December 27, 2024 • 11 mins
The Black Caps face Sri Lanka tonight in the first of 3 T20 internationals, then 3 one-day internationals.
Will home conditions favour New Zealand when they meet Sri Lanka again in Mt Maunganui?
Home conditions are not always the advantage they used to be, Michael Bracewell said, making for a "tightly contested" series.
What is Bracewell's T20 bowling strategy?
All this and more ahead of tonight's test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine
from Newstalk zed b SO.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
As mentioned, the white ball segment of the international home
summer is underway tonight. The Black Camps face Sri Lanka
Bayoval Mount Monganouer in the first of three T twenty Internationals,
then three One Day Internationals against the same opposition Wellington
or round of Michael Bracewell and the New Zealand squad
for both of these series.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Four needed up two balls. He laps at.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
That's over the head, that's gonna run away and Michael
brace Waite he stands.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Out, the players run out.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The greatest cittis the twenty twenty cricket and you Zeeland
domestic history.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
He's lifted by his teammates. The hands up that is
simply outstanding.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Michael Bracewell is with us out of Mount monganou Thanks
for taking the time on game day, Michael. You had
to look at Sri Lanka quite recently back in November.
He had T twenty and one Day internationals against them
over there. How do you reckon you match up a
stish rollank and cricket side in the white ball stuff?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, we obviously playing in very different conditions over there.
In Shoka had a tied series, so it'd be cool
to extend that out, and it was one all in
that series, so it will be cool to have three
here and hopefully find a winner between the two teams.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Do you think I mean, it probably stands to reason
that home conditions would favor New Zealand, But do you
think that will be the case?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Oh? Look, I think it's going to be a great
series or that we tightally contested. I think with all
the cricket being played all around the world now, with
the franchise leagues and things, that the home advantage probably
isn't quite what it used to be. You see New
Zealand going over and winning tes series in India, which
has never been done before, and then vice versa when
(01:56):
India come the games are very close here. So I
think the development of the franchise leagues has really narrowed
the gap of of your home conditions being advantageous. But
I still think you've obviously spent all your formative years
playing on these wickets, so you like to think you
(02:17):
have a bit of an advantage.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Even still ask about your bowling in t twenties. Are
your economy really impressive? You go for less than six
and a half an over, that's across your entire T
twenty career. What is your T twenty bowling strategy?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Well, I think for me, I'm luckier in some ways.
I don't have a lot of variations, so it means
that I have to be really accurate with the balls
that I do bowl. So I guess some people who
have lots of variations probably stand at the top of
their mark wondering what ball to bowl, whereas I know
(02:55):
which one I have to bowl. It's just it's just
a matter of executing it. It does, I think, keep
things simple for me. But yeah, I guess other than that,
everyone sort of thinks that ride our mothstins a matchup,
so it means that that batters try and come after you,
which creates chances to look at and things as well.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Shrillinka do have quite a few left handers as well.
Does that bring you more into play as a wicket
taking bowler as a right I'm.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Offy, Yeah, I think so. Traditionally, when the ball's turning away,
it's a little bit tougher for the batsman, But twenty
twenty cricket. Now, no one sees anyone. Really, you've got
to take the game on. So I think, yeah, everyone's
looking to be aggressive against all spinners, particularly in New Zealand,
(03:43):
so we know that and that's something that we factor
into our plans and.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Just want to find a one on your bowling. Do
you have specific overs that you prefer to bowl in
a twenty over innings?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Look, the power play is always difficult, but it's a
job that has to be done at times. And obviously
only having two fielders out is a little bit tricky,
but again that keeps things nice and simple because you
have to bowl to your field so there's some clarity
that comes with worth bowling in the power play. And
then yeah, when you've got when you've got the five
(04:17):
fielders out on the boundary, you feel like you have
a little bit more protection, but sometimes it's not any easier.
