February 6, 2025 • 31 mins
Cummins & Hazlewood Out + Best Fielder of all time? | Cricket Today Show - Friday February 7
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The panel discuss all of the drama & big questions in the cricket right now, Chandimal batting well for Sri Lanka, Aussies dominating with the ball and finish off with some fun fan comments/questions!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome back to the Cricket Today Show, brought to you
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your host, Lea Mcallon, also know as the stats guy.
I've got the two knuckleet that's fixed in their hair,
trying to put me off.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
We'll start with Leo. He seems excited for some reason.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Hey, I'm trying to put you off. I just I
thought my hair needed a little adjusting. Yeah, but you
just went away and intro your show without us being
ready so.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Perfectly. You look perfect.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Marcus. I take inspiration from you.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Oh too kind? Too kind?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
All right?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
The other knuckle that is also here, Marcus Barzano, he's
fired up.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Let's go here you going mate?
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Am I fired up? I'm very tired. I was up
very early. But the test is going like you're putting
up a little bit better of a fight, which is
somewhat promising.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
They're actually playing cricket this time around, which is good.
Make sure you feel every play and be right in
the actions. Round a massive Aussie summer of cricket with
Tab Touch. Awesome show. As always, We've got lots or
I was gonna say, lots in the quick single, lots
of big things in the quick single that we can
talk about, which is exciting. We've got the Sri Lanka
Versus Australia talking points, a little bit of fun things
in the Test match so far after day one then
(01:14):
I don't know, I'm just put it in here, just
putting it out. Their best fielder of all time because
we've got some fielding stats to go through in this
first day.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Why have you put that in?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
We'll get into that because Smith might have broken a record.
So there we go.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Leaders done pretty well there, and we'll finish off at
the question slash fan comments.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
All right, I'm just running straight into it. L's today,
go for it. But before we start.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Actually I was gonna say, we'll just get into it
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Speaker 2 (01:41):
All were out, Marcus. I actually saw we went up
a bit since the last show. I think.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
We are three nine is the soft count.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh soft count, that's my favorite type account and on
the Social up fifty yeah show.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
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Speaker 1 (02:02):
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dot org dot you all right, the quick single, Mircus
Sophil looks like he's about to say something.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I'm gonna give you the exact number, but you want
to go on the quick single, your favorite segment, your
favorite segment, Let's go, go go.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
We'll start a quick single with the with the what
was it the soft count before.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Three one hundred and ninety two, so we're eight away
from three point two, so hopefully let's get that before Monday.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I like it all right, starting in the quick single,
A bit of a sad one. Now, two of our.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Favorite fast bowlers, Pat Commins and Josh Hazelwood ruled out
of the champions Trophy, so that starts in a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Obviously they've got injuries there. That's just not good at all.
That's what the hell.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, and I think I read I might be I
don't know if it's confirmed, but Spencer Johnson and the
Rooster are going to go into the into the squad.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
How is Jake.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
His way in? No way?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Really?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Now you know what they've done Because Rooster he was
going to go to Turkey to fix his ball building
heads make a quick start for the champions trophy on
the way, I did not.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Think that's where he was going. Oh my god. Yeah,
he does bring his hair down a little bit.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
But I'm surprised. I'm surprised about the kun Dog. Not
so much with hazel Wood because he is a bit
of injury ridden. But uh yeah, a surprise. Commings is
going to miss out.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, this could only mean good things. Opportunity, no Michael tournament,
Nathan Aalyss, this is his time to shine younger form. Yeah,
we're all aboard Nathan Alice. We are a big, big
(03:56):
fans of him, and yeah we just love it.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So yeah, I like it.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
I like the sort of trading vibe.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And he also said I also heard heard him say
his most hated hated fielding position is in the slips.
That's that's a pretty bay because everyone everyone loves the slips.
I know he hated it, but he hated it.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, I don't think Leo likes the slips. I'm impartial, impartial.
You have to be able to catch to go on
the slips. I guess all right, next one in the
quick single. Cooper Connley obviously debuted yesterday for Australia. Four
straight tests now the Aussies have with debutantes and five
of the last seven. So at least you guys always
want new players coming through at least every test. This
summer we've pretty much had a new player. So that's
(04:37):
at least a little bit exciting. What do you reckon
about Cooper Connolly and the team.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I'll tell you what surface and w a rejoice a representation.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Everyone in Byron Bay just fell on their knees.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
They're all learning cricket for the first time. He's actually
just like, what is this sport? Like we all we
know is the wave and now the way of a
Cooper Connolly.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Yeah, no, I like it. I like to like that,
but this one surprised me. Obviously. It spins a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
They've dropped Nathan Murphy for Cooper Connolly. Now Connolly, he
doesn't have a first class wicket. We obviously know that
he's a really good battery. He can make a fifty
pretty comfortably in a first class cricket.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
But I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I'm interested to see how they use him as a
spinner because he's not a proven spinner just yet. So
I think he's a bit lucky to have a Test debut.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Well, we've already kind of seen it, like he bold
three overs out of was it ninety yesterday? Think they
got I think it was more used as a batting
all rounder. They relied upon Head and websteread of fill
in that fourth bowler position, which I think is fine,
Like they're bringing him in more for his batting rather
than he's bowling bad way deeper now. So I think
(05:46):
his first class wickets will come. Obviously, needs to work
hard and do all that jazz, you know, but yeah,
it'll come with it. And don't I don't see it
as a straight swot for Murphy. I think we've just
sort of gone, hey, Murphy wasn't as imp wasn't it
as well? Yeah, and Connony can offer us something different
and we can be as impactful with the ball than
what we were and in fact we get strong.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
With the bat. Yep, that's what I'm thinking.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
But he's a he's a better ball than Travis Head,
doesn't he Well, not according to the Travis Head got
eight overs, Conney got the three.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
But it's the Golden Arm. It's the Golden arm.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Still still there you go anyway, Travis Head. Yeah, he
got eight over, hasn't got a wicket, so he did
pretty well there. Lastly, in the quick single, we're trying
to make this quick Marcus stillness, No, no, no.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm going to cut you off and I'm going to
announce my retirement from ODI Cricket.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
The Big Puppy.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I'm not going to say the other one, but the
puppy is retiring from ODI Cricket. Breaking news on the show.
You're retiring, SATs guy, But I just thought I delivered
that breaking news. That's all right, are you retiring from
the show as well? Never, I'd never retire from this show,
no matter how old or where I am. Probably here
(07:01):
for the fans.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
That sounds.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
So for last week, this is except except for except
for Monday.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Except for Monday, which is two shows again obviously, the
Big Puppy Marcus then As retires from One Day Cricket.
