November 28, 2025 • 13 mins
Tonight on the Huddle: Sports Commentator Nicky Styris and NewstalkZB's own D'arcy Waldegrave join Heather duPlessis-Allan to discuss the latest sports news.
NZ Cricket CEO Scott Weenink is in hot water over his stance on the proposed T20 league, will it cost him his job?
The international Judo Federation has allowed Russian athletes to compete again, breaking away from many global sports organisations who banned Russia after their invasion of Ukraine.
And when will we finally get confirmation about Liam Lawson's future in F1?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand Subberby's International Realty,
a name you can trust locally and globally.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I know something that I can't share obviously with you guys,
but probably most like most of the people know, is it?
Actually I'm a similar understanding with you guys. I don't
know what's gonna happen, so yeah, let's see.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
But it's starting to move to India dominating everything because
they can afford to buy into it and purchase teams
as opposed to players. It's always great to be able
to see the English having to take a few good
looks at themselves in the mirrors at the moment after
getting flogged in two days.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Right on the sports tititle, that's this evening, we have
Niki Styra, sports journalist and Darcy water Grave sports talk host.
How are you too?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Hello? Are you one? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Ay?
Speaker 4 (00:51):
It is so lame Niki every time, very lame. Yea
dad jokes all day.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I'm a dad.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
No, that's yeah, that's that's fine. Hey, what's going on
at New Zealand cricket? Darcy?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
What's going on? Yeah, no one knows. It's chaos from
the looks of it. There's a lot of very unhappy
provincial people who don't believe that Scott weeningk who is
the CEO currently quite has a handle on what's going on.
It doesn't want to run too fast at something new
and fangle in the T twenty space. On the defensive
(01:23):
side of Scott ween Ink, I'm reasonably interested in someone
who chooses caution over throwing everything at a new event
straight away. I think that is the CEO of a
major organization like cricket. Part and parcel of your job
is to show caution, maybe slightly too much. But we've
(01:44):
seen other organizations climb into things like sill Elate, for example,
And I don't know if that's particularly.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Getting into it, but it sounds like he's on his
own here, Darcy. Is he going to lose his job
over this? So they try to get rid of him.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
This room was around a week ago two we thought
in the last AGM this information out that he's been dropkicked.
Have you even got the support of all your organizations?
It's very very hard to keep on going now, don't
We're not on the weeds of this. We don't know
what the detail are because everyone's being very tight lipped
around who said what and where and why? But I
still look to a CEO, everyone's got to just take
(02:17):
a breath, and I'm sure the best interests of cricket
are with him and he doesn't want to jump into
something it might be long term costly for the country.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
So what it is, Nikki, is that everybody else is
loving the idea of this TEA twenty which seems to
be backed by Indian money are being set up here
in New Zealand in January, and he's not keen on it.
So where do youse it on it? Do you like
the idea of the T twenty setting up in New Zealand?
Would you prefer to have teams out us trying to
get our teams into the Big Bash in Australia.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
I actually have quite a strong view on the seat.
There's a surprise Heather. Basically, look, look, I can understand
Scott wen and being a little bit concerned because the
setup of this league technically, you know, it's threatening New
Zealand Crickets control of the game in this country. Okay,
(03:05):
so New Zealand Cricket would have no say in how
it is run and they would to guard against that
and I guess you know that is fair enough, but
let's just take a little closer look at it. I mean,
if we went with this n Z twenty league, first
of all, it would keep a lot of the top
players here to ply their T twenty trade where currently
they are all running off shore and earning a lot
of money and we haven't even seen King Williamson this year.
(03:27):
Foreign ownership brings in money, it brings an investment, it
brings in professionalism. It would also help the development and
funding of the next wave of New Zealand players with
that level of you know, professionalism in the country. Here's
probably the reason why that the major unions like it
because twenty five percent of the league ownership would go
(03:48):
to the major cricket unions. Now that's that's huge. It
means that New Zealand cricket don't have to fund it.
They can then spend their money on other areas of development.
