October 20, 2024 • 16 mins
On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 21st October 2024, The White Ferns have defied all expectations and have become T20 World Cup champions. NZC's Head of Female Engagement, Jess Davidson, joins the podcast to discuss how big this result is for the game in NZ
Piney looks back on what might be New Zealand's most successful sports weekend.
Plus, Elijah Fa'afiu joins the panel to discuss the weekend of sport that has been, and tries to wrap his head around all of New Zealand's successes.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hello and welcome into a new weekend, a new edition
of the Sports Fixed podcast. Monday, October twenty one. I'm
Jason Pine. Have we just had the greatest weekend of
keew We sport this year? Maybe the greatest weekend in
key We sport for many, many years. Incredible success across
a number of codes, with I guess right at the
(00:41):
top of the pile our latest world champions, the White
Ferns winning the T twenty Cricket World Cup. Who on
Earth saw this coming? I'm going to kick it around
with Jess Davidson, who's in charge of the women's game
at New Zealand Cricket, Elijah a few who stops into
the chamber as we discuss that and the other sporting
(01:01):
success for our black Caps, our Silver Ferns, the Lillam
Lawson team New Zealand and others. Don't know how we're
going to it all in, but let's get into it.
In other news, Let's begin with a look at the
big sports stories floating around this Monday, plenty to choose from.
The White Ferns have won their maid in T twenty
Women's Cricket World Cup title, beating South Africa by thirty
(01:23):
two runs in the final. Hayden wildcapped off the calendar
year with a win at the Trifon World Championship Finals
in Spain, storming to victory by one minute two seconds
across the Olympic distance.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Turn in the series. A bit disappointed not to win
the championships, but tiny.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
And the Grand finals some special. And Liam Lawson has
impressed at the United States Grand Prix in Texas. He's
finished five places ahead of his Racing Balls teammate Yuki
Sonoda and banked two points for his team.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Brilliant performance of Liam Lawson.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
What a first step that was on his return to
Formula one.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
He equals his best finish in Formula one FI time Newson.
It's Sports Fix with Jason.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
You know, sometimes you just get a perfect sporting storm,
a we can filled with so much success for so
many of our KIWI teams and athletes. You already don't
know where to look, You don't know where to start.
Let me go through a short list that I have
compiled the White Ferns. Nobody saw this coming t twenty
Cricket World Cup champions, a splendid mix of the experienced
(02:35):
players the newbies, all glued together by Amelia Kerr, who
continues to astound lifting a trophy when a couple of
weeks ago you would have been rounded up and taken
away for even suggesting such a thing. That off the
back of the black Caps for the first time since
nineteen eighty eight, that is an awfully long time ago,
(02:55):
winning a Test match in India and bowling India out
in the first innings for their lowest ever total on
home soil forty six. Incredible stuff from both our cricket
teams over the weekend. Emirates Team New Zealand back to
back to back America's Cup winners, beating any Ospritannia off
the coast of Barcelona. This was emphatic. It never felt
(03:18):
like anything other than a retention of the old mug
for our sailors, who are now regarded as the best
America's Cup team ever. Our Silver Ferns up against Australia.
We normally beat Australia at home, or we have done
the last couple of years, but by fourteen goals. Fourteen
goals in the Constellation Cup opener. Incredible Aukland FC. This
(03:39):
was a real feel good story on Saturday at Mount
Smart with the new kids on the A League block
starting their life. What happened on the pitch was good.
What happened off it was sensational. The atmosphere created by
our sellout crowd. Let's hope that this is the sign
of things to come. And I can't go any further
without mentioning a couple of young Kiwi boys doing this
(04:00):
proud on the world stage. Hayden Wild a win to
finish the World Triathlon Series season and third place overall.
And Liam law Wilson, where he belongs in a full
time Formula One seat, coming from the back of the
grid to finish ninth in the US Grand Prix Wide
a way to return. I've probably missed plenty, but when
(04:20):
you get so much sporting success over the weekend, it's
very very hard to cram it all. And may there
be many more of these to.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Cut dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Vine.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
This is the Sports Fix podcast. It's been a weekend
of almost unprecedented sporting success for so many of our
top athletes and sporting teams both here and around the world.