I thought he was a bit more of a one
day like legend, but that's don't really back it up.
He only average twenty six. I'm probably crapping on him
just retired. But twenty nineteen Odio Cricket of the Year,
obviously won the World Cup. In twenty twenty three. He
had some big moments, some big fifties, a couple of
(07:30):
big hundreds, but I don't know. He wasn't as good
as in ODI as I thought he was.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
It wasn't like a James Faulkner Glenn Maxwell sort of
type and ODI eyes. But he was a very very
solid squad player and you need those throughout tournaments, which
is what Marcus Tournus was. It's a bit sad, I
feel I feel a small affiliation, oh with Marcus torn
because there's not that many good Marcuses in the sporting world.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
There's none that I know personally.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Uh, there are the other cricketer I can really think
of as Marcus North. Yeah it was all right, yeah,
and that's about it, and Marcus Pontonpelli but oh yeah,
cricketer who's a probably AFL player. Andrew t keep Annoyer
comment sections later on, but nah, all credit fair play.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Yeah, he's still going to play twenty twenty cricket for
Australia and then obviously domestic level and things like that,
so we can still see the big puppy strolling around
the MCG and things like that, which everyone will be
very excited for. All Right, that's the quick single. Let's
get into Schlank verse Australia talking points. The second Test
in gal just still seems weird that we just played
another Test. Oh yeah, we'll just played the same test match,
(08:39):
same venues as the last one.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
But anyway, yeah, it's a bit exhibition, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah, exhibition? Yeah, as a tongue twist.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, first one I just wrote down here that I
saw last night was Steve Smith. He passed Ricky Ponting
for the most Test catches for Australia with one hundred
and ninety seven. That's a pretty good effort. Ricky Ponting
is can probably one of the best fielders ever. Steve
Smith probably fielded it slip a lot more than Ricky Ponting?
Does that do we think that's probably the reason why?
And then yeah, but he's probably the safest hands in
(09:09):
the world. I'd say Steve Smith, Oh that's a bit
cool right now.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
That is a pump. Let me see how many matches
he's had. We have a double check on that.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Joe is the only player higher than Steve Smith, and
he's got te said him, Yeah, so yeah, Joe Root's
got two hundred and seven. Smith's got one hundred and
ninety seven. I think the highest is Jack's Callous on
two hundred and ten. So Smith, Smith or Route by
the end of their career will probably be the most
test catches of all time, which.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Is a unique little battle, and I think we need
to keep track of it during the ashes.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
That would be fun.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
We should have a graphic every for every catch they
both take, well for every catch. Yeah, well it'll be
like it'll be like, what's that? Is it a part?
What's it not? A piograph one of the graph types
where just like a line, you're tracking.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
It every Ye, yeah, a line graphor graph if you will.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh sorry, I take that back. Jas Kellis is on
two hundred. The highest of all time is Rahu Dravat
on two hundred and ten. So Joe Roots catching him
and but Smith's they're both pars. Smith has the best
average for catches of all time with zero point.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Nine per innings point nine. He's almost most people average
around that point. We're getting really nerdy.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Actually it's zero point eight seven one.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Actually it's leven point eight nine five.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
We're forgetting to statistics.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yes, we're not here for stats.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
No, that is why I am next one. Next time
I'll touch on with the actual match, should I go?
As you guys mentioned, we're a bit better. They're nine
for two hundred and twenty nine over nine. At least
they're not getting bold at for one sixty and things
like that. The Dark and Lion got a three far.
Their batters were a little bit better. What do we
think they improved?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Channer Bell has been probably the best for shankers over
the two games. Another handy seven y old Chris A.
Menderes was but right, but the tail is a big,
big issue for Srilanka so bad they were just getting
out for ducks left right and send a last test. Yeah,
except for except for that one innings in the second
innings last time out. Yeah, but again, duck duck. The
(11:28):
silver has been really poor. Mend stuck around, Mendo stuck around. Yeah,
that was the that was the fifty odd. But I'm
talking like the bottom four. Bottom four a traditional bowlers.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, can make it like a cheeky twenty every now
and then I don't see any of them making above
like five or ten, any of their bottom four because
like it's j A in their bottom. It starts Jason right,
and then everyone including him below him.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Is just just trash.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Yeah, like the silver getting out for a golden duck.
I know it's not a bowler, but getting it for
a golden dark on that ball that Mitchell Stark bowl. Yeah, mate,
that's that's really poor.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
What are you doing.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
There's actually three Mendus's in this match as well, which
confused me because there's already two k Mendaces. So I
was like, oh, come in doo, he's done well. I
know I know him, he's up there in the batting rankings.
But it was actually Cusale that stepped up.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
In this match.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
So that's been a little bit confusing.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
That last where confusing that one?
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Don't you think it's a little bit confusing when you
want to Yeah, it just says mendous on the screen.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
I was confused.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
I don't think it's Yeah, I think it doesn't take
much to confuse that.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
You just look at look at your phone and just
check who's on what. But that's okay, We're getting move
and who's on.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
That's another little skit there.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Next one, Uzzy was telling Koneman, I just was watching
the last bit last night to take it easy on
the last week so he wouldn't have to bat.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
The commentators picked it up. They like zooming in or
he's like, take.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
It easy, take it easy, Like, come on, Matt, just
take it easy so I don't have to bat. And
he did one over. I think it was like about
four balls. Was he realized, oh crap, if he gets
a wicket in the next four balls, I'm going to
have to bat.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
And then he's like, take it easy.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
There was like three that cud have been put out
really wide, got left or blocked and it didn't have
to bat.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Is that that's a real like village cricket type of areas,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
It was getting flashbacks to the SCG Test.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Yeah, they wouldn't make him go out to bat for
three balls.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
No, No, it was it was like if that over finished,
they wouldn't have to bat.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
And if it didn't finish and we got a wicket,
then they would have to bat for like three five
overs or something something like that.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
On on both sides. As a bowler myself, I just
want to get the wicket and get off the field.
If I've been on all day, I don't know. I
don't have to worry about batting, but I don't know.
I guess, I guess it's good team situation. Was nothing
worse than getting a wicket late in the day when
you're only bat for fifteen twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I'll say.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
I was sitting with my dad, he said, why wouldn't
Slanka the Claire I'm down and just have a bowl
like it's just just to mess with Australia.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
They're not going to make any more runs when they
mendes Is ins in comes Astronaga.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
For Shanka. Anything else you want to talk about from
the first day or we've cut it.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
All, Buds, I reckon it was. That was pretty much
spot on. It was a pretty quiet day. There weren't
really any moments. We've got Travis head celebration.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yes, yes, that was a.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Good one for us.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
It's a little more PG raided. Yeah, that was good.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
He's yeah, he has to do something with his finger.
