October 25, 2024 • 7 mins
The ban on David Warner has now been lifted.
Cricket Australia has removed his lifetime leadership ban, meaning he’s now allowed to captain Australian teams once more.
Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock joined Jason Pine for a chat about the fallout of that decision, and to dig into what happened to West Australia in their One Dayer against Tasmania.
“What happened in Cape Town was obviously horrible and it was bad for Australian cricket, and a light got shone where a light should have been shone a while ago – it’s done. It's over, everyone's moved on.”
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Bene
from Newstalk zb.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
To across the Tessaman and Peacock are Australian correspondent. How
are you mate?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good? Tiny yourself on very good.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Things, Very good? A couple of issues to kick around
with you. David Warner free to captain Australian cricket teams again.
How has this been received?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
It was a story that kind of wasn't really in
the national consciousness before Cricket Australia came out and with
a statement out of nowhere saying life Dan lifted. I
was under this understanding that it was done oh months
ago it was all okay. And I actually had on
a podcast over here Trent Copelan, who has just taken
(00:49):
over the GM role with Sydney Thunder, and I asked
him point blank and said does this mean Davey cam captain?
And he was kind of coy and started laughing about it.
He goes, oh, we'll have those discussions when we get
closer to the season. Now, to me, that sounds like
it was always going to be that Dave warn who
was going to captain the Sydney Thunder. This Big Bash edition.
So I don't think it's an issue. Look what happened
(01:11):
in Cape Town was obviously horrible and it was bad
for Australian cricket and a light got sewan where a
light should have been shown a while ago. It's done,
it's over, everyone's moved on. Steve Smith's captain Australia since
so why couldn't Davey? So do you go? I don't
think he's going to captain Australia, but he's definitely going
to be able to captain some big bush bash cricket,
which is good.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
He's even still in the Australian Does he still play
T twenty cricket for Australia for the national team or not?
Does he just now big bash kind of freelance, you know,
go around the world play for whoever kind of play out.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah, he's I think he's available for T twenty cricket
for the national team, and he's probably going to be
chosen if if the team was picked tomorrow, for instance,
they're playing Pakistan in a two twenty series soon. I
can't remember if he was selected. And it so much
happens in cricket, but put it this way and the
kind of cycles of it dormant at the moment because
(02:03):
there's not a World Cup on the horizon. We've just
one of those. But if he's still going good in
franchise cricket, there's no reason why he wouldn't be in consideration,
I think for a T twenty World Cup, but beyond that,
no fifty over World Cup. He threw something clipping out
this week about oh yeah, if they can't decide on
a Test Open, I'm still available. That's not going to happen.
(02:24):
I think he was having a bit of fun with
that one. But yeah, he's still around Australian cricket and
he's going to commentate a lot this summer as well,
so it's interesting to hear his observations on the game.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Absolutely, did you catch this Western Australian collapse against tas
Mayna at the Wacker?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
They did.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
They lose eight wickets for one run and that one
run was a wide.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I think it was nine for one if I'm not mistaken. Yeah,
it was like six ducks in a row and I
watched it and it was it was horrible. It was
a mix between great bowling and some brainless padding. So yeah,
that is so unwo. They have been the benchmark for
Australian domestic cricket over the last three years. They basically
won everything. If they don't win a trophy, they're in
(03:08):
the finals. So how this has come about I do
not know, because they've produced the glut of Australian debutantes
in the last five ten years as far as the
men side of things go. So this is very much
an outliner and it's against Daszy so Tazzy beat him
in the sorry Wa won the Shield last year, the
Shield Final against Tasmania in the West and a couple
(03:29):
of months later they come out and do that in
a one day game. It was pretty.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Funny, absolutely crazy stuff, all right. Couple of other metters,
there's some rugby league double hitter and christ Church tomorrow
our men and women against the Australian men and women.