But right at the top, you'd have to say the
White Ferns. They are the new ICC Women's T twenty
cricket World champions. Jess Davidson is New Zealand Crickets head
(04:56):
of Female Engagements. He joins us Now, Jess, how are
the emotions as you watch that play out this morning? Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Well, we're just so incredibly proud of the White Ferns
and what this team has achieved. Fortunate enough to join
a watch party at OBC Cricket Club and christ Church,
one of the few around the country, and while the
atmosphere was electrically you know, surpassed all expectations and we're
just so so proud of this team and gosh, we
(05:22):
were all riding a high today around the Cricket network.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Absolutely. Look, the lack of sleep I think is evident
by the sounds of things. You got the coffee on
and watched it play out. When did it start to
occur to your jest that hey, we're going to win this?
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Well, you know, cricket's are faly game as a little
sport so it probably wasn't until we had them about
six or seven down. I started looking around the room
and yeah, I definitely don't want to jinx that. Hey,
I think we're going to win the Women's cricket World.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Cut here, and indeed we did. Did you see this coming? Honestly?
Did you see this coming a month or so ago?
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Look, I think honestly we probably didn't. In all respect
to the team. You know, it wasn't was it the
best lead and the results weren't what the team had hoped.
There's been a lot of hard work and training going
on behind the scenes, and I think every game they're improving.
But it certainly as well with that first one against India,
I think that really just kick started the campaign we
(06:21):
can do this, and then they just improved and improved
from there. So yeah, I mean absolutely, we're so proud
of them. It's incredible what what they have achieved, especially
as well with you know, a number of young players
really stepping up to the plate on the world stage.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yeah, I think that was something that was was well,
one of the things that was evident about this team. Yes,
there were the veterans who have been there for a
long time and we think of Sophie Devine and Susie
Bates and amongst all that, But then it is the
youngsters Eden Carson and Georgia Plummer and is he gazed?
These are these are young athletes who who played a
massive part in the success, didn't they?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh, you've absolutely know it there it's I think it's
super exciting for the future of women's cricket in New
Zealand to have you know, these young, youthful, exciting players,
you know, not only participating on the field, but just
you know, the social media following, the presence, the excitement.
You know, it's incredible and I think it only bodes
(07:17):
well for the future of New Zealand cricket. And to
see you know, the likes of Eden Carson, you know,
a girl from Manetota in the Central Otago region now
performing and inspiring you know, New Zealanders on the world stage.
It really is an incredible story.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Your role at New Zealand Cricket is Head of Female Engagement.
How important, Jess is success like this as you look
to engage females in the game of cricket.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Yeah, it's absolutely crucial. We know how important it is
to have really inspirational role models and to have a
you know, a high performance team on the world stage.
So we are super excited to see just the impact
that this World Cup win is going to have in
the community space. And you know, as I said, to
create sustainable change and to build a cricket system, it
(08:03):
does take a long time. You know, it's not a
quick fix.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
So there's been a lot of.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
Work going behind this. We've got some incredibly passionate people
working in volunteering in clubs and schools, and some really
passionate staff working in our major in our district cricket associations,
and they're all working, you know, tirelessly to try and
create better outcomes to make sure that there's playing opportunities
for women and girls that at all levels are across
(08:27):
the cricket system.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Can you give us some insight into the traction you're
getting there. Are you seeing an increase in player numbers?
Speaker 5 (08:33):
Yeah, absolutely so, just from the twenty twenty three twenty
four season, we very much are seeing that female participation
across the community network does continue to rise. So last
season we actually saw record numbers of secondary school girls
teams entering in our regional tournaments that various locations are
across New Zealand. We had, you know, forty nine percent
(08:54):
of last season's total program participants were female, and then
fifty two percent of our total festival day participants were female.