So you know, it's been trialed in the West Indies,
it's been trialed in South Africa, and we're not just
trial but just going ahead. And actually it's taken the
control away from the governing body and immediately they've turned
(04:09):
a profit. So I guess it's a sort of a
double edged sword here. You know, you are taking on
something that could help your organization, but also you are
relinquishing a degree of control.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
It's a financial sugar effects, isn't it. And that's what
we're going to be worried about, Nikki. So when you
look at whether leenex right or wrong, I think just
easy now and playing caution because you look at the
New Zealand rugby and they're like, we want so well
because we get a whole lot of money and what
do they do with it? They blew it all and
there's nothing left. So there's that so black.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
That's not not you know, your whole domestic competition. I
think the other thing to look at is the alternative,
and the alternative is that New Zealand. But you know
enter a team into the Big Bash. Well that's only
a good idea when you don't have a strong domestic competition.
When the Warriors and the Phoenix and the Breakers all
went in the old competition, they didn't have a strong
domestic competition.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Do we use increase that competition, know Nikki who watches it,
Yes we do.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
But this technically, if we started this league, sorry if
we went into the Big Bash, it would absolutely ruin
it because all the best players would then want to
play in the Big Bash and the local comp would
get diluted. So that's not the answer either, unless say
you could have say three New Zealand teams in a
Big Bash, but Australia would never go.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I mean, is it not possible, actually, Darcy, that you
have to pick the lesser of the evils and there
are three evils and actually carrying on the way we
are with it, the status quote is not working either.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
And just going back to you said four, Niki, was
the provincial unions over the All Blacks that wanted more
money and control and it's kind of similar to what
happens with these provincial teams.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Bit Ah.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I think that what we've seen in New Zealand has
send in Zealand cricket of recent times is the preparedness
of players to get straight into international cricket even though
they've had a diet of provincial cricket and they've had
this the Super Smash that they've been involved in, and
it's actually worked out quite well, Nikki, because we've got
(06:05):
a lot of these players who are now they're getting
packed older in their career, later in their career, twenty six,
twenty seven. They know their game, they know what they
can do, and it's almost seamless. And I think that
helps when you've got a structure like we've got right,
listen to Superman.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
You mean sorry, Darcy, there was a question for you.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
You mean, yeah, they're Super Smash. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
I think the only problem with that, Dars is that
when Sky get the rights back to the cricket not
this season, but next season, they are not televising the
Super Smash. Yeah, so that's not good. Well, there you go.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Who watches were setting their cheap seats and fire hot
takes of people. We don't have to make these decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
All right, we'll take a break, thankfully, we'll take a break.
Coming back very shortly of the sports huddles.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand South of E's
International Realty, the only truly global brand back.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
On the sports had on Nikistyrus Darcy water Grave. Nikki,
do you think the International Judo Federation is doing the
right thing letting the Russians back in with their flag
and their anthem and volshebang?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Look, look I do call me simplistic, but I still
feel that sport needs to remain neutral, independent and free
from political influence. And it just really saddens me when
I see it infiltrate the likes of the Olympics. Now,
you know, I know that this is just one thing,
but taking the flag away has sort of maybe accomplished
(07:31):
a few things, depending on which lends you looking through.
I guess it's sent a political signal and you know
it has mattered in that regard, but really a tool
to change the way that the Kremlin actually do their policy,
I would suggest it's been largely symbolic. And you know,
the other thing that really doesn't sit well with me
is why is the Ukraine Russia conflict any different to
(07:52):
the Israel Palestine conflict with regards to if you want
to infiltrate sport, why you're not imposing the same sanctions?
And then who would you and pose as would you
pos them on Palestine?
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Mean?
Speaker 5 (08:03):
What a mess? Just stay out of it.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I love that rule. I love that rule. Does he
have said it to you so many times? Politics? Sports
needs to stay out of politics.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
It can't happen. Well, it doesn't happen, and totally you
look at it. Sport and politicians and twined they always
have been no as will be. I think it's a
very simplistic concept to say stay out, you can't do it.