So look, they're all tough overs to bowl in a
twenty twenty, especially now when teams are looking to get
an excess of two hundred, So yeah, you try and
build a little bit of pressure and then and then
be really adaptable from there.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And with the bat you've floated around so various spots
in the in the middle order. Do you have a
natural home in the T twenty batting order?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Domestically, I've stayed a little bit more at the top
of the order and had a little bit success there.
But when you come into the international arena, you've sort
of just got to find a place that fits, and
for me that's down the middle to lower order at
the moment. So I'm just really trying to trying to
find how that role fits. My strengths really play to those,
(05:07):
so it is a little bit of trial an error
at times, but I think when you've got power, you
just try and back that And yeah, I probably haven't
had the success I would like in terms of my
batting at the moment, but I feel like a good
innings is just around the corner with sticking to my strengths.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Do you think you're scoring areas or the number of
areas in which you score have increased over time or
have you generally stuck to you know what you know?
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Well, yeah, I think you're constantly trying to evolve your game,
and when you get up to the international level, there's
the bowlers are obviously a lot more skillful, so you
have to find different ways to score. So I've tried
to been I have tried to look to play a
little bit more around the ground in the international game,
and I think you know, the more that you work
(05:57):
on that, the more comfortable you get and the more
that you feel comfortable bringing them out in the middle.
So that's something I've worked really hard on, is to
develop my game position where I can score all round
the count And.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
You're Wellington team make Tim Robinson is in the T
twenty squad for these ones. He'll open the batting, no doubt.
Are still early in his T twenty career. I think
this is the first time he'll play for New Zealand
in New Zealand. How do you assess his ability to
be a consistent international T twenty player.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yeah, he's hitting the ball beautifully at the moment. He's
had a taste of what the Srilankin bowlers can offer
and obviously the wickets were not conducive to scoring a
whole lot of runs over there. Some of the games
there's only one hundred and twenty dred hundred runs scored.
So I think him having that experience and knowing what
Srilanki will be throwing out at the top of the order.
(06:45):
He'll be all the better for that experience. And he's
he's a young, young lad, but he's got an old
head on his shoulders, so he'll take it all in
his stride and I think it's going to be an
amazing series for him. He's, as I said, he's hitting
the board beautifully in the nets and all it takes
is one ball to come out of the middle. And
we've seen what he can do it the de stick
(07:06):
level and I'm sure that bat big score in international
cricket's not far away.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Indeed, and the games come thick and fast. The three
T twenties followed almost immediately by three One day internationals.
How easy do you find it now switching between the
two white ball formats fairly quickly?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, you just have to get used to it, Pioneer.
It's something that happens very quickly. I think we play
on the second and then the fifth in Wellington, so
you've only got a couple of days after your fly
after you fly in between cities as well to get
used to what's going on. So yeah, it's just something
that you're constantly changing between formats. The guys have just
(07:45):
come out of Test cricket and then going straight into
twenty twenty cricket for a lot of them. So yeah,
it's a part of the international game and what keeps
it interesting, I think. Yeah, this series is going to
be is going to be great. We're in a great
holiday spot here in the mount so hopefully we have
some amazing crowds up here as well. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I was going to ask you about the venue there, Yeah,
Underlight Bay Oval holiday period. You like it as a venue,
the Bay Oval? Is it a place you like playing?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, it's a beautiful ground hold a special place for
my heart. It's where I made my international debut, so
there's always some good memories there. And my dad actually
grew up in Todonga as well, so we used to
spend some school holidays coming up and visiting Grandma and
Glendad and so family up here. So yeah, it's a
(08:33):
special place for us and it's a beautiful ground. The
climate's amazing here. You can go down to the beach
to recover. Yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Pretty special, wonderful stuff. And I know you're only focusing
on these matches, but looking ahead, the champions Trophy comes
up February March. Is that something that's on your radar.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah. I think those ODI eyes especially will be a
good chance as a team to really try and hone
it on how we want to play odio cricket and
any chance you get to play for New Zealand is
an exciting opportunity. And obviously the Champions Trophy adds a
little bit more context to that. Was just being the
last series before that, before that Champions Trophy. So yeah,
(09:16):
it's always exciting to be playing international cricket and it's
going to be a great series against Sri Lanka and
then I guess yeah, those things will sort of take
care of themselves as we as we look forward to
that Champions Trophy after that.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Looking forward to the first of three T twenties tonight
Byoval mat I'm going to be Michael. Always appreciate your time,
Thanks for having a.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Chat to us. Cheers, Fanny, thanks for having me now.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Thanks for joining us, Michael, Michael brace will there. So
the first of three T twenty internationals Bayoval tonight seven fifteen,
The next one Monday night, same location, same time, and
then the third is on Thursday. That's the second of
January one to fifteen. In the afternoon at Saxton Oval.
