Australia's T20 Cricket World Cup hopes were dashed after being struck out by Afghanistan.
Australian sports correspondent Adam Peacock joined Piney to examine what went wrong.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
Just coming up twenty six away from three. Australian correspondent
to Adam Peacock is with us a day later than usual,
but with heaps to cover off on that side of
the Tessman. I didn't want to miss the chance we
bumped you yesterday, Adam, because we had an hour with
the All Blacks coach, so we didn't really want to
break that up. Do you think it was the right
move to bump you for razor?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Just another blatant disregard Australianism from teaways and everything like that, now,
completely understand man, Hope it all went well with it.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It didn't make sure. I think you're half right actually,
but let's move on anyway. To Joe Schmidt, Scott Robertson's
counterpart and soon to be opponent in the coaching box,
getting ready for his first test as Wallaby's coach. Australia
played Wales and Sydney next Saturday, Melbourne the following Saturday,
then Rugby Championship. Of course, how are optimism levels among
Australian rugby fans.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Yeah, not great, given what happened in the World Cup
last year, and given I mean this, Joe Swili is
coming over from rugby league next year, but conversely with
from Marky Park and Carter Gordon to rugby league the
Wallabies I'm talking about. So yeah, it's a difficult time
for Joe Schmidt because he's got a few things to
(01:40):
weigh up about. How much does he rely on the
overs of players, how much does he rely on players
that aren't going to be here next year? Like where's
the priority to get it right now, to get it
right in twenty twenty five, to get it right to
the next World Cup. So I think he's made a
fair call with the guys that are going to league
just leave him out. But even though he said Carter
(02:02):
Gordon might not have been in the squad full stop
because the other fly Hearts are going, okay and opinion,
but yeah, it's a really tough one. The balance he's chosen.
He's gone wide he's gone thirty eight, so yeah, he's
picked apart what's happened in Super Rugby so far, and
he's going to go with this and it's a good
way to Wales will be an opponent, Georgia the opponent
(02:22):
as well, especially in the forward battle. But yeah, it's
expectations aren't exactly an all time high. Let me say
that Ponty all right.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Was Is there any school of thought around that he
can't possibly be worse than the last bloke.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I think everyone in the rugby is thankful that the
circus that came with Eddie in the last twelve months
is not apparent. It's just not there. So this guy
is just a rugby coach and sure he's going to
be good with the press, is going to be forthright
with his opinions, but all the other stuff that's going on,
like for him standing in a kubra at the departures
(02:59):
gate saying that it's the worst press conference he's ever had.
I can't imagine a world we live in which Joe
Smith does that. So yeah, I think everyone's now trying
to move on quickly because straying to rugby needs a
bit of help At the moment, they need, the want
is to be successful as part of it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
All right, look forward to seeing how they go in
their first couple of assignments. State of Origin two almost
a complete reversal of Game one. You southwal was bouncing
back from a thirty eighteen loss in Game one to
win thirty eight to eighteen in game two. Obviously a
lot easier to play rugby league with thirteen not twelve.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, yeah, made that point. Yeah, it was a fantastic performance.
A lot of people are saying it's the greatest ever
half of Origin football that one team has produced, and
it's hard to think of a better one in terms
of just outrageously good play wherever you look at it
without the ball, the things they were doing to set
(03:54):
up opportunities, the things they were doing to nullifly opportunities
for Queensland. It was just brutal and they just tanked
up the middle of the of the field. They outdid
them for run meets in that first half, played double
and yeah, they got on a roll and Queensland just
couldn't compete. So yeah, it's a hard one a way
up there for the second the third game, because a
(04:14):
lot of people are saying, oh, well that the Queensland
did well in the second half and that carries on
to the third game. Queensland have some colt stadia and
to look forward to New South Wales and now I
just got to back that up. Can they back that
up all? But with questions it set it up beautifully
for the third game in a couple of weeks time.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, I saw a stand and you've probably seen similar
stats that New South Wales haven't won an Origin decider
in Brisbane since two thousand and five. But I mean
these things only mean so much, don't they. I mean
New South Wales may well go there and win.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Well. Michael Maguire, the coach, was asked about that right
after the game. He said, well, the proves it's been done,
so yeah, I get that. I mean we can send them,
we can send people to the moon. Just because it
hasn't been known why, it doesn't mean we can't do it.
