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chose the rainiest weekend of the

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my hora de on Saturday I

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solicit your instagram that Iran's I

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strive to the other side the headland doesn't want house

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hot and i like all of us dislike

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for ourselves up the call it by to

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the front less time on it was that

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you could hear that are coming out of

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it through like okay time to speak for

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guys like we there has been attained time.

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the car. Meanwhile, a thunderstorm is the

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with ascertained the tires could with strong

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independent with it and and subway like

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this is fine A we got the

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tire on. who saw that getting

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asking for the whoop the rain stops that

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the brain returns since done by that point

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where we have been on the to our

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high to cross and to myths cool more

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during a storm last one is the go

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slipped down a hill very clean charles's that

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was her fault for were increased houses. Actually

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three people out of the six walk cream

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trousers. Like I say we're countryside people but

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what were we doing? You wear cream trousers?

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No come on I'm not a rookie. I

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had my walking boots on, I had my

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rain jacket. I was like guys this is

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nothing come on. This is how you do

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it. What is the pro? Literally got

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back to the car we were like this is fine. Went

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to turn on the car, the

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battery died. The battery died? I

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was like how's the battery died? And the tyre

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was fine at this point and

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then we were trying to jump start the

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car and luckily some man in the car

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park, his dad, instincts kicked in

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and he was like could you guys need some help? And we

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were like yes please help us. So literally

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by that point jump started the car, managed

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to get it home. It was

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genuinely soaking like my friends had to sit in

4:47

the back in just basically their

4:49

pants because everyone was dripping through. Like we

4:52

were sitting on like plastic bags and towels in

4:54

the back of the car. So it was a

4:56

bit of a nightmare but actually today

4:58

was really nice weather and I got to go for

5:00

a spin in the sea. So it was one of

5:02

those days but if you were with the wrong company

5:04

it would have been awful but because I was with my

5:06

friends it was okay. How are you

5:08

doing? How's your car?

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My car survived. I took a very

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very expensive trip to a

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well-known tyre repairrs

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and they did a wonderful job. You made it back

5:20

in one piece. I did. It was

5:22

a great journey back. I'm all ready for work tomorrow

5:25

and you know what I'm most disgusted about is

5:27

that the people I was holidaying with aren't

5:29

really cricket people. So it's the

5:31

most painful thing ever to then look at

5:34

the WPL scores and see people tweeting we

5:36

have experienced some of the best franchise cricket

5:38

we've ever seen. So I've been having to

5:40

wake up early to sneak

5:42

on the WPL highlight so I can re-watch

5:45

these games and pretend I'm

5:47

watching them live because they were so

5:49

good. Well I

5:51

can say that my weekend was not as entertaining

5:53

as yours. That is for sure. Oh My

5:56

goodness, I had to wake up at three o'clock on

5:58

Thursday and Friday and I Don't think... And

6:00

wanna do that again? Cook Islands covering

6:02

the despatched. And. Then I wake

6:05

up at five o'clock on Saturday and

6:07

Sunday and. Safe to say I

6:09

slept a lot to Monday after this house

6:11

is like do not just that with a

6:13

least England helps you out by losing the

6:15

test much within three days. Yeah they help

6:17

me out. although I did want them to

6:19

lease like carry on through till Sunday cause

6:21

I once had one of my colleagues. I

6:23

have to wake up for half an hour

6:25

at three o'clock consistency off it other other

6:27

leg and then I'll stop thought. I'd

6:29

made such a rookie era. Oh. My. God. I've

6:32

been doing this wrong for like a year now, right? And

6:34

you to so odorless? At.

6:36

Three thirty or for a club I think roach

6:38

or my gets his hundred and from like I

6:41

got my graphics freddie already like ahead of the

6:43

game and everything. I've posted it.

6:46

Knowing that I've gone on to that him

6:48

as Twitter account and worms him as instagram

6:50

account. Supposed. To the

6:52

and I've I've gone into the system and has input

6:54

well as.mans like the our votes off as up. And

6:57

then I'm like getting face of notifications

6:59

and I might as well face but

7:02

made face of either. I posted a

7:04

to face it. Learns.

