Elliott Smith: Weekend Sport host on the latest in Black Caps vs England, Iga Swiatek receiving one-month ban

England continue to make inroads on the Black Caps in the first test match in Christchurch.

New Zealand set a total of 348 early on day 2, but despite getting the top order out, Harry Brook and Ollie Pope’s partnership has frustrated the hosts.

Meanwhile, five-time tennis grand slam winner Iga Swiatek has accepted a one month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, caused by contamination of her medication melatonin.

Weekend Sport host Elliott Smith joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Elliott Smith Weekend Sports Hosters with Us. Elliott, welcome back,
Thank you very much. You were just telling me you
were away for five weeks. Yes, did you miss the
New Zealand food, all the healthy stuff or were you
eating quite well over there?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
No, it was getting quite well. We're Japanese to start with.
England Ireland. Yeah, it's somebody to hear. French food, Italian food,
a lot of paste.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Oh yeah, that's not bad actually risotto. Yeah, yeah, Well
it's a wonder you came home exactly.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
All was considering just.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
How are we going in the cricket.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
We're going all right, but now not so much one
hundred and eighty six or four England a good partnership
at the moment, only opened, Harry Brook. Did you just
threatening to take not to take the game away from
the Black Caps. But they made some end roads off
four down shortly after lunch and now a good partnership
for England. So they're settling in at the moment and
knuckling down and New Zealand's still a head one hundred
and sixty two. Bart This partnership, if it goes on

(00:49):
a bit further, could just put some pressure on the
Black caps. We took our last book at about one
hundred runs ago. Off the top of my head, it
was just after lunch, so we're looking it to a
three hours ago.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Now, yeah, okay, okay, Now eagersh Fion Teks has tested
positive for a banned substance. Yes, what was it.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
It's called teams as. It's got a longer name, but
I'm not going to try and pronounce it. It's It
was in Malatona and it was lake medicine she was taking,
so it's part of that and she took it as
part of her routine because she's flying around the globe
and has been cleared from doing so. We'll give it
a one month ban, but effectively being cleared for doing
so on the basis that it was not purposely taken. Now,

(01:33):
this seems it odds for me against every other rule
that goes and intensity. You know, Mary shop Over got
done for fifteen months a few years ago for taking
heart medicine. Now, it's the responsibility of the athletes to
take what they're putting in the body. That's always what
these drug free agencies say, it's your responsibility. And yet
we've had this year, we've had the world number one
Eagerson Tech now and we had Nick Cinny. You might

(01:56):
remember that the men's world number one for a handspray
basically effectively cleared of that despite testing positive twice to
a banned substance. So beginning to feel like there's one
rule for some players, some athletes in one rule for another.
These are two high profile tennis players. I am staggered
that she's been able to get away with a one
month ban this.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Thing that she's tested positive for. What does it do
to you to does it make you a better player?

Speaker 2 (02:21):
No, well, it's a banned substance. Effectively, in theory it would.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
It's not always the case, but not the case. But
because some sports, for it, is this like just the tennis.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Is it just a tennis rules or is this the world?

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Because if you test positive for marijuana, you get banned,
and that does not make you a better player or
it doesn't.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Think it's a banned substance. So it's banned from yeah,
so and same for any other illicit drug or any
performance enhancing drug. This is on the list. So I'm staggered.
Given the amount of education that these athletes get around,
as I say, putting these things into your body. All
of them are so careful, well most of them are
so careful around what they eat and what they do,

(02:58):
whether it's a subs or vitamins, whatever it might be,
that they check it rigidly and they look on the
registers and everything like that. To get away with one
month band seems staggering to me.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Oh, Elliott, thanks for I really appreciate that. That's Elliot Smith.
We can Sport hosts will be back midday to three
pm tomorrow and Sunday.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
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