December 21, 2024 • 8 mins
The White Ferns have lost a rain-hit second women’s one-day international against Australia.
Despite the loss, bowler Molly Penfold was a star with career-best figures of four for 42.
Molly tells Jason Pine the team knew they were coming up against the world’s best and unfortunately couldn’t get across the line.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Fine
from newstalksb Cricket.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
The White Ferns have lost a rain hit second rose
By one Day Cricket International against Australia at the Basin
Reserve under the DLS method, chasing two hundred and ninety
two for victory in Wellington yesterday, New Zealand one twenty
two for five in the thirty first over when the
rain set in. The star though for New Zealand was
seen bowl of Molly Penfold her best ever One Day
(00:35):
International figures of four for forty two. Penfold jobs at
shot taken. Kurt takes the catch, big wicket, Ulessa Helly
couldn't resist. She had a swing. It never really got
to her and get your that is the pace and
bounced that.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Molly Penfold offers excellent comeback delivery boundary.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
The ball before and then were ripping off.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
The link takes the gloves of Elise Perry and it
is a long walk back for yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Molly Penfold has four Talia mccrago's four for forty two
for Molly Penfold. Who joins us now you've given it
the overnight test, I guess Molly in general terms, before
we talk about your bowling specifically, how do you reflect
on the eighty odd overs that played out yesterday?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, I mean, first, it was nice, nice to actually
get a game and or start and saying that, so,
it was nice to get on the field with the girls.
Always nice to you know, take the field with the
great bunch of girls there, so you know, have a
huge amount of talent. And yeah, we knew we were
coming up, you know, against the world's best, so we
(01:47):
knew we had to put out a good performance. Unfortunately
we couldn't get across the line. But yeah, let's just
cricket sometimes. And we've done our review this morning, so
we know what we need to do. And in saying that,
we know the skills there and the knowledge is there,
it's just about how we execute on the day.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
What were the main things that today's review threw.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Up from a bowling point of view, We were more
talking about how we can just execute for longer really,
you know, in the in the one day format. You know,
we've had a lot of T twenty crickets for going
into the one day stuff. It's just about doing those
good things for longer and for me, personally, it's just
having a clear plan and just simplicity around you know,
(02:26):
what I want to do when I want to execute,
and yeah, for me, it's just trying to execute.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
On the day.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well, you executed yesterday pretty well four for forty two
in general terms, How happy were you with the way
you bowled yesterday?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, I was was very happy with how I went yesterday.
Probably didn't start the best, but managed to bring it
back in the middle phase of the game there. So yeah,
it was It was nice to get a few wickets
under the belt, that's for sure. And you know, I'm
always pushing to make the playing eleven for the one
day side as well, because consistency in the in the
(03:01):
game time is you know, key for bowlers, you know,
just trying to find the rhythm and stuff, and yeah,
pushing pushing hard for that. So it was mass to
get on the field and take a few wickets.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah. Well you got three of the top four as well,
and some pretty good players Alyssa Healy, Elise Perry, Beth Mooney.
You'd be pretty happy with Scalps like that, wouldn't you.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, definitely, definitely. You know, they're they're the best in
the world for a reason, and there they're world class players.
So to get the wickets of them was yeah, amazing.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But the real what if you worked on most with
your bowling over the last I don't know, eighteen months
or so, I worked a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
With being around a lot of technique stuff, you know,
with my run up and my load up at the
crease as well. And for me, it's just trying to
nail those more than anything. Yeah, with my rest position
and everything. Maybe trying to get a bit of swing,
but I guess I have that natural angle in to
the better for my yeah, from my run up, So yeah,
(04:03):
it's just for me, it's just keeping it real simple
technique stuff and not trying to overcomplicate it too much.
So you know, Ben's really been very helpful with that
over the past, you know, twelve to eighteen months.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Just back to yesterday in the dismissal of Elisee Perry,
it felt as though looked as though you've got a
bit of extra pace and bounce which she couldn't quite
deal with. Sheaed it through to as he gazed behind
the stumps. Was that a particularly satisfying piece of bowling
for you?
