D'Arcy Waldegrave: One Ferns victory down, two to go

White, Black, Silver.   

All three of our Ferns teams started the weekend looking down the barrel of a gun.  

The Silver Ferns are looking to avoid a whitewash in the Taini Jamieson series against England. Not too long ago, the prospect of the netballers losing a series at home versus the Roses wasn’t unthinkable, but it was close. Since 2022 though, the Ferns have only won four out of the eleven clashes, previously it was 93 wins to 18 and 2 draws. 

Tough times. Three on the trot at home will be indicative of the shaky ground the Ferns have occupied of recent times. Out of the three sets of Ferns on display, the Silver version is probably the favourites to not lose.   

The Black Ferns got wiped in WXV1 by the Irish, a team that was competing in the third-tier last year, albeit winning the WXV3 championship. It doesn’t get any easier for our world champ team as England are up next, a team that have had NZ’s measure since the famous World Cup win at Eden Park. Beyond the tyranny of the English women, the French await.  

The Black Ferns are capable no doubt, but money on them to up-end the English wouldn’t be the best sporting investment you'd make. Based on the White Ferns’ rotten T20 run this year, they’d be a safer bet than the cricketers.  

So, who turns up in the first of our three Ferns fixtures this weekend and pulls a comprehensive victory out of the bag? The White Ferns. Out of nowhere  

This morning they took on and took apart the Indians in their opening T20 World Cup match.  

They batted superbly, the bowled with authority, fielded with aplomb. After 10 consecutive T20i defeats, this was the result no-one was expecting, except the team themselves. It was the traditional strength of Sophie Devine that was the lynchpin of the victory, but the entire team turned up, including Georgia Plimmer, who has impressed, and Rosemary Mair too.   

One group of Ferns with victory, two to go. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Wildegrave from NEWSTALKSB White.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Black Silver. All three of our fern teams started this
weekend looking down the barrel of a gun. Not happy
hunting grounds for any of those teams. The Silver Ferns
they're looking to avoid a whitewash and the tiny Jamison
series against England. Not too long ago, the prospect of

(00:33):
the Neatballers losing a series at home versus the Roses
wasn't unthinkable, but it was closed too right. Since twenty
twenty two, but the Ferns have only won four out
of the eleven clashes, and previously they'd won ninety three
times versus eighteen or two draws. Dominance. Tough times for
the Ferns. Three on the trot at home will be

(00:54):
indicative of the shaky ground they find themselves on and
they've occupied of recent times. Out of the three sets
of Ferns on display, though the Silver version probably the
favorites not to lose money because they're playing down in
Southland and they've got strong egos, they won't want it.
The Black Ferns they got whited in the WXV won

(01:15):
by the Irish, a team that was competing in the
third tier last year it albeit winning it. They won
the WXV three Championship. Doesn't get any easier for a
World champ. Team England are up next. I'd say over
the weekend Monday out time, but it's the weekend and
that's a team that have had New Zealand's measure since
that famous World Cup in Eden Park. And beyond the
tyranny of the English women, the French are wait. The

(01:38):
Black Ferns are capable. No doubt that money on them
to RP in the English wouldn't be the best supporting
investment you'd make. However, based on the White Ferns rotten
T twenty run this year, they'd be a safer bet
than the cricketers. So who turns up on the first
of our three Ferns fixtures this weekend and pulls out
a comprehensive victory right out of the bag, out of

(02:00):
know where the White Ferns go. Figure This morning they
took on and took apart the end and their opening
T twenty World Cup match. They batted superbly, They bowled
with authority, fielded with the plumb. After ten consecutive T
twenty I defeats. This was the result that no one
was expecting except the team themselves. And that's what really

(02:23):
counts was the strength of our traditional players such as Divine.
It was the lynchpin of victory along with Leah to
who who but the entire team. They all lined up,
they all provided, including to the young guns coming forward
that we're really looking forward to in the form of
Rosemary Mayor and Georgia Plummer. It's only early days, but

(02:46):
out of the white, black and silver ferns, who would
have thunked that the white Ferns would have started this
New Zealand women's sport weekend with such outrageous success. Congratulations
and that'll do.

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