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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome back to the Cricket Today Show, brought to you
by tab Touch. You bring you daily sports markets covering
every BBR match so you never miss a beat. I'm
your host as always, Liam McAllion, also know as the
stats Guy. I'll go with Leo this time joined by
Leo Malalley. He's sad that the Renegades aren't playing anymore,
but he's pumped for the Big Bash Finals.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Have you going, Leah Games haven't playing what since Sunday?
But you're probably still sad about it? No, I'm over.
I'm all about RCB.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Now RV rcv's biggest Australia fan or maybe second biggest
to us to see Jimbo. And then we've also got
Marcus Barzano. He's upper mat he loves a drink on
ourbury float. Are you going well?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
I do, But I'm also depressed because the Stars go.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh yeah, sorry, I should have mentioned the Stars, the
best team we will cricket, the best ever world cricket
couldn't even make the next stage in the finals, and
the big best but yes, I don't know about that one.
Feel every player and be right in the action throughout
a massive Aussie summer of Cricket with tab Touch. Awesome
show as always, we're going to talk about the BBR
eliminated playoff for the finals. I like to call it
as the Stars lost the Thunder, go through lots of
(01:03):
cricket news.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
The women's ashes were already so we might as well
send England home at the moment.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
We're just all over them. Are going to go through
our teams of the tournament. That's going to be a
bit controversial for the Big Bash. We were just messaging
before the show, just arguing Leo's already had had a
bad day looking at our teams. But that's right, we'll
door chat it out. Are you all right to go
through it, Leo or is it going to get a
bit too emotional?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah? No, I'm good, I'm good, You're good, all right?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
And then we've got the Challenger Final, the Sydney Smash,
which is tonight. We're going to go through that, which
is very exciting and there's always some fun fan comments and.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Questions before we start.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Be sure to get right around the show on Spotify,
Apple podcasts, subscribe to the YouTube channel where a were
at Marcus eventually hasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Got it all four seven three oh four seven.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, okay, that's good, very nice. So we're almost at
four k pretty much pretty much.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, we get there, no time.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
We'll get there before the end of summer Regon and
then as well as all the socials at Cricket Today
are you yeah, check out, we're going to talk about it.
But Wisden Crickets Team and Test Team of the Year
Leo has done a really good short on that. Well
I don't know if he's done a really good short
agree with him, but we will go and dissect that
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online dot org dot au. All right, that was actually
a quick intro for once, so let's get into the
quickest of singles.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Come on the quick single. Here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
First one. He might be a flog off the field,
but I think this is well deserved. Michael Clark inducted
into the Cricket Australia Hall of Fame. What do we
think about that one?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
That's yeah, I think yeah fair.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
I've read somewhere that he had like the most double
centries in the calendar year with four, which is remarkable
to think about, Like that's just like you can't get.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Better than that, can you?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Like you'd be cooked though, batting out there for what
ten hours probably total, he'd be knacked.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I was like a couple of times he was battened
two days and then the next dest another two days
is battened.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
He was. That was when he had the pink stickers.
It was that was awesome that time. I wasn't alive,
So geez twelve were he definitely happy with that?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, fair players, He's definitely up there in terms of
total runs across all three formats for Australia. He was
captain when we're winning World Cup.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Hard man. You would like that.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He's hard man. Yeah, yeah, so I can't really argue
with that, can we.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah? He was.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
He always threatened English to break their fn RM and
a bit of a bit of banter. There was always
a show when Michael Clark was at there.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Should be put in the Hall of Fame just for saying.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
That, just for saying that it was against Anderson, that's right.
I wouldn't be saying that to a bowler, but because
then they can just Radue the.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Next the next day, but we dominated them.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I was back when, like around that time when for
some reason all the Aussie pictures had massive cracks and
it was dangerous.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
They wouldn't play that, and I don't reckon anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It was that Michael carb re opening the battle.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
With horrible helmet and he plased Scorches. Legend Michael Carbery.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
He was good for the Scorches, but he wasn't He
wasn't good for England. Talking about the Big Bash, the
Stars lose their win streak, they're out in the eliminated
final against the Thunder.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
The Thunder did really well. I call it.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I called it, lads, I'm saying that I'm the only
one that Buddy had the guts to tip the Thunder
the Stars are frauds, and I was.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I was all correct now. I genuinely thought it actually
could be a guy's game.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
He did say that, Marcus, he did say that, you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Let me have this one. But the Stars had a
really good season, but the Thunder were too good. Yeah,
what do we think about the Stars season? Like, it's
still still pretty solid.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You know what, to make finals in the position they
were in. Yeah, it was definitely a turnarynd oh and five.
It was absolute shambles. Were like, are they going to
win again? And then they yeah, they won five on
the trot. But it sort of brings back the uh,
they're not a team of They're not a collective team
(04:51):
of champions. The individual in a team, which is what's uh?
Who said that? One of the players the earlier on
in the tournament.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Sam Harper, probably the decoy will touch on that. We'll
touch on more of that game as the thunder progress.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It's going to be a Sydney Smash Challenge of fine tonight,
which is which is pretty cool. Last one there was
a wash out of belief. So hopefully it's all good
over there in Sydney.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I have to check the good.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
It is good, very good mid twenties, pretty.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Good meteorologist over here. I like it, thank you. Last
one in the quick single. As I mentioned before, the
Aussie secure the women's Ashes series win just awesome. England
lost momentum with the rain. They were arguing with the
umpires back going off.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
It was raining. That's cricket, you go off like I
think I think I saw was it heaven night?
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Maybe said I wasn't upset at the umpires, just the
situation which is just kind of like, don't be like,
don't lose, don't lose every game?
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Yeah, exactly, Like like why don't you win like one
or two games before tonight so you actually give yourself
a chance, Like if it rains, that's your fault, were
not winning.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
So it sucked in exactly right. You couldn't have said
that any better. They literally I hate the pomps. Yeah,
well I don't know, we will touch on that later.
I don't know if you do, but yeah, Ossie's undefeated
so far. We're just we're just too good. The young
girls are good that we've just got so much experience.
Just everything is going right for Ossie women's cricket. So
West mashing them England just to they win?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Do they win every game? Gets maximum?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Forgot? I forgot how much it is for a test.
I think they're on eight now three or four?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's four for the test fifteen six, sixteen.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, they could get the points.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Only there's only one T twenty and one test left
and I think they're on they're on eight or six points?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Are there on ten?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Tenk they're on eight?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
It's two points for every game so three are yours
twenty twenties played so far?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
It's five I can't do that's too complicated. That's just
five times to move.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
It's a tough one mans.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
It's time.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
We don't have to do maths on this show. All right,
we're moving on the quick singles done. But yeah, also
that the Aussies have secured the women's ashes once again,
just so so good. Uh, let's get into it. We're
going to go through our own maybe l fourteen teams
of the tournament. Oh they could go on for a while,
but Leon doesn't want to. I was ready to fight
a few people.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Who do we want to start?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Well, I actually convinced Marcus before you jumped on stats guy,
So we actually have a very similar team.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It's you being the idiot as I'm just.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Picking good cricket as not just because oh they've got
the most wickets or like that.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
So it's a team of the tournament, not good, not
the best player, but the best players.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Matt Short would be.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
There's some there's some guys that get some crappy wickets,
like you said, like you said, Tom Rodgers and then
mc andrew, Nathan mc andrew said he just cleaned up
the tail just because he got a fire for still
also we get a five for but I don't know,
there's some people that get crapping. Who do we want
to start then? Who are we starting with?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Well? Leo lear reckons he's got such a good team.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It's like he talks us down, but we all forgot
an opinion. Matt, So you go, this is the team
of the tournament.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Actually I did, I did alter it a little bit,
so Warner Owen Connolly that is the top three.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
If anyone doesn't have that, go to China, Learn China,
Chinese Buddy Max Wait, no, sorry, changed his b Maxwell
four Maxwell four, Billings at five, Stoyness at six, David
at seven.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Then I've gone into Dorsees, Steckiy, Pope and Bearndor Oh.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yeah Pope yeah, Oh what about man Jamie over Like
the first six games he was the best player in
the compright now the rule first, A.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Good bloke, good block policy team. Yeah, David is captain.
