Tom Latham: Black Cap previews the Champions Trophy final against India

The Black Caps are on the verge of another historic win. 

They’ll face India in the Champions Trophy final this Sunday evening – a clash that seems to be India’s to lose. 

Black Cap Tom Latham told Mike Hosking the performance they put out yesterday was pretty much exactly what they wanted, and they couldn’t have asked for anything more. 

He says they have every chance of, if they put out a good performance, beating the quality Indian side. 

Latham says they’ve done it before, whether it be at home or away, and they know they’ve got the talent and experience to do it again. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Black Caps good weekend, lined up India on Sunday night
in Dubai Champions Trophy and Tom Latham's with us very good.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Morning, good morning. Here he goes down very well.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Indeed, given what's unfolded over the last couple of days,
how do you feel, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'll see, yeah, I'll see over the moon. I think
the performance that we put out yesterday was, yeah, i'll
see pretty much exactly what we wanted. And yeah, the
way the guys set that set it up with the
first innings was probably couldn't have ask through anything more
and then when you were certainly going to be tough

(00:35):
with the ball, but yeah, we managed to keep taking
wickets when we needed to and yeah, boys played fantastically.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Well going in take us through the whole tournament, going
in what you got versus what you thought you'd get.
How did that unfold?

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah? I think conditions we've to take a little bit
of knowledge from the times we've been here in the past,
and there was no sort of tends to get easier
betting under lights, and they can, they can skid on.
But I think the way that we've played, we've just
tried to play our blueprint as best we can, and

(01:11):
we've managed to play that pretty well. And I guess
you look at having a try series beforehand, probably it
was the perfect preparation leading leading into it. So yeah,
obviously moved to a different venue here and do buy
for the final and starts. We've got some knowledge around
how the wicket will potentially play and happily we can

(01:32):
and yeah, I'll adapt to that wicket and hope to
put out another good performance.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yeah. One of the cricket tragics around here was talking
about the block in Dubai and all that sort of stuff.
How much of it's in your head and if you
really want to win, you can win versus what's on
the ground.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, they've had a lot of cricket here over the
last couple of months. So the wickets that tend to
be used services, so they can be a little bit
lower and slower and turn a little bit more. But
you know, we're international cricketers. We play all around the
world and we're expected to adapt to I guess whatever
surface that we're provided with, and I guess in a

(02:09):
couple of day time it's going to give us another challenge,
to another chance to do that and hopefully we can
adapt as bricks can and as I said, put that
putting that perfect performance out.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
I know you've just arrived this time, right, But I
mean Tobaya's place. Do they love the cricketers. Is there
a vibe about it? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (02:27):
It was pretty it was pretty packed ground when we
when we played here last time, it was pretty dominant
Indian supporters. But yeah, they're certainly arriving, they certainly love
their cricket and I'm sure they'll be looking forward to
get in there and hopefully we can. We've never been
a bit of support on Sunday, I think it is.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Is there any reason you can't win?

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Absolutely not. I think we we've got every chance of
of if we put out a good performance. You know,
we know we're a chance of betting this quality Indian side.
We've done it before, whether it be at home or
whether it be away, and we know we've got the
talent and I guess the experience in the group that

(03:14):
hopefully we can lean back on some of the experiences
that we've had in ICC events and the guys have
been playing some fantastic cricket, which you know, confidence as
a wonderful thing, and hopefully the guys can just take
that confidence into into the next game and hopefully, hopefully
come away with some silver.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
More importantly, Tom, is anyone going to hire a Lamborghini
and drive through the desert or ride a camel?

Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm not too sure. Hopefully, hopefully those things are getting
sorted out and if we get to we get to
that point and then we'll wait and see.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
All right, good luck to you and we'll be watching
over the weekend. Tom Latham with us out of Dubai
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