7:06

A sec and I realize the image

7:08

I posted on Instagram had actually gone

7:10

from my own personal account. and I'm

7:12

it leaked to my own personal faith.

7:14

The suddenly on my own personal account

7:16

that his breath as it could say

7:18

he wrote several scored of Under It

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and music. Something

7:22

snow on the phone the wrong accounting weeks ago

7:24

and the two of us the gap and let's

7:26

use it out on Instagram run into issues rest

7:29

his Instagram to see the i'll hopefully no one

7:31

seen it but it was like four o'clock in

7:33

the morning. Some happy but yeah I posted the

7:35

graphic from my own account which was. well

7:38

maybe but some are would see it and

7:40

go wow i'm so father cult subsequent on

7:42

and mrs hauser he lives he was so

7:44

happy for me up for that she's made

7:47

a graphic for me like what have i

7:49

got this as a case about the us

7:51

at san i realize i was like i

7:53

say this is redeveloped on a yearly never

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happen and then i spoke to with my

7:57

friends and he is like it's all the

7:59

first day I came in, apparently he

8:02

tweeted the first 10 tweets from his

8:04

own personal Twitter account as opposed to

8:06

the PM's account. I mean, it was

8:08

easily done, I realised. It's

8:10

a genuine fear. Like, I have

8:12

so much fear that I post things to

8:14

wrong accounts a lot of the time because

8:16

I still have some non-public accounts which aren't

8:18

to do with critic and then sometimes I'm

8:21

like, have I just posted a picture of

8:23

me shoving greater teeth in my mouth on

8:25

my main story with like 3000

8:27

followers? This is not a good... But it's

8:30

usually fine. I actually have sleep text

8:32

sometimes. I have done that as well.

8:34

Oh my gosh. When you're in your

8:36

dream, you're texting in your dream and then

8:38

you accidentally pick up the phone on your bedside

8:40

table and text it. I just texted my friends

8:42

once being like spiders in shed, watch out.

8:45

What? What? Like,

8:47

I still have to put my phone away from

8:49

me now because I'm scared of uploading things on

8:51

my Instagram story in my sleep. Honestly,

8:55

this is the Gen Z dilemma.

8:57

We're so addicted to our phones,

8:59

we're sleep texting. Oh

9:01

my God, what's the world coming to? Now,

9:04

we're about seven minutes into this podcast and

9:06

we haven't really spoken about the crickets. So

9:10

we'll get into that. We've missed a few

9:12

games because we haven't been able to do

9:14

as regular updates this past week. So we've

9:16

both been busy and as I said, I've

9:18

been on holiday, but we're on a pretty

9:20

exciting point where two of us, when this

9:22

podcast comes out, it might

9:24

already be decided, but at the time

9:27

we're recording this on Monday evening, Good

9:29

Direct Giants are still in it, but

9:31

basically if RCB win tomorrow slash today

9:34

slash yesterday, depending on what time this

9:36

podcast comes out, we'll see RCB. Basically

9:38

it was the RCB three to the

9:40

knockouts alongside Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians.

