Wicketkeeper Mitch Hay has been given the Gloves for the Black Caps’ T20 series against Pakistan.
Piney catches up with him to discuss his role in the team and his rise to be one of the team’s main options in the wicketkeeping department.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I'm into white ball action again tomorrow, the shorter version.
Off the back of their Champions Trophy campaign which saw
them fall just short against India in the final, they're
back into T twenty mode. The first of five T
twenties against Pakistan Hagleyoval tomorrow, followed by three One Day
internationals now. The five T twenty games are all double headers,
(00:34):
with the White Ferns playing Sri Lanka in the first
two and then Australia in the next three. So big
double headed days of cricket coming up in christ Church,
then Dunedin, Auckland, Mount Monganery and Wellington. Afresh and exciting
looking black Cap squad has been named for this one,
including Canterbury wicket keeper batsman Mitch Hay over touch.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
It's rarely high and it's long enough as well, comfortably
long enough. That's not fun enough, it's not anywhere near
for enough.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Much Hay belting a white ball around the place. He
joins us down much. You got your first taste of
the Black Cap and white ball matches against Sri Lanka
in Sri Lanka and then back home against the same
opposition late last year and into January. How much did
wearing the black cap wet your appetite for more international cricket.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Yeah, thanks having me on.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, definitely, It's one of those things you get a
taste for it and it's pretty awesome. It's everything you
sort of dream of, and then when you finish up
the series, that's all you want to do is get
back in the environment. So it's awesome to be to
be back in and have some some T twenty cricket
coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
How happy were you with the way you played in
those games away in Sri Lanka and then back home.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Yeah, that pretty contrasting series. The games in Sri Lanka
are pretty pretty low scoring. Key thing was I was
pretty involved up to the stunts there, which was good
and I was really happy with that. With the bat
was pretty tough work, but I don't think anyone's done
it too easy over there, and then you're nice to
contribute back home against the against Sri Lanka back in
New Zealand, So now.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
I was over all pretty happy for a first couple
of series.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you look at the game in Mount Long forty
one not out off nineteen balls. How much did you
enjoy enjoy that knock?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Yeah, so it's pretty enjoyable in T twenties and you
get a couple out of the middle and I was like,
I say, really nice to contribute to a good one
that day, And yeah, it's always nice to to sort
of show you can do it on the international stage.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Have you developed a particular approach to batting in T
twenty cricket?
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Yeah, I guess the thing with T twenty cricket and
especially banning in the middle order have to be quite adaptable,
can be quite Yeah, it's probably not one blanket.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Recipe that will work all the time.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
So it's trying to adjust to the situation and the
conditions and managed to adapt as well as I can
to get a performance on the board to the TAM because.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I guess as you're sitting there waiting to come in,
and you know, when you're panted up, you think, okay,
there might be able to eight overs to go, but
then you might be sitting there and all of a
sudden there's only three overs to go. So as your
mindset constantly changing as you're sitting there waiting for your turn.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Yeah, I try not to be use up too much
energy waiting to bat, but only changes pretty quickly and
often you don't all that much time when you get
out there, so that's you see a few balls and
then have a have a crack. And sometimes you can
give yourself slightly more time, like you say, if you've
got eight or nine overs, but yeah, it can be
quite a few few sometimes, so you come in and
come pretty hard and hope that it's your day.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
What about wicket keeping in T twenty cricket much because
you know, off the one hundred and twenty balls to
get bold, you know only three or four might come
through to you, right, So what's the How different is
is wicket keeping in T twenty even compared to fifty
over cricket.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Yeah, it's definitely a little bit different.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
I found I had a pretty interesting start to it
in Sri Lanka where I think the amount of balls
I caught up to the stump sort of been ridiculously
high with the amount of turn there was, so there
was probably a bit of a false introduction to T
twenty creet But.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Yeah, back in New Zealand.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
It was definitely less balls come through, but I think
the ones that do come through often chances or the
batsman's doing something pretty funky in front of you, so
the takes in never that easy. But yeah, like you say,
it's often not many, but when they do come through,
it's pretty crucial.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
And what about the connection with the captain and the
bowlers as well? You see a lot from your vantage
point behind the stump. So do you feel confident and
even in a black CAP's environment which is still quite
new to you, to pass on that information to people
who might need it.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Yeah, I think that's the great thing about the environment
is that there's a lot of experience guys, but they
sort of welcome you in and it's pretty relaxed environment
and everyone gets around you and gets on really well.
So feel pretty comfortable from the first game to have
you say if you see something and they take that
on as well. Because I guess we've all played a
lot of cricket. They've played a lot more than me
at the international level, but the cricket is still the same.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Your most recent cricket's been red bull stuff, hasn't it.
