February 17, 2025 • 26 mins
Champions Trophy Preview - Bazball to beat Australia & India vs Pakistan | Cricket Today Show - Tuesday February 18
The Cricket Today Show previews the first week of the 2025 Champions Trophy, with huge matches of India vs Pakistan, England vs Australia and debate if Marnus should be picked in the Aussie ODI side!
The panel go through the big questions for the tournament ahead, debate how Bazball will go in a big tournament and go through the fan comments/questions!
Join the Cricket Today Show with Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion, Leo Mullaly and Marcus Bazzano to hear about all things Australia and world cricket!
00:00 Intro
02:49 QUICK QUESTIOS
06:21 CHAMPIONS TROPHY BIG QUESTIONS
17:55 QUICKFIRE TIPS - CHAMPIONS TROPHY WEEK 1
23:30 QUESTIONS/FAN COMMENTS
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome back to the Cricket Today Show for all things
Champions Trophy. I'm your host. Liam McCallan also knows the
stats guy. He's looking pretty up and about today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Liam, Malala, you how fitting Champions Trophy and we have
two champions right here.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I'll let you work out.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
We'll definitely not you. The comments will tell us the comments,
who are the champions are? We've We're gonna got a
champ over here. Marcus Barzano on the Champ just I
was just thinking.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I was just looking for then in his intro and
I was like, if he just cut his hair a
little bit?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
He and.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, yeah, really, okay, I'll consider it.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Let me know in the comments.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Honestly, we get a pole going for need a haircut?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I do need a haircut, Lizla, Lizlah.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
That j oh my god, I'm getting run into the show.
We've obviously got the quick single, We've got breaking down
Trelannka Verus Australia. We got smashed, who said we got
absolutely smashed. Blanka just turned into a different team. That
was pretty awesome by them. We're obviously going to talk
about the Champions Trophy, which starts tomorrow night so we're
(01:08):
very excited eight pm our time in Melbourne. Got some
Champions Trophy, big questions about Australia, a few other teams
as well, the most exciting team to watch. Yes, that'd
be good to go through there. We're gonna have some
quick fire tips that aren't usually quick fire. We're going
to make him quick main quick fire for the first week.
So Week one of the Champions Trophy Pakistan versus New
Zealand is the opener. Then we've got some massive ones.
(01:28):
We've got Australia England so the original the rivalry there,
and then we've got probably the biggest game ever. It's
always just huge. Oh what do you want to say?
It's the biggest.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
It's the biggest matchup in sporting history, every code anything.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Do you do you believe that? Really?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, it's got it's got the most.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
You'll have the most, it gets the same it gets
the most viewers, the same amount of viewers as the
World Cup final. Oh in soccer, what did you say,
New India?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yeah, huge, huge game.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
It will be to decent. Didn't they win that?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That would be awesome. Before we start, be sure to
get right around the show on Spotify, Apple Podcast, subscribe
to the YouTube channel you were looking at it before, Marcus,
have you got We've got at least a soft count for.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Me three point four six and four one hundred.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
And sixty six of sixty Oh sorry, you're you're trying
to buy time for me. No, that's all right. That
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Speaker 3 (02:38):
Three subscribers in the last five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, do that just for this show. Awesome. I love
lovely to hear that. So yeah, make sure you get
around the socials Leo. It is chucking up lots of
stuff on there as well. Okay, quick single. This is
going to be a very quick good because obviously Australia
played Sri Lanka in two Eyes last weekend. Over the weekend,
they absolutely smached us on them.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I mean Schlanka, That's what I was talking about all
those years ago. What I just they have the talent there.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I just like what I see from Schlanka.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
They're not even in the Champions in the Champions Trophy.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yeah, but they're going to build back up to get there.
They've had a couple of down years.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
You like what you say, but there's going to be
nothing to see.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I've sawn what I've seen, what I saw, what I've seen,
and I've seen it and I like it.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Wow that is and they're going to build.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
They've had a couple of down years, are going to
build back up, and they've got the good spinning options.
Tell you what, if they were in the Champions Trophy,
I reckon they could win it. They could.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
They could though they would finish six, that best six,
that best YEP out of eight sevenths. I don't know
what you're talking about. No less than first, not even anyway.
They've actually had some records. So they had their biggest
ever od I win over Australia, which was one hundred
and seventy four runs, absolutely awesome. It was Australia's third
(03:59):
worst ODI batting total one hundred and seven who've made
I think it was seventy three once against England, ninety
three against Good.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
With the half decent with the ball. Yeah, I'm saying, yeah,
it was just the batting line up. Yeah, it was
just I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Australia half the ball. Yeah about batting, but the batting
was shocking a lot of young guys, which will.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Touch on that just was not adding shocking or stri
Lanka's bowling were good.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
I think it was the bowling team selection.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Oh we didn't have many paa was it was the
problem he made Player of the Series.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
If he was playing for India, he'd be.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
He's what I imagine when your dad tells your story
about how his dad hit him when he was younger,
and and.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
You know, it's just like, who's the dad in this situation,
like in.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
The older generations like Asalanka Asalanka is the grandpa hitting
my dad around?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Ah with the bat in cricket Yeah okay, yeah, there
was no bat involved. He just he was just dominated.
It's just straight shoe man. Yeah, yeah like that.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
It's also a term for a bat in Australia.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yes, yep, good one there.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What else?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You know, what else is a term in Australia for
a bat. I think that's what he was saying. No,
I thought you were anyway, the animal that gave us
all COVID no good times so bad. Anyway, that's good.
I'm going mat The second Australia lost seven to twenty eight.
That was the batting that just went out the window.
Very young, inexperienced team though, so we were trying.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Very young with Smith and Head and Short.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
All the rest he had Connolly, Sanger.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Connelly only played one. Sanger only played one.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That's what I said. Second didn't they.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Only didn't play The sacondlad Carry shows how much I
cared about Wow and the host of the Cricket show.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Everybody, No, I mean a champions I love the championship.
What you were saying before, No, it is, it is.
