Rob Walter: Black Caps Coach on the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee T20 series against Australia

A chance for the Black Caps to build depth and experience in the Chappell-Hadlee T20 series against Australia at home. 

The 14-man squad's been depowered by injury. 

Regular skipper Mitchell Santner, Will O'Rourke, Finn Allen, Glenn Phillips, Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne are sidelined, while Kane Williamson's unavailable. 

Coach Rob Walter told Mike Hosking it’s all part of the build-up to the T20 World Cup next year and in the same breath, series against Australia are always ultra-competitive. 

He says they’re taking it one series, one game at a time, but still keeping an eye on what’s happening in the future.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cricket seasons. Here Australia arrived in a couple of weeks

(00:02):
for the Chapel Hadley are both sides naming the squads
and the series marks twenty years since the first ever
T twenty international between the two. Can you believe it's
twenty years? Anyway? Rob Walter's the black Caps coach and
he's with us, Rob morning, Why do you make have
you very well? Indeed? How's the job so far?

Speaker 2 (00:18):
It's been friendly? He has been awesome, sort very short
in the in the trip, but it's been great so far.
Thank you?

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Is it everything you thought it would be thus far?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah? I guess obviously been fortunate to have been been
in the system for a said bit beforehand. You've got
to have a sense of how everything operates. But great
to have the feet in the shoes. None you'd be
part of it.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
What do you make of this Chapel Hadley TA twenty thing?
Is this just the sign of the times? That is
what it is?

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yeah? I mean obviously you got back twenty years. You know,
the first one is a bit of an exhibition really
and you look how further game has come now, So
think any any competition between Australia and New Zealand is massive.
So the Chapel Hadley I knows is important to the
guys irrespective of the format.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Now, we haven't won the Chapel Haadley since twenty sixteen,
so if we lose it again, do we call for
your sacking? Rob?

Speaker 2 (01:08):
That's the way the world works. It could be the case,
but look hoping for a different result and you know,
suddenly get our names on that troops will be important.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
How does it affect your selections? By the way, in
the T twenty thing, do you do you have a
different mindset now for the Chapel Headley than you might
have done it one stage.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
No, obviously that you know this is all part of
the build up to the T twenty World Cup next
year as well, so missing a couple of players for
various reasons, but you know all of it is is
scared towards that. But in the same breath, you know,
ultra competitive series and always competitive against Australia, So we're
sort of taking one series on game at a time,
but with an eye on what's happening in the future

(01:47):
next year.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Do you like T twenty I still see it as
an element of crap. Shoot, you know, weird things can
happen on weird days.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Look, it certainly is unpredictable, that's for sure, and brings
teams together though, But the game is advanced massively and
you know, the stats and the work behind the scenes
to play the game while this has grown massively and
the skill sets of the players, as you've seen it
has gone huge. So you know, we had our first
three hundred score and till one teams just the other
day SafeCare against England. So the game is moving quickly

(02:18):
and we sort of have to move with it and
our skills of it.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yet, well, kids come through. Do you reckon in future
years that will have played nothing but T twenty that
would be their entire existence in the sport.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
It is possible. I hope it doesn't doesn't turn out
to be the case, and it's still the purist of
the game, so I still believe all three formats of
the place, so I hope that stays the same.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
The Bay OVAL's beautiful, though, wasn't it.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
That's a nice place, wonderful, wonderful cricket grounds, great place
to play cricket, and obviously the support for the game
there is good and it will be in the school holidays.
So we're looking for a great look forward to a
great tourn Have.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
We got that about right? In this country? We tend
to fab you know. You look at the christ Church Field,
you look at the Bayoval, Queenstown Centrally. You know there's
there's certain places where cricket looks good, the crowd looks good,
it's the right size, it just sort of vibes nicely.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Absolutely. I think New Zealand has got some of the
spectacular cricket grounds and wonderful traditional cricket grounds as well.
You know, so that caches for for a smaller ground
given up population. You know, so you can get really
close to the action and really feel part of it,
which is awesome.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Good on you. You're nervous by the way you and
first all that stuff.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Nah, certainly not Na. There'll be times along the way
that I will be, but no.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
It's on you.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
It's just a joy.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Good on you go well. Rob Walter, the black Caps
coach T twenty at the y. I'm not sold on
to twenty to be Frank. For more from the Mic
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