So yeah, I guess you're taking that route. But yeah,
it's not like all of history hecks that is on
(05:05):
New Southwest, but it's a plenty of long time and
there's a reason for it, and that's because Queen Bland
lift like you would not believe at that ground.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, oh, I can't wait for a decide. Everyone loves
a decider, Everyone loves a Game three decider. We look
forward to that T twenty Cricket World Cup and you're
a champions beating South Africa this morning. Australia didn't make
it out of the Super eights into the Simneys. I
guess that has to be considered a bit of a
mediocre tournament, does it? Not making the final four?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Oh, it's a failure. Yeah. For Australia, not making a
semi final of any cricket competition, men's or women's is
a failure and that's what that is. And to me,
it all came down to one selection. They left out
Mitch dark to the game against Afghanistan, preferring to go
with two spinners, which you know, it's fine if they
want to, but don't leave out Mitch Darker takes wickets
in the power play up the front and Afghanistan put
(05:49):
on a century partnership at the top of the order
with their two best batters that they don't have the
greatest depth to their batting, they've got a really good
bowling unit and they're very good in the field now
but batting is not their strength and for some unknown
reason the Australia selectors left out Mitch Starker has taken
more white ball wickets than any other bowler in the
history of Australian cricket. Anyway, digress Australia wasn't good enough
(06:11):
to get through, that's fair enough. Afghanistan played there final.
In that game got built by South Africa and South Africa.
They did thirty or thirty to win the final. Overnight
never won an ICC final I think since Champions Trophy
ninety ninety eight. But they've failed in World Cup finals,
semi finals all the time. So they finally got through
the final. But then India found a way with Jasper Boomer,
(06:34):
player of the tournament. If he wasn't played at the tournament,
don't know who officially was he doesn't he wasn't plarted
of the tournament. Well, the people who were watching and
giving a reward were. We got caught up in the
old caravan rum. I think because he was spectacular. He
was so good Boomer and basically carried India to a
big victory.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
South Africa should have won that game. Though they should
have won the game they had it they had it.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Yeah, but South Africa in big cricket games and India like, okay,
we can bag out South Africa for bottling it, but
I mean Jasper Boomra when he's got the ball in
this tournament, he's proven that he's the man and he
makes it very very hard. And they got someone spt
of their bowling India And look overall, I think the
(07:19):
ISS got what they wanted because they've fixed the draw
to make sure they knew when India were playing, and
they fixed the drawer to make sure that the biggest
TV audience in India could be aggregated, and they got
what they wanted.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
So there indeed, all right, just to finish one of
just check in on the soccer Ruse. They have had
the qualifying path to the next FIFA World Cup solidified.
They're in a sixteen group with Japan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
China and Indonesia. There are three groups of sex. What
do they have to do to qualify because there's about
a million teams of the World Cup now, so they're.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Broken it really down. I think it's top two goes
great through, so that's fixed, and then the other three
I think whittle themselves down through other spots or no,
the next two in the group go through. I don't know,
top two that's what you need to do. Stralia, they're
not worry about all that other garbage in a couple
(08:16):
of years time. But it's not going to be easy.
It's Saudi Arabia away, Japan wherever you play them difficult,
and some tricky opponents away from home like Indonesia and
China as well. So yeah, it's not the it's not
skate through. But that's Asian all at the moment, it's
improving all the time. A lot of the Southeast Asian
nations are putting money into developing players, like Indonesia. As
(08:39):
we saw at the last Asian Cup they were pretty good.
So yeah, it won't be a case of just rocking
up to this. I'll have to have their best players
available all the time and in order to be able
to qualify automatically.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
So it's home and away against other five teams. So
it's a team team, a team game group basically, and
top two go automatically through. So on rankings, Japan and Australia.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Long ail road, Yeah, Japan and Australia. But Saudi Arabia
have fallen off a cliff, but they can turn things
around with the right coach. I think roverto Manchini was
the coach last time I checked. I don't know if
you're still a case because they change them all the
time over there. But yeah, it won't be an easy
proposition because Saudi football has got so much money going
into it at the moment, so you can't help but
(09:18):
think that that's going to improve their national team eventually.
So wait and see what happens, but it'll be I've
just got a feeling it will come down the last
game as usual for the soccerus and see what happens.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
All right, Well, we'll like keeping on that as we
will all Australian sporting matters with you. Back to your
regular slot on Saturday next weekend, mate, we'll catch up then.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Sounds good. Pinty cheers mate, Thank.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
You, Adam. Adam Piccotck our Australian correspondent normally Saturday's one
forty five, but later and on a different day this week.