He's a reformed man. He's a reformed man.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Give me some of Overton stats and trying and convince
me I need to get him up.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
But he was unbelieving.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
How do you have him in assume you have him
in your team and then you don't know.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
He's off the top of my head, I can look
him up. That's but I don't mind most of that team.
I agree with your bat most your batters, because you
have to have you have to have Warner, you have
to have oh and Connley, like they're clearly the best three.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
They were. They were unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I really like the Tim David pic. I feel like
there might be someone else on the show that won't
agree with that one.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
He's changed, he's changing. Oh what, just stick with your guts.
I convinced him. I convinced it's what I do. I
just convinced different opinions LEDs.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Anyway. I don't mind that, lad, I don't mind that.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
But I think, yeah, Lord Pope, mister, I do I
used to like him, but you can't be going to
almost turning over and making a team in the tournament.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
We got to give him something. He's bald, and he's
younger than us, isn't he come up?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
We got to give him.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Overt technically averaged ninety five this big best exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Really, it was unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
He made one hundred and ninety runs because he had
a little nought outs.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yeah. How many wickets do we know?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yeah, eleven.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
One of the best round is get him in your team.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I'm happy to put him in for for Pope and
just reshuffle the batting order.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh okay, now we're talking. Now we're talking. And then
Connelly and Maxie bullspin. This is a good team. I'm like,
all right, Marcus, you go next.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Alrighty, let's do it that. This is this is the
correct theme of the tournament. Water Owen Connolly top three. Uh,
similar similar start for Leo. There will be Billings at four,
story in five, Maxwell six. Just to finish the games.
I did have.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I did have Ni Chowdre in theres mate.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
A couple of sixty not outs for Tim David might
have dragged him over the line, but you know he
was very very very close.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Man, he's the wise man.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Then I've gone, uh Overton Dwarfous, Rogers and Berendor.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh no, Spinner Mexican Bosom.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
We have the same team, except I have Steconty for
Rogers and you have Yeah, wow, Marcus, and I know,
ball mate.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Because team doesn't mean it's good.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
I let's hear the b team. Let's hear the B team.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
My team is very similar, but it would smash your team,
like by far.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
We got Warner, we got on Connolly, then we've got Billings.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
I agree with your top four. Maxwell's douynus.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
I hang on aanger.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
When's Billings come into it? Well he had Ducket, but
you said, oh, stuff it. I'll put duck in. Ducket.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Duckett is a small man, he could he be fine
behind the stumps. We'll put Ducket in there because Billings
was horrible, Like, how is he in the team of
the tournament.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, that's it. We'll get the open at about a four. Right,
I'm not going to do a Marcus and get convinced
by Leo. I will stick to my guns. Ducket, Ducket.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
It will be the wiki keeper. Sorry, So I got Warner,
oh and Connolly, Duckett. Maxwell's styners so very similar. Then
I'm going Tim David he has to be in there.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Jamie Overden was the best all round up, probably behind Dwarshes.
I'd say, so you have to put Jamie Overton in there.
So he's in easy next and you got Dwarshes. Chris
Green was the best spinner this year. If you're just
kip hear me out, you'll you I know the answer
to this question. If you're picking a big batch team today,
who are you picking Chris Green in a load Pope?
And if you say Adam Zampa, I said Chris Green
(12:02):
a load. But and you're not picking.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Sam of wickets zapA took the same amount as Green.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah, but Chris.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Gream was more economical and one games one games, one game,
and he's a good leader, and he's a good.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
He's a good looking man. Come on, who would your
big Green of Pope? Come on?
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If you're being it's of them, it's based off the season.
Pope took more wickets.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Yeah, but anyway, I'm going Green is in it.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
That's a very good batting order, by the way, because
you've got to wash Us at nine, Green at ten,
who can both hold the stick, and then you've got
big doorf the T twenty player of the year.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
You got him.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
So to be fair, our teams weren't that similar.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I feel like we they felt that up a bit.
I mean, weren't that different. No, they weren't that different.
I just wait, Chris Green.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
You guys had you had Pope, you didn't have a
spinner market so and then yeah, we've all convinced ourselves
that Tim David has to be in there. We have
to get we had to get some Hurricanes players and
they're in the final.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Boys, but we also have Mitch Oland as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, so then we go get childuring your team leads.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Yeah, I honestly don't mind charging or I reckon man Chief.
So favorite Chief Sutherlands a little bit stiff, but because
he couldn't captain against Maxi, he's dropped out.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
A No, Renegade's players should see this team.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Not even if you get if you get, if you
get kicked off bowling for running in the middle of
the pitch, you can't make the team.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh so no, furg we love. That's a right.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yeah, let us know in the comments how your team
of the tournament if you want to do that for
Big Dash, and let us know which one was the
best out of us three. All right, we actually had
pretty similar teams there, but we did well. Talking about
another team of the tournament Team of the Year, the
Wisdom Test Team of twenty twenty four. The fact that
the goal and check this out on Cricket today are
you and you can bag Leo in the comments there's
(13:42):
already about seventy comments on their agreeing.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
A lot of them have been agreed. Yeah, we need
to get rid of that English audience. Sorry.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Check it out on TikTok. Yeah, Leono did the little
social clip in Wisdom wish.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Shout out to Wisdom. Yeah, we have to do a
little collab with them.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Would be very cool because they've got lots of views
on there talking about this team. Do with someone read it?
Do want to read it out Marcus and go through it?
There we argue and then we will argue.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Yes, jays Well Duckett opening the batting, Williamson, three pair
of Englishman at four and five, rout Brook, Mendis, Jamie
Smith as we could keep up the English one, Judasia Atkinson,
Henry and then Bumra as the captain.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
All right, well he is a great team. But who
finished number one and two in the World Chess Championship table.
Just remind me of.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Playing in the World Championship Australia Aunteth Africa. I don't
care about the stats, Leo. I'm going all in on this.
I do not care on the stats on this team. Guy,
doesn't care about the start. I've changed my mind. I'm
having a day off. I'm having a day off on
the stats. The fact that you want to winning mentality
in this team. You want guys that are going to
drag you over the line, guys that can win matches
(14:58):
off their own bat.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Those English players know how to win a game. They're horrible.
They played bass ball. I think it's going to work balls.
I think, no, that's not that's not a good argument.
But we're not. We're not.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
We're not picking players based on winning mentality. We're picking
individuals to make the Test Test Team of the Year.
But just these have been individually the best season they've had.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
No, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
And it's skewed because they a lot of these nations.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Play a lot long matches. That's the fault of the
cricketing boards for scheduling cant.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Taken to account. Averages like Travis Head should be in
this team. Look having an average of almost fifty. Yeah.
In twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
Four, the one POM that has been picked based off
playing the most matches has been Ben Ducket because he
averages thirty seven, which is five less than Travis heah
that's crap, right. You can't bring in Travis Head to
the opening position because he doesn't open, he bats it five.
You have to look at every player on their position.
Root and Brook both averaged fifty five, Root scored fifteen
hundred runs, been sensationally.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Can't take them out for Travis.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I don't have a problem with en Brook being in it.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I'm the same. I'm justry. We just got to fit
Travis Head and then lea somewhere? Do we have to
fit him in?