9:43

So two of those sides in the

9:45

top three as last year, but RCB

9:48

have the chance to get through. I

9:50

mean, I mentioned it earlier, but we

9:52

have probably had the best few games

9:55

of WPL and just franchise cricket in

9:57

general over these last four,

9:59

five. games like to do a

10:01

bit of a summary to people who

10:03

missed out on them on Thursday in

10:05

the game between Deli capitals and UP

10:07

Warriors I just want to

10:09

say how how and Deli on my team

10:11

how guys did they lose from

10:13

needing like 14 of 12 ish

10:16

with like six wicked nands like they were 124

10:18

for five to

10:21

137 all out collapsing out I

10:24

just couldn't comprehend it and

10:27

even watching the highlights I was like I

10:29

know I know the school that UP Warriors won

10:31

this one but I still don't know how they've

10:33

won this one how did this happen like how

10:35

is it possible yeah well I think

10:37

that's what you call the collapse right yeah I

10:39

mean it was it was total head loss and

10:42

Grace Harris it was great from

10:44

her to kind of keep her nerves for that final

10:46

over there was at one stage where she bolded full

10:48

tasks and it was reviewed by Deli to

10:50

see if it was a no ball that would have

10:52

changed everything but I mean

10:54

it does show the capability of

10:56

using slower bowling at the end of the

10:59

innings which has been used a lot we've

11:01

seen just stronger string jokes Australia's safety equity

11:03

for England certainty of like Sri Lanka and

11:05

Pakistan predominantly using spinners I'm just

11:08

saying look we're taking the pace off

11:10

it some players yeah they will smack

11:12

you to six think of the first

11:14

game of this year's WPL I

11:17

think it was such an effective use from from

11:19

the UP Warriors who pretty

11:22

much just stuck with spinners as we

11:24

discussed before they're quite an imbalanced team

11:26

in terms of their bowling attack but

11:28

that was a last ball thriller on

11:30

Thursday now on Saturday we saw

11:32

one of the most insane

11:34

run chases with

11:38

Mumbai Indians against Gujarat Giants

11:41

now at this stage Titans

11:43

or Giants have we done

11:45

it again I thought it was Giants no

11:49

right Vicki so it's like

11:51

always 10 o'clock don't mess with me

11:54

I'll lose my mind I'll

11:56

start changing a time in front of you out of

11:58

habit at least you know how to change a tyre.

12:00

I must own up to that. My

12:03

dad taught me once on the side of an

12:05

A-road when I'd broken down because that was a

12:07

good learning opportunity. My dad will be listening to

12:09

this so thank you for showing me that one

12:11

time even though at the time I really really

12:13

didn't want to know. But as

12:15

you say Harmanpreet Kaur, I mean she was

12:17

instrumental in this run chase for Mumbai Indians

12:19

where they looked entirely out of it. She

12:21

finished with 95mm out of 48 balls but

12:25

putting this into some context, Mumbai Indians

12:28

needed 43 runs off

12:30

16 balls. Now at that stage

12:32

Harmanpreet Kaur was on 55 off

12:34

36 and she

12:37

finished with 95mm and they chased that down.