And we also had twenty six percent increase in adult
female participations, so we know there's a real a type
of their And then that combined with the win this morning,
where we're just yet really super excited and energized and
(09:15):
perfect time, and you know that the cricket season is
right around the corner. We've just kicked off Dunior cricket
last weekend, so it's a fantastic time for this all
to be kicking off.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Yeah, I was going to say, I couldn't have been
timed any better. And presumably they get to bring the
trophy back, do they have you started to plan for
getting that trophy around so people can have a look
at it, maybe get up and close and maybe I
don't know if you'll haw to touch it or not,
but certainly certainly see it close up.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Yeah. Absolutely, I'm not sure if people know. But just
with that, the nature of the international calendar our is
the white ferns are actually very shortly off to India
for a three match ODI theory, so we will have
to just hold off a wee bit to welcome them
back to New Zealand. But once they're back in the country,
we absolutely are in full planning modes to make sure
(10:01):
that we celebrate their achievements suitably and make sure that
we can connect them and get the whole country involved
and celebrating in the Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
For your times.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yes, the Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Time on the sports Fix podcast to pop inside the
Chamber and kick around some of the big sports stories
of the day, and there are plenty of them to
discuss in the People's Chamber, which is our Monday edition
of The Chamber with myself and Elijah feel. I don't
really know Elijah where to start, but maybe we can
start with the cricket. Just had a chat to Jess
Davidson on the podcast, head of Female Engagement at New
(10:37):
Zealand Cricket. The white fans. Honestly, nobody saw this right.
Not even the most ardent passionate of White Ferns fans
would have been able to protect this.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Definitely not, And I think that's what makes this story
so great. It's overcoming adversity to the highest level. It's
this redemption arc with the white Ferns coming into the tournament,
losing ten on the trot and then they're gone to
win the whole thing. I mean, that's amazing when you
think about it, and I'm so glad that player like
Sophie the Vine and serzybats and Letto who you know,
(11:12):
managed to win the tournaments if they decide if that
was their last events. And then also as a pass
into the torch moment, so young players like Georgia Plimer
as he gazed and eating Carson, so I mean, a
great tournament all round.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
And anchoring it all in the middle as someone who
I guess goes across both. Really, she's still very young,
but has got an old head on young shoulders, and
that's a merely a cur What a player she is,
what a player she could still be. She would have
to rival I mean, if she continues along the way
that she is, and there's nothing to suggest she won't,
she would have to rival our greatest ever male or
(11:45):
female cricketers.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
She has to, and it's hard to believe she's still
only twenty four.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
It's been crazy, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Crazy since she was sixteen.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's crazy to me.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
So the way she's going about things, I would not
be surprised if when it's all said and done, she's
considered one of our greatest, if not the greatest.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Of course, this came off the back of the Black
Caps winning a Test match in India for the first
time since nineteen eighty eight, that is well before you
were born, so you've never ever experienced anything like this.
It goes back a wee wait for me as well
again after losing two nil in Sri Lanka against you know,
by all accounts, much better side in India. No one
(12:25):
saw this coming either, did they.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
No, especially not their first innings when we when New
Zealand skiddled them for forty six.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I saw the scorn.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
I had some sort of wipe my eyes a little
bit and readjust the taliat something is is this really
what I'm seeing?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Like forty six?
Speaker 4 (12:42):
And that provided a glimmer of hope and then you know,
I guess the key fact there was whether the rain
was going to impact the Test or not. But at
the end of the day, at the end of the day,
I'm glad the Black Hosts nurged to pull out their victory.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, absolutely incredible and what a confidence boost for them
as well as they head into two more Test matches
over there and then three at home against against England.
Ruchi and Ravendra talking about players who could be could
be anything, right and could be anything, couldn't he What
a player he is?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, he's outstanding as well. And I guess if you're
someone like Tom Natham and this is your first real
test as skipper, you'll be glad that you've got players
like Russian in your side to to sort of help
you out. And I mean one Test win in India's
already a success of fel of the black Caps and
let's see if they can continue that for the rest.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Of the series.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Absolutely right, absolutely right, Okay, Other things around, and there
are plenty of them. The Silver Ferns with a big,
big win over the Australian Diamonds, Emirates Team New Zealand
retaining the America's Cup. Hayden Wild with a win on
the World Triathlon circuit this morning, the launch of Auckland
f C. It's to a great fanfare over the weekend.