Has this got any cut through on your side of
the tesman?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Not a heap like it's still got some attention, but
it hasn't. Really. It's not the forefront of rugby league
stories this week. There's more stories about player movement within
the NRL and this goes to show where the priorities
are again for international rugby league. It is not the priority.
It's still something good and don't get wrong. I mean
(04:07):
it's the game against Tongo last week. It's still rated
I think one point five million overall when you're some
some of them all up around the country. We're watching
the game at some point, so they're pretty good ratings.
Not to be sniffed up, but it's yeah, it's not
from page back page, put it that way. Far from it.
What's it like over.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
There, Yeah, it's it's a little bit the same. It's
a kind of a funny time for it as well.
You know, the NRL season obviously captures a lot of
attention and then there's been you know, a bit of
a break and people sort of forget about rugby league
and you know we're thinking about cricket and other bits
and pieces now. But yeah, it's but look, I think
the game, the game's plural. Tomorrow and christ Church are
sold out, so that's a good sign. And yeah, I
(04:47):
think you know tomorrow we'll feature on the radio and
look forward to it. But yeah, it's not like it's
not absolutely front page back page news, but like your
side of the tesk, but maybe a little bit more
over here, because we're hosting.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, and this is the time of view where everyone
kind of branches off and you know that we pay
a lot of attention to footag in the winter. But
as you say, cricket, a league football, if you're into that,
which I mean you definitely are horse racing, Big Cox
plait here today down in Melbourne, motor racing. Baptist was
on a couple of weeks ago. So yeah, it's when
(05:21):
you go and tap into your other interests as well
this time of year. So it's hard to kind of
pay attention in that. There's got a lot of focus
over six months.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Indeed, just we mention a leg there. We spoke last week.
I was at the Auckland f C the very first
game for Auckland FC. Are really good occasion. You were
at the Sydney Derby last Saturday night.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
How was that?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Likewise it was great, great occasion, good atmosphere, open game,
interesting game. I think Sydney would have better side and
they got the result, but Western Sydney found a way
to make it, make it close towards the end. In
Sydney are the one I can honestly say. The Sydney
Auckland Grand Final. If we sat here right now, Auckland
have got a great squad and if they're going to
get support like that, you tell me Piney are they're
(06:04):
going to get that in the seventh home game. That
kind of atmosphere, that's the trick to the administration, that's
what they're aiming for. But you've got to Melbourne Derby
here tonight as well. I'll be watching that. That'll go
off down in Melbourne. But yeah, Auckland, you reckon they'll
be able to maintain that kind of atmosphere because if
they do, it's just a wonderful thing for the ALA.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I think they will. Yeah, I actually do think that
they will. Obviously, Sydney are there tomorrow, so it's Auckland
the FC Sydney you see tomorrow the Corriker Derby as
they're calling it. You know, I've heard very very positive
messaging around ticket sales for tomorrow. It's a long weekend
here in New Zealand, so I few people have left
Auckland and gone to you know, far flung places to
(06:44):
their holiday batches and things like that. But no, I'm
hearing good things and yeah, man, if they can, if
they can recapture it, across as you say, across a
twelve or thirteen game home season, then yeah, no reason
why they can't continue the momentum.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And that's the thing about a league football. If you
turn on the television, and with all due respect to
some other clubs, and you turn it on and all
you can see is empty seats because that's aside, the
sun's on, it's too hot to see in it, and
the atmosphere doesn't really sing through the television. Immediately you're
put on the back foot, subconsciously, consciously, all of that.
But you turn it on and the things jumping. Immediately
you think, oh, this football's all right, no matter what's
(07:18):
going on on the rectangle with the eleven classes against
eleven players that you you're fed, your senses are said
by what's happening with the crowd. So hopefully organd can.
I'm pumped about watching it all Wellington Derby ever they
got the name of it, KeyWe Classico or.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Something that's a that's a terrible name, isn't it. That's
an awful I can tell you. I can tell it
right now. We're up for using that in television commentry.