12:39

Like I feel like for

12:41

years there's always been a bit of a

12:43

disconnect sometimes with you know

12:45

comparing mums and women's cricket I know there's

12:47

an entirely different game but in run

12:49

cases of the immense

12:52

cricket strike rates remain quite high

12:54

almost sometimes down to numbers 8 or

12:56

9 whilst in the women's game traditionally a

12:58

lot of those higher strike rates have been

13:00

contained at the top of the order. Over

13:03

time we've seen it almost merge into

13:05

the middle lower order now and we're going

13:07

to see more and more insane run chases

13:09

like this where teams think they're entirely comfortable

13:12

and actually all it takes is one player

13:15

to just see it like a beach ball. She literally

13:17

went from 55 to 95 in a space of

13:19

12 balls like and that

13:22

just goes to show how much the women's

13:24

game is changing. Like you said

13:26

like normally you would probably expect it more in the

13:28

men's game but for her to come in and put

13:30

a knock off that like knock like that in 12

13:33

balls it was carnage like if you're

13:35

a bowler like where'd you bow to her? And

13:37

it really reminded me of her innings

13:40

two years ago in Canterbury

13:42

where she just completely got onto I think

13:44

it was Freya Kemp's ball in Lauren Bell

13:47

as well maybe and England

13:49

were totally destroyed in this ODI but

13:51

the way you know the run she

13:53

scored in that game and she was

13:55

lofting the ball over extra cover for

13:58

these elevated sixes and just always

14:00

finding the gap wherever the fielders were

14:02

being moved to. When Harman Preet is

14:05

in her element, batting smoothly, she's one

14:07

of the best players in the world

14:09

to watch. She just makes

14:11

sure that there's always a bit of drama

14:13

in between those brilliant innings where her bats

14:15

are either getting jammed in the pitch, or

14:17

she's getting some unfortunate dismissals, but she's

14:20

certainly one of the most entertaining

14:22

players to watch, particularly when

14:24

she bats like that. A couple more close

14:26

games as well on Sunday, Deli Capitals versus

14:28

RCB, Deli Capitals won by just the one

14:30

run, Wydryggs and Capsi, 58

14:33

and 48 respectively, they just batted

14:35

wonderfully together. And then today's game,

14:38

it was a losing effort for

14:40

UP Warriors as the Guget Giants

14:42

won by eight runs. But I

14:44

want to speak about Deep D. Sharma in

14:46

today's game, because I

14:49

think that she gets like a lot of

14:51

stick. But if you consider how much

14:53

of a role she plays for India, you know, with

14:55

the bat, the ball in the field, she

14:58

seems like one of those players that if she drops a catch,

15:00

everyone's suddenly questioning her ability and why

15:03

she's got her place in that Indian

15:05

team. But she's scored 88 today, it's

15:07

her third 50 in three games. And

15:10

she's got a strike rate of over 120. But

15:14

she's still got the orange cap as well, she

15:16

said at the start of the tournament, so I would

15:18

want to put orange cap on a purple cap. Like,

15:20

imagine having that confidence to be like, I don't care

15:23

what outside voices are saying, I'm going to have one

15:25

of those two caps because I know I'm great at

15:27

batting and bowling. Yeah, definitely. And I think they were

15:29

what, four for three at one point, then 35 for

15:31

five. And you would have

15:33

thought they were completely out of it at that point, really, like

15:36

completely out of it. But the way Deep

15:38

D. like hauled them back into contention with

15:41

her third half century of the

15:43

tournament, I think. The

15:46

109 run stand, like, at least it made

15:48

it look, wow, there's a chance here again.

15:50

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15:53

She's just a great player because, similar

15:56

to Harman Preet, She

15:58

brings a bit of fun to the game. Like.

16:00

There's always a bit of mischief when

16:03

she finds feels a bit like. And.

16:05

He. Had you can

16:08

live in Cancun holiday a body

16:10

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16:13

Humphrey. Thing rather is.

16:16

Hop hop over. Really bad comparison

16:18

thought the you know from the

16:20

his game did you hear lots

16:22

a fiasco students said during the

16:24

innings break. know. What? Did she

16:26

say so? Have a phobia of from a

16:29

said i wish my team could cast the

16:31

boos sometimes. Break.

16:34

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16:36

our hearts, and some point. During

16:38

a cookie dough, I feel that.

16:40

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16:42

cats in in a tournament and including

16:44

to an obscene today's game better any

16:47

with that down for like forty two

16:49

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16:51

fifty So yeah and then apparently physics

16:53

and decides to share her thoughts or

16:55

something up many many of us are

16:57

just that. Keep it I had that

16:59

celebrates us as I wish by seem

17:01

to test the bully spoken about this

17:04

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17:06

about said no fielding of course the

17:08

same some amazing catches and some a

17:10

general. Increase in the last season in

17:12

these conferences tournament's that it was something.

17:14

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17:16

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of bowling. A. Very, very fast

19:40

delivery. That. I

19:42

didn't know, I don't I didn't want to skeptic,

19:44

but either way you're coming from either way of

19:46

having for I think one I needed to the

19:49

or ability with I want to. What's that? pull

19:51

back and it's own. I think you can tell

19:53

a lot from the reaction of the Basta A

19:55

and. And secondly, we

19:57

do know just sites. Extreme.

20:00

He probably had like you think seen

20:02

from people ready to speak doesn't can.

20:05

Sometimes. Habits

20:07

moment. It can.

