November 27, 2025 • 8 mins
Barra popped in for a chat and had plenty of cricket news to share today, with Pat Cummins likely to be named for the 2nd Ashes Test. Plus, the International Cricket Council has given Optus Stadium top marks for the pitch - so the England team can’t use that as an excuse for losing. He also touched on the State of Origin returning next year, the Dockers Women’s Team awards last night, and an impressive new signing for the Perth Lynx.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Time for Barry's bits. Good morning, guys. Happy Thanksgiving to
our American friends. Any Americans listening, Happy Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Come we took a different ship, mate.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
There's a lot of septic tanks out there. Don't worry
about that.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, that's true.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
That's true. And I am embracing for the bills from
the Black Friday sales frenzy happening at my house online
my wife and daughter. And oh man, you can get
into that. You could really get into it. I know,
Black Friday thirteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh you know, I think I got caught afterwards. Current
up last weekend, but we've already been through all of that.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And Andy golf gear. Come on, new Pata or something. Look,
just start with cricket. More bad news for the tour
and from the Poms Australians skipper Pat Cummins likely to
be named this morning for the second Ashes test in Brisbane,
at least in the squad.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So be carrying the drinks.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Yeah, yes, right, he's been bowling. I don't know. They're tempting,
they're tempted to blame and really put the Poms to
the sword. But maybe they'll hold him back. But he
looked very good, so that would be diabolical for England.
How is this The International Cricket Council they handed down
the verdict on off the stadium study and they said, no,
(01:30):
I know, it was the shortest Ashes Test in one
hundred and thirty seven years, but the pitch was magnificent.
They gave it a top rating very good the surface.
So that means that bas ball was to blame. So
it's the pom's batting. Basically they have to take you know,
hitting on the up and all that sort of stuff
you can't do first couple of days. So they're responsible
(01:51):
reckless batting. It's now proven that it's their fault, so
please don't blame the pitch. There's some Nufty's out there
Harsher Bogle and that blaming our pitch. So Niko rusher
Harsher to be the over of the shoulder. It's a
bit harsher. Second Test starts next Thursday. I'm sure you're
very excited about that coming around.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
It's a day night at the Gabatoire as we call it.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well it will be this time around after what happened
in Perth. I guess yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
So it starts at midday. Our time finishes about seven
or eight at night. So it's magnificent, isn't it. Let's
quickly talk about footy start of origin, huge success already,
Obviously it's coming next year. Forty thousand tickets sold for
Valentine's Day next year ready, so obviously obviously nothing says
romance like watching.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Obviously a lot of dates have already been booked in
or canceled.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I don't know if there's a lot of single people
going or a lot of older people, but nothing says
romance like wa bashing Victoria. That's all I can say. Hope,
So it'd be about thirty eight degrees as well. So,
and last night Dockers Women's team awards were done so
the AFLW the club champion for twenty twenty five for
the Dockers is Aisling McCarthy. So she's actually an Irish
(03:12):
recruit born in Tipperary. Really, it's a long.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It is a long way from Frio.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Remember that song war?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, yeah, but I wasn't in the war, but I've
seen it in a war movie.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Mother used to see that. It was about homesickness, wasn't it.
It was I'm a long way from Home, the two
and froms Yeah, she studied physio at the University of
Limerick too. She's a fantastic, fantastic person and one of
the club's greats. Ebanie Antonio announced her retirement last night.
She's an original Docker. She just placed on the inactive
list this year because of pregnancy, and they recently welcomed
(03:50):
her son Bowie, alongside wife and fellow Life member Kara Antonio.
So they're both gone now two of the originals have retired.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
To be an extra in the crowd.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, this hopey Bowie comes through one day pulls on
the purple as well. But after the break, we're going
to talk about the tallest woman in world sport joining
a team in Perth.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Yes, that of you. That my goodness.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I saw a picture. Sometimes five girls. Sometimes you can
be too good. You were too good. There was too
good a line. Look at this w A basketball is
flying and obviously we've got the Wildcats, but our women's
team is the Perth Links and they have pulled off
the biggest coup, well, biggest coop, as a famous footballer
(04:48):
once said, the biggest been to the buffet in Arkansas
and had some horse dos. But we Digress. In the
biggest coup in w NBL history, the berth Links have
signed a Chinese superstar, hand Zoo, and she's two hundred
(05:11):
and eleven centimeters tour.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
So god, I'm one A five what's that seven?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
So she's seven foot and I don't know if it's
a coincidence, but Mason Cox who just joined the Dockers
john and eleven centimeters.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Too, So I don't know, something like a train together.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, that's right in the height based chemistry or something.
