The Country 05/12/25: Andrew Alderson talks to Hamish McKay

Time for McKay on Sport. Today, we catch up with a Newstalk ZB Sport newsreader, who’s in Hagley Park for day four of the test against the West Indies. Plus, his commentary on the Ashes. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
McKay on sport with firm lands, prevent parris On outbreaks
and score a win this summer. Andrew Ortison orders, you
are Hamish mckaye today and I'm Jamie McKay. So you know,
can you do your best Hamish mackay in personation? I
know there's one or two that do do it.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
I wouldn't Dare Haris. I wouldn't dare could I couldn't
do it. Justice Orders, You just did it with the.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
That was perfect. I thought you were taking the mickey straightaway.
What's happening in that cricket? The windy's out, the windows
out in the middle, are they.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
You've been speaking of keeping people on their toes. Yes,
the West Indies are out there. I was so six
without loss. They're chasing five hundred and thirty one for
an unlikely yet victory here and they've the last the
best part of these two days coming up to lunch
on the fourth day. New Zealand, well, you call the
technical declaration. I think four hundred and sixty six for eight,

(00:52):
but it was because Tom Blundell can't be and neither
can that Nathan Smith, with their respective injuries, bundle with this.
Hamstrong problem and Smith has a side strain, and of
course that means that New Zeald's actually bowled down in
this innings with Smith out, and just to peep it
up to date on the field, lath And still has
the gloves and now on Wtchim's at first slip of

(01:13):
course coming on with a replacement fielder and gLing Phillips
who's joined the squad's day. He is in the gully,
so they're not being lacking for catchers there if anything
comes their way. So that's I guess one of the
upshots of having those two injuries for New Zealand today,
But it means it will be an adjusted squad for
that second Test in Wellington starting Wednesday. But we've got

(01:34):
to Zach Folks in the attack at the moment from
the city end and we've had Matt Henry from the
poor Hills end just starting off. So yeah, it's a
difficult task for the West Indy's.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Five hundred and thirty one that's never been got before.
As the poorl Innings Chase says it, I wouldn't have thought,
is it.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
A The benchmark's always four hundred and eighteen, or has
been since two thousand and three. West Indies chasing it
down I think in Antigua against Australia. So yeah, anything
on that is would be uncharted territory and I think
it's going to be a battle of attrition. So then
there The other part I make Camish too, is that
Shay Hope can only band of course, the top scorer

(02:11):
with fifty six in the West of these first innings,
he can only down it's seven or below because he
spent the day off the field yesterday with that ironfection
and before he has to be pushed down the order.
So it's another setback for this Western east Side going
into these last couple of days.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Been some interesting rulings in both that and the well
not interesting rules, but the kind of new rulings in
terms of times off the I know thet what the
Ossies get caught out with it in the first Ashes test,
not that it mattered, but anyway Ashes as well.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
That's going on the old pink ball and it is indeed,
and I'd actually call much of it last night, but
it was all action, wasn't on that first day? I
thought in Brisbane the day nights he's pink ball. And
of course I mean I think the thing I was
most pleased about in terms of the series is that
Joe Root has scored his first Test century in Australia,
so now he can he's officially made it as a cricketer.

(03:01):
I guess the Australian eyes, you know, you're never a
decent cricat of the world until you've done it in Australia.
So he's got that one thirty five as part of
England's three twenty five for nine. Zach Crawley also getting
a few runs he was seventy six and that Mitchell
Stark six for seventy one of nineteen overs. But I
think it just sets the series up, you know, sets
this game up, and just because of England that I

(03:22):
still feel like the pink balls gould have a lottery heinous,
you know. But I just think that Root will be
just He'll be unshackled after this. I think it'll be
a huge boost of confidence to the whole team that
he's done this. And yeah, I think three twenty five
for nine it's not a bad effort on the first day,
having dealt with the ball under lights.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Joe rut getting a century the exit always reminds me
of anybody who criticizes the career of Big Jake Orum
didn't he got one hundred against Australia and Brisbane. Didn't
He and ten Wickets did get one hundred. You know, like, mate,
anybody want to sit there and say, it's like saying
Evan Lendall couldn't play on grass, even though he made
eight Wimbledon finals. Will send me for finals a bit.
He could play on grass, he just didn't win Wimbledon.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Well that's right. I mean's got one more century than
I've got at the Gaming.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Exactly a century at the Gabba. Gristed a little bit
for that, but it did. It always makes me, you know,
when people say, oh, Phil Mechelson's overrated, Well, Phil Mickelson's
got the second best underpower of anybody in the history
of the majors. You know, on and on and on.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
It goes right easy from the arms here

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Right after you get back to its senior master, Edred
Orderson at Hagley over there in christ Church