20:09

Have. It's as in there was I think

20:12

there was a match the I was

20:14

covering once and a spin. it was

20:16

bowling and it close to spinneret sixty

20:18

nine miles an hour and I'm like

20:20

ah you bombing legs when I'm sorry

20:22

what that's like I'm not possible of

20:24

the see she's capable and I remember

20:26

think a few weeks ago a couple

20:28

of weeks ago there was a a

20:30

piece I saw that tea party been

20:32

watching a lot with Mumbai Indians. The

20:34

coach Fred isn't funny and he said

20:36

aim that she is hiring a that

20:38

she would love to. Be of the bone

20:41

a deliberate eighty miles an hour so as

20:43

per the pace speeds on it happen and

20:45

she's exceeded it. I hope it's true because

20:47

it would be fantastic, but I know what

20:49

you mean about this. Get. His. Of

20:51

yeah like I mean only feel this

20:53

way because I think a similar thing

20:55

happen in law says the Bpl by

20:58

claim the undies period both the boss

21:00

is bola hundred and thirty point five

21:02

kilometers prompts around eighty one The this

21:04

is pretty much says this by within

21:06

and high because to kind of noted

21:08

that Perry had never. Past.

21:11

Seventy three miles per hour when she

21:13

was averaging around some to muskrat the

21:15

time So you know I do think

21:17

it's is credible of sadness Matthew look

21:19

at the delivery of for the delivery

21:22

which is expected think back to the

21:24

man's ass is a mark would phonebook

21:26

logic that like ninety five mile per

21:28

hour yorker you know the full of

21:30

the bowlers the less the pitch contagion

21:32

of it so move likely be faster

21:35

bucks in If anyone deserves the whole.records

21:37

I think shop the misspells would deserve

21:39

the hood. that record. specially with the women's

21:41

game it's not no one having board at that

21:43

speed before you could be able to tell i

21:46

think from the reaction of benny batted like is

21:48

not something that you would go in practice of

21:50

many people would practice in the nets going i'm

21:52

playing eighty miles an hour because it's just not

21:54

common it's a once in a blue moon occasion

21:56

should someone be able to do that and achieve

21:58

that i I will watch that back, I actually

22:00

want to see, because if it

22:03

looks like they've seen a ghost, then it's like, okay,

22:06

there's a chance. I mean, I wish we

22:08

had speed guns around when Catherine Fitzpatrick

22:10

was bowling for Australia, because obviously at

22:12

the time she was widely regarded as

22:15

the fastest bowler in women's cricket. And

22:17

we just don't quite have those records there, but

22:19

kind of people who were there watching the games

22:21

was like, this is the fastest bowling I've ever

22:24

seen. So, I don't know, I

22:26

think it's entirely possible, you know, of

22:28

course Shabnamish male, she is

22:30

36, so she's a bit fair-brained in her

22:32

career, but if anything, at the moment, Jimmy

22:34

Anderson proving that age is just a

22:37

number, and if you're in a good level

22:39

of fitness, then you can keep up

22:42

those standards, and there's nothing really to hold

22:44

you back. Now, as we get towards the

22:46

end of this year's competition, we thought we'd

22:48

have a look at some of the performances

22:50

from the Indian domestic players so far, and

22:52

also some of the overseas players, because it's

22:56

been a pretty good tournament for the

22:58

Indian domestic players. These facts are kind

23:00

of as of Sunday, because we had

23:02

to take a look at it from a certain point,

23:04

so we could crunch the numbers and see the maths. But

23:07

in 2023, only two Indians

23:09

were in the top 10

23:11

run-scorers. However, after Sunday's game,

23:13

there were six Indians in the

23:15

top 10. You've got Smriti Mandana,

23:18

Harman Preet Kaur, Dikti Sharma, Jameema

23:20

Rodri, Shafali Verma and Rika Ghosh.

23:22

All Indian internationals, I guess you

23:24

should tabby at that wiz, but...

23:26

Just say it's like the key batting

23:28

line-up for the Indian women's team, isn't it?