He's always doing something.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Travis said, I've noticed there was more horns and cars
going part that.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Was very weird.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Every every two seconds you can hear and then you
come to downs like oh there's another big truck going past.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
That was that was a bit weird. I don't know
if you guys noticed that while you watching the TV.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
This is the champion.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We cut the fat.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
We cut the fat. Ah, you gave me nothing there,
You didn't know what I was talking.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
We need to give you.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Yeah, that really that was interesting. It was annoying.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Anyway, are affecting the batsman because they would honk the
horn as the bowler came in? Did you want to
hear that?
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Like?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
People don't do it. Look, let's move on.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Alight to Tesco's point. Look, I'll give him a little
bit of life, make his heart beat a tiny bit.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Uh? In the local cricket when like, did ever affect you?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I reckon? I bowl went off. The picture that
happened when every car that drives.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Mean that means you are weak minded and you were
not made for the sport.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
No, not, that's what.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
Him.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I just do a podcast. I don't know if I
made for that either. Anyway, that's enough.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Back at his chair, I swear I just heard a
horn drive past the window outside the front window.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
There we stop the funk.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
Put me off.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
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Speaker 1 (16:23):
So we talked about Steve Smith passing Ricky Ponting one
of the old time great fielders.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
You could get right out. You can get catches. I'm
just gonna ask.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
You, let's who is the best fielder of all time
or who just pops up in your mind just as
a discussion. It's just dudes talking about just old cricketers,
new cricketers. Like dudes just talking about dudes best fielders
of all time? What do we think that's I was
going to say, John, he.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Was going to say it.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
He was like, don't you say it.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Because I was going to go to you first. But
that's okay.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah, I think John z Roads is literally known as
like the best sort of he was so quick, really quick,
arm could get right.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go punt up just because
like I didn't really watch John C.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Rhoades.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yeah, I don't want to say, yeah he's the best
field of all time if I didn't really watch him field,
so I saw a punter more so. But uh, likes
of Jordan's silk.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yes, unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Max is pretty good in the field as well, does
some crazy stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Mart's actually pretty good.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, I can't remember at the time he's like dropped
a catch. Genuinely true. With Smith, you can remember he's
dropped some drops.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Yeah, true, true.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
I don't remember a time Marnus has like actually dropped
a catch.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah. No, not off the top of my head. No,
But I feel like Smith has taken more screamers than
yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, yeah, he's screamers even the last the past years.
Mistaken a few screamers.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Yeah, if you haven't seen, if you haven't seen those
screamers Smith against New Zealand, Yeah, the one he's taken.
He's taken a good gravel two against England as well.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yeah, he's taken a couple in the ashes which were awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Ricky Ponting when he put on like a white ball uniform,
so like the colored of like the gold of Australia,
that's where all the green, the dark green used to have.
Edith turned into a different beast. In the field, the
amount a run out slate, there's not There's only like
a handful of players ever that could hit the stumps
side on, and he yeah, he could do that. I'm
going to lean towards Ricky Ponting as a nassy, but
John cy Rhodes again, I haven't seen as much of him,
(18:32):
but he was an absolute freak as well in the field.
A staff the actual most runouts of all time in
tests I had to look last night as well is
Alan Border. So obviously we don't know as much about him,
but yeah, he's got the most runouts by an absolutely
ma so. And then there was a few other ones
that were funny. In that sort of Criick Info site,
there was most times you've burnt a teammate or ran
(18:55):
out of teammate and Steve Wore is like twelve ahead
of everybody else. And then a few people say that
he was he was a little bit selfish but if
you're the best batter in the team, I reckon, I
reckon you can was he might he was up there.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
It was we had some very good players. He was playing.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
But if you're the best batter in the team, I reckon,
you can just send people back, No mate, I'll kay.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Man, Yeah, you'd rather you'd rather burn a bum than
yourself if you're if you're.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Dominant, exactly right. All right, that's the best fielders of
all time. I think.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, we've come to a conclusion. A bit of Jaunty Rhad's,
a bit of Ricky Ponting and then Smith has to
be up there as well, but he's more of the
best catcher, I reckon. Lastly, as we always finish off,
question slash fan comments, all right, I feel like Marcus
put these in so you can read them out if
you want, mate.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
We love them.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Yes, the fan comments, TikTok. We're starting with TikTok. This
is about Manus scoring your century. Got quite a few
comments on that one. So Leo is the social man.
Dave Harris says, hopefully he makes century, but he feels
like he will fail. That's pretty much how one feels
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about Marnus at the moment is some.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Belief from your Dave. It's like Smith's spirit. You've got
to believe to be on the nice list.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Yes, we need the we need the belief. And then
here comes Don Boy. He says he won't. He just
says he won't. He won't score centric.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
That's great. He literally just said he won't.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
But l A two four, five, six seven actually has
come with it with a bit of praise for Marnus.
He said Marnus is not ugly when he's informing, not
an ugly ben. That's I'm not sure who said that,
was it, Leo? Maybe last year he said that he.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Never does it like off a run a ball.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
He's he's a very not off the textbook. You know
that doesn't mean does that mean Smudge is ugly? An
ugly bet?
Speaker 2 (20:49):
I think he's.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
He can be.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
When these guys are defending they are ugly. Yeah, can
I make a comparison for yeah, paint a picture. Man.
You know you're like you're like eight years old and
you look you're wearing like trackies and like a daggy
shirt to like a family outing and your Grandma's They're
going like you're such a handsome young boy, It's like, no,
you're not. You're wearing trackies, You've got stains on your
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bloody shirt. You're looking pretty ugly.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Mane, how did you even think of that?
Speaker 3 (21:20):
I just think that's that's an example of manus defending.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
What a comparison I actually get you there.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
And La two four five sixty seven is the grandma
in this situation.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Called him my grandma.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Grandma's in our Facebook comments, but that's a definitely.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
There was one more comment on this short, but it
was on YouTube YouTube Shorts, and it was Campbell Brown
dash w R Camble Brown Camble Brown w R seven
s O. He said he's missing Man's form exactly. Little
tear emoji?
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Is it bad that I don't really care for guy
gets dropped?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Like I kind of like him that much. Like if
he goes talk about Campbell Brown talking about I'm talking
about Martus obviously.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
I mean Massived already dropped him, so.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I meant I meant mart It's like, obviously I want
him to do well, but like if he doesn't, I'm
not like as gad it is, if like Steve Smith goes, yeah, I.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Kind of want him to still be in the team though,
just personality was yea fair personal team. I don't mind it.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
That doesn't go with your hard man theory, Marcus.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
Yeah, yeah, well no whole he has shown that he
has shown on his test debut that he can be
a hard man because he came in as the concussion
a concussion sob and got knocked on the head by
Josh for Archer first or second ball and came straight
back up and looked him in the ears and let's
play cricket. That is hard man. That's a bit of
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hard man a moment right now. I'm here for it.
