The Black Caps are in danger of missing out on competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
It’s understood the International Cricket Council has opted to use a regional qualifying format to select the six teams to contest the men’s T20 tournament.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains why the side may not make the cut.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Sport with TV bed Live within play.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Responsively, Darcy made Away. You don't need hear phones, just
talk to me.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I know. I like to be I like to feel
like I'm engaged and I'm involved in this as well.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
We'll get to the NPC in the moment. I want
to talk about the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
And weird the story.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This is cricket coming into the Olympics, right, Yeah, so
there's going to be six teams and the real weirdness
the cricket oddities here is this is not official yet,
but it's looking lightly okay.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
So New Zealand Cricket won't comming to because they don't
know if it's official. But normally with these things leak.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Out there's a reason behind exactly.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And apparently there's going to be six teams competing in
and presumably America automatically gets the it gets anied because
they're a host nation. So that means somehow were go
get all the great teams of around the world down
to five. And the oddity is how we're going to
choose them.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Well, they're going to do it around because it's very
much you know, the rings of the Olympics, and they
present the continents and so that's what's going to happen.
So they're going to have the best team in Oceania
based on rankings, and that is going to be Australia.
Will be tough to actually pass those, So we're out
the best team in Asia, which is going to be India.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
They're hat a shadow of a doubt. So therein they're
looking at giving the English a spot, but it's Great Britain,
so it's England, Wales that's already and Wales Cricket Board
and Scotland together. Then they look at the best team
in Africa, which isn't Zimbabwe, It's going to be South Africa,
and then a European side, so I'm presuming that's going
(01:40):
to be either the Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I'm not entirely sure. This has not been.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Rubbers stamped yet, but this is the way they're.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Trying to do it.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
But it sounds like a weird mongrel frankenstein of a competition.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
It does, but what is the sole purpose of it?
In cricket at the Olympic Games. Get your hands off
my game, get a balls on it, and the eyeballs
come with broadcasting rights and where are the most eyeballs
in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Where there's the most population of the most cricket crazy people, which.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Which is India. So really they don't care as long
as India are there and they get one point three
billion people watching it and the associated broadcast rights.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
They don't care about.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
They care about money.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Baron Diggoopert will be rolling in his grave because it's
supposed to be the competition of the very best. Therefore,
you take the top five teams as ranked by the
ACC and they go in plus America. Isn't that that
doesn't and that would include India and therefore everyone's happy.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
And it might include us. But who knows.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
NPC sure Pakistan to be stoked around that, well, we
don't know. We don't know for sure.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
But these stories come from where they smoke.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
This fire, you know the deal NPC. It's under way
tonight or can wait cado, Yeah, it's it even part
of the garden of Eden. I think that what we
enjoyed last year about the NPC is they played.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
A little litsy bitsy wee grounds you.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Know, Canterbury went after Rangoon Sorry knew order. For those
who don't live in the area, and what I'm talking
about they play there toys.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
It was old school carpa hedges and the like, and
a lot of these games were played at smaller grounds
and they're really attempting the unions to lift the whole
local engagement because that's what NPC's.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I went to the North Shore final Takapuna Devenport held
at the Boxham de Veine. We had nearly four thousand
people there, drank the drink, the pub dry, robin Brook
was there, Buckshelper was there. All sorts of people were
there and it was such a good environment and the
crowd was great. The crowd was big, and I was say,
bring North Harbor there, Why.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Not make it small like I know that it's the
National Stadium and even Park's great place and so on
and so forth. And you've got to look at the
game itself as opposed to the engagement, because you're not
going to have forty thousand people turning up with that,
which is a well.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
It's a shame, isn't it. But that's the way an
NPC was great last year.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's going to be great again this year. What we
really need to watch out for this year Isasmond excuse
me they've got the scariest backline in world rugby, not
just in the NPC. Finley Christie's around, both heavily brothers
are playing there, Karen tomow Flower is playing in at
full bet. You've got maca Springer on one wing, Tavanaua
(04:17):
coming on another wing. It's a loaded team.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
And then there's no less de far and the Nuku.
Yet we go Tasman a going to be scary.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And who's the favorite Uka?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
It's it's Auckland. And on the subject of that, ra
eighteen beat responsibly with the TV if your fancy having
a flutter, and don't if you can't afford it.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
I think you all.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Should know that by now, but I'll carry on pushing
it at you. Auckland, Wye Auckland are playing a dollar
at fifty five? Whyet although are welcoming in the lights
of old school Aaron Cruden and well not quite as
old school, but he is Lemus Upwanga who joined us
on the show last night. So I kind of like
the idea that they might actually do something and rack
(04:59):
it up, or maybe year could go looking at anyone's
going to bet against Tasman. They're nuts, but it is
the Bay of Plenty. They're playing by Plenty. Just got beat.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
It was a third extra fourth or eighth extra time
last last time against.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Wellington, so that they might be there.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Yeah they rise, but again of a look on the
Test app and you know, maybe do some do some multi.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It's a bit of fun, some responsible our eteen betting.