That's why we're here. So let's get into all things
champions Trophy. It's from feb nineteenth tomorrow night to the
ninth of March, so it's just going to be a
couple of action packed weeks of cricket. We're going to
be doing lots of socials on that.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Every single game of the tournament is at eight pm Australian.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
That is really good. Oh that means well end we'll
finish at like three in the morning.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, you're up at that's fine for that when not
nine ours mate.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I am yeah, you're to tell you are okay?
Speaker 3 (06:15):
You're pushing thirty?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
What?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
No?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Am I okay? Whatever you say? That was very random.
I'm off the browsier. Big questions that we're going to
go through Champions Trophy. I'll read them out and then
we can all discuss them. First one was are we
worried about the young guys coming through for Australia White
Ball cricket? Because I am yes, I certainly am.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I think Sam conscious this morning was doing his best
impression of trying to get a late call up to
the Him and Nick Madison hit thirty off the first
two overs in the Shield game.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
This Nick Madison in there.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
No, he's cooked. Should even be playing professonal?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Yeah, we're going to struggle. Honestly, we could finish last. No,
we'll finish last. We could finish last.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I'm not worried because they're very like, it's raw talent
and there's there's a bit of a gap that we've
got the experience. We have the raw talent to much
experience in between, and I reckon on the raw players
get to the in between.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Will be fine. We just gotta wait.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
A bit of AFL preseason vibes where like no one
cares like you get beat in the warm up, wash
your anchor.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
But when it comes to crunch storm do the likes
of myth. I'm not worried about them. Yeah, I think
that's why we're not going to come anywhere you last.
I think the experienced guys are still there. They're going
to do well.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I'm just worrying about sure if they won't play for
I looked at all like the predictive ones.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I know where not so check it out. He shouldn't
check that out out on the socials where we have
our elevens.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But he can't.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
There's just a lot of guys there that haven't proved present.
Johnson I think is really good, so he'll be all right.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Nathan Als will be our best.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Nathan will be really good. So I'm not too worried
about the bowling side. But the batting home word.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Yeah, who do you?
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Who do you?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
If you had to pick one opener Short McGirk short
and you picking Short?
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah? Both out a form, yeah, Shorts, but he's in
better forming like Big Bash and Domestic Cricket and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I reckon, I think short has more of a level head. Yeah,
just hitting straight straight to mid off, catching height, get
a bit of grass in your Jake Frasman's grass like
Matt Row in the AFL. Literally he should, he would be,
he would if he could hit along the grass.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Jake Frasman.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
He does look a little bit. He looks like a
skinnier version of that.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Real, Yeah he doesn't. Does he look like buzz like
the same sort of trip rowlism board bolding?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
For him?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Now come, he knows he's bolding to I was in
a video.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
He knows, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Next one, I'm going to touch on for the Champions Trophy.
Big questions? Should Manus get a spot in this team?
I tricked the thing up on social yesterday. His last
fifteen international earnings that's across everything, averages twenty two point seven.
He's got three fifties to them. We're in one match
against inw that was pretty solid in the test matches,
but even in odie cricket, he hasn't yet lit the
world on fire. So what do you reckon? Should Marnus
(09:07):
been the team?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Luna? Next question?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Oh, I agree, now predicted elevens.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, he's not in any of ours. Actually, yeah, I
think he has to miss out. I'd rather carry or
English or Smith or any of them.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah, whose carry English in there?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Yeah, I think we're all in agreement on that, that English,
because English as a batsman just is in great form.
And then you've got Kerry who's probably in his career
best form in like test and things like that. So
I think they got to both be in there. I agree. Okay, cool,
that's the first time we've all agreed on that, top
of sure. So Marnus is gone. See later, we don't
have to hear Manus. That's good, all right, next one
he'll still be there the drinks boundary.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
He will probably be in the team. This is our predicted.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Eleven will probably be in.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
The probably will be and then you'll probably.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Make maybe open with open with Smith and head slot
minus at three.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
I don't mind Smith opening.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
Should should players be miked up like they are in
the Big Bash? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Commentary Will commings ashes.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, that was pretty cool.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Like imagine Glenn maxwells two hungred innings, he's the player
who's marked up.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I do you reckon he's going to make that innings
if he's marked up, I don't know, I don't know.
I feel like that might hinder the performer.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Ian Smith in your ear going, I.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Love it's Maxie shut up here? Yeah maybe not? Maybe not.
Next big question, can England succeed with bas ball in
a big tournament? We haven't seen it in a big tournament.
Basball later went off about this last week. Can they
do it? Does Basball relate to like short.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Format because he's coaching them?
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I guess, I guess. I think Australia associated with twenty twenty.
I associated a little bit with ODI because like Australia,
for example, we start off a little bit slow, like
when you got Smith and Labushane in there, whereas Basball,
I feel like they're still just going to be gone
for one I know that.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
They will be Yeah that's Sultan Duckett.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Yeah, so I thought i'd said this before. I thought
he was the worst cricketer. And he's good good, he's
really good. He's technique I thought was horrible. But he's
through me wrong. So what do we think? Do we
think it can succeed? Like? What what's a past mark
for basball to win it? To win it? Yeah, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I think past mark for a lot of teams is
to win it. That's why we have failures.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Make the faun or the least.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I reckon the past stacked team.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
Yeah, I know, it's it's no matter who you're facing
in the semi final. I reckon, it's just the lottery
because all the teams you'll face.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
The top four teams in the world are really good.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
But that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
A should they probably the most likely will be playing
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Or South Africa, probably maybe maybe Pakistan in the in
the CIA, we're in the same group.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, anyway, he's right, he's right, he's right. But
I just reckon, I've lost my train of thought that guys,
anything else. Do we beat England when we play them?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
I think not.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I was gonna say no, but I think it'll be
very close. It's the first game. It's the first game
for y yep as. I don't know. You just hate it,
just I hate some of them. Yeah, and Stokes, Yeah,
that's an easy one.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Brighton cass Leo.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
He might be a nice guy. I might want to
get about you. That's true. Now they say he is
a nice guy. You don't.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
But Leo suit Tats no, no, you got I've got too.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Maybe he has something that we can't see.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Last big question, lads, who will be the most exciting
team to watch? Can be any team, anyone that you
you might not always like, but they're going to be exciting.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
The Cricket Today team on YouTube will be the most
excited throughout this SEC Champions Trophy.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
I agree with that. Next question, manchi plug, give me
give me one of the eighth We're the knife team
in the champions trophe. Give me the top eight? Why
so much?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
I just didn't have potential as a team.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You said about last year and they've gone down here.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
No, they just moked one gap and then then one
two In Australia, two Neil lads sucked it.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
That's another national Like they're not even in this tournament.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
You brought them up.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Who's gonna be the most exciting thing to want?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
England?