I'm here for that.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Has he had an all a moment since maybe when
he three saus he's toasty?
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Ye yeah, Look, putting the putting the toast in the
fridge was.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
If he did that in front of Alan Border, he
would he would be playing. He would be playing like secretly.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
That's what Alan Border. That's the reason why Alan Border
told Craig McDermot, You'll be on the next plane home
if he put his toast in the fridge. In the fridge, Jesus,
oh my god, that's very funny seriousness. That is poor form.
Want you go to toasty lads, Here.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
We go we're getting right into it now.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
And cheese, salami and cheese alarm, Yeah what about I
was gonna say baked beans as well, which is a
bit of a rogue shout.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Love I'm a bit of a I go. I go
to four toasts at the time, name same cheese with
in one natala and the other.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Oh yeah, not what.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
But it's looking at it's looking to taller pizza lads.
It's toast. Give it a go. Just natala.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
That's all right. I thought there was cheeseing.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
No no, no, no, no no no, I've a been discussing.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
If you feel a bit frisky, you can put some
hundreds and thousands in there.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Oh you know me, mate, always feeling frisky, but a
fairy bread. Very alright, let's movement.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Oh my god, let's go Facebook, coming sa guy host.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
We go from fan comments and questions talking about manas
to bread. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
This show. Let's go on do the show.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Let's get on the Facebook. And this one's this one's
a bit smudge. We should have mentioned it before, but
he's been beat punt test match catches and they're a ballot.
Who actually I think might be one of those grandma's
you're talking about in the comment section, she said, two
fabulous greats. You should be proud of the incredible achievements
that you've made.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Ye Now, actually she was actually talking about you guys
on the show. If she's commented on that stuff, yeah, great.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
She was talking. She's talking about the Leo's graphic, very
very incredible.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Achievement, going, Oh, I think Va might be the grandma
I was referring to.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
That's what Marcus just said.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
I understanding it again.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Just double out our age.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Let's do it all right, last one on you, Let's
get to it. LA's last one. Just one on YouTube.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
And this this spurs a little bit more of a
discussion because it is about different code of or different sport.
At Andrew underscore t who has been an eight month
long subscriber, credit and.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Good stuff.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
As always, guys, I might have to start watching a
FL because we prompted the a f L Show will
be returning next Wednesday, next Wednesday, very very fault Today show,
So he might have to start watching. He goes any
suggestions for a team. So if you're if you're listening
in the comments section and you're a fan of footage,
drop your team below in the comments see see what
(26:12):
Andrew I get on board.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
I think we need Andrew to reply with things he
likes like. We need to get him to look at
that how logos. We need him to get to look
at the a f l like, names, likes and bombers.
What is he like the most and what's his like vibe?
Do you want like a young team who's a bit
or do you want an experienced team who's like around
(26:34):
the like they're gonna get the job done like Andrew?
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Do you want do you want the underdog that that
just never never wins? Do you want the the really
big club that that hasn't had while since two thousand
and four in fact. But we'll go around, we'll go
around the grounds. We'll say who we support and then and.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Then how do we we pitch it to Andrew.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
We'll see who loves them.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
You guys have a very good you guys need a
pitch well here, Yeah, we just have all the best.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
We've probably got the top ten best younger in the
North Melbourne. Yeah, North Melbourne kangaroos. Where kangaroo If you
if you like Australian culture, this is how I've heard
North Melvin fans try and get other people on board
from other countries.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Kangaroos. Kangaroos is Australian, it's Australian culture. We're Australia's team,
North Melbourne.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
So and where have you finished the last five years?
Speaker 2 (27:27):
It doesn't matter. We're We're just fair for the people.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Andrew, they're one of the worst teams in the competition.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Are Australia. They're Australia's team, but yet they're going to
get disbanded and enjoined with Tasmania. There's a new team.
You can go for the new team Tasmania. Well they're
not in this season.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
But we won about sixty six to eight finals I
think since thousand and four compared to Essendon zero as well,
so that that's always a good one.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Anyway, we're probably doing too much. I'm getting this back
on track.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Leo.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
You can say about Hawthorne.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I'm just gonna say I'm a Hawthorne fan. We are
the Hawks, very young team a couple of years. For
a couple of years, recently we've been crap, but last
year we rocketed up the ladder. We should be good
this year, should make finals. So we're a young, exciting team.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Very exciting team. Will I will give you that they're
the only team that's actually good out of the three
of us.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Anyway, you want to say something like, oh.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah, sorry, I thought you already did well.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
If Andrew, if you can get on board cricket and
watch cricket, there's one hundred percent you'll get on AFL.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
It's very fun.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
Honestly, it's the best sport to watchet. Yeah yeah, now
I'm an essenon bombs fan. They have the equal most
premierships in vl AFL.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
History, haven't won one in twelve years.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
We the last premiership was in two thousand, the year
before I was born. We last one a final in
two thousand and four. So that's a long time. That
is that is a long time. We've been crap. We've
been average for a long time. We're like top top
eight finals. We've been like tenth to twelveth for a while.
We've lost a few finals. But we're just we're just
a big dog rising. We got so many members. We've
(29:07):
got so many members. We play in red and black.
It's it's it's just vibes.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
Andrew, how do you feel about piss andoo, we need we.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Need, we need you. I'm calling this.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Me and you, Andrew, me and you together against I'm
going that it stumps for the creak of Today show.
That's enough footy chat on our show. Thank you very much, lads,
bloody Yeah. Thanks the Tap Touch. Will continue to do
this show actually with Tap Touched till Tuesday, so we're
going to be doing next show. We'll be on Tuesday
after the super Bowl. To make sure you check out
NFL Australia's live stream. The super Bowl will be going
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off at the Catfish. If you want to get down, yeah,
we'll probably be there so you can say hello, yes, yeah,
absolutely Marcus.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Probably you didn't last year, did you?
Speaker 3 (29:57):
No?
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
A keen around?
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Yes, A few BEVs?
Speaker 1 (30:02):
What is.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Gassie waters?
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Yes, get right around the show. It makes you subscribe.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
We're almost at, as Marcus said, three thousand, two hundred,
which is exciting on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Send any questions and comments. There's been some awesome ones.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Thank you to Andrew, Thank you to all the comments
that have been coming through every single show. Thank you
very much, Leo, thank you, thanks Marcas.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Thank you. But I'm very sad because we dropped to
three thy one hundred and ninety one.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
That was get some water out poured on your cat, Marcus.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
It was Jake Fraser mcgurky. He unsubscribed after he talked
about his hair transplant.
