October 10, 2025 • 9 mins
A pragmatic approach has helped earn the White Ferns their first victory at the Cricket World Cup.
New Zealand have beaten Bangladesh by 100 runs at Guwahati.
Captain Sophie Devine was happy with the 227 for 9 they posted batting first, where she made 63 and Brooke Halliday hit 69.
Halliday told Piney it felt like their performance was a lot fuller in this game than it was in the previous two.
“It was, yeah, very satisfying, and I think there’s a lot of happy people in our group at the moment.”
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB White Ferns are up and running at the Cricket
World Cup. New Zealand have posted two hundred and twenty
seven for nine before dismissing Bangladesh for one hundred and
twenty seven to clinch a one hundred run win at Guwahati.
Sophie Divine hit fifty or more for a third consecutive match.
She made sixty three. Brook Holliday top scored with sixty
(00:33):
nine to earn Player of the Match on us.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So big here, feelers inside the circles, get to a
fifty and get there in style. He did a better
resurrection when she joined Sophie Devine out there in the middle.
She's chosen the game New Zealand and desperate need to
(00:57):
get fines on the board.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Brooke Calladay is with us. You're on the board the
White Ferns with your first win. How much is there
a bit of relief mixed them with your satisfaction of
a good winner for Bangladesh tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah. It's always a good start, isn't it to finally
be on the board, And obviously those first two games
were disappointing because I feel like, you know, we had
a lot of good or positive things that we did
well and it was just, yeah, we just didn't get
that full performance. But today I felt like we actually
had a bit more of a full performance. So it
was yeah, very satisfying and I think there's a lot
of happy people in our group at the moment.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You came in to join Sophie Divine at thirty eight
for three after winning the toss and batting first. So
when you arrived, what sort of conversations were you having
at that time.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Cricket's a long game, so basically just a better long time.
So we've kind of had those chats in the last
couple of days, especially after that South African game and
just when you're over in India with slower wickets, you know,
taking those ones or even those twos for a long
period of time actually sets up the game quite nicely.
And obviously Sophie and I were kind of in that
(02:02):
position today where that's the role we kind of had
to take, and we did say it one point and
our innings like that's actually really hard because both of
us do like to play shots, and we actually had
to yeah, mentally try and hold back to a point
and just yeah, rotate that strike and take it deep.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
So batting with Sophie Divine, I mean, one of our greats.
What's it like out there? Batting with Sophie Divine?
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Very calm.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
I think she's you know, quite a you know when
you're playing that mini matches for New Zealand and you
kind of know how I suppose in her mind how
things are going to go.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
And the biggest thing that I've.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Enjoyed over the last couple of games that I've been
able to.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Bat with her is just how simple she keeps it.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
And it kind of works for me as well, because yeah,
I don't try and overcomplicate too much, and half the
time what we talk about in the middle is just
watchable or you know, we've still got i don't know,
fifteen overs to the fortieth mark or something on those
kind of lines. So it's never too heavy, I suppose,
and we're very different players, so it's never too technical.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
It's very simple, so it's actually really enjoyable.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
And the biggest thing today was just that mental fatigue
and trying to make sure that we were both all
right and chicken in with each other, and then later
on that physical heat fatigue head and kind of came
in and that was kind of a different conversation, but no, overall,
Sophia's yeah, really good to bat with.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So different innings from you today then compared to the
innings against South Africa the other day forty five off
thirty seven, you got twenty eight against Australia, so one
hundred and forty two runs at an average of forty
seven point three three. So do you feel like you're
betting well, are you happy with the way you're betting?
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, I'm happy with the way I'm betting.
I'm probably just more frustrating with the way I'm getting
out because I think I've gotten out playing the same
shot in all three games, so that probably a sign
I'm not really learning too quick. But at the same time,
I'm hitting runs or the same shot as well, so
it's like a very yeah, there's a balance there, and
I just might need to put this slog sweep away
(03:56):
for a certain.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Length ball, but you know, I'm really enjoying it.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
And I think the cool thing about these three games
that I've played, I've had to come in and maybe
play a little bit differently. And the biggest thing that
I've kind of wanted to come into the World Cup
was trying to adapt as quickly as possible and I
think I have been doing that quite well. And it's
just yeah, trusting what I am doing and been able
to stick with that throughout the whole World Cup.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You've batted at four, five, six, and seven for New
Zealand during your fifty over career. Number five is number five?