(13:50):
As a sports reporter, where did you put your eyes?
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Well, I tried to put them everywhere, pon here, but
as you know that it's not humanly possible sometimes in
this industry. I guess the big one for me was
Liam Lawson, Yes, honestly in the US Grand Friend and
Formula One, especially concidering he started at the back of
the grid and that there wasn't to his faults. You know,
there was some equipment changes with his car, but he
(14:16):
managed to overcome adversity and finished ninth on the grid
and pick up some points for was Racing Bulls team.
And I think that's sort of the key, that's the
key theme around this weekend and why it's so great
is because all these individuals and teams have overcome some
sort of adversity created some sort of redemption, and that's
what's so great about about sports.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Absolutely, for a guy who's used to going fast and
is very good at going fast, it must have been
tough for him ae to.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Be patient exactly and especially I did hear that he
mentioned after qualifying that it's not the US track isn't
quite easy to it's not quite easy to overtake people.
So the fact that he managed to do so, I
think the first lap he managed to overtake quite a
few of his rivals and pretty much just stuck it
out until he ended up in the top ten.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So good on him.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Yeah, absolutely right. The break has had to win over
the weekend as well as something that's kind of slipped
down down the pecking order of our content. We've got
our finalists in the Bunnings MBC, with Wellington to host
Bay of Plenty this coming weekend. Just on Auckland FC
was like enough to be there on the weekend to
witness the birth of this club in real terms, in
terms of a first game anyway. I don't know you
(15:23):
live in Auckland. It just seems as though the marketing
machine really got into gear and the people turned up exactly.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I mean when it sold out at Mount Smart that
was that that was the first sign of things really
picking up. And I guess watching it, I wasn't able
to attend the game, but watching it on the telly,
it just made you want to be there and join
the other Auckland f C games for the rest of
the season. And I'm glad that the supporters group that
(15:51):
the port were able to credit the environments that was
that could get behind the team. So I'm really looking
forward to see what Auckland FC get up to for
the rest of the year.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Me too, me to Elijah. Well, that's that's our attempt
to cover off everything that we possibly came from the weekend.
We tried, We tried in the allocated time we were
allowed in the chamber. I think we've given it a
decent crack. Well, we'll reconvene here in the chamber next Monday.
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hello and welcome into a new weekend, a new edition
of the Sports Fixed podcast. Monday, October twenty one. I'm
Jason Pine. Have we just had the greatest weekend of
keew We sport this year? Maybe the greatest weekend in
key We sport for many, many years. Incredible success across
a number of codes, with I guess right at the
(00:41):
top of the pile our latest world champions, the White
Ferns winning the T twenty Cricket World Cup. Who on
Earth saw this coming? I'm going to kick it around
with Jess Davidson, who's in charge of the women's game
at New Zealand Cricket, Elijah a few who stops into
the chamber as we discuss that and the other sporting
(01:01):
success for our black Caps, our Silver Ferns, the Lillam
Lawson team New Zealand and others. Don't know how we're
going to it all in, but let's get into it.
In other news, Let's begin with a look at the
big sports stories floating around this Monday, plenty to choose from.
The White Ferns have won their maid in T twenty
Women's Cricket World Cup title, beating South Africa by thirty
(01:23):
two runs in the final. Hayden wildcapped off the calendar
year with a win at the Trifon World Championship Finals
in Spain, storming to victory by one minute two seconds
across the Olympic distance.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Turn in the series. A bit disappointed not to win
the championships, but tiny.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
And the Grand finals some special. And Liam Lawson has
impressed at the United States Grand Prix in Texas. He's
finished five places ahead of his Racing Balls teammate Yuki
Sonoda and banked two points for his team.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Brilliant performance of Liam Lawson.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
What a first step that was on his return to
Formula one.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
He equals his best finish in Formula one FI time Newson.
It's Sports Fix with Jason.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
You know, sometimes you just get a perfect sporting storm,
a we can filled with so much success for so
many of our KIWI teams and athletes. You already don't
know where to look, You don't know where to start.