Speaker 1 (16:10):
And then what about the fact can I say boight
literally like he's a recent captain. I don't think he
should be captain of this team. Just because he was
the best player doesn't mean it should be. But Root's
not captain. It's twenty twenty four, yes, so I don't know.
Maybe pack Commons just bringing pack Commons as the captain.
What surely Commons stats were really good too. I need
to have a double check it out, like with a.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Bit stiff Cummons.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Probably, I think every bowler there has a better bowling
average than Cummons from memory, and in twenty twenty four,
I think all of them have more wickets except maybe Jajam.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It's so skewed because yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
The Wickeds is scwby because they played more Tests.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
It sounds like a sixteen year old girl is going
to do a breakoup.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Marcus so skewed. I don't say most wickets when they play.
I don't believe he cheated on me.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
But of course, of course the English players have better bowling,
better batting averages when they've played. They played a three
match Test series against Sri Lanka, a five match Test
series against the West Indies, of three match Test series
against Pakistan. Of course they're going to of course they're
going to win those.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Guess the less relations.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yea, Pakistan a lesser nation they.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Are in terms of Test cricket. They're not at the
peak of their.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh my England.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Made eight hundred and twenty three for against them, that's true.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
What that's three run a lot of runs. Your argument
is helping me.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
No, it's not because they're they're playing lesser quality cricketing nations,
which they should be making.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
They're not playing USA.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Pagistan can beat them in the five five.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Match Test series against the West Indies, did beat us exactly?
Speaker 6 (17:57):
No one.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
The one point that that Marcus is making is you
can't go, oh they've got more wickets when they've played
about way more Tests.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
You can't try so. I can understand the average, of course.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Of course the average, but the average is the average
will obviously be lower. Yeah we're bowling against like we're India, Yeah,
who were a powerhouse of cricket. That's true, whereas whereas
England are playing Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
True, yeah, this.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Team is, That's just I think that argument is just
for the Australian cricket ball to give us more Test matches,
Like yeah, but we play the same amount, then we
will have probably more players than England.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
In here, Like I mean, it shouldn't go off the amount,
that's what.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
True, and it is true, like we should be playing
more Test cricket as a nation. Yeah yeah, well it's
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
I think it's a good team all right. We've definitely
broken that down enough.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
But what I will say is though, sorry, just to
add one more point, Australian Australia would beat this team.
Yeah oh yeah, but it's still the it would be buddy.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Actually, I'm not sure that we would be.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
There's some good batters in there, the bowlers are that good.
I don't reckon, but the batter maybe, I don't know.
They would make a lot of runs this team because
you've got like j as Well.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Boomer in there. That's all they need.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Yeah, it's true, it's true. All right, what are we
giving that team out of ten?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Then? Why do we do that? The Wisdom Team of
the Year eight and a half four. I'll give it.
N what I thought you just didn't agree with. What
have I convinced you?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I'll give it. I'll give it a seven.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I'm giving it a four. I'm giving it. You guys
have given those arguments I was expecting to. I'm giving
a four. Give it.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I can see why those players were picked.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What you just had ten minutes saying the opposite. First
he said no, then he said yes, stuck.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
But there's only two Aussie players that I would put
in there. So look, that's like head and comments. That's
pretty much. Yeah, if I was going to put any
in there. But he.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Doesn't work for Wisdom though. All right, I'm calling that.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
That's enough. I don't like this team, but so eight
out of one hundred.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
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get through that Wisdom team because I reckon we could
have talked about that for another another half an hour, especially.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
There's more coming up on it is, Oh, there is.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
We didn't actually talk about the fan comments on that.
We'll chat to it.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
We'll get it. Sounds good, It sounds good.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
BBL fourteen eliminator talking points. Obviously, it was the Thunder
and the Stars. The Stars losing streak is done. First up,
water out for a duck. He's been so consistent this season,
but he got a two ball duck. He was a
bit cooked. The pitch was a bit tough to battle
and has been there all season. What are you guys
reckon about that ground at JWS does ground the Sydney Showgrounds.
(21:14):
It's never a good pitch. They never make big scores there,
like do they need to change up?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Not great for short form acric obvious, it was the
same pitch that they played the scorches on and that
was at That was a pretty rough game as well. Yeah,
but from the looks of it, it was pretty slow
turn quite a bit, so it definitely favored the bowls
and it was clear to see.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Yeah, it was still like made it exciting. Like if
you like cricket, you don't mind seeing like lots of wickets.
But for growing the actual big bash get it, you
need a bit of a nicer pitch than that, I reckon.
What about your man Marcus asamamire another Courton bomb, that's
the only way he gets.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
He's taken so many Courton Bowls a season.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
He was great.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
He was turning in an absolute mile as well in
that game.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
He's actually surprised me at the start of the season.
I think even Leo said, oh, I said, this guy's
he's he's not gonna do that much and he was.
It was actually pretty good.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Is he is? He one of the most improved We
should we should.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Maybe after the final we could give the BBL Season
Awards and he might. He might feature in that Olivia
social girl via from this show and our work, her
favorite player too, loves a bit of Apparently.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
I thought the favorite player would be from the Hurricanes.
He's a massive cane. Marcus Bean actually, Marcus. Yeah, but
we did a little video yesterday checked that. We'll see
if it's on the Socials Stars Decoys. I just wrote
that down. The Stars Decoys did their thing in the
top order. They said, it's right, we'll let the other
team think they're in it.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
And then we'll just quickly get out what they have
been the worst in the whole competition. Other than because
even Renegades Josh Brown made a few runs. Rogers and
Harper can't even hit off.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
The square at the moment.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Rogers was terrible.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Harper was, He was alright in the first moments.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, at his moments.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Did Harbor survived? Three balls? Were general? In general? Okay?
In general?
Speaker 3 (23:07):
Yeah, Harper look like it was batting really well to
start the game. And then he plays the dumbest shot
known the man.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Like what do you know?
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Aalls over his own feet on his own ass and
just gets bold and completely ruins what could have been
a really great start to the to the chasing innings,
because he already got six off the first two balls,
and if he just stood up, stood straight and flicked
it back on the leg side. He gets another two
runs and depending on how cleaning, it's another four exactly right,
(23:41):
and gets bold leg star.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
He was doing his best Jake Fra impression.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
I think, just playing, just playing dumb shots and then okay,
talking on Tom Rodgers seven innings a total. This is
the total, not his top score, a total of thirty
six runs.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
How do you stay? How do you stay in the team.
We could have done that, and that is secret. What
are they doing?
Speaker 1 (24:01):
At least Harper I think made a couple of forties,
couple of thirties, buddy, Tom Rogers five point one four
average high score of fourteen.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
That what am to be fair? Him and Harper? They
did their job.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
They were the middle order.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Stuffed them up. That's all. They're gone.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
They still get rid of them. Trade Max into the
renegade story. That's the Renegades. I didn't get the draft pick.
We'll give you back. Fraser McGirk and Tom Rodgers. Yeah, there,
that's a fair deal. Actually no, definitely, don't do that.
John Rodgers is the great.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
We could take it. Tom Rogers.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
I think we talked about this dur in the office.
Leo Sanger, Tom Andrews and Green.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
They were all great.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
I had great yep on that had great bowling.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
I meant to say he had great spells and that
just didn't come out.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
They were really good with the ball, like pretty economical
and did their job with the spinnings.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Tom Tom Andrews, I like him. Oh, I like him.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Like it just I do.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
He looks like Yeah, he looks like Hugh Webgind's dad.
