The third and final Black Caps v Sri Lanka ODI will take place at Eden Park at 2pm today.
Where does batsman Mark Chapman feel most at home on the pitch?
He talks to Piney about the upcoming match, the white-ball series and maintaining high standards.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Because the third and final One day International black Caps
be Sri Lanka Eden Park starts at two o'clock this afternoon.
Black Caps batsman Mark Chapman has had a very good series.
Twenty nine not out in the first game at the basin,
seventy nine off sixty three balls. In game two in Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Picked up and.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
All away for sex they both bring up fifties with six's.
These two, well, they're in control out there and that's
also the one hundred partnership between these two.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Mark Chapman with us on Weekend Sport. Thanks for taking
the time, Mark. You've already won the series two Nils,
so this is effectively a dead rubber. So how do
you keep your standards high ahead of game three this afternoon?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, good head, Jason. Yeah, I mean it's been a
great white balls series, both at TEA twenty and the
one days. Obviously we've played some really good cricket so far,
and you know, I guess for us it's about maintaining
our standards and basically the boys are pretty fired up
for another game today and hopefully we can put it
up another good performance.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You've featured prominently in the first two games with the
bad good partnerships with both Opener's actually eighty seven unbeaten
with Will Young at the base in one hundred and
twelve with Rich and Ravendra in Hamilton. Interested to know
how similar or different those two are as batting partners.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yeah, yeah, I mean it's been awesome to be at
the top and be amongst some runs with Young and Rich,
and obviously both of them are beating beautifully. But yeah,
I mean, I guess, I guess both have their different styles.
Obviously one's left handed, ones right handed, But I mean
it's a pleasure to beat with both. Both are very
(01:52):
relaxed at the crease, and you know, it's just about
going out there and just enjoying ourselves. Really, do you.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Find personally that the T twenty and fifty over games
complement each other in terms of the way that you
go about building an innings?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, I mean, I guess I've always been probably more
more attacking, an attacking style of players are probably lean
more towards the white Bull formats, But you know, I
still enjoy playing my Red Bull too, So yeah, it's
been nice to have been included in some Red Bull squads.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Recently, and in terms of the white ball when you
had to move so quickly and do have to domestically
as well. Between twenty over cricket T twenty cricket and
fifty over games, is it other two quite complementary? Do
you find yourself doing things differently in the fifty over game,
for example, as opposed to T twenty.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, I think you know, it's sort of as time's
gone on, there's actually it's these formats actually become quite
different in the sense that you know, fifty overs is
two and a half times as long as a T twenty,
so you've actually got a lot more time than you think.
So I mean that takes a little bit of adjusting
to it, and you know, you probably just don't need
(03:01):
to take as many risks as early as you think,
just because there is so much time.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Do you still feel though you need to be striking
at one hundred plus even in the fifty over stuff?
I mean, obviously you do in T twenty, but I
mean your numbers are up over one hundred striking and
fifty over cricket as well. Is that kinda do you
feel that it's important that you're going to run a
ball at least.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah, I think I think these days, I think being
around one hundred strike rate is probably becoming more of
the norm, if anything. And I think you know there's
slight differences in terms of one day cricket. You've got
an extra fielder in the circle, so you always feel
like you've got a boundary option as well, so you
know when it comes time to push the accelerator pedal,
(03:40):
you've always got options to find boundaries too, which is
pretty helpful.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And betting at three you've betted there in both the
t twenty n one days against Sri Lanka. Is that
your absolute preference is that we you feel most at home.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
I mean, to be honest, I've probably betted more in
the middle for Zien and domestic, but to be fair,
domestically and internationally, I've betted up and down the order
for both Auckland Anti's in and so I mean, I
see myself as someone who's reasonably vers tile and able
to adapt to different positions. And I guess sometimes internationally
it's just about where the gap opens up and trying
(04:13):
to take a chance in certain positions.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
And I know we're here to talk about the white
ball series, but can I ask you about your innings
and the planket shield for Aalkland against Canterbury two seven six.