And in a perfect world, I get it. I'll be
all over there. You know what I think about politics.
So that's why I don't do your show. I love it,
(08:32):
but unfortunately it is and these power games are played,
and I look at Juda and I look back at
that and a relationship between international Judo and Putin and
what happens there, And I'm thinking, okay, are we going
to follow the money trail? What's actually happening here? Why
has he made that decision? I don't think it came
from nowhere. It's an interesting.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
Judo I think he does, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
He does.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
He loves to know, I think so Nikky. He gets
gets us top off and then he wrestles me in.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
And then he gets on a horse, and yeah, for
insessial judo, it's an interesting hill to die on. It's
one not I wouldn't choose. But look, it's their federation.
They can do what they will. I wonder what pushback
they'll get from this at all level where maybe Ukraine
fighters go well, you know what, I'm not fighting him,
and then it really.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Starts, well, what you want to do is fight this
is for the for the crimea bang. Listen, do you
have any theory for me saying as you're coming in
hot Nikki today on why it is that the F
one is dragging out the Liam Lawson confirmation that we
all know is going to happen. They make it this
so weird about this look.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I think they're just trying to concentrate on the Constructors' Championship.
Maybe they haven't made up their minds. Well, I know
to me, to me, it's obvious he's fighting for that
one seat and the Racing Bulls team. You know it's him.
It's a more Son oda and you know, I guess
on record you have to say that sort of Liam
holds a trump card but not taking anything for grant
(10:05):
and most word is not my area of expertise, but
even I get a feeling that he's going to have
a seat next year, whether it's with Racing Balls or
potentially another middle order team like Pass or Williams for
something like that.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I feel like, yeah, do you think does do you
think that the English are going to sort themselves?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Out.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Are they going to still suck at the ashes?
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Highly likely. I'm going to Glenn mcgra it's going to
be five nil. You reckon awful what they're doing and
what they've done. But in saying that, the Australians are
not without blame. If you look at that, just to
Treador's head innings, he could have been out on a
number of occasions. He was just as reckless and irresponsible
as the Middle Order of England. So when you've got
(10:47):
essentially what was it, it was a series of T
twenties masquerading as a Test match. You think that's going
to change Come next Thursday's when it's a peak ball
Test and Brisbane it's going to be even more scandalous
or out ragees.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
Look, Bears has stuck between a rock and a hard
place here. You can't fa'tsial strategy and you know he's
gone on record to say that that that's how they're
going to play, and you've got to trust the process.
Then you can't just suddenly go oh we've had one
loss and now we're going to change tech completely because
it undermines your your authority and your leadership. So he
kind of has to stick with it, and Stokes is
(11:23):
a big fan of that type of play too, But
you're damn right Brisbane under the lights with a pink
ball and a bouncy pitch, it's going to make great
viewing anyway.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
He's the cricket in God's punishing all those New Zealanders
for going to play for England.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
How did did you read that passport you read? Did
you read the article about Jeff Lawson and witnessing David
Boone sink fifty two tennees on the flight before the Ashes.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I had a cricket team in christ and we used
to wear beige. That was way back in the day.
I had them designed for us and we were called
Team Boone to celebrate Boone and cry for dedication was
fifty two boys, fifty two boys, let's get in there.
So I love that that story coming back and.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Producer and Snicky is lamenting the fact that we don't
get behind the scenes yarns like this anymore, and I
feel it as a passage, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Oh look, yeah, there's some goodies. But the problem with
these days is that you've got social media everywhere, and
you know people like him would have been video doing it,
it would have been a catastrophe. I'm sure there's still
elements of it's still happening. But also we live in
a much more professional sports environment, a little more tempered.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Just a word on McCallum. There's a good story from
early days and he's really young. It's like a teenager
and he came in and he played cracke at a
top level and he went out just trying to flog
the ball all over the boundary and trying to smash
it there and there, and they're like, bro, you're gonna
just like you know, calm down all the older guys
and goes, this is how I play, and I'm not
going to stop.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
And look and he walked off the picture.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
And so he's true to form.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
YEP, at least he at least he's authentic. Hey guys,
it's lovely to shat you enjoy your week. That starts
Nick see Darcy here, Oh lovely, Oh you're so lovely,
dear Weirdo, Darcy Watergrave, Nikky styr A Sports Huddled.