I don't know. But anyway, she's arrived and she's going
to change the game here and it's going to be.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
If anyone notice when she arrived.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And I know the Baby Huey comparison, because that was
the Olympic Games that that Chinese player was. I checked,
not related Jen Hayaksa, I think her name was, and
she probably was a bit did you say, wait a bit.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
More stock here?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yes, stock here she was. And there was that famous
scene when Michelle Tin from the Aussie team trying to
set a screen on her just went just like hitting
a wall. So h this player, Hans Zoo is going
to be fantastic and she's a beautiful person in the
way she was speaking about life and being tall. And
she probably gets sick of the questions, you know, someone
(06:16):
going what would it be? The thing you'd always get,
what's the weather like up there? She gets sick of
that when you don't ask that, when you shut up. Now,
let's go to golf, lease your favorite sport, becoming.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
A real master at it too.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Now, now there's a great family here. The Lee's right,
and they coached two of their kids to being fantastic
Australian athletes and world athletes. Min wou Lee the brother
and minj Le the sister. Now min Wuly is going fantastic.
We're playing in the PG at the moment. He's Australia's
best men's golfer. But Min g Lee she's an international star.
(06:55):
And she's just won her fourth Greg Norman Award for Excellence,
which is the big award for god in Australia. And
she couldn't get to the presentation, so she sent Min
Wu her brother, right to the to the speech and
just have a look at the ever. Listen to how
he handled himself.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Wow, the Greg Norman medal again, fourth time. At this
point I should probably just ask them to engrave my
name permanently on it so no one else.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Gets their hopes up.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Honestly, I'm starting to feel bad for everyone who had
a great season, only to remember I exist.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Must be tough.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
You grind all year, you work hard, you.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Think this could be my time, and then I roll
in like, hey, guys, miss me, I would like to
thank the selection panel for continuing to make excellent choices.
Your taste is impeccable, truly elite. To my fellow Ossie golfers,
Keep pushing, keep improving, because one day, maybe not soon,
maybe one day you might finish.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Close to me.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
And of course shout out to my team, my family
and everyone who supports me. You keep me grounded, which
is honestly impressive considering how high above the rest of
the field I apparently keep finishing. Anyway, I'm the best
brother ever.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What a stitch up. I love it.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
He said that before he started. He said, I've got
a speech here that my sister gave me to read.
That's funny and least as I go at the door.
It's a study being released by Harvard University, and you
know they're always spot on. Okay, I'm pretty sure this
is legit, and it says ninety seven percent of male golfers,
(08:35):
so the happiest day of their lives is when they
shoot a personal best on the golf course, the happiest, happiest,
and only three percent say it was the day they
got married. That's how good golf is. List that's what
you're telling me.
Time for Barry's bits. Good morning, guys. Happy Thanksgiving to
our American friends. Any Americans listening, Happy Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Come we took a different ship, mate.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
There's a lot of septic tanks out there. Don't worry
about that.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, that's true.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
That's true. And I am embracing for the bills from
the Black Friday sales frenzy happening at my house online
my wife and daughter. And oh man, you can get
into that. You could really get into it. I know,
Black Friday thirteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh you know, I think I got caught afterwards. Current
up last weekend, but we've already been through all of that.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And Andy golf gear. Come on, new Pata or something. Look,
just start with cricket. More bad news for the tour
and from the Poms Australians skipper Pat Cummins likely to
be named this morning for the second Ashes test in Brisbane,
at least in the squad.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So be carrying the drinks.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Yeah, yes, right, he's been bowling. I don't know. They're tempting,
they're tempted to blame and really put the Poms to
the sword. But maybe they'll hold him back. But he
looked very good, so that would be diabolical for England.
How is this The International Cricket Council they handed down
the verdict on off the stadium study and they said, no,
(01:30):
I know, it was the shortest Ashes Test in one
hundred and thirty seven years, but the pitch was magnificent.
They gave it a top rating very good the surface.
So that means that bas ball was to blame. So
it's the pom's batting. Basically they have to take you know,
hitting on the up and all that sort of stuff
you can't do first couple of days. So they're responsible
(01:51):
reckless batting. It's now proven that it's their fault, so
please don't blame the pitch. There's some Nufty's out there
Harsher Bogle and that blaming our pitch. So Niko rusher
Harsher to be the over of the shoulder. It's a
bit harsher. Second Test starts next Thursday. I'm sure you're
very excited about that coming around.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
It's a day night at the Gabatoire as we call it.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well it will be this time around after what happened
in Perth. I guess yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
So it starts at midday. Our time finishes about seven
or eight at night. So it's magnificent, isn't it. Let's
quickly talk about footy start of origin, huge success already,
Obviously it's coming next year. Forty thousand tickets sold for
Valentine's Day next year ready, so obviously obviously nothing says
romance like watching.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Obviously a lot of dates have already been booked in
or canceled.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I don't know if there's a lot of single people
going or a lot of older people, but nothing says
romance like wa bashing Victoria. That's all I can say. Hope,
So it'd be about thirty eight degrees as well. So,
and last night Dockers Women's team awards were done so
the AFLW the club champion for twenty twenty five for
the Dockers is Aisling McCarthy. So she's actually an Irish
(03:12):
recruit born in Tipperary. Really, it's a long.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It is a long way from Frio.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Remember that song war?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, yeah, but I wasn't in the war, but I've
seen it in a war movie.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Mother used to see that. It was about homesickness, wasn't it.