What an innings, man, How do you reflect on that?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, yeah, I guess it was. Yeah, Yeah, I hadn't
played red ball in a while, and you know, obviously
took some confidence of being included in the Test squad
and to be honest, I just sort of just came
back without much expectation and just try to play quite
sort of freely, and thankfully we're on a pretty good
in park surface, which always helps them. But yeahs about
(04:48):
that period of time as yes, something I haven't done
that much, but you know, it's sort of one of
those things that sort of was by in the moment
you're reflecting, you go, wow, that was you know, it's
pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Did you at any stage you know, I don't know
what this is like, but when you get to two
forty two fifty to you start thinking about three hundred.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah, A few people ask me that, to be honest,
that in the moment when you're sort of you've been
out there for that long, you're sort of feeling a
little bit worse aware, so you're sort of to be honesty,
by the end of it, they're almost got everyone on
the boundary, so it's just trying to hit every It
was almost at the end it was trying to play
a T twenty. It was trying to hit every ball
for six and you're thinking about declaration all that sort
of stuff. So yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean three
(05:29):
hundred would have been amazing, but to be honest, I'm
not complaining with two seventy six now, I.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Wouldn't imagine so, And just on the red bull stuff,
assa included in test squads you know recently. Do you
have strong red ball ambitions for New Zealand?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Absolutely. I mean I've played first class cricket my whole career.
You know, I feel like of, you know, put some
decent performances up over the years, and I guess it's
sort of just been one of those things where I
hadn't played as much red bull cricket as some other guys,
potentially just because I've been away with the white ball
teams quite often. So yeah, certainly, certainly something I'm still
(06:05):
pushing for at this stage. Absolutely, And just back to.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
The one days, I mean, you've had to be a
bit patient there as well. You know T twenties, You know,
you're up in near eighty odd games now for New Zealand,
but no one day is your debud. What twenty fifteen
got one hundred on debut. But the opportunities haven't always
been as frequent as they have been in T twenties.
Has it been challenging at all to be patient in
the fifty over stuff?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Yeah, I mean it's just been one of those things where,
you know, similar to the Test squad, the team has
been so settled for such a long period of time
and you know, had a lot of success as well.
So I mean I'm not the only one that's had
to wait a while, you know, weiit in the wings.
You know, you look at Matt Henry, someone who spent
a lot of time on the bench, and also Will
Young and I guess you're seeing those guys are starting
(06:47):
to show their skills on the international stage. So yeah,
I mean, you know, I guess you have to be patient,
but everyone has to be patient at some stage in
their careers. So yeah, just grateful that I'm out there
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
And do you feel like, especially in the white ball stuff,
and probably more so in the T twenty that there
is a bit of a do enough changing of the
guards the right word, but a bit of a transitional stage.
You know, the squad that plays for Lanka, Tim Robinson
is in there, Mitch Hayes, Zack Folks and others. You know,
Jacob Duffy getting a decent run. Now, does it feel
look a bit of a changing of the guard?
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, I'd say so. I think you know, you look
at the team now and you know there's there's no
Willims and there's no sound, that there's no Bolt, and
you know, those guys feel pretty iconic when you think
of New Zealand cricket and you know now it's the
Revender as the Santa, there's the Nathan Smith of the
world that are now coming to the fore. And I think,
(07:36):
you know, what's really encouraging is that, you know, there's
been some amazing performances as well from from a lot
of those guys that are stepping into those roles. So
I mean there's always going to be some some periods
where you go through a bit of change and you're
finding finding the combinations that work. But on the whole,
I think it's it's been awesome to see the way
that the different places have stepped into the team.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And then well, did you bet Nathan Smith to take
that catch the other night? Did you always feel confident
pouch it?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, he's a good mover, he's a he's a good
mover in the field, he's pretty agile, he's got a
good arm. So yeah, we backed them all the way.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Good stuff, all right, and after this obviously Champions Trophy
squad named on Sunday. Keen to be involved, obviously and
what should be a very exciting tournament.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, yeah, yeah selected, Yeah, becomeing my best
forward and you know, I think we'll have a pretty strong.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Team, absolutely right. I was going well for you at
the moment. Mark, thanks indeed for chatting to us. All
the best and ODI three this.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Afternoon brilliant, Thanks Jason, Thank you, Mark.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Mark Chapman. Then ahead of ODI three two o'clock this afternoon,
Eden Park. By the sounds of it, the weather's good.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine. Listen live
to news Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Because the third and final One day International black Caps
be Sri Lanka Eden Park starts at two o'clock this afternoon.
