather.
Tell me it's going to be good. It's spring now
pretty pretty much summer. Is it going to come to
the party, John.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Well, actually it does look like it's going to be okay.
Looking out, Oh my god. And now it doesn't feel
very spring like. It feels more like October. But you know,
it always happens, doesn't it. You play all the county
cricket in this country in April and May, and somehow
these days that seems to be the hottest months of
(04:44):
the year. Soon as the international season kicks in June,
the first it just starts raining. That is exactly what's
happening again here. But they do have that reserve day,
didn't they. The problem for you guys, of course, is
there's nothing worse than following a Test match overseas when
the rain is coming in and out, and that just
gives you the quandary at two am, do I risk it?
(05:06):
I fall asleep for an hour and then wake up
and then see if it's not raining or not. It's
much better for you just know it's whippout and you
can just go to sleep, or I think it's going
to be okay, and you can watch it throughout the night.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
For more from sports talk, listen live to news talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancie Waldergrave
from News Talk zib.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Well tis Championship. The final is are not so far
away to the first ball being bold. Were going to
old friend of the show's back in the radio Sport
days is out of Talk Sport. Its cricket tragic and
he's there. His name is John Norman. John, welcome, great
to talk again, sit the scene. What's ahead of us?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Well, it's always good to speak to you, Darcy, so
thanks for getting us on. I'll tell you what I
don't know. If you've ever hosted a party, you know
you've you've got all the drinks in, you've got you know,
if you've put all the valuables to one side, hitting
them away, you've got your music system set up. You know,
you've you've got rid of the cat for the night.
Someone's looking after the cat. The kids aren't around, and
(00:55):
and then everything's set. The guests are just about to arrive,
and as they arrive, you open the front door and
then you just say right, I'll leave you to it,
and off you go. And you have said you host
a party that you're not even invited to yourself. That's
kind of how it fills out here. I was at
Lord's on Monday, and you know what it's like around
these ICC events or these big world events. You know,
(01:17):
there's so much work that goes into the planning, you know,
fixing all the advertising stuff correctly, getting all the branding
up there, making sure all the press stuff is in place.
Everybody's getting really stressed at the start of a tournament,
all the accreditation stuff or the drinks are getting carted
into the stadium. But of course England on playing, so
(01:38):
it's a really weird vibe. So much is happening, so
much anticipation, but at the end of the day, England
on invited. And to be honest with you, outside those
famous walls at Lord's there's not a lot of people
that are interested, unless, of course you're of Australian or
South African persuasion.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
How many Australians have they managed to drag out of
Earl's Court to turn up? And I suppose the South
Africans are all there as well, aren't they. They're going
to be people there as they been by the tickets
being sold or well.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
That's why I cant. I just cannot work out and
I won't know until they get there later on today,
in a couple of hours time. So my big boss
at Talk Sport, he's an AUSSI. He's actually taking these
kids out of school. He is so exciting. In fact,
there's a WhatsApp message for me which I haven't actually
read yet from him this morning. He cannot wait and
he asked me to sort his tickets out for him
(02:30):
through you know, normal channels. He wasn't on a favor
and when I tried to get him these tickets it
was actually really difficult. They didn't sell them in one go.
They sold them in like you know stages, it seems,
but every time it was very difficult. I got them.
In the end it wasn't a problem. I'm still in
my boss's good books. But I want to know how
many people have actually are actually going. Have they opened
(02:51):
all the all the ground or you know what they do?
Sometimes I see it at in Wellington for an ODI,
they you know, one stand will be heavily populated and
then there'll be three stands with nobody in it. Is
that how it's going to be at Lord's today, And
the thing that kind of makes me feel that it
won't be that well populated, is of course that there
(03:12):
have been World Test Championships played in this country. In fact,
this is the only country where the World Test Championship
final has been played. And at no point have those
games between Australia and India and New Zealand and India
have they been heavily populated with supporters. The first one
was a bit of an outlier because it was played
at the what is another utility bowl. I was there
last night for the two twenty EU so it's impossible
(03:35):
to get to that ground, and of course it was
terrible weather. But I don't seem to remember a huge
crowd for Australia India. Let's find out. It'd be great
if it was a packed house as South Africans and Australians,
but you know, the pounders and as strong as it
used to be, those Aussies don't come like they used
to be. The tax deal isn't quite as sweet as
(03:57):
it used to be. The used to go back to
Australia after two years with all the tacks that they
didn't have to spend here. Those rules I think have gone,
So I don't know. I don't know if ELM's Court
is quite as populated with Aussies and Saffers as it
used to be. So we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Well, you can't control that. You can't control the weather.
Tell me it's going to be good. It's spring now
pretty pretty much summer. Is it going to come to
the party, John.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Well, actually it does look like it's going to be okay.
Looking out, Oh my god. And now it doesn't feel
very spring like. It feels more like October. But you know,
it always happens, doesn't it. You play all the county
cricket in this country in April and May, and somehow
these days that seems to be the hottest months of
(04:44):
the year. Soon as the international season kicks in June,
the first it just starts raining. That is exactly what's
happening again here. But they do have that reserve day,
didn't they. The problem for you guys, of course, is
there's nothing worse than following a Test match overseas when
the rain is coming in and out, and that just
gives you the quandary at two am, do I risk it?
(05:06):
I fall asleep for an hour and then wake up
and then see if it's not raining or not. It's
much better for you just know it's whippout and you
can just go to sleep, or I think it's going
to be okay, and you can watch it throughout the night.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
For more from sports talk, listen live to news talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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