Then as you had Michael mentioned there quickly into one
day international mode Sunday the fifth of January, so tomorrow
(10:00):
week at the Baseminent Reserve eleven am then said in
Park and Hamilton Wednesday the eighth at two pm, and
finally Saturday, the eleventh of January two o'clock at Eden
Park in Auckland. Just before we move on from this
match tonight, the eleven's been confirmed. Mitchell Santa did some
media he's the captain of course of the white ball sides. Now.
He did some media yesterday and confirmed that bj Jacobs
(10:22):
and Nathan Smith would drop out of the playing eleven.
So I'm just trying to work out who's going to
open the batting with Tim Robinson. I presume it'll be
either rich In, Revendra or Mark Chapman. They feel like
the top three Robinson Revendra Chapman, then Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips,
Michael Brace, while Mitchell Santner, Mitch Hay who's going to
keep wick At, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy and Zach Folks.
(10:43):
It's an exciting looking side for the first T twenty
international against Sri Lanka tonight. Yes, I would have thought
in the absence of BJ Jacobs soho, I guess would
have perhaps been a candidate to open the batting No
finnellum there in this series that yeah, it might be
rich and Revendra and Tim Robinson who formed an all
Wellington opening batting partnership. Tonight. I guess we'll have to
(11:04):
wait and see. Plenty of bowling options there for Mitchell
Santon up as well.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
For more from Weekends Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks at b Weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine
from Newstalk zed b SO.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
As mentioned, the white ball segment of the international home
summer is underway tonight. The Black Camps face Sri Lanka
Bayoval Mount Monganouer in the first of three T twenty Internationals,
then three One Day Internationals against the same opposition Wellington
or round of Michael Bracewell and the New Zealand squad
for both of these series.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Four needed up two balls. He laps at.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
That's over the head, that's gonna run away and Michael
brace Waite he stands.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Out, the players run out.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
The greatest cittis the twenty twenty cricket and you Zeeland
domestic history.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
He's lifted by his teammates. The hands up that is
simply outstanding.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Michael Bracewell is with us out of Mount monganou Thanks
for taking the time on game day, Michael. You had
to look at Sri Lanka quite recently back in November.
He had T twenty and one Day internationals against them
over there. How do you reckon you match up a
stish rollank and cricket side in the white ball stuff?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, we obviously playing in very different conditions over there.
In Shoka had a tied series, so it'd be cool
to extend that out, and it was one all in
that series, so it will be cool to have three
here and hopefully find a winner between the two teams.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Do you think I mean, it probably stands to reason
that home conditions would favor New Zealand, But do you
think that will be the case?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Oh? Look, I think it's going to be a great
series or that we tightally contested. I think with all
the cricket being played all around the world now, with
the franchise leagues and things, that the home advantage probably
isn't quite what it used to be. You see New
Zealand going over and winning tes series in India, which
has never been done before, and then vice versa when
(01:56):
India come the games are very close here. So I
think the development of the franchise leagues has really narrowed
the gap of of your home conditions being advantageous. But
I still think you've obviously spent all your formative years
playing on these wickets, so you like to think you
(02:17):
have a bit of an advantage.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Even still ask about your bowling in t twenties. Are
your economy really impressive? You go for less than six
and a half an over, that's across your entire T
twenty career. What is your T twenty bowling strategy?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Well, I think for me, I'm luckier in some ways.