Speaker 4 (25:02):
Oh that old is I think he's thirty and twenty
is not old?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Well you never know. Oh yeah he's got Yeah. I
like it. I like it. Get their side by side.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Let's have a look for the audience's knowledge. That's guy
is closer to thirty than he is twenty.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Yeah, why did that need? Just for god? They could
actually say it is old.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
They could be brothers, like maybe we've got to chuck
that up on the screen. That's what they actually do.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Look really like.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
They've got this short, curly red hair. I told you
they have Harv's son, the son. They look like brother
Harves's son. So what's his name? Tom Andrews had one
Hugh when he was ten.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
We don't know how to say his life. You put
it out of that.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
I think that's like Tom Andrews should have.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Yes, yeah, there we go give me something that was
pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Anyway, McAndrew got a five five awesome effort for some
fast bowling from him, even though the spinners were done
really well. He cleaned up the tail, got five wickets
and destroyed the Stars. What do you reckon about mac andrew.
He's actually pretty solid bowl Their bowlers have stepped up
this year.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
It was very spin heavy, yes, that which I don't
see why the Stars didn't say that earlier. Could have
given him.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Max exwell yeah, match a couple more.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Yeah, but yeah, well it was.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
He's just not happy with the Stars because you started talking.
Then all right, we're going to talk about other teams.
Now we're talking about other teams.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
The Challenger is here, The Challenger Final, the Challenger playoff
for the BBL fourteen is tonight at the SCG. It's
going to be absolutely awesome. You said the weather's clear,
twenty degrees, so that's beautiful. Sixers versus the thunder. Let's
just quickly go through it. Some finals picks because this
is a big one. I want the most runs, most wickets,
and who wins. Will start with most runs, We'll start
with Marcus so he doesn't have to talk about the
(26:59):
stars anymore.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Jesus put me under the pump there.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I will go with.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Jack Edwards.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Oh okay, yeah, I don't mind that. Don't mind that.
I will go with Jack Edwards.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
I'm gonna I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Warner Warner.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh yeah, he's all right, he's gonna bounce back after
the duck.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Don't mind that. I'm going to say. I've said this
old seas. He's going to fire up at some point.
Josh philipy, he's had I think he's had one really
good matchup.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
Sixty. I think he's going to do that again. He's
going to make at least fifty.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
I love a bit of Josh Philip will be at
the Renegades next year. That's just the type of player
Renegade yet, like Form True doesn't make runs at the
top order, We'll just make Renegades Fans be.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Like, why do we get this blow? I'd still rather
him than Fraser m Maybe, Bosh where the.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Boss come from? Most week? Its Marcus who's going most
weeks tonight, h.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Beshous Yeah like it, Tommy Andrews.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Oh, you're on the Tommy Andrews Van Reagan now him.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
I was considering him for most runs too, Yep.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I like it.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
He'll come in at like most runs. This is what
moves You don't listen to me. Stat's going.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I like it? Yeah, I like it. You'll hit thirty
or fifteen and Thunder make Thunder will be all out
for one and there'll be top score. Geez, all right,
that would be crazy thing. Most wickets. So I'm gonna
go cricket.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Today's team at the tournament, the real team of the tournament.
Chris Green, He's gonna get the most week fo He's
going to take it for far. Absolutely love Chris Green.
The seg is good for spinners, so I reckon he's
going to get a few wickets. And then who wins?
Who wins the Sydney Smash Challenger Final, adds. The heart
says the Thunder, but.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
The head says the Sixers. Is that is that what
we're saying the other day? Yeah, Sixes will get it done.
I think yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Experience of the Sixers, Lee, are you still on the
train that they're just boring and they always win and
they have the same team.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
The only train I'm on is the cane. Give me,
let's go, give me take that out. I'm quickly, swiftly
going to the next segment. No more to choose.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Question slash Fan comments We're going to finish off with that,
mostly to do with the Wisdom Test Team of the Year.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Who wants to read him out first? Actually you read
them out? Yeah, I'll go.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
It's from Instagram, Carl says about the Wisdom Tech Test
cricket team. That Leo the video that Leo person. Yes,
we come full circle so much that Leo is out
here defending point.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
I want to comment. That could be my favorite comment
of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
I have a have British family, of British cousins family.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Yeah, but you hate you hate English cricket. My teeth
were just a little bit longer. I could have played
for England.
Speaker 5 (29:50):
No, you actually not from England, so you fit the
fit the mold you have to we're all from England.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Yeah, I meant you.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
I know, I know if I of Africa, i'd actually
i'd be opening the batting right now. Bend exactly right.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
But that's an awesome comment because yeah, Leo is very
very very rarely defending the pomp.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
So that's good.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I just I like to speak facts, man, Yeah, that's
just what I like to do.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
What was what was Leo's crime to be sent to
Australia Rocky pillage the Greg Chapel.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Do they have that in the UK? No, it would
have been like I don't know what other stores are there.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
I reckon public Ken Bassington local cricket store and I.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Don't know all right.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
More comments on TikTok Marcus Lane Ryan also said OS
would win to be honest, better.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Bowling, attack able, tobaut just as deep, and better fielding
team as well.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
In relation to the I don't know would beat that
team if I'm being honest, we would imagine they Actually
that's like the old Stars versus Australia.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Oh well they did do that back in the day
and the Aussies trounced them three back in the Ricky Ponting. Yes,
Connal was captain and I think they played three odios yep.
I think in Australia all of them. That is so
cool in Australia, all of them.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Awes, what have we got next?
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Nerd immunity says Les Yeah, Atkinson is the one player
who's definitely only been selected because he's English. Seals Robarta
and Hazelwood all averaged significantly less and cricket Umpire eighty six,
so he must know his stuff. Reply to that comment,
(31:45):
Atkinson took fifty two wickets at hat trick and scored
one hundred. That's a good debut year.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
That's a good reply. That's a good reply.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
The fact it actually ratioed him to people are agreeing
with me.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
I'm trying with cricket Umpire eighty six and.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
People are agreeing with cricket umpire you maybe it's me now,
but thanks Connor con tr yep an interesting surnames. You
swapped Kevin do for head and Brook for cusl Pereira.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
That is about and.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Brook was amazing. I don't mind head in but yeah,
I don't know about Thanks for the comment, but.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Thanks of the comment. But no, I want to be nice.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Nah, but you've gotta have Harry Brook in there. He's
unbelievable that like the way he's been playing the last
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
And the reply to that from Future the Rapper, we've
got a cricket.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Umpire, We've got a rapper got nas Wisden cricket.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Everyone is in the comments, he said, replying to that comment.
Kevin Doho had Bradman numbers in twenty twenty four. He was,
without doubt the best batsman of the year.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
I think Root was the best batsman. But Comindu I
think had the high average out of all four. Yeah,
it's crazy we're talking about it.
Speaker 6 (33:05):
Leo.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
I thought, well, who was Shehulika playing? Where they playing
some of the lesser teams. They played like all the
top teams, and then he did that.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
So yeah, it's so interesting because we actually went through
it a little bit last night stats guy and Sri
Lanka I think they had six batsmen score I might
probably get this wrong, but six batsmen over four hundred runs,
whereas Australia only had I think one over six hundred,
which was Travis Head and then Yeah, and it's really
interesting to see the differences because obviously we beat Sri
(33:34):
Lanka if we played them wood where it is we
played them, depending on where it is I'm talking about,
if it's here, we beat them.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
So yeah, it's just interesting. I actually think the series
can be good. It's beau as bad as bring it yeah,
it's gonna be really good. All right?
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Are we calling it for the Friday show ahead of
the big bash tonight?
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Anything else you want to say? I just have a
great day. Everybody like a good week. And I know
you I met our audience. I mean we didn't mean me.
I mean yeah, now, I just hope our audience has
a great day. Lovely people should do like a meet
and greet a live podcast at a pub in India.