Black Caps batsman Mark Chapman has had a very good series.
Twenty nine not out in the first game at the basin,
seventy nine off sixty three balls. In game two in Hamilton.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Picked up and.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
All away for sex they both bring up fifties with six's.
These two, well, they're in control out there and that's
also the one hundred partnership between these two.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Mark Chapman with us on Weekend Sport. Thanks for taking
the time, Mark. You've already won the series two Nils,
so this is effectively a dead rubber. So how do
you keep your standards high ahead of game three this afternoon?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, good head, Jason. Yeah, I mean it's been a
great white balls series, both at TEA twenty and the
one days. Obviously we've played some really good cricket so far,
and you know, I guess for us it's about maintaining
our standards and basically the boys are pretty fired up
for another game today and hopefully we can put it
up another good performance.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You've featured prominently in the first two games with the
bad good partnerships with both Opener's actually eighty seven unbeaten
with Will Young at the base in one hundred and
twelve with Rich and Ravendra in Hamilton. Interested to know
how similar or different those two are as batting partners.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yeah, yeah, I mean it's been awesome to be at
the top and be amongst some runs with Young and Rich,
and obviously both of them are beating beautifully. But yeah,
I mean, I guess, I guess both have their different styles.
Obviously one's left handed, ones right handed, But I mean
it's a pleasure to beat with both. Both are very
(01:52):
relaxed at the crease, and you know, it's just about
going out there and just enjoying ourselves. Really, do you.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Find personally that the T twenty and fifty over games
complement each other in terms of the way that you
go about building an innings?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, I mean, I guess I've always been probably more
more attacking, an attacking style of players are probably lean
more towards the white Bull formats, But you know, I
still enjoy playing my Red Bull too, So yeah, it's
been nice to have been included in some Red Bull squads.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Recently, and in terms of the white ball when you
had to move so quickly and do have to domestically
as well. Between twenty over cricket T twenty cricket and
fifty over games, is it other two quite complementary? Do
you find yourself doing things differently in the fifty over game,
for example, as opposed to T twenty.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, I think you know, it's sort of as time's
gone on, there's actually it's these formats actually become quite
different in the sense that you know, fifty overs is
two and a half times as long as a T twenty,
so you've actually got a lot more time than you think.
So I mean that takes a little bit of adjusting
to it, and you know, you probably just don't need
(03:01):
to take as many risks as early as you think,
just because there is so much time.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Do you still feel though you need to be striking
at one hundred plus even in the fifty over stuff?
I mean, obviously you do in T twenty, but I
mean your numbers are up over one hundred striking and
fifty over cricket as well. Is that kinda do you
feel that it's important that you're going to run a
ball at least.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah, I think I think these days, I think being
around one hundred strike rate is probably becoming more of
the norm, if anything. And I think you know there's
slight differences in terms of one day cricket. You've got
an extra fielder in the circle, so you always feel
like you've got a boundary option as well, so you
know when it comes time to push the accelerator pedal,
(03:40):
you've always got options to find boundaries too, which is
pretty helpful.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And betting at three you've betted there in both the
t twenty n one days against Sri Lanka. Is that
your absolute preference is that we you feel most at home.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
I mean, to be honest, I've probably betted more in
the middle for Zien and domestic, but to be fair,
domestically and internationally, I've betted up and down the order
for both Auckland Anti's in and so I mean, I
see myself as someone who's reasonably vers tile and able
to adapt to different positions. And I guess sometimes internationally
it's just about where the gap opens up and trying
(04:13):
to take a chance in certain positions.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
And I know we're here to talk about the white
ball series, but can I ask you about your innings
and the planket shield for Aalkland against Canterbury two seven six.