Let me go through a short list that I have
compiled the White Ferns. Nobody saw this coming t twenty
Cricket World Cup champions, a splendid mix of the experienced
(02:35):
players the newbies, all glued together by Amelia Kerr, who
continues to astound lifting a trophy when a couple of
weeks ago you would have been rounded up and taken
away for even suggesting such a thing. That off the
back of the black Caps for the first time since
nineteen eighty eight, that is an awfully long time ago,
(02:55):
winning a Test match in India and bowling India out
in the first innings for their lowest ever total on
home soil forty six. Incredible stuff from both our cricket
teams over the weekend. Emirates Team New Zealand back to
back to back America's Cup winners, beating any Ospritannia off
the coast of Barcelona. This was emphatic. It never felt
(03:18):
like anything other than a retention of the old mug
for our sailors, who are now regarded as the best
America's Cup team ever. Our Silver Ferns up against Australia.
We normally beat Australia at home, or we have done
the last couple of years, but by fourteen goals. Fourteen
goals in the Constellation Cup opener. Incredible Aukland FC. This
(03:39):
was a real feel good story on Saturday at Mount
Smart with the new kids on the A League block
starting their life. What happened on the pitch was good.
What happened off it was sensational. The atmosphere created by
our sellout crowd. Let's hope that this is the sign
of things to come. And I can't go any further
without mentioning a couple of young Kiwi boys doing this
(04:00):
proud on the world stage. Hayden Wild a win to
finish the World Triathlon Series season and third place overall.
And Liam law Wilson, where he belongs in a full
time Formula One seat, coming from the back of the
grid to finish ninth in the US Grand Prix Wide
a way to return. I've probably missed plenty, but when
(04:20):
you get so much sporting success over the weekend, it's
very very hard to cram it all. And may there
be many more of these to.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Cut dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Vine.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
This is the Sports Fix podcast. It's been a weekend
of almost unprecedented sporting success for so many of our
top athletes and sporting teams both here and around the world.
But right at the top, you'd have to say the
White Ferns. They are the new ICC Women's T twenty
cricket World champions. Jess Davidson is New Zealand Crickets head
(04:56):
of Female Engagements. He joins us Now, Jess, how are
the emotions as you watch that play out this morning? Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:02):
Well, we're just so incredibly proud of the White Ferns
and what this team has achieved. Fortunate enough to join
a watch party at OBC Cricket Club and christ Church,
one of the few around the country, and while the
atmosphere was electrically you know, surpassed all expectations and we're
just so so proud of this team and gosh, we
(05:22):
were all riding a high today around the Cricket network.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Absolutely. Look, the lack of sleep I think is evident
by the sounds of things. You got the coffee on
and watched it play out. When did it start to
occur to your jest that hey, we're going to win this?
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Well, you know, cricket's are faly game as a little
sport so it probably wasn't until we had them about
six or seven down. I started looking around the room
and yeah, I definitely don't want to jinx that. Hey,
I think we're going to win the Women's cricket World.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Cut here, and indeed we did. Did you see this coming? Honestly?
Did you see this coming a month or so ago?
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Look, I think honestly we probably didn't. In all respect
to the team. You know, it wasn't was it the
best lead and the results weren't what the team had hoped.
There's been a lot of hard work and training going
on behind the scenes, and I think every game they're improving.
But it certainly as well with that first one against India,
I think that really just kick started the campaign we
(06:21):
can do this, and then they just improved and improved
from there. So yeah, I mean absolutely, we're so proud
of them. It's incredible what what they have achieved, especially
as well with you know, a number of young players
really stepping up to the plate on the world stage.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yeah, I think that was something that was was well,
one of the things that was evident about this team. Yes,
there were the veterans who have been there for a
long time and we think of Sophie Devine and Susie
Bates and amongst all that, But then it is the
youngsters Eden Carson and Georgia Plummer and is he gazed?
These are these are young athletes who who played a
massive part in the success, didn't they?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh, you've absolutely know it there it's I think it's
super exciting for the future of women's cricket in New
Zealand to have you know, these young, youthful, exciting players,
you know, not only participating on the field, but just
you know, the social media following, the presence, the excitement.