I think we're big enough, but I mean India and Pakistan.
(34:13):
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your host as always, Liam McAllion, also know as the
stats Guy. I'll go with Leo this time joined by
Leo Malalley. He's sad that the Renegades aren't playing anymore,
but he's pumped for the Big Bash Finals.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Have you going, Leah Games haven't playing what since Sunday?
But you're probably still sad about it? No, I'm over.
I'm all about RCB.
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Speaker 3 (00:39):
I do, But I'm also depressed because the Stars go.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh yeah, sorry, I should have mentioned the Stars, the
best team we will cricket, the best ever world cricket
couldn't even make the next stage in the finals, and
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as the Stars lost the Thunder, go through lots of
(01:03):
cricket news.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
The women's ashes were already so we might as well
send England home at the moment.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
We're just all over them. Are going to go through
our teams of the tournament. That's going to be a
bit controversial for the Big Bash. We were just messaging
before the show, just arguing Leo's already had had a
bad day looking at our teams. But that's right, we'll
door chat it out. Are you all right to go
through it, Leo or is it going to get a
bit too emotional?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah? No, I'm good, I'm good, You're good, all right?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
And then we've got the Challenger Final, the Sydney Smash,
which is tonight. We're going to go through that, which
is very exciting and there's always some fun fan comments and.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
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at Marcus eventually hasn't.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Got it all four seven three oh four seven.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, okay, that's good, very nice. So we're almost at
four k pretty much pretty much.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, we get there, no time.
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Leo has done a really good short on that. Well
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quickest of singles.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Come on the quick single. Here we go.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
First one. He might be a flog off the field,
but I think this is well deserved. Michael Clark inducted
into the Cricket Australia Hall of Fame. What do we
think about that one?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
That's yeah, I think yeah fair.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
I've read somewhere that he had like the most double
centries in the calendar year with four, which is remarkable
to think about, Like that's just like you can't get.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Better than that, can you?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Like you'd be cooked though, batting out there for what
ten hours probably total, he'd be knacked.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
I was like a couple of times he was battened
two days and then the next dest another two days
is battened.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
He was. That was when he had the pink stickers.
It was that was awesome that time. I wasn't alive,
So geez twelve were he definitely happy with that?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, fair players, He's definitely up there in terms of
total runs across all three formats for Australia. He was
captain when we're winning World Cup.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Hard man. You would like that.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He's hard man. Yeah, yeah, so I can't really argue
with that, can we.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah? He was.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
He always threatened English to break their fn RM and
a bit of a bit of banter. There was always
a show when Michael Clark was at there.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Should be put in the Hall of Fame just for saying.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
That, just for saying that it was against Anderson, that's right.
I wouldn't be saying that to a bowler, but because
then they can just Radue the.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Next the next day, but we dominated them.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I was back when, like around that time when for
some reason all the Aussie pictures had massive cracks and
it was dangerous.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
They wouldn't play that, and I don't reckon anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It was that Michael carb re opening the battle.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
With horrible helmet and he plased Scorches. Legend Michael Carbery.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
He was good for the Scorches, but he wasn't He
wasn't good for England. Talking about the Big Bash, the
Stars lose their win streak, they're out in the eliminated
final against the Thunder.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
The Thunder did really well. I call it.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I called it, lads, I'm saying that I'm the only
one that Buddy had the guts to tip the Thunder
the Stars are frauds, and I was.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I was all correct now. I genuinely thought it actually
could be a guy's game.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
He did say that, Marcus, he did say that, you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Let me have this one. But the Stars had a
really good season, but the Thunder were too good. Yeah,
what do we think about the Stars season? Like, it's
still still pretty solid.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You know what, to make finals in the position they
were in. Yeah, it was definitely a turnarynd oh and five.
It was absolute shambles. Were like, are they going to
win again? And then they yeah, they won five on
the trot. But it sort of brings back the uh,
they're not a team of They're not a collective team
(04:51):
of champions. The individual in a team, which is what's uh?
Who said that? One of the players the earlier on
in the tournament.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Sam Harper, probably the decoy will touch on that. We'll
touch on more of that game as the thunder progress.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
It's going to be a Sydney Smash Challenge of fine tonight,
which is which is pretty cool. Last one there was
a wash out of belief. So hopefully it's all good
over there in Sydney.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I have to check the good.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
It is good, very good mid twenties, pretty.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Good meteorologist over here. I like it, thank you. Last
one in the quick single. As I mentioned before, the
Aussie secure the women's Ashes series win just awesome. England
lost momentum with the rain. They were arguing with the
umpires back going off.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
It was raining. That's cricket, you go off like I
think I think I saw was it heaven night?
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Maybe said I wasn't upset at the umpires, just the
situation which is just kind of like, don't be like,
don't lose, don't lose every game?
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Yeah, exactly, Like like why don't you win like one
or two games before tonight so you actually give yourself
a chance, Like if it rains, that's your fault, were
not winning.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
So it sucked in exactly right. You couldn't have said
that any better. They literally I hate the pomps. Yeah,
well I don't know, we will touch on that later.
I don't know if you do, but yeah, Ossie's undefeated
so far. We're just we're just too good. The young
girls are good that we've just got so much experience.
Just everything is going right for Ossie women's cricket. So
West mashing them England just to they win?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Do they win every game? Gets maximum?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Forgot? I forgot how much it is for a test.
I think they're on eight now three or four?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's four for the test fifteen six, sixteen.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, they could get the points.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Only there's only one T twenty and one test left
and I think they're on they're on eight or six points?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Are there on ten?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Tenk they're on eight?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
It's two points for every game so three are yours
twenty twenties played so far?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
It's five I can't do that's too complicated. That's just
five times to move.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
It's a tough one mans.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
It's time.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
We don't have to do maths on this show. All right,
we're moving on the quick singles done. But yeah, also
that the Aussies have secured the women's ashes once again,
just so so good. Uh, let's get into it. We're
going to go through our own maybe l fourteen teams
of the tournament. Oh they could go on for a while,
but Leon doesn't want to. I was ready to fight
a few people.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Who do we want to start?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Well, I actually convinced Marcus before you jumped on stats guy,
So we actually have a very similar team.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
It's you being the idiot as I'm just.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Picking good cricket as not just because oh they've got
the most wickets or like that.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
So it's a team of the tournament, not good, not
the best player, but the best players.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Matt Short would be.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
There's some there's some guys that get some crappy wickets,
like you said, like you said, Tom Rodgers and then
mc andrew, Nathan mc andrew said he just cleaned up
the tail just because he got a fire for still
also we get a five for but I don't know,
there's some people that get crapping. Who do we want
to start then? Who are we starting with?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Well? Leo lear reckons he's got such a good team.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
It's like he talks us down, but we all forgot
an opinion. Matt, So you go, this is the team
of the tournament.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Actually I did, I did alter it a little bit,
so Warner Owen Connolly that is the top three.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
If anyone doesn't have that, go to China, Learn China,
Chinese Buddy Max Wait, no, sorry, changed his b Maxwell
four Maxwell four, Billings at five, Stoyness at six, David
at seven.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Then I've gone into Dorsees, Steckiy, Pope and Bearndor Oh.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yeah Pope yeah, Oh what about man Jamie over Like
the first six games he was the best player in
the compright now the rule first, A.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Good bloke, good block policy team. Yeah, David is captain.
He's a reformed man. He's a reformed man.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Give me some of Overton stats and trying and convince
me I need to get him up.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
But he was unbelieving.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
How do you have him in assume you have him
in your team and then you don't know.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
He's off the top of my head, I can look
him up. That's but I don't mind most of that team.