For Canterbury had a plunket shill game earlier in the
month before that, fifty over crickets. That's been what's six
weeks or so since the Super Smash finished. Do you
find the adjustment relatively easy to make though between the
formats and between the color of the cricket ball.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Yeah, I really like the change in format. I think
it keeps it all fresh, especially this timeless season where
sort of at the back end, it's quite nice to
sort of switch it up a little bit. I know,
the first Red Bull game back after a big diet
of white ball cricket was I'm my first netcision back.
It was actually quite nice to defend a few and
leave a few. So I quite enjoy the change up
(05:24):
and playing fighty different shots. And I guess all you know,
it's still crickets, still keeping, still betting, So yeah, now
I do enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
When was the last time you let a ball go
through to the keeper as a white ball batter?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
None so intentionally love it.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
In first chance to play for New Zealand, I think
in your hometown tomorrow, how special is that going to be?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (05:46):
And that's very exciting. When I saw the schedule to
have a game of Haglar, I was pretty excited. It's
been a dream to groups New Zealand at home in
front of him and family, So it's going to be
pretty exciting and really, unfortunately it sounds.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Like it's going to be close to a sellout as well.
I think as we talk today less than five hundred
tickets available, be over eight thousand there. Would that be
the biggest Hagley crowd you've played in front of?
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Yeah, yeah, definitely the biggest Hagley crowd I've played in
front of. I'm not too sure what we get for
sub smash games, but it wouldn't be anything close to that,
I don't imagine. So that's going to be a pretty
cool occasion.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It must be exciting a start of a series, fresh
looking team, a lot of new faces and new Wish faces,
including you, Sarah. Do you get a sense of excitement
around the group?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Yeah, definitely. I think the group's very excited to sort
of join up. If you new guys so I haven't
spent a lot of time with as well, so that
it was exciting to get to know them and just
get around them a bit, which is cool. And I think, yeah,
definitely can feel the excitement in the group for a
five match two twenty series, which is yeah, slightly more than.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Usual, absolutely, and a bit of a traveling roadshow as
well to the five venues I mentioned before. It's great
to chat mate just before you go. Your partner Lara
is part of the Wellington Phoenix women's side. There are
a way at Sydney FC tonight you're going to get
the chance to have a lot.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Yeah, I'll definitely be watching. I tune into most games
and I would definitely be keeping an eye on that one.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
The cyber good stuff mate. Well, all the best tomorrow
and for the rest of the T twenty series and beyond.
Appreciate you taking them time for a chat.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
No, thank you, Mitch Mitchee. We could keeper batsman with
Canterbury and with the black Caps for these upcoming T
twenty matches.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk sed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I'm into white ball action again tomorrow, the shorter version.
Off the back of their Champions Trophy campaign which saw
them fall just short against India in the final, they're
back into T twenty mode. The first of five T
twenties against Pakistan Hagleyoval tomorrow, followed by three One Day
internationals now. The five T twenty games are all double headers,
(00:34):
with the White Ferns playing Sri Lanka in the first
two and then Australia in the next three. So big
double headed days of cricket coming up in christ Church,
then Dunedin, Auckland, Mount Monganery and Wellington. Afresh and exciting
looking black Cap squad has been named for this one,
including Canterbury wicket keeper batsman Mitch Hay over touch.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
It's rarely high and it's long enough as well, comfortably
long enough. That's not fun enough, it's not anywhere near
for enough.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Much Hay belting a white ball around the place. He
joins us down much. You got your first taste of
the Black Cap and white ball matches against Sri Lanka
in Sri Lanka and then back home against the same
opposition late last year and into January. How much did
wearing the black cap wet your appetite for more international cricket.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Yeah, thanks having me on.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, definitely, It's one of those things you get a
taste for it and it's pretty awesome. It's everything you
sort of dream of, and then when you finish up
the series, that's all you want to do is get
back in the environment. So it's awesome to be to
be back in and have some some T twenty cricket
coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
How happy were you with the way you played in
those games away in Sri Lanka and then back home.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Yeah, that pretty contrasting series. The games in Sri Lanka
are pretty pretty low scoring. Key thing was I was
pretty involved up to the stunts there, which was good
and I was really happy with that. With the bat
was pretty tough work, but I don't think anyone's done
it too easy over there, and then you're nice to
contribute back home against the against Sri Lanka back in
New Zealand, So now.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
I was over all pretty happy for a first couple
of series.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you look at the game in Mount Long forty
one not out off nineteen balls. How much did you
enjoy enjoy that knock?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Yeah, so it's pretty enjoyable in T twenties and you
get a couple out of the middle and I was like,
I say, really nice to contribute to a good one
that day, And yeah, it's always nice to to sort
of show you can do it on the international stage.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Have you developed a particular approach to batting in T
twenty cricket?