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I've got the two knuckleet that's fixed in their hair,
trying to put me off.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
We'll start with Leo. He seems excited for some reason.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Hey, I'm trying to put you off. I just I
thought my hair needed a little adjusting. Yeah, but you
just went away and intro your show without us being
ready so.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Perfectly. You look perfect.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Marcus. I take inspiration from you.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Oh too kind? Too kind?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
All right?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
The other knuckle that is also here, Marcus Barzano, he's
fired up.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Let's go here you going mate?
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Am I fired up? I'm very tired. I was up
very early. But the test is going like you're putting
up a little bit better of a fight, which is
somewhat promising.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
They're actually playing cricket this time around, which is good.
Make sure you feel every play and be right in
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Tab Touch. Awesome show. As always, We've got lots or
I was gonna say, lots in the quick single, lots
of big things in the quick single that we can
talk about, which is exciting. We've got the Sri Lanka
Versus Australia talking points, a little bit of fun things
in the Test match so far after day one then
(01:14):
I don't know, I'm just put it in here, just
putting it out. Their best fielder of all time because
we've got some fielding stats to go through in this
first day.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Why have you put that in?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
We'll get into that because Smith might have broken a record.
So there we go.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Leaders done pretty well there, and we'll finish off at
the question slash fan comments.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
All right, I'm just running straight into it. L's today,
go for it. But before we start.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
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Speaker 2 (01:41):
All were out, Marcus. I actually saw we went up
a bit since the last show. I think.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
We are three nine is the soft count.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh soft count, that's my favorite type account and on
the Social up fifty yeah show.
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dot org dot you all right, the quick single, Mircus
Sophil looks like he's about to say something.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I'm gonna give you the exact number, but you want
to go on the quick single, your favorite segment, your
favorite segment, Let's go, go go.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
We'll start a quick single with the with the what
was it the soft count before.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Three one hundred and ninety two, so we're eight away
from three point two, so hopefully let's get that before Monday.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I like it all right, starting in the quick single,
A bit of a sad one. Now, two of our.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Favorite fast bowlers, Pat Commins and Josh Hazelwood ruled out
of the champions Trophy, so that starts in a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Obviously they've got injuries there. That's just not good at all.
That's what the hell.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, and I think I read I might be I
don't know if it's confirmed, but Spencer Johnson and the
Rooster are going to go into the into the squad.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
How is Jake.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
His way in? No way?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Really?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Now you know what they've done Because Rooster he was
going to go to Turkey to fix his ball building
heads make a quick start for the champions trophy on
the way, I did not.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Think that's where he was going. Oh my god. Yeah,
he does bring his hair down a little bit.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
But I'm surprised. I'm surprised about the kun Dog. Not
so much with hazel Wood because he is a bit
of injury ridden. But uh yeah, a surprise. Commings is
going to miss out.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, this could only mean good things. Opportunity, no Michael tournament,
Nathan Aalyss, this is his time to shine younger form. Yeah,
we're all aboard Nathan Alice. We are a big, big
(03:56):
fans of him, and yeah we just love it.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
So yeah, I like it.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
I like the sort of trading vibe.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And he also said I also heard heard him say
his most hated hated fielding position is in the slips.
That's that's a pretty bay because everyone everyone loves the slips.
I know he hated it, but he hated it.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, I don't think Leo likes the slips. I'm impartial, impartial.
You have to be able to catch to go on
the slips. I guess all right, next one in the
quick single. Cooper Connley obviously debuted yesterday for Australia. Four
straight tests now the Aussies have with debutantes and five
of the last seven. So at least you guys always
want new players coming through at least every test. This
summer we've pretty much had a new player. So that's
(04:37):
at least a little bit exciting. What do you reckon
about Cooper Connolly and the team.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I'll tell you what surface and w a rejoice a representation.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Everyone in Byron Bay just fell on their knees.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
They're all learning cricket for the first time. He's actually
just like, what is this sport? Like we all we
know is the wave and now the way of a
Cooper Connolly.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Yeah, no, I like it. I like to like that,
but this one surprised me. Obviously. It spins a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
They've dropped Nathan Murphy for Cooper Connolly. Now Connolly, he
doesn't have a first class wicket. We obviously know that
he's a really good battery. He can make a fifty
pretty comfortably in a first class cricket.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
But I don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I'm interested to see how they use him as a
spinner because he's not a proven spinner just yet. So
I think he's a bit lucky to have a Test debut.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Well, we've already kind of seen it, like he bold
three overs out of was it ninety yesterday? Think they
got I think it was more used as a batting
all rounder. They relied upon Head and websteread of fill
in that fourth bowler position, which I think is fine,
Like they're bringing him in more for his batting rather
than he's bowling bad way deeper now. So I think
(05:46):
his first class wickets will come. Obviously, needs to work
hard and do all that jazz, you know, but yeah,
it'll come with it. And don't I don't see it
as a straight swot for Murphy. I think we've just
sort of gone, hey, Murphy wasn't as imp wasn't it
as well? Yeah, and Connony can offer us something different
and we can be as impactful with the ball than
what we were and in fact we get strong.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
With the bat. Yep, that's what I'm thinking.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
But he's a he's a better ball than Travis Head,
doesn't he Well, not according to the Travis Head got
eight overs, Conney got the three.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
But it's the Golden Arm. It's the Golden arm.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Still still there you go anyway, Travis Head. Yeah, he
got eight over, hasn't got a wicket, so he did
pretty well there. Lastly, in the quick single, we're trying
to make this quick Marcus stillness, No, no, no.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm going to cut you off and I'm going to
announce my retirement from ODI Cricket.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
The Big Puppy.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I'm not going to say the other one, but the
puppy is retiring from ODI Cricket. Breaking news on the show.
You're retiring, SATs guy, But I just thought I delivered
that breaking news. That's all right, are you retiring from
the show as well? Never, I'd never retire from this show,
no matter how old or where I am. Probably here
(07:01):
for the fans.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
That sounds.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
So for last week, this is except except for except
for Monday.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Except for Monday, which is two shows again obviously, the
Big Puppy Marcus then As retires from One Day Cricket.
I thought he was a bit more of a one
day like legend, but that's don't really back it up.