I agree with your bat most your batters, because you
have to have you have to have Warner, you have
to have oh and Connley, like they're clearly the best three.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
They were. They were unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I really like the Tim David pic. I feel like
there might be someone else on the show that won't
agree with that one.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
He's changed, he's changing. Oh what, just stick with your guts.
I convinced him. I convinced it's what I do. I
just convinced different opinions LEDs.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Anyway. I don't mind that, lad, I don't mind that.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
But I think, yeah, Lord Pope, mister, I do I
used to like him, but you can't be going to
almost turning over and making a team in the tournament.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
We got to give him something. He's bald, and he's
younger than us, isn't he come up?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
We got to give him.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Overt technically averaged ninety five this big best exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Really, it was unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
He made one hundred and ninety runs because he had
a little nought outs.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yeah. How many wickets do we know?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yeah, eleven.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
One of the best round is get him in your team.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I'm happy to put him in for for Pope and
just reshuffle the batting order.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh okay, now we're talking. Now we're talking. And then
Connelly and Maxie bullspin. This is a good team. I'm like,
all right, Marcus, you go next.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Alrighty, let's do it that. This is this is the
correct theme of the tournament. Water Owen Connolly top three. Uh,
similar similar start for Leo. There will be Billings at four,
story in five, Maxwell six. Just to finish the games.
I did have.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I did have Ni Chowdre in theres mate.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
A couple of sixty not outs for Tim David might
have dragged him over the line, but you know he
was very very very close.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Man, he's the wise man.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Then I've gone, uh Overton Dwarfous, Rogers and Berendor.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh no, Spinner Mexican Bosom.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
We have the same team, except I have Steconty for
Rogers and you have Yeah, wow, Marcus, and I know,
ball mate.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Because team doesn't mean it's good.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
I let's hear the b team. Let's hear the B team.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
My team is very similar, but it would smash your team,
like by far.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
We got Warner, we got on Connolly, then we've got Billings.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
I agree with your top four. Maxwell's douynus.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
I hang on aanger.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
When's Billings come into it? Well he had Ducket, but
you said, oh, stuff it. I'll put duck in. Ducket.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Duckett is a small man, he could he be fine
behind the stumps. We'll put Ducket in there because Billings
was horrible, Like, how is he in the team of
the tournament.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, that's it. We'll get the open at about a four. Right,
I'm not going to do a Marcus and get convinced
by Leo. I will stick to my guns. Ducket, Ducket.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
It will be the wiki keeper. Sorry, So I got Warner,
oh and Connolly, Duckett. Maxwell's styners so very similar. Then
I'm going Tim David he has to be in there.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Jamie Overden was the best all round up, probably behind Dwarshes.
I'd say, so you have to put Jamie Overton in there.
So he's in easy next and you got Dwarshes. Chris
Green was the best spinner this year. If you're just
kip hear me out, you'll you I know the answer
to this question. If you're picking a big batch team today,
who are you picking Chris Green in a load Pope?
And if you say Adam Zampa, I said Chris Green
(12:02):
a load. But and you're not picking.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Sam of wickets zapA took the same amount as Green.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah, but Chris.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Gream was more economical and one games one games, one game,
and he's a good leader, and he's a good.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
He's a good looking man. Come on, who would your
big Green of Pope? Come on?
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If you're being it's of them, it's based off the season.
Pope took more wickets.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Yeah, but anyway, I'm going Green is in it.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
That's a very good batting order, by the way, because
you've got to wash Us at nine, Green at ten,
who can both hold the stick, and then you've got
big doorf the T twenty player of the year.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
You got him.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
So to be fair, our teams weren't that similar.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I feel like we they felt that up a bit.
I mean, weren't that different. No, they weren't that different.
I just wait, Chris Green.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
You guys had you had Pope, you didn't have a
spinner market so and then yeah, we've all convinced ourselves
that Tim David has to be in there. We have
to get we had to get some Hurricanes players and
they're in the final.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Boys, but we also have Mitch Oland as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, so then we go get childuring your team leads.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Yeah, I honestly don't mind charging or I reckon man Chief.
So favorite Chief Sutherlands a little bit stiff, but because
he couldn't captain against Maxi, he's dropped out.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
A No, Renegade's players should see this team.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Not even if you get if you get, if you
get kicked off bowling for running in the middle of
the pitch, you can't make the team.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh so no, furg we love. That's a right.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yeah, let us know in the comments how your team
of the tournament if you want to do that for
Big Dash, and let us know which one was the
best out of us three. All right, we actually had
pretty similar teams there, but we did well. Talking about
another team of the tournament Team of the Year, the
Wisdom Test Team of twenty twenty four. The fact that
the goal and check this out on Cricket today are
you and you can bag Leo in the comments there's
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already about seventy comments on their agreeing.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
A lot of them have been agreed. Yeah, we need
to get rid of that English audience. Sorry.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Check it out on TikTok. Yeah, Leono did the little
social clip in Wisdom wish.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Shout out to Wisdom. Yeah, we have to do a
little collab with them.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Would be very cool because they've got lots of views
on there talking about this team. Do with someone read it?
Do want to read it out Marcus and go through it?
There we argue and then we will argue.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Yes, jays Well Duckett opening the batting, Williamson, three pair
of Englishman at four and five, rout Brook, Mendis, Jamie
Smith as we could keep up the English one, Judasia Atkinson,
Henry and then Bumra as the captain.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
All right, well he is a great team. But who
finished number one and two in the World Chess Championship table.
Just remind me of.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Playing in the World Championship Australia Aunteth Africa. I don't
care about the stats, Leo. I'm going all in on this.
I do not care on the stats on this team. Guy,
doesn't care about the start. I've changed my mind. I'm
having a day off. I'm having a day off on
the stats. The fact that you want to winning mentality
in this team. You want guys that are going to
drag you over the line, guys that can win matches
(14:58):
off their own bat.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Those English players know how to win a game. They're horrible.
They played bass ball. I think it's going to work balls.
I think, no, that's not that's not a good argument.
But we're not. We're not.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
We're not picking players based on winning mentality. We're picking
individuals to make the Test Test Team of the Year.
But just these have been individually the best season they've had.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
No, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
And it's skewed because they a lot of these nations.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Play a lot long matches. That's the fault of the
cricketing boards for scheduling cant.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Taken to account. Averages like Travis Head should be in
this team. Look having an average of almost fifty. Yeah.
In twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
Four, the one POM that has been picked based off
playing the most matches has been Ben Ducket because he
averages thirty seven, which is five less than Travis heah
that's crap, right. You can't bring in Travis Head to
the opening position because he doesn't open, he bats it five.
You have to look at every player on their position.
Root and Brook both averaged fifty five, Root scored fifteen
hundred runs, been sensationally.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Can't take them out for Travis.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I don't have a problem with en Brook being in it.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I'm the same. I'm justry. We just got to fit
Travis Head and then lea somewhere? Do we have to
fit him in?
Speaker 1 (16:10):
And then what about the fact can I say boight
literally like he's a recent captain. I don't think he
should be captain of this team. Just because he was
the best player doesn't mean it should be. But Root's
not captain. It's twenty twenty four, yes, so I don't know.
Maybe pack Commons just bringing pack Commons as the captain.
What surely Commons stats were really good too. I need
to have a double check it out, like with a.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Bit stiff Cummons.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Probably, I think every bowler there has a better bowling
average than Cummons from memory, and in twenty twenty four,
I think all of them have more wickets except maybe Jajam.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It's so skewed because yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
The Wickeds is scwby because they played more Tests.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
It sounds like a sixteen year old girl is going
to do a breakoup.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Marcus so skewed. I don't say most wickets when they play.