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
I know something that I can't share obviously with you guys,
but probably most like most of the people know, is it?
Actually I'm a similar understanding with you guys. I don't
know what's gonna happen, so yeah, let's see.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
But it's starting to move to India dominating everything because
they can afford to buy into it and purchase teams
as opposed to players. It's always great to be able
to see the English having to take a few good
looks at themselves in the mirrors at the moment after
getting flogged in two days.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Right on the sports tititle, that's this evening, we have
Niki Styra, sports journalist and Darcy water Grave sports talk host.
How are you too?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Hello? Are you one? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Ay?
Speaker 4 (00:51):
It is so lame Niki every time, very lame. Yea
dad jokes all day.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I'm a dad.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
No, that's yeah, that's that's fine. Hey, what's going on
at New Zealand cricket? Darcy?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
What's going on? Yeah, no one knows. It's chaos from
the looks of it. There's a lot of very unhappy
provincial people who don't believe that Scott weeningk who is
the CEO currently quite has a handle on what's going on.
It doesn't want to run too fast at something new
and fangle in the T twenty space. On the defensive
(01:23):
side of Scott ween Ink, I'm reasonably interested in someone
who chooses caution over throwing everything at a new event
straight away. I think that is the CEO of a
major organization like cricket. Part and parcel of your job
is to show caution, maybe slightly too much. But we've
(01:44):
seen other organizations climb into things like sill Elate, for example,
And I don't know if that's particularly.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Getting into it, but it sounds like he's on his
own here, Darcy. Is he going to lose his job
over this? So they try to get rid of him.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
This room was around a week ago two we thought
in the last AGM this information out that he's been dropkicked.
Have you even got the support of all your organizations?
It's very very hard to keep on going now, don't
We're not on the weeds of this. We don't know
what the detail are because everyone's being very tight lipped
around who said what and where and why? But I
still look to a CEO, everyone's got to just take
(02:17):
a breath, and I'm sure the best interests of cricket
are with him and he doesn't want to jump into
something it might be long term costly for the country.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
So what it is, Nikki, is that everybody else is
loving the idea of this TEA twenty which seems to
be backed by Indian money are being set up here
in New Zealand in January, and he's not keen on it.
So where do youse it on it? Do you like
the idea of the T twenty setting up in New Zealand?
Would you prefer to have teams out us trying to
get our teams into the Big Bash in Australia.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
I actually have quite a strong view on the seat.
There's a surprise Heather. Basically, look, look, I can understand
Scott wen and being a little bit concerned because the
setup of this league technically, you know, it's threatening New
Zealand Crickets control of the game in this country. Okay,
(03:05):
so New Zealand Cricket would have no say in how
it is run and they would to guard against that
and I guess you know that is fair enough, but
let's just take a little closer look at it. I mean,
if we went with this n Z twenty league, first
of all, it would keep a lot of the top
players here to ply their T twenty trade where currently
they are all running off shore and earning a lot
of money and we haven't even seen King Williamson this year.
(03:27):
Foreign ownership brings in money, it brings an investment, it
brings in professionalism. It would also help the development and
funding of the next wave of New Zealand players with
that level of you know, professionalism in the country. Here's
probably the reason why that the major unions like it
because twenty five percent of the league ownership would go
(03:48):
to the major cricket unions. Now that's that's huge. It
means that New Zealand cricket don't have to fund it.
They can then spend their money on other areas of development.