You know, it's incredible and I think it only bodes
(07:17):
well for the future of New Zealand cricket. And to
see you know, the likes of Eden Carson, you know,
a girl from Manetota in the Central Otago region now
performing and inspiring you know, New Zealanders on the world stage.
It really is an incredible story.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Your role at New Zealand Cricket is Head of Female Engagement.
How important, Jess is success like this as you look
to engage females in the game of cricket.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Yeah, it's absolutely crucial. We know how important it is
to have really inspirational role models and to have a
you know, a high performance team on the world stage.
So we are super excited to see just the impact
that this World Cup win is going to have in
the community space. And you know, as I said, to
create sustainable change and to build a cricket system, it
(08:03):
does take a long time. You know, it's not a
quick fix.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
So there's been a lot of.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
Work going behind this. We've got some incredibly passionate people
working in volunteering in clubs and schools, and some really
passionate staff working in our major in our district cricket associations,
and they're all working, you know, tirelessly to try and
create better outcomes to make sure that there's playing opportunities
for women and girls that at all levels are across
(08:27):
the cricket system.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Can you give us some insight into the traction you're
getting there. Are you seeing an increase in player numbers?
Speaker 5 (08:33):
Yeah, absolutely so, just from the twenty twenty three twenty
four season, we very much are seeing that female participation
across the community network does continue to rise. So last
season we actually saw record numbers of secondary school girls
teams entering in our regional tournaments that various locations are
across New Zealand. We had, you know, forty nine percent
(08:54):
of last season's total program participants were female, and then
fifty two percent of our total festival day participants were female.
And we also had twenty six percent increase in adult
female participations, so we know there's a real a type
of their And then that combined with the win this morning,
where we're just yet really super excited and energized and
(09:15):
perfect time, and you know that the cricket season is
right around the corner. We've just kicked off Dunior cricket
last weekend, so it's a fantastic time for this all
to be kicking off.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Yeah, I was going to say, I couldn't have been
timed any better. And presumably they get to bring the
trophy back, do they have you started to plan for
getting that trophy around so people can have a look
at it, maybe get up and close and maybe I
don't know if you'll haw to touch it or not,
but certainly certainly see it close up.
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Yeah. Absolutely, I'm not sure if people know. But just
with that, the nature of the international calendar our is
the white ferns are actually very shortly off to India
for a three match ODI theory, so we will have
to just hold off a wee bit to welcome them
back to New Zealand. But once they're back in the country,
we absolutely are in full planning modes to make sure
(10:01):
that we celebrate their achievements suitably and make sure that
we can connect them and get the whole country involved
and celebrating in the Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
For your times.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yes, the Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Time on the sports Fix podcast to pop inside the
Chamber and kick around some of the big sports stories
of the day, and there are plenty of them to
discuss in the People's Chamber, which is our Monday edition
of The Chamber with myself and Elijah feel. I don't
really know Elijah where to start, but maybe we can
start with the cricket. Just had a chat to Jess
Davidson on the podcast, head of Female Engagement at New
(10:37):
Zealand Cricket. The white fans. Honestly, nobody saw this right.
Not even the most ardent passionate of White Ferns fans
would have been able to protect this.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Definitely not, And I think that's what makes this story
so great. It's overcoming adversity to the highest level. It's
this redemption arc with the white Ferns coming into the tournament,
losing ten on the trot and then they're gone to
win the whole thing. I mean, that's amazing when you
think about it, and I'm so glad that player like
Sophie the Vine and serzybats and Letto who you know,
(11:12):
managed to win the tournaments if they decide if that
was their last events. And then also as a pass
into the torch moment, so young players like Georgia Plimer
as he gazed and eating Carson, so I mean, a
great tournament all round.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
And anchoring it all in the middle as someone who
I guess goes across both. Really, she's still very young,
but has got an old head on young shoulders, and
that's a merely a cur What a player she is,
what a player she could still be. She would have
to rival I mean, if she continues along the way
that she is, and there's nothing to suggest she won't,
she would have to rival our greatest ever male or
(11:45):
female cricketers.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
She has to, and it's hard to believe she's still
only twenty four.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
It's been crazy, isn't it.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Crazy since she was sixteen.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's crazy to me.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
So the way she's going about things, I would not
be surprised if when it's all said and done, she's
considered one of our greatest, if not the greatest.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Of course, this came off the back of the Black
Caps winning a Test match in India for the first
time since nineteen eighty eight, that is well before you
were born, so you've never ever experienced anything like this.