I don't believe he cheated on me.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
But of course, of course the English players have better bowling,
better batting averages when they've played. They played a three
match Test series against Sri Lanka, a five match Test
series against the West Indies, of three match Test series
against Pakistan. Of course they're going to of course they're
going to win those.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Guess the less relations.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yea, Pakistan a lesser nation they.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Are in terms of Test cricket. They're not at the
peak of their.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh my England.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Made eight hundred and twenty three for against them, that's true.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
What that's three run a lot of runs. Your argument
is helping me.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
No, it's not because they're they're playing lesser quality cricketing nations,
which they should be making.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
They're not playing USA.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Pagistan can beat them in the five five.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Match Test series against the West Indies, did beat us exactly?
Speaker 6 (17:57):
No one.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
The one point that that Marcus is making is you
can't go, oh they've got more wickets when they've played
about way more Tests.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
You can't try so. I can understand the average, of course.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Of course the average, but the average is the average
will obviously be lower. Yeah we're bowling against like we're India, Yeah,
who were a powerhouse of cricket. That's true, whereas whereas
England are playing Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
True, yeah, this.
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Team is, That's just I think that argument is just
for the Australian cricket ball to give us more Test matches,
Like yeah, but we play the same amount, then we
will have probably more players than England.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
In here, Like I mean, it shouldn't go off the amount,
that's what.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
True, and it is true, like we should be playing
more Test cricket as a nation. Yeah yeah, well it's
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
I think it's a good team all right. We've definitely
broken that down enough.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
But what I will say is though, sorry, just to
add one more point, Australian Australia would beat this team.
Yeah oh yeah, but it's still the it would be buddy.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Actually, I'm not sure that we would be.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
There's some good batters in there, the bowlers are that good.
I don't reckon, but the batter maybe, I don't know.
They would make a lot of runs this team because
you've got like j as Well.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Boomer in there. That's all they need.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Yeah, it's true, it's true. All right, what are we
giving that team out of ten?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Then? Why do we do that? The Wisdom Team of
the Year eight and a half four. I'll give it.
N what I thought you just didn't agree with. What
have I convinced you?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I'll give it. I'll give it a seven.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
I'm giving it a four. I'm giving it. You guys
have given those arguments I was expecting to. I'm giving
a four. Give it.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I can see why those players were picked.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What you just had ten minutes saying the opposite. First
he said no, then he said yes, stuck.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
But there's only two Aussie players that I would put
in there. So look, that's like head and comments. That's
pretty much. Yeah, if I was going to put any
in there. But he.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Doesn't work for Wisdom though. All right, I'm calling that.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
That's enough. I don't like this team, but so eight
out of one hundred.
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get through that Wisdom team because I reckon we could
have talked about that for another another half an hour, especially.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
There's more coming up on it is, Oh, there is.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
We didn't actually talk about the fan comments on that.
We'll chat to it.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
We'll get it. Sounds good, It sounds good.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
BBL fourteen eliminator talking points. Obviously, it was the Thunder
and the Stars. The Stars losing streak is done. First up,
water out for a duck. He's been so consistent this season,
but he got a two ball duck. He was a
bit cooked. The pitch was a bit tough to battle
and has been there all season. What are you guys
reckon about that ground at JWS does ground the Sydney Showgrounds.
(21:14):
It's never a good pitch. They never make big scores there,
like do they need to change up?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Not great for short form acric obvious, it was the
same pitch that they played the scorches on and that
was at That was a pretty rough game as well. Yeah,
but from the looks of it, it was pretty slow
turn quite a bit, so it definitely favored the bowls
and it was clear to see.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Yeah, it was still like made it exciting. Like if
you like cricket, you don't mind seeing like lots of wickets.
But for growing the actual big bash get it, you
need a bit of a nicer pitch than that, I reckon.
What about your man Marcus asamamire another Courton bomb, that's
the only way he gets.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
He's taken so many Courton Bowls a season.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
He was great.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
He was turning in an absolute mile as well in
that game.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
He's actually surprised me at the start of the season.
I think even Leo said, oh, I said, this guy's
he's he's not gonna do that much and he was.
It was actually pretty good.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Is he is? He one of the most improved We
should we should.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Maybe after the final we could give the BBL Season
Awards and he might. He might feature in that Olivia
social girl via from this show and our work, her
favorite player too, loves a bit of Apparently.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
I thought the favorite player would be from the Hurricanes.
He's a massive cane. Marcus Bean actually, Marcus. Yeah, but
we did a little video yesterday checked that. We'll see
if it's on the Socials Stars Decoys. I just wrote
that down. The Stars Decoys did their thing in the
top order. They said, it's right, we'll let the other
team think they're in it.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
And then we'll just quickly get out what they have
been the worst in the whole competition. Other than because
even Renegades Josh Brown made a few runs. Rogers and
Harper can't even hit off.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
The square at the moment.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Rogers was terrible.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Harper was, He was alright in the first moments.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, at his moments.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Did Harbor survived? Three balls? Were general? In general? Okay?
In general?
Speaker 3 (23:07):
Yeah, Harper look like it was batting really well to
start the game. And then he plays the dumbest shot
known the man.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Like what do you know?
Speaker 3 (23:17):
Aalls over his own feet on his own ass and
just gets bold and completely ruins what could have been
a really great start to the to the chasing innings,
because he already got six off the first two balls,
and if he just stood up, stood straight and flicked
it back on the leg side. He gets another two
runs and depending on how cleaning, it's another four exactly right,
(23:41):
and gets bold leg star.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
He was doing his best Jake Fra impression.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
I think, just playing, just playing dumb shots and then okay,
talking on Tom Rodgers seven innings a total. This is
the total, not his top score, a total of thirty
six runs.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
How do you stay? How do you stay in the team.
We could have done that, and that is secret. What
are they doing?
Speaker 1 (24:01):
At least Harper I think made a couple of forties,
couple of thirties, buddy, Tom Rogers five point one four
average high score of fourteen.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
That what am to be fair? Him and Harper? They
did their job.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
They were the middle order.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Stuffed them up. That's all. They're gone.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
They still get rid of them. Trade Max into the
renegade story. That's the Renegades. I didn't get the draft pick.
We'll give you back. Fraser McGirk and Tom Rodgers. Yeah, there,
that's a fair deal. Actually no, definitely, don't do that.
John Rodgers is the great.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
We could take it. Tom Rogers.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
I think we talked about this dur in the office.
Leo Sanger, Tom Andrews and Green.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
They were all great.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
I had great yep on that had great bowling.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
I meant to say he had great spells and that
just didn't come out.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
They were really good with the ball, like pretty economical
and did their job with the spinnings.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Tom Tom Andrews, I like him. Oh, I like him.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Like it just I do.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
He looks like Yeah, he looks like Hugh Webgind's dad.
Speaker 4 (25:02):
Oh that old is I think he's thirty and twenty
is not old?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Well you never know. Oh yeah he's got Yeah. I
like it. I like it. Get their side by side.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Let's have a look for the audience's knowledge. That's guy
is closer to thirty than he is twenty.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Yeah, why did that need? Just for god? They could
actually say it is old.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
They could be brothers, like maybe we've got to chuck
that up on the screen. That's what they actually do.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Look really like.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
They've got this short, curly red hair. I told you
they have Harv's son, the son. They look like brother
Harves's son. So what's his name? Tom Andrews had one
Hugh when he was ten.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
We don't know how to say his life. You put
it out of that.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
I think that's like Tom Andrews should have.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Yes, yeah, there we go give me something that was
pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Anyway, McAndrew got a five five awesome effort for some
fast bowling from him, even though the spinners were done
really well. He cleaned up the tail, got five wickets
and destroyed the Stars. What do you reckon about mac andrew.
He's actually pretty solid bowl Their bowlers have stepped up
this year.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
It was very spin heavy, yes, that which I don't
see why the Stars didn't say that earlier. Could have
given him.