So you know, it's been trialed in the West Indies,
it's been trialed in South Africa, and we're not just
trial but just going ahead. And actually it's taken the
control away from the governing body and immediately they've turned
(04:09):
a profit. So I guess it's a sort of a
double edged sword here. You know, you are taking on
something that could help your organization, but also you are
relinquishing a degree of control.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
It's a financial sugar effects, isn't it. And that's what
we're going to be worried about, Nikki. So when you
look at whether leenex right or wrong, I think just
easy now and playing caution because you look at the
New Zealand rugby and they're like, we want so well
because we get a whole lot of money and what
do they do with it? They blew it all and
there's nothing left. So there's that so black.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
That's not not you know, your whole domestic competition. I
think the other thing to look at is the alternative,
and the alternative is that New Zealand. But you know
enter a team into the Big Bash. Well that's only
a good idea when you don't have a strong domestic competition.
When the Warriors and the Phoenix and the Breakers all
went in the old competition, they didn't have a strong
domestic competition.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Do we use increase that competition, know Nikki who watches it,
Yes we do.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
But this technically, if we started this league, sorry if
we went into the Big Bash, it would absolutely ruin
it because all the best players would then want to
play in the Big Bash and the local comp would
get diluted. So that's not the answer either, unless say
you could have say three New Zealand teams in a
Big Bash, but Australia would never go.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
I mean, is it not possible, actually, Darcy, that you
have to pick the lesser of the evils and there
are three evils and actually carrying on the way we
are with it, the status quote is not working either.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
And just going back to you said four, Niki, was
the provincial unions over the All Blacks that wanted more
money and control and it's kind of similar to what
happens with these provincial teams.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Bit Ah.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I think that what we've seen in New Zealand has
send in Zealand cricket of recent times is the preparedness
of players to get straight into international cricket even though
they've had a diet of provincial cricket and they've had
this the Super Smash that they've been involved in, and
it's actually worked out quite well, Nikki, because we've got
(06:05):
a lot of these players who are now they're getting
packed older in their career, later in their career, twenty six,
twenty seven. They know their game, they know what they
can do, and it's almost seamless. And I think that
helps when you've got a structure like we've got right,
listen to Superman.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
You mean sorry, Darcy, there was a question for you.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
You mean, yeah, they're Super Smash. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
I think the only problem with that, Dars is that
when Sky get the rights back to the cricket not
this season, but next season, they are not televising the
Super Smash. Yeah, so that's not good. Well, there you go.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Who watches were setting their cheap seats and fire hot
takes of people. We don't have to make these decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
All right, we'll take a break, thankfully, we'll take a break.
Coming back very shortly of the sports huddles.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand South of E's
International Realty, the only truly global brand back.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
On the sports had on Nikistyrus Darcy water Grave. Nikki,
do you think the International Judo Federation is doing the
right thing letting the Russians back in with their flag
and their anthem and volshebang?
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Look, look I do call me simplistic, but I still
feel that sport needs to remain neutral, independent and free
from political influence. And it just really saddens me when
I see it infiltrate the likes of the Olympics. Now,
you know, I know that this is just one thing,
but taking the flag away has sort of maybe accomplished
(07:31):
a few things, depending on which lends you looking through.
I guess it's sent a political signal and you know
it has mattered in that regard, but really a tool
to change the way that the Kremlin actually do their policy,
I would suggest it's been largely symbolic. And you know,
the other thing that really doesn't sit well with me
is why is the Ukraine Russia conflict any different to
(07:52):
the Israel Palestine conflict with regards to if you want
to infiltrate sport, why you're not imposing the same sanctions?
And then who would you and pose as would you
pos them on Palestine?
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Mean?
Speaker 5 (08:03):
What a mess? Just stay out of it.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I love that rule. I love that rule. Does he
have said it to you so many times? Politics? Sports
needs to stay out of politics.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
It can't happen. Well, it doesn't happen, and totally you
look at it. Sport and politicians and twined they always
have been no as will be. I think it's a
very simplistic concept to say stay out, you can't do it.
And in a perfect world, I get it. I'll be
all over there. You know what I think about politics.