He only average twenty six. I'm probably crapping on him
just retired. But twenty nineteen Odio Cricket of the Year,
obviously won the World Cup. In twenty twenty three. He
had some big moments, some big fifties, a couple of
(07:30):
big hundreds, but I don't know. He wasn't as good
as in ODI as I thought he was.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
It wasn't like a James Faulkner Glenn Maxwell sort of
type and ODI eyes. But he was a very very
solid squad player and you need those throughout tournaments, which
is what Marcus Tournus was. It's a bit sad, I
feel I feel a small affiliation, oh with Marcus torn
because there's not that many good Marcuses in the sporting world.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
There's none that I know personally.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Uh, there are the other cricketer I can really think
of as Marcus North. Yeah it was all right, yeah,
and that's about it, and Marcus Pontonpelli but oh yeah,
cricketer who's a probably AFL player. Andrew t keep Annoyer
comment sections later on, but nah, all credit fair play.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Yeah, he's still going to play twenty twenty cricket for
Australia and then obviously domestic level and things like that,
so we can still see the big puppy strolling around
the MCG and things like that, which everyone will be
very excited for. All Right, that's the quick single. Let's
get into Schlank verse Australia talking points. The second Test
in gal just still seems weird that we just played
another Test. Oh yeah, we'll just played the same test match,
(08:39):
same venues as the last one.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
But anyway, yeah, it's a bit exhibition, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah, exhibition? Yeah, as a tongue twist.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, first one I just wrote down here that I
saw last night was Steve Smith. He passed Ricky Ponting
for the most Test catches for Australia with one hundred
and ninety seven. That's a pretty good effort. Ricky Ponting
is can probably one of the best fielders ever. Steve
Smith probably fielded it slip a lot more than Ricky Ponting?
Does that do we think that's probably the reason why?
And then yeah, but he's probably the safest hands in
(09:09):
the world. I'd say Steve Smith, Oh that's a bit
cool right now.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
That is a pump. Let me see how many matches
he's had. We have a double check on that.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Joe is the only player higher than Steve Smith, and
he's got te said him, Yeah, so yeah, Joe Root's
got two hundred and seven. Smith's got one hundred and
ninety seven. I think the highest is Jack's Callous on
two hundred and ten. So Smith, Smith or Route by
the end of their career will probably be the most
test catches of all time, which.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Is a unique little battle, and I think we need
to keep track of it during the ashes.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
That would be fun.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
We should have a graphic every for every catch they
both take, well for every catch. Yeah, well it'll be
like it'll be like, what's that? Is it a part?
What's it not? A piograph one of the graph types
where just like a line, you're tracking.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
It every Ye, yeah, a line graphor graph if you will.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh sorry, I take that back. Jas Kellis is on
two hundred. The highest of all time is Rahu Dravat
on two hundred and ten. So Joe Roots catching him
and but Smith's they're both pars. Smith has the best
average for catches of all time with zero point.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Nine per innings point nine. He's almost most people average
around that point. We're getting really nerdy.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
Actually it's zero point eight seven one.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Actually it's leven point eight nine five.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
We're forgetting to statistics.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yes, we're not here for stats.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
No, that is why I am next one. Next time
I'll touch on with the actual match, should I go?
As you guys mentioned, we're a bit better. They're nine
for two hundred and twenty nine over nine. At least
they're not getting bold at for one sixty and things
like that. The Dark and Lion got a three far.
Their batters were a little bit better. What do we
think they improved?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Channer Bell has been probably the best for shankers over
the two games. Another handy seven y old Chris A.
Menderes was but right, but the tail is a big,
big issue for Srilanka so bad they were just getting
out for ducks left right and send a last test. Yeah,
except for except for that one innings in the second
innings last time out. Yeah, but again, duck duck. The
(11:28):
silver has been really poor. Mend stuck around, Mendo stuck around. Yeah,
that was the that was the fifty odd. But I'm
talking like the bottom four. Bottom four a traditional bowlers.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, can make it like a cheeky twenty every now
and then I don't see any of them making above
like five or ten, any of their bottom four because
like it's j A in their bottom. It starts Jason right,
and then everyone including him below him.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Is just just trash.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Yeah, like the silver getting out for a golden duck.
I know it's not a bowler, but getting it for
a golden dark on that ball that Mitchell Stark bowl. Yeah, mate,
that's that's really poor.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
What are you doing.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
There's actually three Mendus's in this match as well, which
confused me because there's already two k Mendaces. So I
was like, oh, come in doo, he's done well. I
know I know him, he's up there in the batting rankings.
But it was actually Cusale that stepped up.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
In this match.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
So that's been a little bit confusing.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
That last where confusing that one?
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Don't you think it's a little bit confusing when you
want to Yeah, it just says mendous on the screen.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
I was confused.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
I don't think it's Yeah, I think it doesn't take
much to confuse that.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
You just look at look at your phone and just
check who's on what. But that's okay, We're getting move
and who's on.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
That's another little skit there.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Next one, Uzzy was telling Koneman, I just was watching
the last bit last night to take it easy on
the last week so he wouldn't have to bat.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
The commentators picked it up. They like zooming in or
he's like, take.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
It easy, take it easy, Like, come on, Matt, just
take it easy so I don't have to bat. And
he did one over. I think it was like about
four balls. Was he realized, oh crap, if he gets
a wicket in the next four balls, I'm going to
have to bat.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
And then he's like, take it easy.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
There was like three that cud have been put out
really wide, got left or blocked and it didn't have
to bat.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Is that that's a real like village cricket type of areas,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
It was getting flashbacks to the SCG Test.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Yeah, they wouldn't make him go out to bat for
three balls.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
No, No, it was it was like if that over finished,
they wouldn't have to bat.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
And if it didn't finish and we got a wicket,
then they would have to bat for like three five
overs or something something like that.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
On on both sides. As a bowler myself, I just
want to get the wicket and get off the field.
If I've been on all day, I don't know. I
don't have to worry about batting, but I don't know.
I guess, I guess it's good team situation. Was nothing
worse than getting a wicket late in the day when
you're only bat for fifteen twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I'll say.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
I was sitting with my dad, he said, why wouldn't
Slanka the Claire I'm down and just have a bowl
like it's just just to mess with Australia.
Speaker 3 (14:04):
They're not going to make any more runs when they
mendes Is ins in comes Astronaga.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
For Shanka. Anything else you want to talk about from
the first day or we've cut it.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
All, Buds, I reckon it was. That was pretty much
spot on. It was a pretty quiet day. There weren't
really any moments. We've got Travis head celebration.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yes, yes, that was a.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Good one for us.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
It's a little more PG raided. Yeah, that was good.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
He's yeah, he has to do something with his finger.
He's always doing something.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Travis said, I've noticed there was more horns and cars
going part that.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Was very weird.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Every every two seconds you can hear and then you
come to downs like oh there's another big truck going past.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
That was that was a bit weird. I don't know
if you guys noticed that while you watching the TV.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
This is the champion.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We cut the fat.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
We cut the fat. Ah, you gave me nothing there,
You didn't know what I was talking.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
We need to give you.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Yeah, that really that was interesting. It was annoying.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Anyway, are affecting the batsman because they would honk the
horn as the bowler came in? Did you want to
hear that?
