The cricket season has officially begun in Tasmania, and The Examiner's sports team has got all the news in time for episode 70 of the Press Box. Video by Aaron Smith (8/10/24)
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00:00Welcome to the Pressbox episode 70, we've got sports journalist Brian Allen and Josh
00:12Partridge today and no Ben Hand, he's actually away this week so yeah it means we roll on
00:21together for the first time just ourselves, which is exciting because we're going to talk
00:27a bit about the cricket seeing as the seasons have changed and as we know cricket's a real
00:33passion of yours mate and to start with we'll look at the Cricket North comp and the Greater
00:38Northern Raiders that both kicked off over the weekend, you caught a bit of the action,
00:42what did you see?
00:43Yep, I was down at Windsor Park watching Riverside vs Mowbray and Riverside got the win there
00:49quite convincingly, bowling Mowbray out for 76 while Riverside batter Cooper Anthers made
00:5499 not out, came down to the final ball with Cooper, got a waist high full toss that he
01:00wasn't quite able to get away, it kind of shocked him a little bit so it was awesome
01:04to see that and see how close he got to 100 but in the other game it was South Launceston
01:11vs Launceston and Launceston got the win there, South Launceston were looking really good
01:16in the chase but they got bowled out, they lost 9 for 30 so that really obviously puts
01:21them on the back foot if you're going to lose that but it was a really interesting
01:26first round of games in the Cricket North competition.
01:28Yeah mate, you talked to Cooper Anthers and what about the psychology of that sort of
01:33thing I guess being stranded on 99, what did he have to say on that side of things?
01:37It was really interesting because that was a rain reduced game so it got reduced 2 overs
01:41so they played 48 overs and he said that early about the 40th over he knew obviously it was
01:47going to 48 but when it got closer to the 48 over mark he forgot that it was actually
01:52a shortened game so he actually said that once he was on 99 and people were kind of
01:58shaking his hand he was like, boys there's 2 overs left, what are you doing?
02:02So it was really interesting that that kind of slipped his mind and in the heat of the
02:06moment.
02:07Yeah that's a good story and yeah mate just moving on to the Greater Northern Raiders
02:12it was one year previewed during the week and how did that play out?
02:16Yep so the women they shared their 2 games, they played 2 T20s against Newtown and that
02:21went 1 and 1, special shout out to Peyton Stewart, she's from the North West Coast,
02:26she took 5 for 5 including a hat trick off her 3 overs so massive performance from her
02:32but in the men, the men got a win, they were playing Gornorky and it looked like it was
02:37going to be a pretty close one for a bit there but then the Raiders took 5 for 9 in the back
02:42end of that game and really won the game courtesy of Jono Chapman's 4 for 4 and Captain
02:47Coach Alistair Taylor's 50 as well.
02:49Yeah great and thanks for that rundown mate it really gives us a chance to have a bit
02:54of a look at the ins and outs and leadership changes across both competitions so I'll just
02:59go to, you said Peyton got a hat trick and I think I remember you saying Andy Gower the
03:04new Greater Northern Raiders women's coach had high praise for her in the last couple
03:10of weeks is that correct?
03:11It was actually Peyton Fulton, that's probably a good thing, there is two Peytons but no
03:18he was in regards to Stewart he said that she was so well liked amongst the group and
03:24everyone was so happy for her that she was able to do that and yeah it was a fantastic
03:28achievement to take both a 5 and a hat trick in the same game especially in a T20 and she
03:33only bowled 3 overs as well so she didn't even bowl her full overs so it was a massive
03:38achievement.
03:39Yeah and just on Gower like we both know him and he's coached the men's program before
03:46but he replaced Darren Simmons who did a great job over a series of years but yeah how do
03:52you think that Gower can lead the team?
03:55Yeah it was really interesting talking to him earlier in the week he was under no illusions
03:59that it's going to be an interesting year for the girls given how young they are and
04:03he just really wants them to band together more and be able to train together more obviously
04:09with the Greater Northern Raiders you've got players in the North and players in the
04:12North West so he wants to get them into hubs in each region and then band them together
04:17when they get the chance so that they're so familiar with each other that when it gets
04:21to the pressure moments they know exactly what to do so he's not quite sure how they're
04:26going to go performance wise but starting the season with 1 and 1 in their first weekend
04:31has certainly held them in good stead.
04:32Yeah it's a great start with a wean and a hat trick so yeah moving on to the Greater
04:37Northern Raiders men made, Alyssa Taylors at the helm again and yeah we know AT led
04:43them really well last year unfortunately they missed out on the finals because of the admin
04:48error right?
04:49So how do you think they can go this year?
