D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on the Black Caps beginning their second test against India

Swapping a seamer for a spinner is the Black Caps' major consideration heading into the second test against India starting in Pune this afternoon.

New Zealand has been preparing for a slower, flatter pitch with more turn and much lower bounce compared to the first test in Bengaluru.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains what fans can expect from this match.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
By Darcy. I didn't even press my button, Darcy water
Grave sports stalk coasters with me. He does, I did?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Here, I am.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're winning, You're winning at the tab Well, I.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Don't know how about this. Both Retchenravendra and Devin Comway
are paying eight dollars fifty to score a ton. Who
do you like more to get that done?

Speaker 1 (00:19):
I don't know who do you reckon?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
I'm more inclined to go maybe fifty three seventy five
for Conway fifty three dollars. It doesn't make any difference.
But if you want to have a bit of a
bit of a roll, a bit of a dally, it's
like India paying a dollar thirty to win this, and
I think that's the key thing here. No Rain seven
dollars a drawer, New Zealand five twenty five. And now

(00:42):
let's not forget that last week New Zealand's paying fifteen
bucks for the win.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Bugs the absolute dollars you could have made on that.
But okay, my question on this one is are we
as confident about this test as the last one?

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, we weren't confident about the last one at all.
Were we thought we're going to get absolutely flogged.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Do we think the same thing is going to happen
those not?

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Is? I think this time around the way the bitch
has been prepared or doctored. But it's actually totally fair.
They can do that that it would be unlikely in
saying that there is a no fair attitude with this
black Caps team. They're not entirely concerned. So well, people
have written us off and it might turn square and
it might not bounce that much, but you know it

(01:23):
doesn't matter. We back ourselves to do it. But India
had a history of if you beat them at home,
they come back angry, and that's my only concern. You
come back angry and what vengeance? You don't necessarily make
the right decisions, So it should be a should be
a good day.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Silver furthers ay that is so impressive to zip up
against Australia.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Well, if you look in the wholeness of history, where
I think it's eight consecutive tests against the Australians at
home where we've secured victory. The problem comes as when
we go back over there again and they unload on us.
So we go to Perth on Sunday and then we've
got time on Wednesday so it might end up being

(02:03):
the situation if the Australians win, telling the bounce that
it comes down to that to seven minute quarters, I
suppose you'd say, to decide the winner of the series
extra time, Yeah, it's going to draw equal.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, who has a four game series?

Speaker 2 (02:18):
They do?

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Who came up with a four game series?

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Test? Cricket always have two Dame series, don't they say?
You know, it's the way it is. But they used
to have a tiebreaker and if it was this time around,
we'll be feeling pretty confident because we've smashed them by
so much. But no, no, it's changed now. So you
get down to the point that in the last quarter
and Australia are looking like being well ahead and will
draw level. What happens with the subs bench? How does

(02:42):
Noling Toto work that? What has to happen then for
the Dame which they go, okay, this is almost an
extra quarter, it's almost fifteen minutes a time. And I
think one plus with that is that Dame Nolan Todu
has always insisted on the most players to turn up. Yes,
her beep tests have been phenomenal. She drop players out

(03:04):
of the team you thought would be sure because this
won't fit enough, so this might pay some dividends in
the long run. Well, they've got the.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Attitudes recruter as in Australia which favors there.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
They've got the attitude though the Silver Funds weren't even
to let it come down to that we're going to
beat them in Perth and it's all over over or
beat them up in Melbourne. But it adds a lot
with those two, those two thrashings. Grace Wiki Hello, I.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Know how good. Hey, thank you very much. That's really
appreciate it. That's a water grave from SportsTalk Coast back.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
And remember R eighteen and bet responsibly. If you're going
to roll a bet down down to the tab, don't
be horrid.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
And by the time he's on air at seven will
be two hours into the cricket, so you'll definitely be
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