Thank you so much, Darcy.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
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Sport with TV bed Live within play.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Responsively, Darcy made Away. You don't need hear phones, just
talk to me.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I know. I like to be I like to feel
like I'm engaged and I'm involved in this as well.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
We'll get to the NPC in the moment. I want
to talk about the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
And weird the story.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This is cricket coming into the Olympics, right, Yeah, so
there's going to be six teams and the real weirdness
the cricket oddities here is this is not official yet,
but it's looking lightly okay.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
So New Zealand Cricket won't comming to because they don't
know if it's official. But normally with these things leak.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Out there's a reason behind exactly.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And apparently there's going to be six teams competing in
and presumably America automatically gets the it gets anied because
they're a host nation. So that means somehow were go
get all the great teams of around the world down
to five. And the oddity is how we're going to
choose them.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Well, they're going to do it around because it's very
much you know, the rings of the Olympics, and they
present the continents and so that's what's going to happen.
So they're going to have the best team in Oceania
based on rankings, and that is going to be Australia.
Will be tough to actually pass those, So we're out
the best team in Asia, which is going to be India.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
They're hat a shadow of a doubt. So therein they're
looking at giving the English a spot, but it's Great Britain,
so it's England, Wales that's already and Wales Cricket Board
and Scotland together. Then they look at the best team
in Africa, which isn't Zimbabwe, It's going to be South Africa,
and then a European side, so I'm presuming that's going
(01:40):
to be either the Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I'm not entirely sure. This has not been.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Rubbers stamped yet, but this is the way they're.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Trying to do it.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
But it sounds like a weird mongrel frankenstein of a competition.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
It does, but what is the sole purpose of it?
In cricket at the Olympic Games. Get your hands off
my game, get a balls on it, and the eyeballs
come with broadcasting rights and where are the most eyeballs
in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Where there's the most population of the most cricket crazy people, which.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Which is India. So really they don't care as long
as India are there and they get one point three
billion people watching it and the associated broadcast rights.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
They don't care about.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
They care about money.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Baron Diggoopert will be rolling in his grave because it's
supposed to be the competition of the very best. Therefore,
you take the top five teams as ranked by the
ACC and they go in plus America. Isn't that that
doesn't and that would include India and therefore everyone's happy.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
And it might include us. But who knows.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
NPC sure Pakistan to be stoked around that, well, we
don't know. We don't know for sure.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
But these stories come from where they smoke.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
This fire, you know the deal NPC. It's under way
tonight or can wait cado, Yeah, it's it even part
of the garden of Eden. I think that what we
enjoyed last year about the NPC is they played.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
A little litsy bitsy wee grounds you.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Know, Canterbury went after Rangoon Sorry knew order. For those
who don't live in the area, and what I'm talking
about they play there toys.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
It was old school carpa hedges and the like, and
a lot of these games were played at smaller grounds
and they're really attempting the unions to lift the whole
local engagement because that's what NPC's.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I went to the North Shore final Takapuna Devenport held
at the Boxham de Veine. We had nearly four thousand
people there, drank the drink, the pub dry, robin Brook
was there, Buckshelper was there. All sorts of people were
there and it was such a good environment and the
crowd was great. The crowd was big, and I was say,
bring North Harbor there, Why.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Not make it small like I know that it's the
National Stadium and even Park's great place and so on
and so forth. And you've got to look at the
game itself as opposed to the engagement, because you're not
going to have forty thousand people turning up with that,
which is a well.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
It's a shame, isn't it. But that's the way an
NPC was great last year.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
It's going to be great again this year. What we
really need to watch out for this year Isasmond excuse
me they've got the scariest backline in world rugby, not
just in the NPC. Finley Christie's around, both heavily brothers
are playing there, Karen tomow Flower is playing in at
full bet. You've got maca Springer on one wing, Tavanaua
(04:17):
coming on another wing. It's a loaded team.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
And then there's no less de far and the Nuku.
Yet we go Tasman a going to be scary.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And who's the favorite Uka?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
It's it's Auckland. And on the subject of that, ra
eighteen beat responsibly with the TV if your fancy having
a flutter, and don't if you can't afford it.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
I think you all.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Should know that by now, but I'll carry on pushing
it at you. Auckland, Wye Auckland are playing a dollar
at fifty five? Whyet although are welcoming in the lights
of old school Aaron Cruden and well not quite as
old school, but he is Lemus Upwanga who joined us
on the show last night. So I kind of like
the idea that they might actually do something and rack
(04:59):
it up, or maybe year could go looking at anyone's
going to bet against Tasman. They're nuts, but it is
the Bay of Plenty. They're playing by Plenty. Just got beat.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
It was a third extra fourth or eighth extra time
last last time against.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Wellington, so that they might be there.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Yeah they rise, but again of a look on the
Test app and you know, maybe do some do some multi.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It's a bit of fun, some responsible our eteen betting.
Thank you so much, Darcy.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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