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I want to put my mouth over the mic like
that clip.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
I don't want to see, but you're probably right.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Look, can I make a prediction about England?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
I'd love to.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
They will beat us but lose to Afghanistan.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
That's just their VI, that's just exciting. I think that's
very similar to Pakistan. Like, I think they could be
very exciting because they're just a rollercoaster like you've got
you've got very exciting bowlers. You've got some exciting batters.
And they could randomly beat India and then lose to Bangladesh. Yeah,
that could easily happen.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
They know what annoys me about England?
Speaker 1 (14:01):
There we go, how long have we got?
Speaker 3 (14:03):
I've forgotten again?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
No, I forgot?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Oh well great, great?
Speaker 4 (14:12):
What is your most exciting I would say England, But
to go something a bit a little bit different, going.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
To go South Africa.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
They're going to live their players like like they're a
bit dirty, like the the villains, Like as a villain,
they're a bit scary and the lock you've got players
they love celebrations as well. Yeah, they get around the
celebrations South Africa. So I'll definitely be tuning into their game.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I like it.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Yeah, I don't mind South Africa. I don't mind England.
I genuinely think Pakistani always just box office because you
don't know what you're gonna get.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Yeah, and you know what annoys me about England when
we call them exciting.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
They will take that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
As a win because that's what they want.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's their moral victory. That's true. I don't like, Yeah,
they will lose, just say they lose and don't even
make a bath the group days Ben's talk. Yeah, it
was a good tournament because we made like four hundred
one game. Yeah, but that's just what they'll think. We
played the way we want to and we're happy with that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
I don't really understand the table for the Champions Trophy.
It's like based off wins. It doesn't really make a
lot of sense to me.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
Block the hospital and I was fairly happy with my
connection there. Yeah, we can't anything, we can't say anything.
We've got to South African. We've got a.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, and were multi cultural world nowadays culture cricket.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
The next segment, which is.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Oh my god, Okay, that's a great, nice little sege there.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Someone's going to host the show.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
I'm trying forgetting everything. It's pretty much he's already put
his lower thood into the group out of it today.
All right, Quick fight is for the Champions Trophy Week one.
The first three games Quick Fight and then I just
want a little bit of extra three Quick fights. First
one Pakistan. New Zealand is the opener, the opener for
(16:03):
the big tournament. This is a tricky Oneisan, Okay, I'm
going to go to Pakistan as well, but I'm confident
they're going to be in the wave.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Maybe wrong, but didn't they beat them in the final
in the Try Series.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
This is this tournament is hosted by Pakistan, so therefore
I think.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
It's a little bit more used to the conditions. Yeah,
New Zealand. I realized last week we were saying it
was in Dubai, but it's definitely in Pakistan. They're training.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Yeah, but I think the final will be some games
India can't play in Pakistan, some games will.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Be in New Zealand. Just beat them in the Tri
Series final. I don't know. The more I look at
the team, I just talked myself into New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
They have a good team of paper, but there's a
lot of good teams like that. So you're going to
zelm will go Pakistan Bangaldes vers India India? Is that
just easy? India? I love bank, but it's not going
to hundred.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Maybe record score next one Afghanistan Versuth Africa, but have
a few smokers but I'm going to Africa all the way,
so they'll smashing.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
I'm gonna go to South Africa as well. But in
that Bangladesh India game, if Bangladesh could all do us
a favor, win the toss and bat first.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
That would be great. It would save three hours of
watch time.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Good point, that's good point.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Maybe just they just do it before the game. Yeah,
you can bath first, you can pay first. Maybe not
all right? The biggest games of the weekend, this is
the first week first games for Australia versus England. Mad
the big rivalry, the Ashes rivaly. Obviously it's not the
Ashes for the ODI Eyes. But what do we think?
I am a little bit worried as a natty or
(17:36):
a lot worried.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yeah, I think England will pip us.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Yeah, yeah, they got the upper hand over US in
short format cricket, I believe yep, so England. I fancy
them going all the way. So and Australia finishing last
in the group so will win this last?
Speaker 1 (17:53):
That is crazy. Possibly failed to win a game at
the Championship. That's a big geez. Okay, that is that
is a cool. Well, I'm yeah, I'll go England as well.
I think it's gonna be really close to I think
first game they're sort of building into it. Australia. I
don't know. We've got a different team than we had
against Jilanca. It's a bit more experienced. It is a
little bit, isn't it. No, not really, Well, there's no
(18:16):
there won't be Connelly, there won't be played one game. Yeah,
they won't be TV. But I'm just saying there's there's
a bit more experience. You've got Zampa. He's going to
get a few wikds.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It's a very very similar team mate.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
I still starz would like boys that are always I'm
worried about the tournaments.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I'm worried about the bowlers. So yeah, we're all going England.
That is a bit sad, but that's okay. Pakistan versus India,
the biggest game of the tournament is this Sunday night.
Are we going to crown like last? Of course? I
think that would be not to what do you reckon
Pakistan best India?