Is where you are at the moment? Is that your
best home?
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
You found a natural home there in fifty over cricket
batting at five?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
It's an interesting one because I feel like when you're
specially in the middle order, you know you can bat four, five,
six or seven, and the I suppose the role you
have to play could be completely different no matter where
you are. So you know, coming in at five, I
could be in at the tenth over. I could also
be at the fortieth, but you could be in the
same kind of situation betting for six or seven.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
So the biggest thing for me, it's nothing really changes.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
I seem to have a home at five at the moment,
but yeah, not two phays.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
This the end of the day.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
I just watched the ball and try and bat and
put a team in a position to win.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And you also today brought up one thousand runs the
cricket for New Zealand. Did you know you were approaching
that milestone?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
I came up on the screen when I was waiting
to bat and Maddie Green was like, oh, you could
get that today. So yeah, that was the only reason
I knew, because I sec or the World Cup kind
of have those milestones on there on the screen at
times during the match. But other than that, no, I'm
definitely not a stats person.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
All right. Well, I mean, well it's a nice one
to tick off anyway, and you just continue batting and
see what else comes your way. Hey, bowling was three
wickets each for Jess Kerr and Lea to Who can
you tell us about their bowling tonight?
Speaker 5 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I thought even Rocco as well, the way that they
bowled on that pitch. They keep the really simple and
just hit that hard length that hit the top of
the bales. And that's the biggest thing that we've kind
of been talking about as a group of the last
couple of days. From a bowling point of view, it's
just keeping it simple, as keeping it as simple as
possible and just being boring. And I think we've seen
probably I think we might have been the eleventh match
(06:00):
of the World Cup all ever matches. When the ball
is actually on the stumps at that good length, it's
very hard to play and it's just trying to do
that for a long period of time. And I thought
our pace bowling group really nailed that today. And yeah,
Leah and Jess were fortunate to get a few wickets,
but I thought the oh the way Rocco came and
also really put us on the front foot.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And you had a couple of overs today as well,
you had three in the last game. What is your
bowling role in the New Zealand fifty overside?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh, it's a heavy question.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Just just just field and then if Sophie wants me
to roll the over over over do it and probably
check a couple of noballs in there as well.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
It seems at the moment, so.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, it's going really well, So we'll see if I
get another overnext game.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Do you see a time though, where your bowling contribution
is more significant and fifty over cricket? Like, can you
see a time where you bowl your ten overs for example.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Oh, absolutely not.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
I do not see me ever bowling ten overs. I
have told Ben Sawyers so many times that he needs
to lower my bowling loads because it's unrealistic that I've
ever going bowl ten overs sixsovers, you know, like it's
from like a yeah, never an ode. Obviously domestic crickets
a little bit different. But yeah, my role definitely in
(07:13):
this team is batting with the odd part time, roll
the arm over.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
So next up shri Lanka Colombo on Tuesday. How do
you best use tonight as the springboard for the rest
of the tournament.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yeah, obviously that momentum and the I think the positivity,
the you know a few of the girls who are a.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Lot happier today which also helps.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
And I think if we can just carry that through
over the next few days looking into Schlanka, it's always
a positive. And for us, I think the way that
you know, Sophie and I did bat today kind of
kind of gives an insight into the way that we
might have to bat with Colombo wickets with it being
a little little bit slower. So it's just you know,
individually figuring out maybe on those slower wickets how we're
(07:58):
going to approach that and stick into our game plan
and actually being boring, whether that's with the ball or
the bat. And you know, hopefully today we kind of
saw that, you know, if you grownd a way, you
can still be able to put a competitive total, specially
with the way that Maddie and you know lead to
who who came out embatted and that last ten over
is to kind of give us a competitive score.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, congrats on the win today and your significant part
and it Brook, thanks for chatting to us or the
best against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and for the rest
of the tournament too.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Thank you, no, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Brook for joining us. Brook Holliday there out of the
white fern. So I will win for them against Bangladesh
this morning. The way the Women's World Cup works, there
are eight teams. Everybody plays everybody in round robin, so
he plays seven games and then the top four go
through to the semi finals. So really you kind of
got to win four games. That is the size of it. Really.
(08:47):
New Zealand lost their first two of course to Australia
and then to South Africa, so good to get the
win on the board here. Next up they play. As
I just mentioned Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Sri Lanka have
had a loss and a no result so far. Then Pakistan.