But back to his regular slot next Saturday.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk z'b weekends from midday, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine
from Newstalks EDB. You be the TMO. Have your say
on eight hundred and eighty ten eighty Weekend Sport with
Jason Pin and GJ. Garnnerholmes, New Zealand's most trusted home
builder News Talks MB.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Just coming up twenty six away from three. Australian correspondent
to Adam Peacock is with us a day later than usual,
but with heaps to cover off on that side of
the Tessman. I didn't want to miss the chance we
bumped you yesterday, Adam, because we had an hour with
the All Blacks coach, so we didn't really want to
break that up. Do you think it was the right
move to bump you for razor?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Just another blatant disregard Australianism from teaways and everything like that, now,
completely understand man, Hope it all went well with it.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It didn't make sure. I think you're half right actually,
but let's move on anyway. To Joe Schmidt, Scott Robertson's
counterpart and soon to be opponent in the coaching box,
getting ready for his first test as Wallaby's coach. Australia
played Wales and Sydney next Saturday, Melbourne the following Saturday,
then Rugby Championship. Of course, how are optimism levels among
Australian rugby fans.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Yeah, not great, given what happened in the World Cup
last year, and given I mean this, Joe Swili is
coming over from rugby league next year, but conversely with
from Marky Park and Carter Gordon to rugby league the
Wallabies I'm talking about. So yeah, it's a difficult time
for Joe Schmidt because he's got a few things to
(01:40):
weigh up about. How much does he rely on the
overs of players, how much does he rely on players
that aren't going to be here next year? Like where's
the priority to get it right now, to get it
right in twenty twenty five, to get it right to
the next World Cup. So I think he's made a
fair call with the guys that are going to league
just leave him out. But even though he said Carter
(02:02):
Gordon might not have been in the squad full stop
because the other fly Hearts are going, okay and opinion,
but yeah, it's a really tough one. The balance he's chosen.
He's gone wide he's gone thirty eight, so yeah, he's
picked apart what's happened in Super Rugby so far, and
he's going to go with this and it's a good
way to Wales will be an opponent, Georgia the opponent
(02:22):
as well, especially in the forward battle. But yeah, it's
expectations aren't exactly an all time high. Let me say
that Ponty all right.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Was Is there any school of thought around that he
can't possibly be worse than the last bloke.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I think everyone in the rugby is thankful that the
circus that came with Eddie in the last twelve months
is not apparent. It's just not there. So this guy
is just a rugby coach and sure he's going to
be good with the press, is going to be forthright
with his opinions, but all the other stuff that's going on,
like for him standing in a kubra at the departures
(02:59):
gate saying that it's the worst press conference he's ever had.
I can't imagine a world we live in which Joe
Smith does that. So yeah, I think everyone's now trying
to move on quickly because straying to rugby needs a
bit of help At the moment, they need, the want
is to be successful as part of it.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
All right, look forward to seeing how they go in
their first couple of assignments. State of Origin two almost
a complete reversal of Game one. You southwal was bouncing
back from a thirty eighteen loss in Game one to
win thirty eight to eighteen in game two. Obviously a
lot easier to play rugby league with thirteen not twelve.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, yeah, made that point. Yeah, it was a fantastic performance.
A lot of people are saying it's the greatest ever
half of Origin football that one team has produced, and
it's hard to think of a better one in terms
of just outrageously good play wherever you look at it
without the ball, the things they were doing to set
(03:54):
up opportunities, the things they were doing to nullifly opportunities
for Queensland. It was just brutal and they just tanked
up the middle of the of the field. They outdid
them for run meets in that first half, played double
and yeah, they got on a roll and Queensland just
couldn't compete. So yeah, it's a hard one a way
up there for the second the third game, because a
(04:14):
lot of people are saying, oh, well that the Queensland
did well in the second half and that carries on
to the third game. Queensland have some colt stadia and
to look forward to New South Wales and now I
just got to back that up. Can they back that
up all? But with questions it set it up beautifully
for the third game in a couple of weeks time.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, I saw a stand and you've probably seen similar
stats that New South Wales haven't won an Origin decider
in Brisbane since two thousand and five. But I mean
these things only mean so much, don't they. I mean
New South Wales may well go there and win.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Well. Michael Maguire, the coach, was asked about that right
after the game. He said, well, the proves it's been done,
so yeah, I get that. I mean we can send them,
we can send people to the moon. Just because it
hasn't been known why, it doesn't mean we can't do it.