Speaker 3 (18:50):
I think India get it done.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Like I said before, Pakistan lift for this game.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
I'm saying Pakistan did beat India in the previous Champions
Trophy final.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Yes, to win one of the biggest finals in cricket
distort because.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
And I'm gonna put an asterisk next to India's too,
Chirophy wins because they coon they co won, they both
won them and Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I believe see Sri Lanka they were.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Both named as co champions.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Why because I think it was just rained out or
something they gave them.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
They've got like one and a half troph Yeah, but
they would have been in Sri Lanka probably back to
it though. Yeah, I'm going India. Yeah, I think India
is the smart pick. But I genuinely think Pakistan just
lift for this game and they might only win one
game and it might be India. That's just how they roll.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
I would like to make an announcement.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, paint us a quickly say it before you forget
quickly quickly.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
I'm visualizing.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I'm visualizing. My finalists for the Champions Trophy have been updated.
I think it will be a New Zealand West England
final and I think I think New Zealand get revenge.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Talking into the countback from the count back, if we
go to the previous show, previous episode, I think I
said you were in England.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
I'm sure you weren't on the New Zealand train.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
No, I've changed my mind, That's what I'm saying. Now
we talk myself into the squad. I like their batting.
It's well, it's a very well rounded eleven is what
I will say.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
He's just making sure if they do well, he has
clips for both. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
I would like to make another announcement.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
It will be a South Africa verseon Pakistan final in
Australia win it all. I'm on New Zealand, Okay, I'm on.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
South Africa on the same vibus. I think the squad.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I think New Zealand will at least make the final.
I have them winning it just because like revenge over
England would be that would be cool.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
But yeah, there you go.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
See all right, that's boom.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
That's our tips for the Champions Trophy Week one. Check out. Yeah,
lots of the socials for especially the Australia England and
Pakistan India game. Maybe some combined elevens later. You're pretty happy.
They were always fun.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That'll go off, that will.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
Go off in a tournament combined eleven Yeah, we could
do that after before, do before before and after after
changes we lost us Chunky Chunk markets over there. There
we go.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
That's from now Gerald.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Yeah, we're going anyway. Question slash comments. Let's get into
the comments lads, Facebook, don't actually you want to read
him about Marcus sure thing?
Speaker 4 (21:18):
Yeah, Greg Summers on Facebook about the Champions Trophy predictions.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
He goes, well, don't pick Australia. They won't be any
good at all.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
That's what I've been saying. Yeah, me and Greg we're
on the same train.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
He only said that today though you didn't say that
last year.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
He didn't. I said we weren't going to make it
through the group. He didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Yeah, but he didn't say we'd finished last.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Well, that's just mourn us a win. We'll finish last. Okay.
He's in an agreement with Greg. And then Instagram Lea
was getting roasted for his I thought it was pretty
good ranking. The I player rank it stuffed.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Up because like it's a blind range exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Yeah, but people, I don't think people in the comments
realized that, I don't know if we can read this
one out, if any we can read it audio player ranking.
There was so many comments. I didn't put the name
to it because there was multip people that said something
like this, you want to read that Marus more sperm
has better cricket knowledge than.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
You probably does.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
There was a lot of comments. People weren't happy with
Maxie at number two. I don't think that was that bad.
I didn't see I didn't see the ranking. How did
it go? It went? But like what did you put?
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I think number one was Boomer Boomra Maxie b Yeah
is the number one audio batsman? Oh yeah, yeah, three
is acceptible.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Yeah, let's go to the end, mate.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
But it's a it's a blind ranking exactly, so you
don't know who's coming, like Max with Bubba A free
d yeah, shows, Mitch Marsh, Harris, Ralph was.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Obviously it was the last it was. It was his
last selection.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
But I have my time over.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I would have put Yea.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
I wouldn't have please don't.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
I would have put him probably above Bubba.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
I hate to say it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, you have to pick him. What do you have
to say above Bubba? What going to be above?
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Probably above Maxie to Yea, probably would have been below
Bomber because the right Yeah he is.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Up there with the goats, our YouTube, Marcus O, our
favorite man.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Yeah, we still want all our comments on YouTube, so
please keep coming him coming, hip him coming. Our man
Andrew t Ryan Rickleton is a great player. But when
I hear his name, I'm just disappointed that he's not
called Ricky Rickleton. That would be an all time great name.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
That's like former North Melbourne. I don't know if he
was captain, but Luke McDonald's dad that played for North
Marmon Donald McDonald that I think that he was adopted,
so that like his parents did the name of donald McDonald.
But that's very similar to Ricky let He had an
unfortunate life on two parts.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Wait for North.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yeah that was one more good though. If you're talking
about North plays back in the day, they were good. Anyway,
that's it. Yeah, I don't mind it.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Right, we just call him Ricky Rickleton.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Let's call him Ricky Ricky, Ricky, Ricky rick and he
will be the best rickey ever, like yourself.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Fun your.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Ricky yay Nicky. Remember that film is called I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Character, Yeah the film isn't It isn't the film called that?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Oh? Maybe? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
I saw him when you go to see John Cena.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yeah, did you see him?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
I've got powers?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Sorry, anyway, last one on YouTube? You want to read
the last one.
Speaker 4 (24:30):
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You guys need to follow I p L two. That
sounds like a rhyme. The thing is we do we
have our teams.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Yes, Void, I go for Bangalore.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
US.
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He's just like just void, Void?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Who do you go for?
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I am the Sunrises? Let's go the Orange? Almost got there,
almost forgot range and black? Can we get the times?
If you If you head over.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
To the playlist section on our YouTube page. On our
YouTube page, you'll see last year's IPL content.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
There's actually a top ten IPL players of all time,
and then I checked actually still goes.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Up every Yeah, Marcus had an absolute atrocity at five.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Well, well I don't think it was even higher than
Lydic to Caramel for the most runs in this tournament.
That's outrangeds. That's outrageous. But he's not in the top
ten for you. No, that's why my sperm has better
cricket knowledge. All right, that's a great way to end it.
That stumps for the Cricket Today Show. We'll continue to
do this show once a week, mostly on Tuesdays, and
(25:39):
we're going to be covering he's got so much knowledge
over there too.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
I did get a sector.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Oh my god, I knew it. Yes, every Tuesday, most
Tuesday would be covering the champions trophy, lots of socials,
lots of things going up, so get right around it.
