Hobart Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis joined Brent and Painey to discuss the upcoming BBL season, the team's off-season so far and his experience at the T20 World Cup!
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Hobart Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis (12/07/24)
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Does it have to be AFL? Going to be VFL AFL. Oh, look, just tell us your story, Tim. I'll judge it after that. Oh, I just said someone text in who said that they would nominate your call of the test test and port Melbourne game, what you called Amo and Buchanan. Amos Boo Cannon. Let's move on. I'm going to be tough to beat. Who's text that in place? No, I don't even matter. Don't give away your sources, you tell me. Yeah, that's true. Now, do you think? That is true. All right, let's talk some cricket, which is what you're good at. And this man is good at cricket as well. He's just come back from the T20 World Cup, of course. He is the captain of the Hobart Hurricane. It is the great man, Nathan Ellis. Hey, Nathan, welcome back to the show. Morning. Glad you got my name right. That's a good start. Yes, it was. Hey, how am I? It's been a busy time for you. How was your trip overseas? And you enjoyed it all? Yeah, it's been good. It's been busy, as you said. It was a couple of months in the IPL, where I probably didn't play as much as I would have liked. And then, over to the Caribbean, where I managed to play a few games, the rent support drinks. I probably came home a little bit earlier than we would have liked. But good to get a couple of weeks in Tazzy before I jet off again. But definitely Colton down here. Something you sort of forget pretty quick. So it was a bit of a shock to reality when I got back. Hey, Danley, great to hear your voice, mate. Can I just ask you quickly about the IPL? How frustrating is something like that when you're probably sitting there knowing that you can make an impact in a side that, let's be honest, is struggling. And you don't seem to get a go over the last couple of years. Yeah, I mean, I've never won to sort of want to big up myself or make any bowl claims. But it was a little bit frustrating at times. But it's more the make-up of slides, which I think is the reality of P20 cricket with the limited amount of overseas able to play. It really comes down to the make-up of your local players. And it just wasn't right for me to fit. We needed some batting. And obviously, that's not my strength. So it wasn't meant to be a managed to play one game, which is better than nothing. But yeah, as I say, we'd have liked to play more, but not meant to be. Hey, we're at the World Cup now. Are you getting back, Dan, mate? What was that, sorry? Will you be heading back or do you go into the draft next year? No, so I think it's a big draft this time round. I'm not sure on how many retention for the numbers and that sort of thing. So, to be honest, I've got no idea. I'll do what I'm told, wait to see what happens. But, yeah, I know it's a big draft, but who knows how many retention's and who's going where. But, yeah. So I think about the World Cup. Nate, as you said, disappointing. With the finish, how would you sum up the experience from your perspective? Oh, personally, I loved it. Any chance I get to be around the Australian set up is brilliant for me. I absolutely love being a part of it. I think the really exciting thing about the T20 cricket, or the T20 International cricket at the moment, is there's so many good sides and it feels like it's getting to the point where, you know, the lesser or the smaller nations or the not so big cricketing nations are able to mix it with the bigger nations. And we saw that this tournament with a few upsets and some really competitive games. Obviously, as you said, it was a little bit disappointing to come home a little bit earlier than we would have liked, but personally, I give him to be a part of that set up and to get a taste of a T20 World Cup as a fully fled player. It was brilliant in something that I'll never forget. Now, you've made the most of your T20 opportunities, limited ones. You've had to sit behind the big three, who we all know are amazing balls. Has there been any indication that any of those three will play less white ball cricket going forward from either them or cricket Australia? I mean, I wouldn't be pretty low conversation, but with the schedule coming up, they've got a bit of a break now and then it's a bit of a test summer. So, who knows? I know there's the Champions Trophy early next year, which is the one day cricket over in Pakistan. The thing is that with them all bowling and doing so well in white ball cricket, so I can't even hang out with them. I'm soon with that when it's doing so well. But, as I said, that's not for me to be a part of, I'm not the conversations that I'll be pretty to, but, yeah, to, as I've said before, to play alongside them. And I'm not at all thinking about it. It's going for me and it's something that I'll try, endeavoured to sort of take a little bit of pieces from their games and use it in my moving forward. But, yeah, it feels like at the moment they could just go forever and keep doing well forever. How about hurricanes, Captain Nathan Ellis? Is our guest here on SCN Tassie Breakfast on a Friday morning? Nathan lets talk canes and, yeah, you're back, obviously, in the captaincy role, you're confident the group has what it takes to, to bounce back after a tough scene. Absolutely, I mean, the list that we have won't change a hell of a lot. And in saying that, I think that's a really big positive. I love the idea of continuity and a bit of consistency in a squad. You pair that with the actual players we have. I think we've got a super strong resonance and it's time for us to, to get something to show for it. So, I'm