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, definitely something honest probably I wanted it to go.
You know, I was painting a bouncer, so it probably
didn't get up as much as I end of life.
You know, that's just crickets sometimes, and sometimes those kind
of bulls get you wickets. So no, I was happy
to get the wicket for her.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Of course, you mentioned before about pushing for a regular
place in the side. I guess your opportunities with the
White Ferns have been a bit limited since your debuted
in twenty twenty one. Lot of competition, of course. Do
you feel like you're in a place now where you
can stake acclaim for regular regular game time in both
TEA twenty and fifty over stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, Locke, I've always you know, posh to make that
playing eleven, and you know I get a lot of
reassurance and confidence from from being in that sense. And
you know, when people go down with injuries and stuff,
it does you know, it's a bit bittersweet because it's
unfortunate for them, but at the same time it's a
great opportunity for myself to come in and you know,
(05:26):
prove a point almost in a way, and you know,
I just try and play my best cricket and kind
of try and cement my place in the team. So yeah, definitely,
and I'm still pushing for it in the T twenty
side as well of course, but yeah, still a work
in progress.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, you're in pretty good wicket taking form in the
in the HBJ, the Hollly Bit and Johnston Shield eleven
wickets in five games for Auckland. Did that give you
confidence coming into the international arena off the back of
you know, getting some good wicket taking innings in the HBJ.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Yeah, definitely. It's definitely helped having you know, six games
of HBJ leading leading into this series. Like I said before,
we'd had a lot of far from India who had
a lot of T twenty cricket obviously leading off from
the World Cup as well, so it was nice to
have around six games of a fifty over in the
domestic setup leading in here. And yeah, like you said,
(06:22):
it does it does, you know, boost my confidence a
bit with the works start of things as well. And
just as a fast bowler, it's making sure that you
find your rhythm. Sometimes it takes an over or two
to get into it, but no, it's definitely helped leading
into the series.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
And the standout on the school board batting wise yesterday
was Annabelle Sutherland. Of course, an unbeaten century one five
off eighty one balls. Was was she basically the difference
between the two sides yesterday.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Yeah, look, she's she's a world class player. You know,
she can take the game away from you in in
a matter of a few overs. So she played her class
innings and credit to her for that. But from a
bowling point of view, we probably you know, gave her
a few too many chances as well. She got put
down a couple of times, so we've reflected on that
(07:11):
and known that, you know, she's dropped on sixty odd
and then goes on to to make a century and
that can be the difference sometimes. So yeah, that's probably
what we were missing in the batting side of things
from our point of view too, you know, just someone
to go ahead and make that fiftare one hundred or
that big partnership out in the middle. But yeah, credit
to her, she played an amazing innings.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We'll hope for that. You get a better day tomorrow.
The forecast is a lot better. You got no game
on Thursday, sort of half a game yesterday, hopefully get
a full game and tomorrow, just before you go, your
sister Josie of course on the Auckland side with you.
How much of an influence has she been on your cricket.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Oh, massive influenced. She's she's awesome to play with the
past few years, you know, she's she's a she's a
class player too and still wanting to develop her game
and one day make the White Fans squad too. So
I'm doing what I can to help her in that
sense as well. And yeah, we help each other in
that way. It's good that we have similar skill set too,
(08:09):
so we can help each other out on that too.
But yeah, now she's awesome to play with. Yeah, I'm
glad I'm not playing against her or facting her bowling.