Thank you very much Leo for half being here. I
was going to say thanks Marcus, thank you, thanks Joe
for enough with us, and thanks to me. That's another
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Welcome back to the Cricket Today Show for all things
Champions Trophy. I'm your host. Liam McCallan also knows the
stats guy. He's looking pretty up and about today.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Liam, Malala, you how fitting Champions Trophy and we have
two champions right here.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I'll let you work out.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
We'll definitely not you. The comments will tell us the comments,
who are the champions are? We've We're gonna got a
champ over here. Marcus Barzano on the Champ just I
was just thinking.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I was just looking for then in his intro and
I was like, if he just cut his hair a
little bit?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
He and.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, yeah, really, okay, I'll consider it.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Let me know in the comments.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Honestly, we get a pole going for need a haircut?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I do need a haircut, Lizla, Lizlah.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
That j oh my god, I'm getting run into the show.
We've obviously got the quick single, We've got breaking down
Trelannka Verus Australia. We got smashed, who said we got
absolutely smashed. Blanka just turned into a different team. That
was pretty awesome by them. We're obviously going to talk
about the Champions Trophy, which starts tomorrow night so we're
(01:08):
very excited eight pm our time in Melbourne. Got some
Champions Trophy, big questions about Australia, a few other teams
as well, the most exciting team to watch. Yes, that'd
be good to go through there. We're gonna have some
quick fire tips that aren't usually quick fire. We're going
to make him quick main quick fire for the first week.
So Week one of the Champions Trophy Pakistan versus New
Zealand is the opener. Then we've got some massive ones.
(01:28):
We've got Australia England so the original the rivalry there,
and then we've got probably the biggest game ever. It's
always just huge. Oh what do you want to say?
It's the biggest.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
It's the biggest matchup in sporting history, every code anything.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Do you do you believe that? Really?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, it's got it's got the most.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
You'll have the most, it gets the same it gets
the most viewers, the same amount of viewers as the
World Cup final. Oh in soccer, what did you say,
New India?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yeah, huge, huge game.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
It will be to decent. Didn't they win that?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That would be awesome. Before we start, be sure to
get right around the show on Spotify, Apple Podcast, subscribe
to the YouTube channel you were looking at it before, Marcus,
have you got We've got at least a soft count for.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Me three point four six and four one hundred.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
And sixty six of sixty Oh sorry, you're you're trying
to buy time for me. No, that's all right. That
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make sure you hit subscribe because it goes a long way.
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Speaker 3 (02:38):
Three subscribers in the last five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, do that just for this show. Awesome. I love
lovely to hear that. So yeah, make sure you get
around the socials Leo. It is chucking up lots of
stuff on there as well. Okay, quick single. This is
going to be a very quick good because obviously Australia
played Sri Lanka in two Eyes last weekend. Over the weekend,
they absolutely smached us on them.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I mean Schlanka, That's what I was talking about all
those years ago. What I just they have the talent there.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I just like what I see from Schlanka.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
They're not even in the Champions in the Champions Trophy.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yeah, but they're going to build back up to get there.
They've had a couple of down years.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
You like what you say, but there's going to be
nothing to see.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I've sawn what I've seen, what I saw, what I've seen,
and I've seen it and I like it.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Wow that is and they're going to build.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
They've had a couple of down years, are going to
build back up, and they've got the good spinning options.
Tell you what, if they were in the Champions Trophy,
I reckon they could win it. They could.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
They could though they would finish six, that best six,
that best YEP out of eight sevenths. I don't know
what you're talking about. No less than first, not even anyway.
They've actually had some records. So they had their biggest
ever od I win over Australia, which was one hundred
and seventy four runs, absolutely awesome. It was Australia's third
(03:59):
worst ODI batting total one hundred and seven who've made
I think it was seventy three once against England, ninety
three against Good.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
With the half decent with the ball. Yeah, I'm saying, yeah,
it was just the batting line up. Yeah, it was
just I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Australia half the ball. Yeah about batting, but the batting
was shocking a lot of young guys, which will.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Touch on that just was not adding shocking or stri
Lanka's bowling were good.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
I think it was the bowling team selection.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Oh we didn't have many paa was it was the
problem he made Player of the Series.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
If he was playing for India, he'd be.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
He's what I imagine when your dad tells your story
about how his dad hit him when he was younger,
and and.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
You know, it's just like, who's the dad in this situation,
like in.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
The older generations like Asalanka Asalanka is the grandpa hitting
my dad around?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Ah with the bat in cricket Yeah okay, yeah, there
was no bat involved. He just he was just dominated.
It's just straight shoe man. Yeah, yeah like that.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
It's also a term for a bat in Australia.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yes, yep, good one there.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What else?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You know, what else is a term in Australia for
a bat. I think that's what he was saying. No,
I thought you were anyway, the animal that gave us
all COVID no good times so bad. Anyway, that's good.
I'm going mat The second Australia lost seven to twenty eight.
That was the batting that just went out the window.
Very young, inexperienced team though, so we were trying.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Very young with Smith and Head and Short.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
All the rest he had Connolly, Sanger.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Connelly only played one. Sanger only played one.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That's what I said. Second didn't they.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Only didn't play The sacondlad Carry shows how much I
cared about Wow and the host of the Cricket show.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Everybody, No, I mean a champions I love the championship.
What you were saying before, No, it is, it is.
That's why we're here. So let's get into all things
champions Trophy. It's from feb nineteenth tomorrow night to the
ninth of March, so it's just going to be a
couple of action packed weeks of cricket. We're going to
be doing lots of socials on that.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Every single game of the tournament is at eight pm Australian.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
That is really good. Oh that means well end we'll
finish at like three in the morning.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, you're up at that's fine for that when not
nine ours mate.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I am yeah, you're to tell you are okay?
Speaker 3 (06:15):
You're pushing thirty?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
What?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
No?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Am I okay? Whatever you say? That was very random.