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Max exwell yeah, match a couple more.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Yeah, but yeah, well it was.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
He's just not happy with the Stars because you started talking.
Then all right, we're going to talk about other teams.
Now we're talking about other teams.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
The Challenger is here, The Challenger Final, the Challenger playoff
for the BBL fourteen is tonight at the SCG. It's
going to be absolutely awesome. You said the weather's clear,
twenty degrees, so that's beautiful. Sixers versus the thunder. Let's
just quickly go through it. Some finals picks because this
is a big one. I want the most runs, most wickets,
and who wins. Will start with most runs, We'll start
with Marcus so he doesn't have to talk about the
(26:59):
stars anymore.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Jesus put me under the pump there.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
I will go with.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
Jack Edwards.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Oh okay, yeah, I don't mind that. Don't mind that.
I will go with Jack Edwards.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
I'm gonna I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Warner Warner.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh yeah, he's all right, he's gonna bounce back after
the duck.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Don't mind that. I'm going to say. I've said this
old seas. He's going to fire up at some point.
Josh philipy, he's had I think he's had one really
good matchup.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
Sixty. I think he's going to do that again. He's
going to make at least fifty.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
I love a bit of Josh Philip will be at
the Renegades next year. That's just the type of player
Renegade yet, like Form True doesn't make runs at the
top order, We'll just make Renegades Fans be.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Like, why do we get this blow? I'd still rather
him than Fraser m Maybe, Bosh where the.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Boss come from? Most week? Its Marcus who's going most
weeks tonight, h.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Beshous Yeah like it, Tommy Andrews.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Oh, you're on the Tommy Andrews Van Reagan now him.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
I was considering him for most runs too, Yep.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
I like it.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
He'll come in at like most runs. This is what
moves You don't listen to me. Stat's going.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
I like it? Yeah, I like it. You'll hit thirty
or fifteen and Thunder make Thunder will be all out
for one and there'll be top score. Geez, all right,
that would be crazy thing. Most wickets. So I'm gonna
go cricket.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Today's team at the tournament, the real team of the tournament.
Chris Green, He's gonna get the most week fo He's
going to take it for far. Absolutely love Chris Green.
The seg is good for spinners, so I reckon he's
going to get a few wickets. And then who wins?
Who wins the Sydney Smash Challenger Final, adds. The heart
says the Thunder, but.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
The head says the Sixers. Is that is that what
we're saying the other day? Yeah, Sixes will get it done.
I think yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Experience of the Sixers, Lee, are you still on the
train that they're just boring and they always win and
they have the same team.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
The only train I'm on is the cane. Give me,
let's go, give me take that out. I'm quickly, swiftly
going to the next segment. No more to choose.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Question slash Fan comments We're going to finish off with that,
mostly to do with the Wisdom Test Team of the Year.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Who wants to read him out first? Actually you read
them out? Yeah, I'll go.
Speaker 3 (29:21):
It's from Instagram, Carl says about the Wisdom Tech Test
cricket team. That Leo the video that Leo person. Yes,
we come full circle so much that Leo is out
here defending point.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
I want to comment. That could be my favorite comment
of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
I have a have British family, of British cousins family.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Yeah, but you hate you hate English cricket. My teeth
were just a little bit longer. I could have played
for England.
Speaker 5 (29:50):
No, you actually not from England, so you fit the
fit the mold you have to we're all from England.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Yeah, I meant you.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
I know, I know if I of Africa, i'd actually
i'd be opening the batting right now. Bend exactly right.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
But that's an awesome comment because yeah, Leo is very
very very rarely defending the pomp.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
So that's good.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
I just I like to speak facts, man, Yeah, that's
just what I like to do.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
What was what was Leo's crime to be sent to
Australia Rocky pillage the Greg Chapel.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Do they have that in the UK? No, it would
have been like I don't know what other stores are there.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
I reckon public Ken Bassington local cricket store and I.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Don't know all right.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
More comments on TikTok Marcus Lane Ryan also said OS
would win to be honest, better.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Bowling, attack able, tobaut just as deep, and better fielding
team as well.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
In relation to the I don't know would beat that
team if I'm being honest, we would imagine they Actually
that's like the old Stars versus Australia.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
Oh well they did do that back in the day
and the Aussies trounced them three back in the Ricky Ponting. Yes,
Connal was captain and I think they played three odios yep.
I think in Australia all of them. That is so
cool in Australia, all of them.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Awes, what have we got next?
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Nerd immunity says Les Yeah, Atkinson is the one player
who's definitely only been selected because he's English. Seals Robarta
and Hazelwood all averaged significantly less and cricket Umpire eighty six,
so he must know his stuff. Reply to that comment,
(31:45):
Atkinson took fifty two wickets at hat trick and scored
one hundred. That's a good debut year.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
That's a good reply. That's a good reply.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
The fact it actually ratioed him to people are agreeing
with me.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
I'm trying with cricket Umpire eighty six and.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
People are agreeing with cricket umpire you maybe it's me now,
but thanks Connor con tr yep an interesting surnames. You
swapped Kevin do for head and Brook for cusl Pereira.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
That is about and.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Brook was amazing. I don't mind head in but yeah,
I don't know about Thanks for the comment, but.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Thanks of the comment. But no, I want to be nice.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
Nah, but you've gotta have Harry Brook in there. He's
unbelievable that like the way he's been playing the last
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
And the reply to that from Future the Rapper, we've
got a cricket.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Umpire, We've got a rapper got nas Wisden cricket.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Everyone is in the comments, he said, replying to that comment.
Kevin Doho had Bradman numbers in twenty twenty four. He was,
without doubt the best batsman of the year.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
I think Root was the best batsman. But Comindu I
think had the high average out of all four. Yeah,
it's crazy we're talking about it.
Speaker 6 (33:05):
Leo.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
I thought, well, who was Shehulika playing? Where they playing
some of the lesser teams. They played like all the
top teams, and then he did that.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
So yeah, it's so interesting because we actually went through
it a little bit last night stats guy and Sri
Lanka I think they had six batsmen score I might
probably get this wrong, but six batsmen over four hundred runs,
whereas Australia only had I think one over six hundred,
which was Travis Head and then Yeah, and it's really
interesting to see the differences because obviously we beat Sri
(33:34):
Lanka if we played them wood where it is we
played them, depending on where it is I'm talking about,
if it's here, we beat them.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
So yeah, it's just interesting. I actually think the series
can be good. It's beau as bad as bring it yeah,
it's gonna be really good. All right?
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Are we calling it for the Friday show ahead of
the big bash tonight?
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Anything else you want to say? I just have a
great day. Everybody like a good week. And I know
you I met our audience. I mean we didn't mean me.
I mean yeah, now, I just hope our audience has
a great day. Lovely people should do like a meet
and greet a live podcast at a pub in India.
I think we're big enough, but I mean India and Pakistan.
(34:13):
Yeah we could be.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
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that starts with thanks to tab Touch, our lovely sponsor
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Monday night, so make sure you get around that, yes,
or the BBL Final. It's a public holiday where we
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think Tuesday Wednesday Friday next week as well as the
live stream seven pm Monday night.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
We're very excited. We're on the cane train. One more
tutu for the for the fans, that's.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
A simultaneous too many three to one two.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
We didn't do anything.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
I refuse to say, oh well all right, get it
right around. The show makes you subscribe. We're going to
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hit that subscribe button goes a long way. Send any
questions and fan comments. We love that, We love going
through them. I can't believe Future was in the comments. Wow,
and wisday cricket? It's pretty cool. Thank you very much, Leo,
Thank you, Thanks Marcus.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Thank yous, Gott.
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