It we'll think of something much better than that hey,
betterfly and I'm always good to get to you mate.
Let's do it again next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
That was good.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Thanks buying tug it mate, by That's dam Peacocks.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk said B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Bene
from Newstalk zb.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
To across the Tessaman and Peacock are Australian correspondent. How
are you mate?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good? Tiny yourself on very good.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Things, Very good? A couple of issues to kick around
with you. David Warner free to captain Australian cricket teams again.
How has this been received?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
It was a story that kind of wasn't really in
the national consciousness before Cricket Australia came out and with
a statement out of nowhere saying life Dan lifted. I
was under this understanding that it was done oh months
ago it was all okay. And I actually had on
a podcast over here Trent Copelan, who has just taken
(00:49):
over the GM role with Sydney Thunder, and I asked
him point blank and said does this mean Davey cam captain?
And he was kind of coy and started laughing about it.
He goes, oh, we'll have those discussions when we get
closer to the season. Now, to me, that sounds like
it was always going to be that Dave warn who
was going to captain the Sydney Thunder. This Big Bash edition.
So I don't think it's an issue. Look what happened
(01:11):
in Cape Town was obviously horrible and it was bad
for Australian cricket and a light got sewan where a
light should have been shown a while ago. It's done,
it's over, everyone's moved on. Steve Smith's captain Australia since
so why couldn't Davey? So do you go? I don't
think he's going to captain Australia, but he's definitely going
to be able to captain some big bush bash cricket,
which is good.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
He's even still in the Australian Does he still play
T twenty cricket for Australia for the national team or not?
Does he just now big bash kind of freelance, you know,
go around the world play for whoever kind of play out.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah, he's I think he's available for T twenty cricket
for the national team, and he's probably going to be
chosen if if the team was picked tomorrow, for instance,
they're playing Pakistan in a two twenty series soon. I
can't remember if he was selected. And it so much
happens in cricket, but put it this way and the
kind of cycles of it dormant at the moment because
(02:03):
there's not a World Cup on the horizon. We've just
one of those. But if he's still going good in
franchise cricket, there's no reason why he wouldn't be in consideration,
I think for a T twenty World Cup, but beyond that,
no fifty over World Cup. He threw something clipping out
this week about oh yeah, if they can't decide on
a Test Open, I'm still available. That's not going to happen.
(02:24):
I think he was having a bit of fun with
that one. But yeah, he's still around Australian cricket and
he's going to commentate a lot this summer as well,
so it's interesting to hear his observations on the game.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Absolutely, did you catch this Western Australian collapse against tas
Mayna at the Wacker?
Speaker 3 (02:41):
They did.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
They lose eight wickets for one run and that one
run was a wide.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I think it was nine for one if I'm not mistaken. Yeah,
it was like six ducks in a row and I
watched it and it was it was horrible. It was
a mix between great bowling and some brainless padding. So yeah,
that is so unwo. They have been the benchmark for
Australian domestic cricket over the last three years. They basically
won everything. If they don't win a trophy, they're in
(03:08):
the finals. So how this has come about I do
not know, because they've produced the glut of Australian debutantes
in the last five ten years as far as the
men side of things go. So this is very much
an outliner and it's against Daszy so Tazzy beat him
in the sorry Wa won the Shield last year, the
Shield Final against Tasmania in the West and a couple
(03:29):
of months later they come out and do that in
a one day game. It was pretty.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Funny, absolutely crazy stuff, all right. Couple of other metters,
there's some rugby league double hitter and christ Church tomorrow
our men and women against the Australian men and women.
Has this got any cut through on your side of
the tesman?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Not a heap like it's still got some attention, but
it hasn't. Really. It's not the forefront of rugby league
stories this week. There's more stories about player movement within
the NRL and this goes to show where the priorities
are again for international rugby league. It is not the priority.