I'm off the browsier. Big questions that we're going to
go through Champions Trophy. I'll read them out and then
we can all discuss them. First one was are we
worried about the young guys coming through for Australia White
Ball cricket? Because I am yes, I certainly am.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I think Sam conscious this morning was doing his best
impression of trying to get a late call up to
the Him and Nick Madison hit thirty off the first
two overs in the Shield game.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
This Nick Madison in there.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
No, he's cooked. Should even be playing professonal?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Yeah, we're going to struggle. Honestly, we could finish last. No,
we'll finish last. We could finish last.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I'm not worried because they're very like, it's raw talent
and there's there's a bit of a gap that we've
got the experience. We have the raw talent to much
experience in between, and I reckon on the raw players
get to the in between.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Will be fine. We just gotta wait.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
A bit of AFL preseason vibes where like no one
cares like you get beat in the warm up, wash
your anchor.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
But when it comes to crunch storm do the likes
of myth. I'm not worried about them. Yeah, I think
that's why we're not going to come anywhere you last.
I think the experienced guys are still there. They're going
to do well.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
I'm just worrying about sure if they won't play for
I looked at all like the predictive ones.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I know where not so check it out. He shouldn't
check that out out on the socials where we have
our elevens.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But he can't.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
There's just a lot of guys there that haven't proved present.
Johnson I think is really good, so he'll be all right.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Nathan Als will be our best.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Nathan will be really good. So I'm not too worried
about the bowling side. But the batting home word.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Yeah, who do you?
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Who do you?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
If you had to pick one opener Short McGirk short
and you picking Short?
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Yeah? Both out a form, yeah, Shorts, but he's in
better forming like Big Bash and Domestic Cricket and things
like that.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I reckon, I think short has more of a level head. Yeah,
just hitting straight straight to mid off, catching height, get
a bit of grass in your Jake Frasman's grass like
Matt Row in the AFL. Literally he should, he would be,
he would if he could hit along the grass.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Jake Frasman.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
He does look a little bit. He looks like a
skinnier version of that.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Real, Yeah he doesn't. Does he look like buzz like
the same sort of trip rowlism board bolding?
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
For him?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Now come, he knows he's bolding to I was in
a video.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
He knows, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Next one, I'm going to touch on for the Champions Trophy.
Big questions? Should Manus get a spot in this team?
I tricked the thing up on social yesterday. His last
fifteen international earnings that's across everything, averages twenty two point seven.
He's got three fifties to them. We're in one match
against inw that was pretty solid in the test matches,
but even in odie cricket, he hasn't yet lit the
world on fire. So what do you reckon? Should Marnus
(09:07):
been the team?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
Luna? Next question?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Oh, I agree, now predicted elevens.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, he's not in any of ours. Actually, yeah, I
think he has to miss out. I'd rather carry or
English or Smith or any of them.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah, whose carry English in there?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Yeah, I think we're all in agreement on that, that English,
because English as a batsman just is in great form.
And then you've got Kerry who's probably in his career
best form in like test and things like that. So
I think they got to both be in there. I agree. Okay, cool,
that's the first time we've all agreed on that, top
of sure. So Marnus is gone. See later, we don't
have to hear Manus. That's good, all right, next one
he'll still be there the drinks boundary.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
He will probably be in the team. This is our predicted.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Eleven will probably be in.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
The probably will be and then you'll probably.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Make maybe open with open with Smith and head slot
minus at three.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
I don't mind Smith opening.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
Should should players be miked up like they are in
the Big Bash? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Commentary Will commings ashes.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, that was pretty cool.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Like imagine Glenn maxwells two hungred innings, he's the player
who's marked up.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I do you reckon he's going to make that innings
if he's marked up, I don't know, I don't know.
I feel like that might hinder the performer.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Ian Smith in your ear going, I.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Love it's Maxie shut up here? Yeah maybe not? Maybe not.
Next big question, can England succeed with bas ball in
a big tournament? We haven't seen it in a big tournament.
Basball later went off about this last week. Can they
do it? Does Basball relate to like short.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Format because he's coaching them?
Speaker 1 (10:45):
I guess, I guess. I think Australia associated with twenty twenty.
I associated a little bit with ODI because like Australia,
for example, we start off a little bit slow, like
when you got Smith and Labushane in there, whereas Basball,
I feel like they're still just going to be gone
for one I know that.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
They will be Yeah that's Sultan Duckett.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Yeah, so I thought i'd said this before. I thought
he was the worst cricketer. And he's good good, he's
really good. He's technique I thought was horrible. But he's
through me wrong. So what do we think? Do we
think it can succeed? Like? What what's a past mark
for basball to win it? To win it? Yeah, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I think past mark for a lot of teams is
to win it. That's why we have failures.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Make the faun or the least.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I reckon the past stacked team.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
Yeah, I know, it's it's no matter who you're facing
in the semi final. I reckon, it's just the lottery
because all the teams you'll face.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
The top four teams in the world are really good.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
But that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
A should they probably the most likely will be playing
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Or South Africa, probably maybe maybe Pakistan in the in
the CIA, we're in the same group.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, anyway, he's right, he's right, he's right. But
I just reckon, I've lost my train of thought that guys,
anything else. Do we beat England when we play them?
Speaker 3 (12:04):
I think not.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I was gonna say no, but I think it'll be
very close. It's the first game. It's the first game
for y yep as. I don't know. You just hate it,
just I hate some of them. Yeah, and Stokes, Yeah,
that's an easy one.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Brighton cass Leo.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
He might be a nice guy. I might want to
get about you. That's true. Now they say he is
a nice guy. You don't.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
But Leo suit Tats no, no, you got I've got too.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Maybe he has something that we can't see.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Last big question, lads, who will be the most exciting
team to watch? Can be any team, anyone that you
you might not always like, but they're going to be exciting.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
The Cricket Today team on YouTube will be the most
excited throughout this SEC Champions Trophy.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
I agree with that. Next question, manchi plug, give me
give me one of the eighth We're the knife team
in the champions trophe. Give me the top eight? Why
so much?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
I just didn't have potential as a team.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You said about last year and they've gone down here.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
No, they just moked one gap and then then one
two In Australia, two Neil lads sucked it.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
That's another national Like they're not even in this tournament.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
You brought them up.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Who's gonna be the most exciting thing to want?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
England?