04:51Yeah I think even just in their first game they were put under a fair bit of pressure
04:55Glanocki looked like they were going pretty well in the chase like they started a bit
04:59slow but they had wickets in hand so it kind of looked like Glanocki were going to get
05:04on top of them especially with Nikhil Chowdhury who plays for the Hobart Hurricanes he was
05:09on, he made mid 40s I think in the chase and he was looking really dangerous but once they
05:14got him out Jono Chapman came back on and got a wicket with his first ball of his second
05:18spell and from there it was, it wasn't necessarily always the Raiders game but they just got
05:23on top and yeah between Jono Chapman and Sam Omani from the North West Coast was curtains
05:29for Glanocki.
05:31Yeah well just moving on to the Cricket North competition in terms of ins and outs and changes
05:37well we've got Mowbray Spencer-Hayes at 20 years old and Westbury's Joel Lloyd at 22
05:43taking on the captaincies of their respective clubs and they take over from Westbury's Daniel
05:49Murfitt who led the team to numerous premierships and Mowbray Luke Scott so yeah interested
05:57in your opinion mate as a keen cricketer like what does it mean I guess for guys at
06:0220 and 22 to be leading top grade teams?
06:05Yeah it can obviously be quite scary I guess captaining with and against captaining players
06:12that are a bit older than you and against other captains that are a bit older than you
06:17but I suppose the good thing about those guys is they'll be very receptive to feedback so
06:21they'll go to the older players in their team and Lloydy will be able to pick the brains
06:25off Murfitt and have a chat to him about what needs to be done to win games of cricket
06:29and you can kind of learn on the job I think that'll be really crucial for both those guys
06:35and I suppose last week you did a players to watch which was kind of talking about who
06:39you think will be the best 11 at the end of the year so talk me through some of the guys
06:44you picked in that team and maybe how they went on the weekend mate?
06:47Yeah well to start with I went back to who made the official team of the year last season
06:56and yeah of course went with a few of the same names I mean there's some really reliable
07:03cricketers locally Daniel Murfitts and Jeremy Jackson for South Launceston so yeah a few
07:11of those obviously get in but probably best to just talk about a few of the guys that
07:15might be a sneaky chance to I guess either break in or back up last year's strong effort
07:22so with Launceston's Will Bennett talking to Heath Clayton the coach last week he was
07:27saying that he thinks he'll be one of the leading batters in the competition this year
07:31given his strong pre-season so yeah I mean in terms of the analysis obviously you can't
07:38watch every single minute of the cricket so you really do rely on the coaches and their
07:43insight so yes and yeah as we learned he had a good round one yeah can you just elaborate
07:51on that for me a little bit mate?
07:52Yeah so he captained Launceston in Cam Lynch's absence and made 66 so him along with Dravid
07:59Rau who made I think it was 84 they were the two leading batsmen for Launceston and
08:03really set that commanding title that made it hard for South Launceston to chase.
08:07Yeah great and Jared Freeman for Mowbray so yeah Jared's played for the Tassie Tigers
08:14and won the Cricket Tas Premier League player of the league for Lindisfarne last season
08:25talking to Captain Spencer Hayes last week he said he would play a number of games for
08:30Mowbray this season and yeah he suited up round one yeah obviously didn't have the
08:36best day out but what kind of impact do you think he can have on the competition this
08:39season mate?
08:40Yeah it was really interesting even though he didn't as you said didn't have the best
08:43day I suppose just watching from side on his bowling's just so different to anyone else
08:47in the comp and you can tell that he's been in a professional pathway for for the last
08:51probably four or five years of his career like you can just the way the shape that he
08:55bowls and all that kind of thing it just comes out so differently to any other bowler in
08:58the competition that and then his his hitting ability like he hit one six before he got
09:03out and and probably could have hit the ball that he got out four for six as he'd know
09:07but yeah he's gonna be completely different from Mowbray if he's able to get his good
09:12forming.
09:13Yeah and yeah finally Lyndon Stubbs an extremely reliable pace bowler for Riverside and yeah
09:23an interesting story because last season he had a bicep tear which kept him out for I
09:28think it was about eight weeks from memory and he came back with a bang he got two fifers
09:33in consecutive games and yeah a veteran of the comp but he started well again.
09:38Yeah he just keeps on getting it done Stubbs he's three for 18 off 10 in the first game
09:43this week so not just economical but also taking wickets as well.
09:47Yeah great well yeah that's obviously a real comprehensive wrap of round one but there's
09:52plenty more cricket to look forward to in the one day since this weekend but you can
09:57catch up on all our stories online and in print and we'll catch you soon.