I don't have a lot of variations, so it means
that I have to be really accurate with the balls
that I do bowl. So I guess some people who
have lots of variations probably stand at the top of
their mark wondering what ball to bowl, whereas I know
(02:55):
which one I have to bowl. It's just it's just
a matter of executing it. It does, I think, keep
things simple for me. But yeah, I guess other than that,
everyone sort of thinks that ride our mothstins a matchup,
so it means that that batters try and come after you,
which creates chances to look at and things as well.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Shrillinka do have quite a few left handers as well.
Does that bring you more into play as a wicket
taking bowler as a right I'm.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Offy, Yeah, I think so. Traditionally, when the ball's turning away,
it's a little bit tougher for the batsman, But twenty
twenty cricket. Now, no one sees anyone. Really, you've got
to take the game on. So I think, yeah, everyone's
looking to be aggressive against all spinners, particularly in New Zealand,
(03:43):
so we know that and that's something that we factor
into our plans and.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Just want to find a one on your bowling. Do
you have specific overs that you prefer to bowl in
a twenty over innings?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Look, the power play is always difficult, but it's a
job that has to be done at times. And obviously
only having two fielders out is a little bit tricky,
but again that keeps things nice and simple because you
have to bowl to your field so there's some clarity
that comes with worth bowling in the power play. And
then yeah, when you've got when you've got the five
(04:17):
fielders out on the boundary, you feel like you have
a little bit more protection, but sometimes it's not any easier.
So look, they're all tough overs to bowl in a
twenty twenty, especially now when teams are looking to get
an excess of two hundred, So yeah, you try and
build a little bit of pressure and then and then
be really adaptable from there.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And with the bat you've floated around so various spots
in the in the middle order. Do you have a
natural home in the T twenty batting order?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Domestically, I've stayed a little bit more at the top
of the order and had a little bit success there.
But when you come into the international arena, you've sort
of just got to find a place that fits, and
for me that's down the middle to lower order at
the moment. So I'm just really trying to trying to
find how that role fits. My strengths really play to those,
(05:07):
so it is a little bit of trial an error
at times, but I think when you've got power, you
just try and back that And yeah, I probably haven't
had the success I would like in terms of my
batting at the moment, but I feel like a good
innings is just around the corner with sticking to my strengths.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Do you think you're scoring areas or the number of
areas in which you score have increased over time or
have you generally stuck to you know what you know?
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Well, yeah, I think you're constantly trying to evolve your game,
and when you get up to the international level, there's
the bowlers are obviously a lot more skillful, so you
have to find different ways to score. So I've tried
to been I have tried to look to play a
little bit more around the ground in the international game,
and I think you know, the more that you work
(05:57):
on that, the more comfortable you get and the more
that you feel comfortable bringing them out in the middle.
So that's something I've worked really hard on, is to
develop my game position where I can score all round
the count And.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
You're Wellington team make Tim Robinson is in the T
twenty squad for these ones. He'll open the batting, no doubt.
Are still early in his T twenty career. I think
this is the first time he'll play for New Zealand
in New Zealand. How do you assess his ability to
be a consistent international T twenty player.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Yeah, he's hitting the ball beautifully at the moment. He's
had a taste of what the Srilankin bowlers can offer
and obviously the wickets were not conducive to scoring a
whole lot of runs over there. Some of the games
there's only one hundred and twenty dred hundred runs scored.
So I think him having that experience and knowing what
Srilanki will be throwing out at the top of the order.
(06:45):
He'll be all the better for that experience. And he's
he's a young, young lad, but he's got an old
head on his shoulders, so he'll take it all in
his stride and I think it's going to be an
amazing series for him. He's, as I said, he's hitting
the board beautifully in the nets and all it takes
is one ball to come out of the middle. And
we've seen what he can do it the de stick
(07:06):
level and I'm sure that bat big score in international
cricket's not far away.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Indeed, and the games come thick and fast. The three
T twenties followed almost immediately by three One day internationals.