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Yeah, I guess the thing with T twenty cricket and
especially banning in the middle order have to be quite adaptable,
can be quite Yeah, it's probably not one blanket.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Recipe that will work all the time.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
So it's trying to adjust to the situation and the
conditions and managed to adapt as well as I can
to get a performance on the board to the TAM because.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I guess as you're sitting there waiting to come in,
and you know, when you're panted up, you think, okay,
there might be able to eight overs to go, but
then you might be sitting there and all of a
sudden there's only three overs to go. So as your
mindset constantly changing as you're sitting there waiting for your turn.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Yeah, I try not to be use up too much
energy waiting to bat, but only changes pretty quickly and
often you don't all that much time when you get
out there, so that's you see a few balls and
then have a have a crack. And sometimes you can
give yourself slightly more time, like you say, if you've
got eight or nine overs, but yeah, it can be
quite a few few sometimes, so you come in and
come pretty hard and hope that it's your day.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
What about wicket keeping in T twenty cricket much because
you know, off the one hundred and twenty balls to
get bold, you know only three or four might come
through to you, right, So what's the How different is
is wicket keeping in T twenty even compared to fifty
over cricket.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Yeah, it's definitely a little bit different.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
I found I had a pretty interesting start to it
in Sri Lanka where I think the amount of balls
I caught up to the stump sort of been ridiculously
high with the amount of turn there was, so there
was probably a bit of a false introduction to T
twenty creet But.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Yeah, back in New Zealand.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
It was definitely less balls come through, but I think
the ones that do come through often chances or the
batsman's doing something pretty funky in front of you, so
the takes in never that easy. But yeah, like you say,
it's often not many, but when they do come through,
it's pretty crucial.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
And what about the connection with the captain and the
bowlers as well? You see a lot from your vantage
point behind the stump. So do you feel confident and
even in a black CAP's environment which is still quite
new to you, to pass on that information to people
who might need it.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Yeah, I think that's the great thing about the environment
is that there's a lot of experience guys, but they
sort of welcome you in and it's pretty relaxed environment
and everyone gets around you and gets on really well.
So feel pretty comfortable from the first game to have
you say if you see something and they take that
on as well. Because I guess we've all played a
lot of cricket. They've played a lot more than me
at the international level, but the cricket is still the same.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Your most recent cricket's been red bull stuff, hasn't it.
For Canterbury had a plunket shill game earlier in the
month before that, fifty over crickets. That's been what's six
weeks or so since the Super Smash finished. Do you
find the adjustment relatively easy to make though between the
formats and between the color of the cricket ball.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Yeah, I really like the change in format. I think
it keeps it all fresh, especially this timeless season where
sort of at the back end, it's quite nice to
sort of switch it up a little bit. I know,
the first Red Bull game back after a big diet
of white ball cricket was I'm my first netcision back.
It was actually quite nice to defend a few and
leave a few. So I quite enjoy the change up
(05:24):
and playing fighty different shots. And I guess all you know,
it's still crickets, still keeping, still betting, So yeah, now
I do enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
When was the last time you let a ball go
through to the keeper as a white ball batter?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
None so intentionally love it.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
In first chance to play for New Zealand, I think
in your hometown tomorrow, how special is that going to be?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (05:46):
And that's very exciting. When I saw the schedule to
have a game of Haglar, I was pretty excited. It's
been a dream to groups New Zealand at home in
front of him and family, So it's going to be
pretty exciting and really, unfortunately it sounds.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Like it's going to be close to a sellout as well.
I think as we talk today less than five hundred
tickets available, be over eight thousand there. Would that be
the biggest Hagley crowd you've played in front of?
Speaker 5 (06:10):
Yeah, yeah, definitely the biggest Hagley crowd I've played in
front of. I'm not too sure what we get for
sub smash games, but it wouldn't be anything close to that,
I don't imagine. So that's going to be a pretty
cool occasion.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It must be exciting a start of a series, fresh
looking team, a lot of new faces and new Wish faces,
including you, Sarah. Do you get a sense of excitement
around the group?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Yeah, definitely. I think the group's very excited to sort
of join up. If you new guys so I haven't
spent a lot of time with as well, so that
it was exciting to get to know them and just
get around them a bit, which is cool. And I think, yeah,
definitely can feel the excitement in the group for a
five match two twenty series, which is yeah, slightly more than.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Usual, absolutely, and a bit of a traveling roadshow as
well to the five venues I mentioned before. It's great
to chat mate just before you go. Your partner Lara
is part of the Wellington Phoenix women's side. There are
a way at Sydney FC tonight you're going to get
the chance to have a lot.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Yeah, I'll definitely be watching. I tune into most games
and I would definitely be keeping an eye on that one.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
The cyber good stuff mate. Well, all the best tomorrow
and for the rest of the T twenty series and beyond.
Appreciate you taking them time for a chat.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
No, thank you, Mitch Mitchee. We could keeper batsman with
Canterbury and with the black Caps for these upcoming T
twenty matches.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk sed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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