So now it's real cool to have her on the
side and looking forward to the Super Smash season.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Ahead with her.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Absolutely, that's not too far away. First point of business though,
the third Odio against Australia tomorrow. I hope it goes
as well as yesterday as far as your bowling is concerned. Molly,
thanks for taking the time for a chat this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thanks for having me, No, thanks for joining us. Molly
appreciate it very much. Molly Penfold there out of the
white ferns her best ever international bowling figures yesterday, four
for forty two.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
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 Fine
from newstalksb Cricket.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
The White Ferns have lost a rain hit second rose
By one Day Cricket International against Australia at the Basin
Reserve under the DLS method, chasing two hundred and ninety
two for victory in Wellington yesterday, New Zealand one twenty
two for five in the thirty first over when the
rain set in. The star though for New Zealand was
seen bowl of Molly Penfold her best ever One Day
(00:35):
International figures of four for forty two. Penfold jobs at
shot taken. Kurt takes the catch, big wicket, Ulessa Helly
couldn't resist. She had a swing. It never really got
to her and get your that is the pace and
bounced that.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Molly Penfold offers excellent comeback delivery boundary.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
The ball before and then were ripping off.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
The link takes the gloves of Elise Perry and it
is a long walk back for yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Molly Penfold has four Talia mccrago's four for forty two
for Molly Penfold. Who joins us now you've given it
the overnight test, I guess Molly in general terms, before
we talk about your bowling specifically, how do you reflect
on the eighty odd overs that played out yesterday?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, I mean, first, it was nice, nice to actually
get a game and or start and saying that, so,
it was nice to get on the field with the girls.
Always nice to you know, take the field with the
great bunch of girls there, so you know, have a
huge amount of talent. And yeah, we knew we were
coming up, you know, against the world's best, so we
(01:47):
knew we had to put out a good performance. Unfortunately
we couldn't get across the line. But yeah, let's just
cricket sometimes. And we've done our review this morning, so
we know what we need to do. And in saying that,
we know the skills there and the knowledge is there,
it's just about how we execute on the day.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
What were the main things that today's review threw.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Up from a bowling point of view, We were more
talking about how we can just execute for longer really,
you know, in the in the one day format. You know,
we've had a lot of T twenty crickets for going
into the one day stuff. It's just about doing those
good things for longer and for me, personally, it's just
having a clear plan and just simplicity around you know,
(02:26):
what I want to do when I want to execute,
and yeah, for me, it's just trying to execute.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
On the day.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Well, you executed yesterday pretty well four for forty two
in general terms, How happy were you with the way
you bowled yesterday?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah, I was was very happy with how I went yesterday.
Probably didn't start the best, but managed to bring it
back in the middle phase of the game there. So yeah,
it was It was nice to get a few wickets
under the belt, that's for sure. And you know, I'm
always pushing to make the playing eleven for the one
day side as well, because consistency in the in the
(03:01):
game time is you know, key for bowlers, you know,
just trying to find the rhythm and stuff, and yeah,
pushing pushing hard for that. So it was mass to
get on the field and take a few wickets.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah. Well you got three of the top four as well,
and some pretty good players Alyssa Healy, Elise Perry, Beth Mooney.
You'd be pretty happy with Scalps like that, wouldn't you.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, definitely, definitely. You know, they're they're the best in
the world for a reason, and there they're world class players.
So to get the wickets of them was yeah, amazing.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
But the real what if you worked on most with
your bowling over the last I don't know, eighteen months
or so, I worked a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
With being around a lot of technique stuff, you know,
with my run up and my load up at the
crease as well. And for me, it's just trying to
nail those more than anything. Yeah, with my rest position
and everything. Maybe trying to get a bit of swing,
but I guess I have that natural angle in to
the better for my yeah, from my run up, So yeah,
(04:03):
it's just for me, it's just keeping it real simple
technique stuff and not trying to overcomplicate it too much.
So you know, Ben's really been very helpful with that
over the past, you know, twelve to eighteen months.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Just back to yesterday in the dismissal of Elisee Perry,
it felt as though looked as though you've got a
bit of extra pace and bounce which she couldn't quite
deal with. Sheaed it through to as he gazed behind
the stumps. Was that a particularly satisfying piece of bowling
for you?