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I want to put my mouth over the mic like
that clip.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
I don't want to see, but you're probably right.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Look, can I make a prediction about England?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
I'd love to.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
They will beat us but lose to Afghanistan.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
That's just their VI, that's just exciting. I think that's
very similar to Pakistan. Like, I think they could be
very exciting because they're just a rollercoaster like you've got
you've got very exciting bowlers. You've got some exciting batters.
And they could randomly beat India and then lose to Bangladesh. Yeah,
that could easily happen.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
They know what annoys me about England?
Speaker 1 (14:01):
There we go, how long have we got?
Speaker 3 (14:03):
I've forgotten again?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
No, I forgot?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Oh well great, great?
Speaker 4 (14:12):
What is your most exciting I would say England, But
to go something a bit a little bit different, going.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
To go South Africa.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
They're going to live their players like like they're a
bit dirty, like the the villains, Like as a villain,
they're a bit scary and the lock you've got players
they love celebrations as well. Yeah, they get around the
celebrations South Africa. So I'll definitely be tuning into their game.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I like it.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Yeah, I don't mind South Africa. I don't mind England.
I genuinely think Pakistani always just box office because you
don't know what you're gonna get.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Yeah, and you know what annoys me about England when
we call them exciting.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
They will take that.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
As a win because that's what they want.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's their moral victory. That's true. I don't like, Yeah,
they will lose, just say they lose and don't even
make a bath the group days Ben's talk. Yeah, it
was a good tournament because we made like four hundred
one game. Yeah, but that's just what they'll think. We
played the way we want to and we're happy with that. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
I don't really understand the table for the Champions Trophy.
It's like based off wins. It doesn't really make a
lot of sense to me.
Speaker 4 (15:15):
Block the hospital and I was fairly happy with my
connection there. Yeah, we can't anything, we can't say anything.
We've got to South African. We've got a.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, and were multi cultural world nowadays culture cricket.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
The next segment, which is.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Oh my god, Okay, that's a great, nice little sege there.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Someone's going to host the show.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
I'm trying forgetting everything. It's pretty much he's already put
his lower thood into the group out of it today.
All right, Quick fight is for the Champions Trophy Week one.
The first three games Quick Fight and then I just
want a little bit of extra three Quick fights. First
one Pakistan. New Zealand is the opener, the opener for
(16:03):
the big tournament. This is a tricky Oneisan, Okay, I'm
going to go to Pakistan as well, but I'm confident
they're going to be in the wave.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Maybe wrong, but didn't they beat them in the final
in the Try Series.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
This is this tournament is hosted by Pakistan, so therefore
I think.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
It's a little bit more used to the conditions. Yeah,
New Zealand. I realized last week we were saying it
was in Dubai, but it's definitely in Pakistan. They're training.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Yeah, but I think the final will be some games
India can't play in Pakistan, some games will.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Be in New Zealand. Just beat them in the Tri
Series final. I don't know. The more I look at
the team, I just talked myself into New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
They have a good team of paper, but there's a
lot of good teams like that. So you're going to
zelm will go Pakistan Bangaldes vers India India? Is that
just easy? India? I love bank, but it's not going
to hundred.
Speaker 4 (16:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Maybe record score next one Afghanistan Versuth Africa, but have
a few smokers but I'm going to Africa all the way,
so they'll smashing.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
I'm gonna go to South Africa as well. But in
that Bangladesh India game, if Bangladesh could all do us
a favor, win the toss and bat first.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
That would be great. It would save three hours of
watch time.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Good point, that's good point.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Maybe just they just do it before the game. Yeah,
you can bath first, you can pay first. Maybe not
all right? The biggest games of the weekend, this is
the first week first games for Australia versus England. Mad
the big rivalry, the Ashes rivaly. Obviously it's not the
Ashes for the ODI Eyes. But what do we think?
I am a little bit worried as a natty or
(17:36):
a lot worried.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yeah, I think England will pip us.
Speaker 4 (17:39):
Yeah, yeah, they got the upper hand over US in
short format cricket, I believe yep, so England. I fancy
them going all the way. So and Australia finishing last
in the group so will win this last?
Speaker 1 (17:53):
That is crazy. Possibly failed to win a game at
the Championship. That's a big geez. Okay, that is that
is a cool. Well, I'm yeah, I'll go England as well.
I think it's gonna be really close to I think
first game they're sort of building into it. Australia. I
don't know. We've got a different team than we had
against Jilanca. It's a bit more experienced. It is a
little bit, isn't it. No, not really, Well, there's no
(18:16):
there won't be Connelly, there won't be played one game. Yeah,
they won't be TV. But I'm just saying there's there's
a bit more experience. You've got Zampa. He's going to
get a few wikds.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It's a very very similar team mate.
Speaker 4 (18:28):
I still starz would like boys that are always I'm
worried about the tournaments.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I'm worried about the bowlers. So yeah, we're all going England.
That is a bit sad, but that's okay. Pakistan versus India,
the biggest game of the tournament is this Sunday night.
Are we going to crown like last? Of course? I
think that would be not to what do you reckon
Pakistan best India?
Speaker 3 (18:50):
I think India get it done.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Like I said before, Pakistan lift for this game.
Speaker 4 (18:55):
I'm saying Pakistan did beat India in the previous Champions
Trophy final.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Yes, to win one of the biggest finals in cricket
distort because.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
And I'm gonna put an asterisk next to India's too,
Chirophy wins because they coon they co won, they both
won them and Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I believe see Sri Lanka they were.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Both named as co champions.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Why because I think it was just rained out or
something they gave them.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
They've got like one and a half troph Yeah, but
they would have been in Sri Lanka probably back to
it though. Yeah, I'm going India. Yeah, I think India
is the smart pick. But I genuinely think Pakistan just
lift for this game and they might only win one
game and it might be India. That's just how they roll.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
I would like to make an announcement.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, paint us a quickly say it before you forget
quickly quickly.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
I'm visualizing.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I'm visualizing. My finalists for the Champions Trophy have been updated.