How easy do you find it now switching between the
two white ball formats fairly quickly?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, you just have to get used to it, Pioneer.
It's something that happens very quickly. I think we play
on the second and then the fifth in Wellington, so
you've only got a couple of days after your fly
after you fly in between cities as well to get
used to what's going on. So yeah, it's just something
that you're constantly changing between formats. The guys have just
(07:45):
come out of Test cricket and then going straight into
twenty twenty cricket for a lot of them. So yeah,
it's a part of the international game and what keeps
it interesting, I think. Yeah, this series is going to
be is going to be great. We're in a great
holiday spot here in the mount so hopefully we have
some amazing crowds up here as well. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I was going to ask you about the venue there, Yeah,
Underlight Bay Oval holiday period. You like it as a venue,
the Bay Oval? Is it a place you like playing?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, it's a beautiful ground hold a special place for
my heart. It's where I made my international debut, so
there's always some good memories there. And my dad actually
grew up in Todonga as well, so we used to
spend some school holidays coming up and visiting Grandma and
Glendad and so family up here. So yeah, it's a
(08:33):
special place for us and it's a beautiful ground. The
climate's amazing here. You can go down to the beach
to recover. Yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Pretty special, wonderful stuff. And I know you're only focusing
on these matches, but looking ahead, the champions Trophy comes
up February March. Is that something that's on your radar.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah. I think those ODI eyes especially will be a
good chance as a team to really try and hone
it on how we want to play odio cricket and
any chance you get to play for New Zealand is
an exciting opportunity. And obviously the Champions Trophy adds a
little bit more context to that. Was just being the
last series before that, before that Champions Trophy. So yeah,
(09:16):
it's always exciting to be playing international cricket and it's
going to be a great series against Sri Lanka and
then I guess yeah, those things will sort of take
care of themselves as we as we look forward to
that Champions Trophy after that.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Looking forward to the first of three T twenties tonight
Byoval mat I'm going to be Michael. Always appreciate your time,
Thanks for having a.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Chat to us. Cheers, Fanny, thanks for having me now.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Thanks for joining us, Michael, Michael brace will there. So
the first of three T twenty internationals Bayoval tonight seven fifteen,
The next one Monday night, same location, same time, and
then the third is on Thursday. That's the second of
January one to fifteen. In the afternoon at Saxton Oval.
Then as you had Michael mentioned there quickly into one
day international mode Sunday the fifth of January, so tomorrow
(10:00):
week at the Baseminent Reserve eleven am then said in
Park and Hamilton Wednesday the eighth at two pm, and
finally Saturday, the eleventh of January two o'clock at Eden
Park in Auckland. Just before we move on from this
match tonight, the eleven's been confirmed. Mitchell Santa did some
media he's the captain of course of the white ball sides. Now.
He did some media yesterday and confirmed that bj Jacobs
(10:22):
and Nathan Smith would drop out of the playing eleven.
So I'm just trying to work out who's going to
open the batting with Tim Robinson. I presume it'll be
either rich In, Revendra or Mark Chapman. They feel like
the top three Robinson Revendra Chapman, then Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips,
Michael Brace, while Mitchell Santner, Mitch Hay who's going to
keep wick At, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy and Zach Folks.
(10:43):
It's an exciting looking side for the first T twenty
international against Sri Lanka tonight. Yes, I would have thought
in the absence of BJ Jacobs soho, I guess would
have perhaps been a candidate to open the batting No
finnellum there in this series that yeah, it might be
rich and Revendra and Tim Robinson who formed an all
Wellington opening batting partnership. Tonight. I guess we'll have to
(11:04):
wait and see. Plenty of bowling options there for Mitchell
Santon up as well.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
For more from Weekends Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news Talks at b Weekends from midday, or follow
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