Pakistan have played three and lost three, and then it
(09:07):
is India after that. The home side they've had a
couple of wins in a loss. And finally for the
White Ferns that is England. So they're not exactly in
must win territory, but you don't want to lose too
many More from here.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
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You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
EDB White Ferns are up and running at the Cricket
World Cup. New Zealand have posted two hundred and twenty
seven for nine before dismissing Bangladesh for one hundred and
twenty seven to clinch a one hundred run win at Guwahati.
Sophie Divine hit fifty or more for a third consecutive match.
She made sixty three. Brook Holliday top scored with sixty
(00:33):
nine to earn Player of the Match on us.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So big here, feelers inside the circles, get to a
fifty and get there in style. He did a better
resurrection when she joined Sophie Devine out there in the middle.
She's chosen the game New Zealand and desperate need to
(00:57):
get fines on the board.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Brooke Calladay is with us. You're on the board the
White Ferns with your first win. How much is there
a bit of relief mixed them with your satisfaction of
a good winner for Bangladesh tonight.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah. It's always a good start, isn't it to finally
be on the board, And obviously those first two games
were disappointing because I feel like, you know, we had
a lot of good or positive things that we did
well and it was just, yeah, we just didn't get
that full performance. But today I felt like we actually
had a bit more of a full performance. So it
was yeah, very satisfying and I think there's a lot
of happy people in our group at the moment.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You came in to join Sophie Divine at thirty eight
for three after winning the toss and batting first. So
when you arrived, what sort of conversations were you having
at that time.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Cricket's a long game, so basically just a better long time.
So we've kind of had those chats in the last
couple of days, especially after that South African game and
just when you're over in India with slower wickets, you know,
taking those ones or even those twos for a long
period of time actually sets up the game quite nicely.
And obviously Sophie and I were kind of in that
(02:02):
position today where that's the role we kind of had
to take, and we did say it one point and
our innings like that's actually really hard because both of
us do like to play shots, and we actually had
to yeah, mentally try and hold back to a point
and just yeah, rotate that strike and take it deep.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
So batting with Sophie Divine, I mean, one of our greats.
What's it like out there? Batting with Sophie Divine?
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Very calm.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
I think she's you know, quite a you know when
you're playing that mini matches for New Zealand and you
kind of know how I suppose in her mind how
things are going to go.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
And the biggest thing that I've.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Enjoyed over the last couple of games that I've been
able to.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Bat with her is just how simple she keeps it.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
And it kind of works for me as well, because yeah,
I don't try and overcomplicate too much, and half the
time what we talk about in the middle is just
watchable or you know, we've still got i don't know,
fifteen overs to the fortieth mark or something on those
kind of lines. So it's never too heavy, I suppose,
and we're very different players, so it's never too technical.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
It's very simple, so it's actually really enjoyable.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
And the biggest thing today was just that mental fatigue
and trying to make sure that we were both all
right and chicken in with each other, and then later
on that physical heat fatigue head and kind of came
in and that was kind of a different conversation, but no, overall,
Sophia's yeah, really good to bat with.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So different innings from you today then compared to the
innings against South Africa the other day forty five off
thirty seven, you got twenty eight against Australia, so one
hundred and forty two runs at an average of forty
seven point three three. So do you feel like you're
betting well, are you happy with the way you're betting?
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, I'm happy with the way I'm betting.
I'm probably just more frustrating with the way I'm getting
out because I think I've gotten out playing the same
shot in all three games, so that probably a sign
I'm not really learning too quick. But at the same time,
I'm hitting runs or the same shot as well, so
it's like a very yeah, there's a balance there, and
I just might need to put this slog sweep away
(03:56):
for a certain.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Length ball, but you know, I'm really enjoying it.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
And I think the cool thing about these three games
that I've played, I've had to come in and maybe
play a little bit differently. And the biggest thing that
I've kind of wanted to come into the World Cup
was trying to adapt as quickly as possible and I
think I have been doing that quite well. And it's
just yeah, trusting what I am doing and been able
to stick with that throughout the whole World Cup.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
You've batted at four, five, six, and seven for New
Zealand during your fifty over career. Number five is number five?
Is where you are at the moment? Is that your
best home?
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Do you reckon?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
You found a natural home there in fifty over cricket
batting at five?
Speaker 4 (04:31):
It's an interesting one because I feel like when you're
specially in the middle order, you know you can bat four, five,
six or seven, and the I suppose the role you
have to play could be completely different no matter where
you are. So you know, coming in at five, I
could be in at the tenth over. I could also
be at the fortieth, but you could be in the
same kind of situation betting for six or seven.