So that's why I don't do your show. I love it,
(08:32):
but unfortunately it is and these power games are played,
and I look at Juda and I look back at
that and a relationship between international Judo and Putin and
what happens there, And I'm thinking, okay, are we going
to follow the money trail? What's actually happening here? Why
has he made that decision? I don't think it came
from nowhere. It's an interesting.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
Judo I think he does, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
He does.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
He loves to know, I think so Nikky. He gets
gets us top off and then he wrestles me in.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
And then he gets on a horse, and yeah, for
insessial judo, it's an interesting hill to die on. It's
one not I wouldn't choose. But look, it's their federation.
They can do what they will. I wonder what pushback
they'll get from this at all level where maybe Ukraine
fighters go well, you know what, I'm not fighting him,
and then it really.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Starts, well, what you want to do is fight this
is for the for the crimea bang. Listen, do you
have any theory for me saying as you're coming in
hot Nikki today on why it is that the F
one is dragging out the Liam Lawson confirmation that we
all know is going to happen. They make it this
so weird about this look.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I think they're just trying to concentrate on the Constructors' Championship.
Maybe they haven't made up their minds. Well, I know
to me, to me, it's obvious he's fighting for that
one seat and the Racing Bulls team. You know it's him.
It's a more Son oda and you know, I guess
on record you have to say that sort of Liam
holds a trump card but not taking anything for grant
(10:05):
and most word is not my area of expertise, but
even I get a feeling that he's going to have
a seat next year, whether it's with Racing Balls or
potentially another middle order team like Pass or Williams for
something like that.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I feel like, yeah, do you think does do you
think that the English are going to sort themselves?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Out.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Are they going to still suck at the ashes?
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Highly likely. I'm going to Glenn mcgra it's going to
be five nil. You reckon awful what they're doing and
what they've done. But in saying that, the Australians are
not without blame. If you look at that, just to
Treador's head innings, he could have been out on a
number of occasions. He was just as reckless and irresponsible
as the Middle Order of England. So when you've got
(10:47):
essentially what was it, it was a series of T
twenties masquerading as a Test match. You think that's going
to change Come next Thursday's when it's a peak ball
Test and Brisbane it's going to be even more scandalous
or out ragees.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
Look, Bears has stuck between a rock and a hard
place here. You can't fa'tsial strategy and you know he's
gone on record to say that that that's how they're
going to play, and you've got to trust the process.
Then you can't just suddenly go oh we've had one
loss and now we're going to change tech completely because
it undermines your your authority and your leadership. So he
kind of has to stick with it, and Stokes is
(11:23):
a big fan of that type of play too, But
you're damn right Brisbane under the lights with a pink
ball and a bouncy pitch, it's going to make great
viewing anyway.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
He's the cricket in God's punishing all those New Zealanders
for going to play for England.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
How did did you read that passport you read? Did
you read the article about Jeff Lawson and witnessing David
Boone sink fifty two tennees on the flight before the Ashes.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I had a cricket team in christ and we used
to wear beige. That was way back in the day.
I had them designed for us and we were called
Team Boone to celebrate Boone and cry for dedication was
fifty two boys, fifty two boys, let's get in there.
So I love that that story coming back and.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Producer and Snicky is lamenting the fact that we don't
get behind the scenes yarns like this anymore, and I
feel it as a passage, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Oh look, yeah, there's some goodies. But the problem with
these days is that you've got social media everywhere, and
you know people like him would have been video doing it,
it would have been a catastrophe. I'm sure there's still
elements of it's still happening. But also we live in
a much more professional sports environment, a little more tempered.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Just a word on McCallum. There's a good story from
early days and he's really young. It's like a teenager
and he came in and he played cracke at a
top level and he went out just trying to flog
the ball all over the boundary and trying to smash
it there and there, and they're like, bro, you're gonna
just like you know, calm down all the older guys
and goes, this is how I play, and I'm not
going to stop.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
And look and he walked off the picture.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
And so he's true to form.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
YEP, at least he at least he's authentic. Hey guys,
it's lovely to shat you enjoy your week. That starts
Nick see Darcy here, Oh lovely, Oh you're so lovely,
dear Weirdo, Darcy Watergrave, Nikky styr A Sports Huddled.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
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