It was I'm a long way from Home, the two
and froms Yeah, she studied physio at the University of
Limerick too. She's a fantastic, fantastic person and one of
the club's greats. Ebanie Antonio announced her retirement last night.
She's an original Docker. She just placed on the inactive
list this year because of pregnancy, and they recently welcomed
(03:50):
her son Bowie, alongside wife and fellow Life member Kara Antonio.
So they're both gone now two of the originals have retired.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
To be an extra in the crowd.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, this hopey Bowie comes through one day pulls on
the purple as well. But after the break, we're going
to talk about the tallest woman in world sport joining
a team in Perth.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Yes, that of you. That my goodness.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I saw a picture. Sometimes five girls. Sometimes you can
be too good. You were too good. There was too
good a line. Look at this w A basketball is
flying and obviously we've got the Wildcats, but our women's
team is the Perth Links and they have pulled off
the biggest coup, well, biggest coop, as a famous footballer
(04:48):
once said, the biggest been to the buffet in Arkansas
and had some horse dos. But we Digress. In the
biggest coup in w NBL history, the berth Links have
signed a Chinese superstar, hand Zoo, and she's two hundred
(05:11):
and eleven centimeters tour.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
So god, I'm one A five what's that seven?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
So she's seven foot and I don't know if it's
a coincidence, but Mason Cox who just joined the Dockers
john and eleven centimeters.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Too, So I don't know, something like a train together.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, that's right in the height based chemistry or something.
I don't know. But anyway, she's arrived and she's going
to change the game here and it's going to be.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
If anyone notice when she arrived.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And I know the Baby Huey comparison, because that was
the Olympic Games that that Chinese player was. I checked,
not related Jen Hayaksa, I think her name was, and
she probably was a bit did you say, wait a bit.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
More stock here?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yes, stock here she was. And there was that famous
scene when Michelle Tin from the Aussie team trying to
set a screen on her just went just like hitting
a wall. So h this player, Hans Zoo is going
to be fantastic and she's a beautiful person in the
way she was speaking about life and being tall. And
she probably gets sick of the questions, you know, someone
(06:16):
going what would it be? The thing you'd always get,
what's the weather like up there? She gets sick of
that when you don't ask that, when you shut up. Now,
let's go to golf, lease your favorite sport, becoming.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
A real master at it too.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Now, now there's a great family here. The Lee's right,
and they coached two of their kids to being fantastic
Australian athletes and world athletes. Min wou Lee the brother
and minj Le the sister. Now min Wuly is going fantastic.
We're playing in the PG at the moment. He's Australia's
best men's golfer. But Min g Lee she's an international star.
(06:55):
And she's just won her fourth Greg Norman Award for Excellence,
which is the big award for god in Australia. And
she couldn't get to the presentation, so she sent Min
Wu her brother, right to the to the speech and
just have a look at the ever. Listen to how
he handled himself.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Wow, the Greg Norman medal again, fourth time. At this
point I should probably just ask them to engrave my
name permanently on it so no one else.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Gets their hopes up.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Honestly, I'm starting to feel bad for everyone who had
a great season, only to remember I exist.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Must be tough.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
You grind all year, you work hard, you.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Think this could be my time, and then I roll
in like, hey, guys, miss me, I would like to
thank the selection panel for continuing to make excellent choices.
Your taste is impeccable, truly elite. To my fellow Ossie golfers,
Keep pushing, keep improving, because one day, maybe not soon,
maybe one day you might finish.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Close to me.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
And of course shout out to my team, my family
and everyone who supports me. You keep me grounded, which
is honestly impressive considering how high above the rest of
the field I apparently keep finishing. Anyway, I'm the best
brother ever.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What a stitch up. I love it.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
He said that before he started. He said, I've got
a speech here that my sister gave me to read.
That's funny and least as I go at the door.
It's a study being released by Harvard University, and you
know they're always spot on. Okay, I'm pretty sure this
is legit, and it says ninety seven percent of male golfers,
(08:35):
so the happiest day of their lives is when they
shoot a personal best on the golf course, the happiest, happiest,
and only three percent say it was the day they
got married. That's how good golf is. List that's what
you're telling me.
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