really excited about the schedule that's come out. But, yeah, it really came for the tournament. You know, the year's going so far, it's going to be the best time again. So, yeah, he's hoping we can bring home some silverware and what's a really exciting time to be a sportsman in Tasmania. You must be really happy that you've managed to lock away Chris Jordan, who's signed up for multiple seasons after a really strong year in his first season for you. Yeah, and I think the biggest thing for me and something that I've said on the show before is I really value off-field presence in an overseas. And I think he brings that in spades. It was one thing him performing well with the bat and the ball for his last shoot. But I think the stuff he brings off the field with his experience and his knowledge and is willing to sort of help young players and these and some of the more senior players, I think that was invaluable. So, to get his full availability and to get two years locked away, get sort of a really big step in the inner right direction for the hurricane. What did you personally learn from your first season as captain, Nate? You're hard, but it's impossible to keep up with the over-eight. (laughing) That's the one thing. I think that's something that will be an ever-long challenge for me, I feel, but no, absolutely. I really loved my time as captain. It was something that I went in a little bit, probably bright-eyed a book shoot out, not knowing how it sort of react or how I go. My biggest reservation was probably the, I didn't know how it was going to affect my bowling. So, on a personal note, I felt like I was able to sort of compartmentalise and still be able to switch on and focus on my own bowling when the time came. But moving forward now, I'm just going to keep learning. You know, I'm really lucky. I've got some really close mates which has described some good stuff to help and I've got some experience heads in waiting. EJ to sort of hold my hand along and sort of pull me up in areas that they think I could do better or pat me on the back on things that I've done well. So, under no illusions that it's going to take time and more experience become a great captain, but felt like I handed it okay and other than the over-rate. Hopefully I can, yeah, do a better job this year and go a step further. - And make the BBL fixture drop this morning. If you had a chance to have a look of it, then if you have, what are your first impressions of it from a hurricane's point of view? - Yeah, well, I think the first and foremost, obviously we've usually had a Christmas Eve game and we've had some time around here. So that was the first thing I saw is we're traveling Boxing Day, playing your MOG on the 27th in Adelaide. But outside of that, I think the schedule's brilliant. We've got a lot of fun in Hobart. We have no Perth trip. So, yeah, I think it's a good opportunity for us to invest in Hobart. And I said in the earlier part of the interview, I said it was a really great time to be here in Athlean society. So, sort of a one of your body that this year. Unfortunately, no long-testing game with the developments of the stadium up there. It's always a great trip and the boys have gone up there, but I'm saying that in terms of the schedule and some of the downtime we're going to get, yeah, I think it's a great schedule for us. - And I think you'd be pretty tired, like I am. You would have been sitting up watching the World Championship of Legends cricket tournament over in the UK, no doubt. Been able to take your eyes off that, but have you assessed our man's performance over there so far? - Oh, the disgusting thing is, I actually probably watched more of that than I would have liked to have been. (laughing) - Sorry, sorry, I'm not going to lie. I've always watched the game on before us. - Yeah, when the last few games have been the dunking in Dan Christian, so it's been good, but it's been part of your pain into the cameos, and I imagine there's a few sore bodies around. Oh, boy, is there ever? Is there ever? - Hey mate, thanks so much for joining us. I know you're doing some media later this morning, so I appreciate you jumping on with us first and having a chat. All the best, what were you off to after, you said you're back away in a couple of weeks? Were you off to back to England, or? - Yeah, we got 100, and then there's a white ball series over there, so it would have been next, next couple of months in England. - Excellent. - No one else see yet, Nelly? - What was that, sorry? - No one else see yet. - Yeah, there was an opportunity, I signed with Seattle, but unfortunately I have to pull out just through CA, sort of just needed some time. Time away from the game, a little bit, just a little break, which I understood, and sort of lapped up some time in Tazzy, it's been good. - Well mate there, thanks again for jumping on with us this morning. Good luck for your time over in the UK, and we'll catch you when you get back home. - Brilliant, thanks guys, have a good one. - Nathan Ellis, captain of the Hobart Hurricanes, joining us to talk all things cricket here on SCN Tazzy Breakfast. Loving your text on the Hogwarts Open Line this morning, Hogwarts more than just real estate professionals. 0437, 55535, we'll give us a call, 1342 1533. Also after your favorite footy memory here in Tasmania, thanks to Bank West, let's hear it for the home of footy fans and weekend plans, thanks Bank West. And you can win tickets to the footy tomorrow, Hawthorne versus Fremantle at you, Taz Stadium. It's breakfast powered by Kubota, a take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, males, and utility vehicles. We're off to a break. Right after this slow, we're coming back with Brett Ratton from the Hawks to preview, the blockbuster in Launceston tomorrow against the Dockers. That's next here on SCN Tazzy Breaky.