So yeah, I guess you're taking that route. But yeah,
it's not like all of history hecks that is on
(05:05):
New Southwest, but it's a plenty of long time and
there's a reason for it, and that's because Queen Bland
lift like you would not believe at that ground.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, oh, I can't wait for a decide. Everyone loves
a decider, Everyone loves a Game three decider. We look
forward to that T twenty Cricket World Cup and you're
a champions beating South Africa this morning. Australia didn't make
it out of the Super eights into the Simneys. I
guess that has to be considered a bit of a
mediocre tournament, does it? Not making the final four?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Oh, it's a failure. Yeah. For Australia, not making a
semi final of any cricket competition, men's or women's is
a failure and that's what that is. And to me,
it all came down to one selection. They left out
Mitch dark to the game against Afghanistan, preferring to go
with two spinners, which you know, it's fine if they
want to, but don't leave out Mitch Darker takes wickets
in the power play up the front and Afghanistan put
(05:49):
on a century partnership at the top of the order
with their two best batters that they don't have the
greatest depth to their batting, they've got a really good
bowling unit and they're very good in the field now
but batting is not their strength and for some unknown
reason the Australia selectors left out Mitch Starker has taken
more white ball wickets than any other bowler in the
history of Australian cricket. Anyway, digress Australia wasn't good enough
(06:11):
to get through, that's fair enough. Afghanistan played there final.
In that game got built by South Africa and South Africa.
They did thirty or thirty to win the final. Overnight
never won an ICC final I think since Champions Trophy
ninety ninety eight. But they've failed in World Cup finals,
semi finals all the time. So they finally got through
the final. But then India found a way with Jasper Boomer,
(06:34):
player of the tournament. If he wasn't played at the tournament,
don't know who officially was he doesn't he wasn't plarted
of the tournament. Well, the people who were watching and
giving a reward were. We got caught up in the
old caravan rum. I think because he was spectacular. He
was so good Boomer and basically carried India to a
big victory.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
South Africa should have won that game. Though they should
have won the game they had it they had it.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Yeah, but South Africa in big cricket games and India like, okay,
we can bag out South Africa for bottling it, but
I mean Jasper Boomra when he's got the ball in
this tournament, he's proven that he's the man and he
makes it very very hard. And they got someone spt
of their bowling India And look overall, I think the
(07:19):
ISS got what they wanted because they've fixed the draw
to make sure they knew when India were playing, and
they fixed the drawer to make sure that the biggest
TV audience in India could be aggregated, and they got
what they wanted.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
So there indeed, all right, just to finish one of
just check in on the soccer Ruse. They have had
the qualifying path to the next FIFA World Cup solidified.
They're in a sixteen group with Japan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
China and Indonesia. There are three groups of sex. What
do they have to do to qualify because there's about
a million teams of the World Cup now, so they're.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Broken it really down. I think it's top two goes
great through, so that's fixed, and then the other three
I think whittle themselves down through other spots or no,
the next two in the group go through. I don't know,
top two that's what you need to do. Stralia, they're
not worry about all that other garbage in a couple
(08:16):
of years time. But it's not going to be easy.
It's Saudi Arabia away, Japan wherever you play them difficult,
and some tricky opponents away from home like Indonesia and
China as well. So yeah, it's not the it's not
skate through. But that's Asian all at the moment, it's
improving all the time. A lot of the Southeast Asian
nations are putting money into developing players, like Indonesia. As
(08:39):
we saw at the last Asian Cup they were pretty good.
So yeah, it won't be a case of just rocking
up to this. I'll have to have their best players
available all the time and in order to be able
to qualify automatically.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
So it's home and away against other five teams. So
it's a team team, a team game group basically, and
top two go automatically through. So on rankings, Japan and Australia.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Long ail road, Yeah, Japan and Australia. But Saudi Arabia
have fallen off a cliff, but they can turn things
around with the right coach. I think roverto Manchini was
the coach last time I checked. I don't know if
you're still a case because they change them all the
time over there. But yeah, it won't be an easy
proposition because Saudi football has got so much money going
into it at the moment, so you can't help but
(09:18):
think that that's going to improve their national team eventually.
So wait and see what happens, but it'll be I've
just got a feeling it will come down the last
game as usual for the soccerus and see what happens.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
All right, Well, we'll like keeping on that as we
will all Australian sporting matters with you. Back to your
regular slot on Saturday next weekend, mate, we'll catch up then.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Sounds good. Pinty cheers mate, Thank.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
You, Adam. Adam Piccotck our Australian correspondent normally Saturday's one
forty five, but later and on a different day this week.
But back to his regular slot next Saturday.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk z'b weekends from midday, or follow the
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