"Live From The Plunket Shield"
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What is the significance of the Plunket Shield in New Zealand cricket?
live from the mobile beer garden studios this is the acc agenda live from the outer oval the agenda podcast the home of sporting nonsense and claptrap brought to you by export ultra I hope you heard that leather on willow there. This is an agenda special coming to you live from the Outer Oval at Eden Park for the last round of Plunkett Shield. Great to have you along with us, Mashie, and a special guest, the BYC podcast, Dylan Cleaver. It's great to be here, Mike. And the sound of leather on willow, there's not a better sound. And can I just note also that I'm making my agenda debut today in the week that I made my New Zealand debut. So it's been a hell of a few days, actually. It's a big week for you, Dylan Cleaver, obviously being selected by Crick Info.
to make your debut in Christchurch for that final T20. But we're here watching Auckland Aces take on Canterbury. Canterbury currently top of the table. Yeah, they are. They're leading by eight points from an unlikely chaser in Otago, and I think Otago remain the people's favourite. But they're going to have to do a lot to overhaul Canterbury, and Canterbury won the toss here in helpful conditions and got a wicket with the very first ball. Yeah, well, there would have certainly been juicy conditions because it absolutely pissed it down for the last probably 24 hours here in Auckland. And they would have had the covers on that, and it looks like it's got a bit in it. It looks green. It looks good. But I love a bit of first-class cricket, don't you, Mashi?
Yeah, it's nice. I mean, we are the only people here.
Yeah, let's talk about the vibe for just a moment, shall we? So we are currently in the – what stance is Dylan? Oh, no.
I think this is Merv Wallace.
OK Merv Wallace stand and there's about three people in here. The gentleman to our right is currently score taking himself. Yep. Kookaburra score block, that's nice. We did see some suspicious figures earlier sending a couple of texts to their friends about what was going on in the game very quickly after each ball was bowled. Yeah. After we got the microphones out.
There seems to be a group frantically messaging after every ball. I don't know what that could be. No. I'm not sure what that could be at all. But beautiful conditions now today. I wasn't expecting this. We were umming and ahhing about whether we'd be doing it in the pissing rain. But sun is out. Really is the signal for the end of summer, isn't it, the last round of Plunkett Shield? A real full stop on summer. So who have we got playing here today, Dylan? We've got the names of Mickey Rays out there, I can see. Yeah, I mean, kind of a strong team, all resplendent in their red and black hooped hat caps, which to me remain the most punchable item of sports apparel in New Zealand. I mean, you take them off, you have a sniff inside them, and it just reeks of private schoolboy education.
But a very strong team. Hairy Nips has just had a season for the ages. He's averaging 99 for the Plunkett Shield, which is Bradman-esque. Speaking of Hairy Nips, a big winner last night. We had the New Zealand Cricket Awards last night. Unfortunately... due to a bout of COVID and various other commitments, none of the ACC could make the awards, which is probably a good thing because it wasn't televised. And as soon as something's not televised, you tend to find the behaviour level, the behaviour bar tends to drop. So I think we dodged a bullet there, Mashi. Yeah, I think we certainly did. It was a shame we couldn't make it, but at the same time, there were some deserving winners. No surprises, though.
No surprises. Absolutely no surprises. Well, going back a couple of years, could you actually imagine the Duff Man winning the Richard Hadley medal? Good point. Yeah, but no one was more deserving than the Muff Man. Absolutely. Because he did have a summer for the ages. He bowled his absolute heart out. He held up the New Zealand bowling attack not once but twice due to injuries. Catch him. Oh, taken. Oh, he's been sucked in. Watson's been sucked into the short one.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of the Plunket Shield in New Zealand cricket?
0:00–9:34
2
Who were the big winners at the New Zealand Cricket Awards?
9:34–14:56
3
Why is Melie Kerr being compared to Debbie Hockley?
14:56–32:36
4
What are the current standings in the Plunket Shield?
32:36–32:52
5
How does the point system work in the Plunket Shield?
32:52–36:34
6
What are the latest updates on the Canterbury vs Auckland match?
36:34–38:40
7
How does weather impact cricket matches in New Zealand?
38:40–49:38
8
What feedback do listeners have in the 'Yours Please' segment?
49:38–49:49