23:30

I mean, it's great news for the Indian

23:32

women's team, but even then, it's good to

23:34

have these crowds come in, those 20,000 at

23:37

today's game, and see their Indian players playing

23:39

well. And this tournament, I guess, not being

23:41

entirely dominated by overseas players, because this is

23:43

the purpose of this tournament. Yes, it's to

23:45

get more funding and views into the women's

23:47

game, but at the end of the day,

23:50

you know, you want the Indian players

23:52

to get the best practice and propel India

23:54

up to eventually that number one spot is

23:57

what they want. They want to challenge Australia

23:59

more consistently. Yeah, definitely for sure. But

24:01

it's so good to see that just look

24:03

in the space of a year how that's changed from two to

24:05

six. And all those innings

24:07

are like have been memorable innings as well.

24:09

And if you look at strike rate, another

24:12

thing which Indian players have been

24:14

criticized a lot for over the years, or even

24:16

when you go back obviously to the era of

24:18

Matani Raj, if

24:21

you almost just look like she had seen a ghost there,

24:23

we don't want to talk about Indian players strike rate. But

24:27

again, some of the same names within

24:29

these players, but also adding in Kiran

24:31

Nagiri who, you know, are consistently striking

24:34

their batters with more than 100 runs,

24:36

the six highest strike rates of all

24:38

Indian players. Like, this

24:40

is such good news to see. And I

24:42

know this is me speaking as

24:44

an English fan, but I like

24:46

seeing a strong Indian side because

24:48

we get great games of cricket.

24:50

Definitely. And I think that strike

24:52

rate is something that's discussed a

24:54

lot, especially by the

24:57

pundits when India don't do so well. It's the

25:00

first thing that gets analyzed, right? Oh, they were

25:02

a bit slow to get off the mark or

25:04

the strike rate didn't really pick up. And

25:06

I don't think they capitalized in the overs when they

25:08

should. You know, it's the first thing

25:10

that gets picked on. But to see that they've been doing

25:12

it consistently is definitely clearly obvious that it's something they've been

25:15

working on. But honestly, Mel, it's so

25:17

good to see, I think, for a side that's

25:19

always been told, oh, maybe your strike rate isn't

25:21

so great. You should work on

25:23

it. And then to have six of

25:27

the Indian women's team in

25:29

the top 10, six Indians in that

25:31

position, it's just it's great to see,

25:33

honestly. And I think six is

25:35

a lucky number because there are also six

25:37

Indians in the top 10 in terms of

25:40

bowlers. I can kind of see what you're

25:42

looking at here, Nikki. And, OK, maybe in

25:44

the batting wise, they were Indian internationals, fair

25:46

play. But the likes

25:48

of the bowlers we've got here, Yespido, Yada,

25:50

who's in the top 10, but you've got

25:52

Sabana, Kamo, Reddy, Deepti Sharma again,

25:55

and International Ishak. Like,

25:57

these are players who are making a

25:59

name for them. about breaking their way

26:01

into the Indian team. And like, again,

26:04

it's just domestic players showing that they

26:06

are equal of any player in the

26:08

world. And I don't know whether these

26:11

kinds of performances also lead into the

26:13

kind of thinking that if you have

26:15

four overseas slots, is

26:17

an overseas bowler going to perform any

26:19

better than one of our domestic players?

26:22

Yes, if it's the likes of a

26:24

Shabnamish male, you know, a Marazhine cat,

26:26

they are probably gonna have that star

26:28

factor. But it might just be a trend

26:30

to say, actually, if you've got an overseas slot, we

26:32

want an overseas batter because they're gonna

26:34

make more of a difference. When actually, if you

26:36

look at our domestic bowlers, they can do

26:38

just as well. Exactly, and I think

26:40

the stats show that as well.

26:43

And it's great to see, especially

26:45

more of the domestic girls getting that opportunity,

26:47

and I hope, but from what we saw

26:49

last year, the girls who did perform domestically

26:51

did end up getting call-ups to the under-19

26:53

team, to the main women's

26:55

team, and for like, so there's

26:57

so much potential and there's a

26:59

lot of opportunities created just throughout

27:02

the course of the WPL for the

27:04

girls within the domestic system in India.