I think it will be a New Zealand West England
final and I think I think New Zealand get revenge.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Talking into the countback from the count back, if we
go to the previous show, previous episode, I think I
said you were in England.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
I'm sure you weren't on the New Zealand train.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
No, I've changed my mind, That's what I'm saying. Now
we talk myself into the squad. I like their batting.
It's well, it's a very well rounded eleven is what
I will say.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
He's just making sure if they do well, he has
clips for both. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
I would like to make another announcement.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
It will be a South Africa verseon Pakistan final in
Australia win it all. I'm on New Zealand, Okay, I'm on.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
South Africa on the same vibus. I think the squad.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I think New Zealand will at least make the final.
I have them winning it just because like revenge over
England would be that would be cool.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
But yeah, there you go.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
See all right, that's boom.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
That's our tips for the Champions Trophy Week one. Check out. Yeah,
lots of the socials for especially the Australia England and
Pakistan India game. Maybe some combined elevens later. You're pretty happy.
They were always fun.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That'll go off, that will.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
Go off in a tournament combined eleven Yeah, we could
do that after before, do before before and after after
changes we lost us Chunky Chunk markets over there. There
we go.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
That's from now Gerald.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Yeah, we're going anyway. Question slash comments. Let's get into
the comments lads, Facebook, don't actually you want to read
him about Marcus sure thing?
Speaker 4 (21:18):
Yeah, Greg Summers on Facebook about the Champions Trophy predictions.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
He goes, well, don't pick Australia. They won't be any
good at all.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
That's what I've been saying. Yeah, me and Greg we're
on the same train.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
He only said that today though you didn't say that
last year.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
He didn't. I said we weren't going to make it
through the group. He didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Yeah, but he didn't say we'd finished last.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Well, that's just mourn us a win. We'll finish last. Okay.
He's in an agreement with Greg. And then Instagram Lea
was getting roasted for his I thought it was pretty
good ranking. The I player rank it stuffed.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Up because like it's a blind range exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Yeah, but people, I don't think people in the comments
realized that, I don't know if we can read this
one out, if any we can read it audio player ranking.
There was so many comments. I didn't put the name
to it because there was multip people that said something
like this, you want to read that Marus more sperm
has better cricket knowledge than.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
You probably does.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
There was a lot of comments. People weren't happy with
Maxie at number two. I don't think that was that bad.
I didn't see I didn't see the ranking. How did
it go? It went? But like what did you put?
Speaker 2 (22:21):
I think number one was Boomer Boomra Maxie b Yeah
is the number one audio batsman? Oh yeah, yeah, three
is acceptible.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Yeah, let's go to the end, mate.
Speaker 4 (22:34):
But it's a it's a blind ranking exactly, so you
don't know who's coming, like Max with Bubba A free
d yeah, shows, Mitch Marsh, Harris, Ralph was.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Obviously it was the last it was. It was his
last selection.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
But I have my time over.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
I would have put Yea.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
I wouldn't have please don't.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
I would have put him probably above Bubba.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
I hate to say it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, you have to pick him. What do you have
to say above Bubba? What going to be above?
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Probably above Maxie to Yea, probably would have been below
Bomber because the right Yeah he is.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
Up there with the goats, our YouTube, Marcus O, our
favorite man.
Speaker 4 (23:16):
Yeah, we still want all our comments on YouTube, so
please keep coming him coming, hip him coming. Our man
Andrew t Ryan Rickleton is a great player. But when
I hear his name, I'm just disappointed that he's not
called Ricky Rickleton. That would be an all time great name.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
That's like former North Melbourne. I don't know if he
was captain, but Luke McDonald's dad that played for North
Marmon Donald McDonald that I think that he was adopted,
so that like his parents did the name of donald McDonald.
But that's very similar to Ricky let He had an
unfortunate life on two parts.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Wait for North.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Yeah that was one more good though. If you're talking
about North plays back in the day, they were good. Anyway,
that's it. Yeah, I don't mind it.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Right, we just call him Ricky Rickleton.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Let's call him Ricky Ricky, Ricky, Ricky rick and he
will be the best rickey ever, like yourself.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Fun your.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Ricky yay Nicky. Remember that film is called I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Character, Yeah the film isn't It isn't the film called that?
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Oh? Maybe? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
I saw him when you go to see John Cena.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yeah, did you see him?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
I've got powers?
Speaker 1 (24:27):
Sorry, anyway, last one on YouTube? You want to read
the last one.
Speaker 4 (24:30):
Out void men saw eight two eight two.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
You guys need to follow I p L two. That
sounds like a rhyme. The thing is we do we
have our teams.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Yes, Void, I go for Bangalore.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
US.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
He's just like just void, Void?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Who do you go for?
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I am the Sunrises? Let's go the Orange? Almost got there,
almost forgot range and black? Can we get the times?
If you If you head over.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
To the playlist section on our YouTube page. On our
YouTube page, you'll see last year's IPL content.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
There's actually a top ten IPL players of all time,
and then I checked actually still goes.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Up every Yeah, Marcus had an absolute atrocity at five.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Well, well I don't think it was even higher than
Lydic to Caramel for the most runs in this tournament.
That's outrangeds. That's outrageous. But he's not in the top
ten for you. No, that's why my sperm has better
cricket knowledge. All right, that's a great way to end it.
That stumps for the Cricket Today Show. We'll continue to
do this show once a week, mostly on Tuesdays, and
(25:39):
we're going to be covering he's got so much knowledge
over there too.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
I did get a sector.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Oh my god, I knew it. Yes, every Tuesday, most
Tuesday would be covering the champions trophy, lots of socials,
lots of things going up, so get right around it.
Thank you very much Leo for half being here. I
was going to say thanks Marcus, thank you, thanks Joe
for enough with us, and thanks to me. That's another
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