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Like?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
People don't do it. Look, let's move on.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Alight to Tesco's point. Look, I'll give him a little
bit of life, make his heart beat a tiny bit.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Thank you?
Speaker 4 (15:24):
Uh? In the local cricket when like, did ever affect you?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, I reckon? I bowl went off. The picture that
happened when every car that drives.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Mean that means you are weak minded and you were
not made for the sport.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
No, not, that's what.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
Him.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I just do a podcast. I don't know if I
made for that either. Anyway, that's enough.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Back at his chair, I swear I just heard a
horn drive past the window outside the front window.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
There we stop the funk.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
Put me off.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
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Speaker 1 (16:23):
So we talked about Steve Smith passing Ricky Ponting one
of the old time great fielders.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
You could get right out. You can get catches. I'm
just gonna ask.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
You, let's who is the best fielder of all time
or who just pops up in your mind just as
a discussion. It's just dudes talking about just old cricketers,
new cricketers. Like dudes just talking about dudes best fielders
of all time? What do we think that's I was
going to say, John, he.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Was going to say it.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
He was like, don't you say it.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Because I was going to go to you first. But
that's okay.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Yeah, I think John z Roads is literally known as
like the best sort of he was so quick, really quick,
arm could get right.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go punt up just because
like I didn't really watch John C.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Rhoades.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yeah, I don't want to say, yeah he's the best
field of all time if I didn't really watch him field,
so I saw a punter more so. But uh, likes
of Jordan's silk.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yes, unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Max is pretty good in the field as well, does
some crazy stuff.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Mart's actually pretty good.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, I can't remember at the time he's like dropped
a catch. Genuinely true. With Smith, you can remember he's
dropped some drops.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Yeah, true, true.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
I don't remember a time Marnus has like actually dropped
a catch.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah. No, not off the top of my head. No,
But I feel like Smith has taken more screamers than
yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, yeah, he's screamers even the last the past years.
Mistaken a few screamers.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
Yeah, if you haven't seen, if you haven't seen those
screamers Smith against New Zealand, Yeah, the one he's taken.
He's taken a good gravel two against England as well.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yeah, he's taken a couple in the ashes which were awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Ricky Ponting when he put on like a white ball uniform,
so like the colored of like the gold of Australia,
that's where all the green, the dark green used to have.
Edith turned into a different beast. In the field, the
amount a run out slate, there's not There's only like
a handful of players ever that could hit the stumps
side on, and he yeah, he could do that. I'm
going to lean towards Ricky Ponting as a nassy, but
John cy Rhodes again, I haven't seen as much of him,
(18:32):
but he was an absolute freak as well in the field.
A staff the actual most runouts of all time in
tests I had to look last night as well is
Alan Border. So obviously we don't know as much about him,
but yeah, he's got the most runouts by an absolutely
ma so. And then there was a few other ones
that were funny. In that sort of Criick Info site,
there was most times you've burnt a teammate or ran
(18:55):
out of teammate and Steve Wore is like twelve ahead
of everybody else. And then a few people say that
he was he was a little bit selfish but if
you're the best batter in the team, I reckon, I
reckon you can was he might he was up there.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
It was we had some very good players. He was playing.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
But if you're the best batter in the team, I reckon,
you can just send people back, No mate, I'll kay.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Man, Yeah, you'd rather you'd rather burn a bum than
yourself if you're if you're.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Dominant, exactly right. All right, that's the best fielders of
all time. I think.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, we've come to a conclusion. A bit of Jaunty Rhad's,
a bit of Ricky Ponting and then Smith has to
be up there as well, but he's more of the
best catcher, I reckon. Lastly, as we always finish off,
question slash fan comments, all right, I feel like Marcus
put these in so you can read them out if
you want, mate.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
We love them.
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Yes, the fan comments, TikTok. We're starting with TikTok. This
is about Manus scoring your century. Got quite a few
comments on that one. So Leo is the social man.
Dave Harris says, hopefully he makes century, but he feels
like he will fail. That's pretty much how one feels
(20:04):
about Marnus at the moment is some.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
Belief from your Dave. It's like Smith's spirit. You've got
to believe to be on the nice list.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Yes, we need the we need the belief. And then
here comes Don Boy. He says he won't. He just
says he won't. He won't score centric.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
That's great. He literally just said he won't.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
But l A two four, five, six seven actually has
come with it with a bit of praise for Marnus.
He said Marnus is not ugly when he's informing, not
an ugly ben. That's I'm not sure who said that,
was it, Leo? Maybe last year he said that he.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Never does it like off a run a ball.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
He's he's a very not off the textbook. You know
that doesn't mean does that mean Smudge is ugly? An
ugly bet?
Speaker 2 (20:49):
I think he's.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
He can be.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
When these guys are defending they are ugly. Yeah, can
I make a comparison for yeah, paint a picture. Man.
You know you're like you're like eight years old and
you look you're wearing like trackies and like a daggy
shirt to like a family outing and your Grandma's They're
going like you're such a handsome young boy, It's like, no,
you're not. You're wearing trackies, You've got stains on your
(21:14):
bloody shirt. You're looking pretty ugly.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Mane, how did you even think of that?
Speaker 3 (21:20):
I just think that's that's an example of manus defending.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
What a comparison I actually get you there.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
And La two four five sixty seven is the grandma
in this situation.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Called him my grandma.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Grandma's in our Facebook comments, but that's a definitely.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
There was one more comment on this short, but it
was on YouTube YouTube Shorts, and it was Campbell Brown
dash w R Camble Brown Camble Brown w R seven
s O. He said he's missing Man's form exactly. Little
tear emoji?
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Is it bad that I don't really care for guy
gets dropped?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Like I kind of like him that much. Like if
he goes talk about Campbell Brown talking about I'm talking
about Martus obviously.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
I mean Massived already dropped him, so.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I meant I meant mart It's like, obviously I want
him to do well, but like if he doesn't, I'm
not like as gad it is, if like Steve Smith goes, yeah, I.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Kind of want him to still be in the team though,
just personality was yea fair personal team. I don't mind it.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
That doesn't go with your hard man theory, Marcus.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
Yeah, yeah, well no whole he has shown that he
has shown on his test debut that he can be
a hard man because he came in as the concussion
a concussion sob and got knocked on the head by
Josh for Archer first or second ball and came straight
back up and looked him in the ears and let's
play cricket. That is hard man. That's a bit of
(22:52):
hard man a moment right now. I'm here for it.