27:06

And as you said, I think if

27:08

six of the top 10 bowlers

27:11

are girls from the domestic set-up, I think that

27:14

proves that there is a lot of

27:16

talent in the pipeline. And it's quite

27:18

a good thing that so many domestic

27:20

players are putting in excellent performances because

27:22

there are a few overseas players in

27:24

some pretty terrible forms. Like

27:27

we called it, Tavi McGrath ended up being dropped. She's

27:30

come back to a few games for you people.

27:32

Annabel Sutherland as well has had a bit of

27:34

a shocker at some points in

27:36

this competition. Like there are overseas players having

27:38

a really good time if

27:41

we isolate some of them. I think you

27:43

mentioned just earlier in the call about

27:45

Beth Mooney having the highest strike rate

27:48

for an overseas player. Yeah, she is.

27:50

So we were talking about the highest

27:52

strike rates for the Indian players, Beth

27:54

Mooney's actually got the highest strike

27:57

rate as an overseas. It

28:00

has right Brits around one forty five minutes

28:02

insane and then you got the like for

28:04

negligence. You've got to engine lines runs other

28:06

Sunday denim to keep saying as a Sunday

28:08

because I didn't have we do the must

28:11

cause I was in the Catholic four hours.

28:13

He goes he didn't he thought theses got.

28:15

Tons of and as well. And it's

28:17

nothing for wickets. I mean, Perry has

28:19

been getting runs the hasn't necessarily been

28:21

taking wickets for the boldest fun. At

28:24

least Harrys is a loved one of

28:26

his respectable. Cities. That are

28:28

not litter you know, some of the

28:30

more obvious performances. So interested I guess

28:32

he thinks he. He he ended

28:34

eighty eight. Wickets as of Sunday

28:36

at my kids today has assurances

28:39

thing to this stuff is a

28:41

bronze again for the kitten the

28:43

usual self averaging around twenty and

28:45

of course ignition she picked up

28:47

i think seven wickets in the

28:49

pool. That. By

28:51

those today's standards, I think that

28:54

be wanting more pets. There's been

28:56

some really disappointing performance inside as

28:59

God and ninety three runs averaging

29:01

fifteen as a Sunday's game, six

29:03

wickets were of ninety three runs

29:06

averaging. Eighty six wickets. The

29:08

boy long he one of the thing.

29:11

Is T. Litchfield. Eighty three

29:14

runs orbiting Thirteen fifty devices.

29:16

Sixty four runs. Like.

29:18

Marathon Cat. Yes, it had some

29:20

amazing. Bowling fast as you decide,

29:22

you got seventy one runs like.

29:25

A lot the big names

29:27

haven't actually clinton living up

29:29

to some of that price

29:31

tags. Oh my God. this

29:33

case or Zenyatta have Sex

29:35

because for some ah some

29:37

me that ah. Have

29:41

to say what is offered because. They

29:50

disagree as. House. With

29:54

thought. Some context

29:56

of existing. Nicky

29:58

for a door in the pot. Her

30:00

com o sea of the worst

30:02

thing is I wouldn't even soaked

30:05

seeing someone walking to your roots.

30:07

That has some reasons. Suddenly so

30:09

my scream at a mirror and

30:11

thought of somebody walks into my.

30:15

Like oh my god I live by I was

30:17

somewhat to talk. To

30:20

bless onto their the exact same spot

30:22

behind us and I saw some of

30:24

the books. And six. Oh,

30:28

he goes on since. Guess I doubt

30:30

that dreams now that my mom. it's

30:32

all right. Yeah, I'm so sorry for.

30:35

Like dancing is your mum like. He's

30:38

very welcome to join this of she's

30:40

got any thoughts on that? Some ppl

30:43

overseas players need to see something. For

30:45

that the proceeds to fool with says

30:48

oh my ghost. Yeah

30:50

I think as you mentioned I'm surprised that

30:52

or I would have not surprised by I

30:54

would have destiny like to see. Sorry

30:57

Matt, I'm sorry. This

31:01

is like the time at West. We

31:04

were on. Cms. for

31:06

one of the hundred games last. Summer when.