It goes back a wee wait for me as well
again after losing two nil in Sri Lanka against you know,
by all accounts, much better side in India. No one
(12:25):
saw this coming either, did they.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
No, especially not their first innings when we when New
Zealand skiddled them for forty six.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I saw the scorn.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
I had some sort of wipe my eyes a little
bit and readjust the taliat something is is this really
what I'm seeing?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Like forty six?
Speaker 4 (12:42):
And that provided a glimmer of hope and then you know,
I guess the key fact there was whether the rain
was going to impact the Test or not. But at
the end of the day, at the end of the day,
I'm glad the Black Hosts nurged to pull out their victory.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, absolutely incredible and what a confidence boost for them
as well as they head into two more Test matches
over there and then three at home against against England.
Ruchi and Ravendra talking about players who could be could
be anything, right and could be anything, couldn't he What
a player he is?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, he's outstanding as well. And I guess if you're
someone like Tom Natham and this is your first real
test as skipper, you'll be glad that you've got players
like Russian in your side to to sort of help
you out. And I mean one Test win in India's
already a success of fel of the black Caps and
let's see if they can continue that for the rest.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Of the series.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Absolutely right, absolutely right, Okay, Other things around, and there
are plenty of them. The Silver Ferns with a big,
big win over the Australian Diamonds, Emirates Team New Zealand
retaining the America's Cup. Hayden Wild with a win on
the World Triathlon circuit this morning, the launch of Auckland
f C. It's to a great fanfare over the weekend.
(13:50):
As a sports reporter, where did you put your eyes?
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Well, I tried to put them everywhere, pon here, but
as you know that it's not humanly possible sometimes in
this industry. I guess the big one for me was
Liam Lawson, Yes, honestly in the US Grand Friend and
Formula One, especially concidering he started at the back of
the grid and that there wasn't to his faults. You know,
there was some equipment changes with his car, but he
(14:16):
managed to overcome adversity and finished ninth on the grid
and pick up some points for was Racing Bulls team.
And I think that's sort of the key, that's the
key theme around this weekend and why it's so great
is because all these individuals and teams have overcome some
sort of adversity created some sort of redemption, and that's
what's so great about about sports.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Absolutely, for a guy who's used to going fast and
is very good at going fast, it must have been
tough for him ae to.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Be patient exactly and especially I did hear that he
mentioned after qualifying that it's not the US track isn't
quite easy to it's not quite easy to overtake people.
So the fact that he managed to do so, I
think the first lap he managed to overtake quite a
few of his rivals and pretty much just stuck it
out until he ended up in the top ten.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
So good on him.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Yeah, absolutely right. The break has had to win over
the weekend as well as something that's kind of slipped
down down the pecking order of our content. We've got
our finalists in the Bunnings MBC, with Wellington to host
Bay of Plenty this coming weekend. Just on Auckland FC
was like enough to be there on the weekend to
witness the birth of this club in real terms, in
terms of a first game anyway. I don't know you
(15:23):
live in Auckland. It just seems as though the marketing
machine really got into gear and the people turned up exactly.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I mean when it sold out at Mount Smart that
was that that was the first sign of things really
picking up. And I guess watching it, I wasn't able
to attend the game, but watching it on the telly,
it just made you want to be there and join
the other Auckland f C games for the rest of
the season. And I'm glad that the supporters group that
(15:51):
the port were able to credit the environments that was
that could get behind the team. So I'm really looking
forward to see what Auckland FC get up to for
the rest of the year.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Me too, me to Elijah. Well, that's that's our attempt
to cover off everything that we possibly came from the weekend.
We tried, We tried in the allocated time we were
allowed in the chamber. I think we've given it a
decent crack. Well, we'll reconvene here in the chamber next Monday.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
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