It's still something good and don't get wrong. I mean
(04:07):
it's the game against Tongo last week. It's still rated
I think one point five million overall when you're some
some of them all up around the country. We're watching
the game at some point, so they're pretty good ratings.
Not to be sniffed up, but it's yeah, it's not
from page back page, put it that way. Far from it.
What's it like over.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
There, Yeah, it's it's a little bit the same. It's
a kind of a funny time for it as well.
You know, the NRL season obviously captures a lot of
attention and then there's been you know, a bit of
a break and people sort of forget about rugby league
and you know we're thinking about cricket and other bits
and pieces now. But yeah, it's but look, I think
the game, the game's plural. Tomorrow and christ Church are
sold out, so that's a good sign. And yeah, I
(04:47):
think you know tomorrow we'll feature on the radio and
look forward to it. But yeah, it's not like it's
not absolutely front page back page news, but like your
side of the tesk, but maybe a little bit more
over here, because we're hosting.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, and this is the time of view where everyone
kind of branches off and you know that we pay
a lot of attention to footag in the winter. But
as you say, cricket, a league football, if you're into that,
which I mean you definitely are horse racing, Big Cox
plait here today down in Melbourne, motor racing. Baptist was
on a couple of weeks ago. So yeah, it's when
(05:21):
you go and tap into your other interests as well
this time of year. So it's hard to kind of
pay attention in that. There's got a lot of focus
over six months.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Indeed, just we mention a leg there. We spoke last week.
I was at the Auckland f C the very first
game for Auckland FC. Are really good occasion. You were
at the Sydney Derby last Saturday night.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
How was that?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Likewise it was great, great occasion, good atmosphere, open game,
interesting game. I think Sydney would have better side and
they got the result, but Western Sydney found a way
to make it, make it close towards the end. In
Sydney are the one I can honestly say. The Sydney
Auckland Grand Final. If we sat here right now, Auckland
have got a great squad and if they're going to
get support like that, you tell me Piney are they're
(06:04):
going to get that in the seventh home game. That
kind of atmosphere, that's the trick to the administration, that's
what they're aiming for. But you've got to Melbourne Derby
here tonight as well. I'll be watching that. That'll go
off down in Melbourne. But yeah, Auckland, you reckon they'll
be able to maintain that kind of atmosphere because if
they do, it's just a wonderful thing for the ALA.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I think they will. Yeah, I actually do think that
they will. Obviously, Sydney are there tomorrow, so it's Auckland
the FC Sydney you see tomorrow the Corriker Derby as
they're calling it. You know, I've heard very very positive
messaging around ticket sales for tomorrow. It's a long weekend
here in New Zealand, so I few people have left
Auckland and gone to you know, far flung places to
(06:44):
their holiday batches and things like that. But no, I'm
hearing good things and yeah, man, if they can, if
they can recapture it, across as you say, across a
twelve or thirteen game home season, then yeah, no reason
why they can't continue the momentum.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And that's the thing about a league football. If you
turn on the television, and with all due respect to
some other clubs, and you turn it on and all
you can see is empty seats because that's aside, the
sun's on, it's too hot to see in it, and
the atmosphere doesn't really sing through the television. Immediately you're
put on the back foot, subconsciously, consciously, all of that.
But you turn it on and the things jumping. Immediately
you think, oh, this football's all right, no matter what's
(07:18):
going on on the rectangle with the eleven classes against
eleven players that you you're fed, your senses are said
by what's happening with the crowd. So hopefully organd can.
I'm pumped about watching it all Wellington Derby ever they
got the name of it, KeyWe Classico or.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Something that's a that's a terrible name, isn't it. That's
an awful I can tell you. I can tell it
right now. We're up for using that in television commentry.
It we'll think of something much better than that hey,
betterfly and I'm always good to get to you mate.
Let's do it again next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
That was good.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Thanks buying tug it mate, by That's dam Peacocks.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to News Talk said B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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