31:09

I. Was on receiving said and we

31:12

were thinking about when he he met.

31:14

The queen. And. And

31:16

was trying to explain that his hands of

31:18

rid of any big and her hands of

31:21

really really small and seats. Unfortunately

31:23

described as and sake as the he

31:25

is as it's. It's. It's. I

31:28

still i to compensate like for

31:31

delivery thousand it's he being. As

31:35

it is not a tireless as their

31:37

houses the love is love and he

31:39

was on commentary he he made a

31:41

very funny mind about to begin again

31:43

I think they miss commentating feeble with

31:45

because we did his three the. Regime.

31:47

Mrs. to statement said it.

31:51

Was the rest the conflicts during a

31:53

that I didn't even know? I mean

31:55

sometimes people as a lot of it

31:57

they they don't. hear what's going

31:59

on defense some great moments. Oh

32:01

my god. Anyway, what

32:03

we're saying is some overseas players have lift up

32:05

to expectations and some haven't. Yeah, I would have

32:08

actually liked to see a

32:10

match winning knock from Cappy because she's

32:12

had plenty of those

32:15

where you may have had

32:17

a situation where let's say Delhi Capitals

32:19

are 30 for 5

32:22

and you get a

32:24

magical well-kind Marizan

32:27

cap knock and that's something I do want

32:29

to see. There's still some games left, DC

32:31

have qualified. Not that I want

32:33

them to be 30 for 5

32:35

but like it will be cool.

32:38

I mean, and she likes the big moments

32:40

like if obviously not ruling out

32:42

whoever takes up that third place spot in

32:44

the table but let's say we didn't

32:46

have a replica of last year's final Mumbai

32:48

Delhi, like you know Delhi would want to

32:50

come back with you know some vengeance

32:52

and that seems like the stage which

32:55

Marizan cap likes. Like we've seen her

32:57

performances in the 100 finals for the

32:59

invincibles like she she lives for those

33:01

moments so I just I

33:03

don't know I'm not I haven't ruled out

33:05

yet and also we mentioned in a few

33:08

episodes ago about her brilliant bowling earlier on

33:10

in the competition so it's a brilliant thing of

33:12

being an all-rounder. It's why my dad told me to be

33:14

an all-rounder. If you fail with the bat you can get

33:16

wickets at the ball. He

33:18

also said don't be a wicket keeper because there's

33:20

only room for one in the team and I

33:23

also catch with my fingers pointing directly at the

33:25

ball. Well you're a crocodiler. Well my first coach

33:27

ever taught me how to catch like that and

33:29

I've never quite got out of the habit but

33:32

fun story I've only ever broken one finger. Actually

33:34

one of my fingers right now might be broken

33:36

so maybe two but for now let's keep

33:38

it with us. It's still in our fingers,

33:40

it's about a few weeks ago, this is

33:42

still dodgy Nicky. Lots of

33:44

things that are not going the necessary way

33:47

right now but it's fine because it's almost

33:49

English cricket season, the county championship is like

33:51

literally in like a month's time I'm pretty

33:53

sure I'll be commentating on the county championship

33:55

so I will be at peace. I'll be

33:57

so happy. Back to the normal ground. So

34:00

my heart rate has returned to normal after Nikki's

34:02

mum came into the room. We've done

34:05

a bit of a recap of what has been an insanely

34:07

exciting week. Our next episode will be after

34:09

the Eliminator and the finals. We'll have

34:11

a full breakdown of that. So far

34:13

it's just been such a great tournament and

34:16

I have no doubt that these final

34:18

few games are going to be just

34:20

as exciting. Nikki, any thoughts

34:22

from you to round things off? No,

34:24

I can't wait. It's been an

34:26

excellent tournament and I'm sure we're going to get

34:28

some cracking games in the

34:30

semi-final and the final. And of course

34:32

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