Damian Barrett

I did.

The Sheffield Shield beat.

Yes.

Wrote a lot of stories around, you know, if Victoria don't get their act together, they might lose this crucial life and death game.

Clashed against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

Yes.

He was a journeyman Victorian cricketer.

Yeah.

Lovely guy.

I don't think the Sheffield Shield was the same after you stopped covering it, to be honest.

It's never really.

So what do you think about this failed bid on the Queensland, New South Wales, and then by extension, South Australia folded?

Yep.

Looks like it's on the skids, the privatization.

Wouldn't doubt the CEO, Todd, he's very driven and can get in.

He's got a big battle on his hands now, doesn't he?

I'm only following from a distance demo, but I wouldn't underestimate or doubt Todd and the official demo of Cricket Australia, but it's a very complicated issue because...

There's a couple of really macro challenges in there.

One is that the money out of India is so obscene and growing that how Australia keeps step with that monetization of the game is really tricky.

We probably can't, can it?