I'm here for that.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Has he had an all a moment since maybe when
he three saus he's toasty?
Speaker 4 (23:01):
Ye yeah, Look, putting the putting the toast in the
fridge was.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
If he did that in front of Alan Border, he
would he would be playing. He would be playing like secretly.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
That's what Alan Border. That's the reason why Alan Border
told Craig McDermot, You'll be on the next plane home
if he put his toast in the fridge. In the fridge, Jesus,
oh my god, that's very funny seriousness. That is poor form.
Want you go to toasty lads, Here.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
We go we're getting right into it now.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
And cheese, salami and cheese alarm, Yeah what about I
was gonna say baked beans as well, which is a
bit of a rogue shout.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I.
Speaker 4 (23:49):
Love I'm a bit of a I go. I go
to four toasts at the time, name same cheese with
in one natala and the other.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Oh yeah, not what.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
But it's looking at it's looking to taller pizza lads.
It's toast. Give it a go. Just natala.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
That's all right. I thought there was cheeseing.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
No no, no, no, no no no, I've a been discussing.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
If you feel a bit frisky, you can put some
hundreds and thousands in there.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Oh you know me, mate, always feeling frisky, but a
fairy bread. Very alright, let's movement.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Oh my god, let's go Facebook, coming sa guy host.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
We go from fan comments and questions talking about manas
to bread. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
This show. Let's go on do the show.
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Let's get on the Facebook. And this one's this one's
a bit smudge. We should have mentioned it before, but
he's been beat punt test match catches and they're a ballot.
Who actually I think might be one of those grandma's
you're talking about in the comment section, she said, two
fabulous greats. You should be proud of the incredible achievements
that you've made.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Ye Now, actually she was actually talking about you guys
on the show. If she's commented on that stuff, yeah, great.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
She was talking. She's talking about the Leo's graphic, very
very incredible.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Achievement, going, Oh, I think Va might be the grandma
I was referring to.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
That's what Marcus just said.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
I understanding it again.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
Just double out our age.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
Let's do it all right, last one on you, Let's
get to it. LA's last one. Just one on YouTube.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
And this this spurs a little bit more of a
discussion because it is about different code of or different sport.
At Andrew underscore t who has been an eight month
long subscriber, credit and.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Good stuff.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
As always, guys, I might have to start watching a
FL because we prompted the a f L Show will
be returning next Wednesday, next Wednesday, very very fault Today show,
So he might have to start watching. He goes any
suggestions for a team. So if you're if you're listening
in the comments section and you're a fan of footage,
drop your team below in the comments see see what
(26:12):
Andrew I get on board.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
I think we need Andrew to reply with things he
likes like. We need to get him to look at
that how logos. We need him to get to look
at the a f l like, names, likes and bombers.
What is he like the most and what's his like vibe?
Do you want like a young team who's a bit
or do you want an experienced team who's like around
(26:34):
the like they're gonna get the job done like Andrew?
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Do you want do you want the underdog that that
just never never wins? Do you want the the really
big club that that hasn't had while since two thousand
and four in fact. But we'll go around, we'll go
around the grounds. We'll say who we support and then and.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Then how do we we pitch it to Andrew.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
We'll see who loves them.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
You guys have a very good you guys need a
pitch well here, Yeah, we just have all the best.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
We've probably got the top ten best younger in the
North Melbourne. Yeah, North Melbourne kangaroos. Where kangaroo If you
if you like Australian culture, this is how I've heard
North Melvin fans try and get other people on board
from other countries.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Kangaroos. Kangaroos is Australian, it's Australian culture. We're Australia's team,
North Melbourne.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
So and where have you finished the last five years?
Speaker 2 (27:27):
It doesn't matter. We're We're just fair for the people.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
Andrew, they're one of the worst teams in the competition.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
Are Australia. They're Australia's team, but yet they're going to
get disbanded and enjoined with Tasmania. There's a new team.
You can go for the new team Tasmania. Well they're
not in this season.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
But we won about sixty six to eight finals I
think since thousand and four compared to Essendon zero as well,
so that that's always a good one.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Anyway, we're probably doing too much. I'm getting this back
on track.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Leo.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
You can say about Hawthorne.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I'm just gonna say I'm a Hawthorne fan. We are
the Hawks, very young team a couple of years. For
a couple of years, recently we've been crap, but last
year we rocketed up the ladder. We should be good
this year, should make finals. So we're a young, exciting team.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Very exciting team. Will I will give you that they're
the only team that's actually good out of the three
of us.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Anyway, you want to say something like, oh.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Yeah, sorry, I thought you already did well.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
If Andrew, if you can get on board cricket and
watch cricket, there's one hundred percent you'll get on AFL.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
It's very fun.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
Honestly, it's the best sport to watchet. Yeah yeah, now
I'm an essenon bombs fan. They have the equal most
premierships in vl AFL.
Speaker 3 (28:42):
History, haven't won one in twelve years.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
We the last premiership was in two thousand, the year
before I was born. We last one a final in
two thousand and four. So that's a long time. That
is that is a long time. We've been crap. We've
been average for a long time. We're like top top
eight finals. We've been like tenth to twelveth for a while.
We've lost a few finals. But we're just we're just
a big dog rising. We got so many members. We've
(29:07):
got so many members. We play in red and black.
It's it's it's just vibes.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
Andrew, how do you feel about piss andoo, we need we.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Need, we need you. I'm calling this.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Me and you, Andrew, me and you together against I'm
going that it stumps for the creak of Today show.
That's enough footy chat on our show. Thank you very much, lads,
bloody Yeah. Thanks the Tap Touch. Will continue to do
this show actually with Tap Touched till Tuesday, so we're
going to be doing next show. We'll be on Tuesday
after the super Bowl. To make sure you check out
NFL Australia's live stream. The super Bowl will be going
(29:47):
off at the Catfish. If you want to get down, yeah,
we'll probably be there so you can say hello, yes, yeah,
absolutely Marcus.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
Probably you didn't last year, did you?
Speaker 3 (29:57):
No?
Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
A keen around?
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Yes, A few BEVs?
Speaker 1 (30:02):
What is.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
Gassie waters?
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Yes, get right around the show. It makes you subscribe.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
We're almost at, as Marcus said, three thousand, two hundred,
which is exciting on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Send any questions and comments. There's been some awesome ones.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
Thank you to Andrew, Thank you to all the comments
that have been coming through every single show. Thank you
very much, Leo, thank you, thanks Marcas.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Thank you. But I'm very sad because we dropped to
three thy one hundred and ninety one.
Speaker 3 (30:30):
That was get some water out poured on your cat, Marcus.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
It was Jake Fraser mcgurky. He unsubscribed after he talked
about his hair transplant.
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