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, definitely something honest probably I wanted it to go.
You know, I was painting a bouncer, so it probably
didn't get up as much as I end of life.
You know, that's just crickets sometimes, and sometimes those kind
of bulls get you wickets. So no, I was happy
to get the wicket for her.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Of course, you mentioned before about pushing for a regular
place in the side. I guess your opportunities with the
White Ferns have been a bit limited since your debuted
in twenty twenty one. Lot of competition, of course. Do
you feel like you're in a place now where you
can stake acclaim for regular regular game time in both
TEA twenty and fifty over stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, Locke, I've always you know, posh to make that
playing eleven, and you know I get a lot of
reassurance and confidence from from being in that sense. And
you know, when people go down with injuries and stuff,
it does you know, it's a bit bittersweet because it's
unfortunate for them, but at the same time it's a
great opportunity for myself to come in and you know,
(05:26):
prove a point almost in a way, and you know,
I just try and play my best cricket and kind
of try and cement my place in the team. So yeah, definitely,
and I'm still pushing for it in the T twenty
side as well of course, but yeah, still a work
in progress.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, you're in pretty good wicket taking form in the
in the HBJ, the Hollly Bit and Johnston Shield eleven
wickets in five games for Auckland. Did that give you
confidence coming into the international arena off the back of
you know, getting some good wicket taking innings in the HBJ.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Yeah, definitely. It's definitely helped having you know, six games
of HBJ leading leading into this series. Like I said before,
we'd had a lot of far from India who had
a lot of T twenty cricket obviously leading off from
the World Cup as well, so it was nice to
have around six games of a fifty over in the
domestic setup leading in here. And yeah, like you said,
(06:22):
it does it does, you know, boost my confidence a
bit with the works start of things as well. And
just as a fast bowler, it's making sure that you
find your rhythm. Sometimes it takes an over or two
to get into it, but no, it's definitely helped leading
into the series.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
And the standout on the school board batting wise yesterday
was Annabelle Sutherland. Of course, an unbeaten century one five
off eighty one balls. Was was she basically the difference
between the two sides yesterday.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Yeah, look, she's she's a world class player. You know,
she can take the game away from you in in
a matter of a few overs. So she played her class
innings and credit to her for that. But from a
bowling point of view, we probably you know, gave her
a few too many chances as well. She got put
down a couple of times, so we've reflected on that
(07:11):
and known that, you know, she's dropped on sixty odd
and then goes on to to make a century and
that can be the difference sometimes. So yeah, that's probably
what we were missing in the batting side of things
from our point of view too, you know, just someone
to go ahead and make that fiftare one hundred or
that big partnership out in the middle. But yeah, credit
to her, she played an amazing innings.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We'll hope for that. You get a better day tomorrow.
The forecast is a lot better. You got no game
on Thursday, sort of half a game yesterday, hopefully get
a full game and tomorrow, just before you go, your
sister Josie of course on the Auckland side with you.
How much of an influence has she been on your cricket.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Oh, massive influenced. She's she's awesome to play with the
past few years, you know, she's she's a she's a
class player too and still wanting to develop her game
and one day make the White Fans squad too. So
I'm doing what I can to help her in that
sense as well. And yeah, we help each other in
that way. It's good that we have similar skill set too,
(08:09):
so we can help each other out on that too.
But yeah, now she's awesome to play with. Yeah, I'm
glad I'm not playing against her or facting her bowling.
So now it's real cool to have her on the
side and looking forward to the Super Smash season.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Ahead with her.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Absolutely, that's not too far away. First point of business though,
the third Odio against Australia tomorrow. I hope it goes
as well as yesterday as far as your bowling is concerned. Molly,
thanks for taking the time for a chat this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thanks for having me, No, thanks for joining us. Molly
appreciate it very much. Molly Penfold there out of the
white ferns her best ever international bowling figures yesterday, four
for forty two.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
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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