Speaker 5 (04:50):
So the biggest thing for me, it's nothing really changes.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
I seem to have a home at five at the moment,
but yeah, not two phays.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
This the end of the day.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
I just watched the ball and try and bat and
put a team in a position to win.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And you also today brought up one thousand runs the
cricket for New Zealand. Did you know you were approaching
that milestone?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
I came up on the screen when I was waiting
to bat and Maddie Green was like, oh, you could
get that today. So yeah, that was the only reason
I knew, because I sec or the World Cup kind
of have those milestones on there on the screen at
times during the match. But other than that, no, I'm
definitely not a stats person.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
All right. Well, I mean, well it's a nice one
to tick off anyway, and you just continue batting and
see what else comes your way. Hey, bowling was three
wickets each for Jess Kerr and Lea to Who can
you tell us about their bowling tonight?
Speaker 5 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I thought even Rocco as well, the way that they
bowled on that pitch. They keep the really simple and
just hit that hard length that hit the top of
the bales. And that's the biggest thing that we've kind
of been talking about as a group of the last
couple of days. From a bowling point of view, it's
just keeping it simple, as keeping it as simple as
possible and just being boring. And I think we've seen
probably I think we might have been the eleventh match
(06:00):
of the World Cup all ever matches. When the ball
is actually on the stumps at that good length, it's
very hard to play and it's just trying to do
that for a long period of time. And I thought
our pace bowling group really nailed that today. And yeah,
Leah and Jess were fortunate to get a few wickets,
but I thought the oh the way Rocco came and
also really put us on the front foot.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And you had a couple of overs today as well,
you had three in the last game. What is your
bowling role in the New Zealand fifty overside?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh, it's a heavy question.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Just just just field and then if Sophie wants me
to roll the over over over do it and probably
check a couple of noballs in there as well.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
It seems at the moment, so.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, it's going really well, So we'll see if I
get another overnext game.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Do you see a time though, where your bowling contribution
is more significant and fifty over cricket? Like, can you
see a time where you bowl your ten overs for example.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Oh, absolutely not.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
I do not see me ever bowling ten overs. I
have told Ben Sawyers so many times that he needs
to lower my bowling loads because it's unrealistic that I've
ever going bowl ten overs sixsovers, you know, like it's
from like a yeah, never an ode. Obviously domestic crickets
a little bit different. But yeah, my role definitely in
(07:13):
this team is batting with the odd part time, roll
the arm over.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
So next up shri Lanka Colombo on Tuesday. How do
you best use tonight as the springboard for the rest
of the tournament.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yeah, obviously that momentum and the I think the positivity,
the you know a few of the girls who are a.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Lot happier today which also helps.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
And I think if we can just carry that through
over the next few days looking into Schlanka, it's always
a positive. And for us, I think the way that
you know, Sophie and I did bat today kind of
kind of gives an insight into the way that we
might have to bat with Colombo wickets with it being
a little little bit slower. So it's just you know,
individually figuring out maybe on those slower wickets how we're
(07:58):
going to approach that and stick into our game plan
and actually being boring, whether that's with the ball or
the bat. And you know, hopefully today we kind of
saw that, you know, if you grownd a way, you
can still be able to put a competitive total, specially
with the way that Maddie and you know lead to
who who came out embatted and that last ten over
is to kind of give us a competitive score.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, congrats on the win today and your significant part
and it Brook, thanks for chatting to us or the
best against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and for the rest
of the tournament too.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Thank you, no, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Brook for joining us. Brook Holliday there out of the
white fern. So I will win for them against Bangladesh
this morning. The way the Women's World Cup works, there
are eight teams. Everybody plays everybody in round robin, so
he plays seven games and then the top four go
through to the semi finals. So really you kind of
got to win four games. That is the size of it. Really.
(08:47):
New Zealand lost their first two of course to Australia
and then to South Africa, so good to get the
win on the board here. Next up they play. As
I just mentioned Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Sri Lanka have
had a loss and a no result so far. Then Pakistan.
Pakistan have played three and lost three, and then it
(09:07):
is India after that. The home side they've had a
couple of wins in a loss. And finally for the
White Ferns that is England. So they're not exactly in
must win territory, but you don't want to lose too
many More from here.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
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to News Talk sat B weekends from midday or follow
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