What an innings, man, How do you reflect on that?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Yeah, yeah, I guess it was. Yeah, Yeah, I hadn't
played red ball in a while, and you know, obviously
took some confidence of being included in the Test squad
and to be honest, I just sort of just came
back without much expectation and just try to play quite
sort of freely, and thankfully we're on a pretty good
in park surface, which always helps them. But yeahs about
(04:48):
that period of time as yes, something I haven't done
that much, but you know, it's sort of one of
those things that sort of was by in the moment
you're reflecting, you go, wow, that was you know, it's
pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Did you at any stage you know, I don't know
what this is like, but when you get to two
forty two fifty to you start thinking about three hundred.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah, A few people ask me that, to be honest,
that in the moment when you're sort of you've been
out there for that long, you're sort of feeling a
little bit worse aware, so you're sort of to be honesty,
by the end of it, they're almost got everyone on
the boundary, so it's just trying to hit every It
was almost at the end it was trying to play
a T twenty. It was trying to hit every ball
for six and you're thinking about declaration all that sort
of stuff. So yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean three
(05:29):
hundred would have been amazing, but to be honest, I'm
not complaining with two seventy six now, I.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Wouldn't imagine so, And just on the red bull stuff,
assa included in test squads you know recently. Do you
have strong red ball ambitions for New Zealand?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Absolutely. I mean I've played first class cricket my whole career.
You know, I feel like of, you know, put some
decent performances up over the years, and I guess it's
sort of just been one of those things where I
hadn't played as much red bull cricket as some other guys,
potentially just because I've been away with the white ball
teams quite often. So yeah, certainly, certainly something I'm still
(06:05):
pushing for at this stage. Absolutely, And just back to.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
The one days, I mean, you've had to be a
bit patient there as well. You know T twenties, You know,
you're up in near eighty odd games now for New Zealand,
but no one day is your debud. What twenty fifteen
got one hundred on debut. But the opportunities haven't always
been as frequent as they have been in T twenties.
Has it been challenging at all to be patient in
the fifty over stuff?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Yeah, I mean it's just been one of those things where,
you know, similar to the Test squad, the team has
been so settled for such a long period of time
and you know, had a lot of success as well.
So I mean I'm not the only one that's had
to wait a while, you know, weiit in the wings.
You know, you look at Matt Henry, someone who spent
a lot of time on the bench, and also Will
Young and I guess you're seeing those guys are starting
(06:47):
to show their skills on the international stage. So yeah,
I mean, you know, I guess you have to be patient,
but everyone has to be patient at some stage in
their careers. So yeah, just grateful that I'm out there
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
And do you feel like, especially in the white ball stuff,
and probably more so in the T twenty that there
is a bit of a do enough changing of the
guards the right word, but a bit of a transitional stage.
You know, the squad that plays for Lanka, Tim Robinson
is in there, Mitch Hayes, Zack Folks and others. You know,
Jacob Duffy getting a decent run. Now, does it feel
look a bit of a changing of the guard?
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, I'd say so. I think you know, you look
at the team now and you know there's there's no
Willims and there's no sound, that there's no Bolt, and
you know, those guys feel pretty iconic when you think
of New Zealand cricket and you know now it's the
Revender as the Santa, there's the Nathan Smith of the
world that are now coming to the fore. And I think,
(07:36):
you know, what's really encouraging is that, you know, there's
been some amazing performances as well from from a lot
of those guys that are stepping into those roles. So
I mean there's always going to be some some periods
where you go through a bit of change and you're
finding finding the combinations that work. But on the whole,
I think it's it's been awesome to see the way
that the different places have stepped into the team.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And then well, did you bet Nathan Smith to take
that catch the other night? Did you always feel confident
pouch it?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Yeah, he's a good mover, he's a he's a good
mover in the field, he's pretty agile, he's got a
good arm. So yeah, we backed them all the way.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Good stuff, all right, and after this obviously Champions Trophy
squad named on Sunday. Keen to be involved, obviously and
what should be a very exciting tournament.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, yeah, yeah selected, Yeah, becomeing my best
forward and you know, I think we'll have a pretty strong.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Team, absolutely right. I was going well for you at
the moment. Mark, thanks indeed for chatting to us. All
the best and ODI three this.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Afternoon brilliant, Thanks Jason, Thank you, Mark.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Mark Chapman. Then ahead of ODI three two o'clock this afternoon,
Eden Park. By the sounds of it, the weather's good.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine. Listen live
to news Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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