Tim Paine joined Brent and AJ on the road to talk about his trip up to Noosa and Australia's exit from the T20 World Cup.
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Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine (28/06/24)
It is indeed at 20 past seven. We are powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of practice mowers and utility vehicles. Texting here on the hard courts open mine. Hard courts more than just real estate professionals. Gee whiz, two fence sitters. The show should be called come and sit on the fence with me starring Brent Costello. I don't think we did any fence sitting in the prayer, but did we? You're a little bit of a fence sitter sometimes Brent. Sometimes I admit that. What about when I asked you during the week? Do you think of the 29 mayors in Tasmania? There are more men or women. And Brent said 50/50. I said, there's 20, there's 29. What do we think, you know? So not even then was he willing to hazard a guess for those playing at home after Saturday's violations? 16 women mayors, 13 men. So the women are dominating local government. But Brent, you are a great fence sitter. And I feel like now in this transition mode between leaving one job and going into a new job that I want to start and want to start well and not put my foot in my mouth, I'm probably guilty of being a fence sitter this morning as well, except when it comes to Tim Payne. All bets are off there. Oh, yes. And the great man joins us live. Tim Payne, we're on planet earth. Do we find you this morning, please? Good morning, splinters, good morning, AJ. Thanks for having me. I'm just, I'm sort of on the outskirts of Melbourne, actually this morning. She's haven't got far. Goodness me. You meant to be a Dubbo by now. What's going on? No, no, tonight Brent, tonight. I'm sorry, I'm not off both. And I am cruising towards Dubbo as we speak, but I'm about eight hours away at this date. Now Tim, you're going to Noosa. Did it just dawn on you that no man has ever looked more like he should live in a place than you and Noosa and just you thought I'm just going to give in to what the mayor is telling me? Yeah, I thought, why not? What a place to go and relax for a little while, AJ. And then, hopefully, we'll be back in Hobart around Christmas time, potentially. But we'll wait and see, but no, I'm looking forward to a bit of a sea change. And it's not a bad time of the year to be heading up there with the weather in Kazi and obviously it's beautiful at the moment. So I can't wait to get up there. I wouldn't like to see Brent now up there. I think it's more Noosa man in the budgie, but it's more like a small, small, small, small day. It'll be like looking in a mirror for you when you walk down the street. It'll be like tempaned clones everywhere. Now, how are you keeping yourself entertained on the... Are you keeping yourself entertained on the drive up? What sort of tracks do you got? Podcast or music, or what are you doing? Well, yesterday I was in Kazi yesterday, driving outside of the lot of phone calls, actually. You know, I'm like on my phone, Brent. So I put them off, put them off, and I've had about 30 people I had to get back to. So I did that yesterday, a few more today. And then I've got some good podcast being sent back through to me, actually, from Brad Kelly. I think you'd know AJ. Yes, an old friend of mine. From the South Hobart, Danny Bay, Kriya Club. He sent me through some good stuff that I'm going to work my way through over the next two days. Shout out to Kel, I've had 41 points in the Sunday stable for the Tasmania Golf Club on the weekend. He's found a rich vein of form. I have a very... I could say clipped him through his shot-topping handicap he said. I have a very funny Brad's story, a Kelly's story quickly. When he was at Jane Franklin Hall, Tim, they used to put bread at the bottom of the bay marita, catch all the fat, you know, that come off of the sausages or whatever, and help Kel rolls in about 11.30 one morning and starts tucking in and says to someone, "This French toast isn't much good." (laughing) No. True story. He ate the fat bread, so there you go. (laughing) Oh, goodness me. Now, let's talk some cricket, Tim. That's what you're good at. And it's been a few days since our exit from the T20 World Cup. How are you feeling about it all? Oh, I think like everyone, a bit disappointed. I think we had a team that could go all the way. It's disappointing, just a little things, really. And we spoke about it a while ago, but when first in the Scotland game it started, it was that fielding, and when the Australian team or any good cricket team isn't fielding at their best, you start to worry, and they're just sort of unraveled a little bit after that Scotland game. Then I think we lost something like, we dropped something like 14 or 15 catches over the two or three games, which is, it's going to be very, very difficult for you to win international tournaments if you're playing. That sort of cricket, so yeah, we didn't quite get it right. Disappointed that we are on our way. I heard you bake the selectors the other day, say they should have picked Mitchell Stark. Did you get any feedback on that? And was it, was it perhaps that he wasn't 100% ready to go? Or did someone text you and say, "He's up, Tim. "This is why we did it?" Didn't get a text message true on that, but it certainly was a selection thing. Mitch was fit to go. I heard Andrew McDonald speak on it. You know, we spoke on the show, Brendan. It is a very difficult position of you when you got three out and out well-class guns like Australia do. But as I said at the start of the tournament, I was absolutely picking Mitchell Stark as my number one quick because of the options that he does give you with his left arm, his height, his swing. And then, you know, without him playing that game against Afghanistan, we didn't get our first wicket until they were, you know, 110 or 120. And then going me down in the semi-final, a big left armour from South Africa. Marko Jensen knocked over. They're opening better in the third armour. He's a big left arm, in-swing bowler. And as I've said to Brett and you plenty of times, if you've got a guy that's left arm, you can swing the ball by 150 Ks from 6'7". He's just got to play. His record in first overs of World Cups and big games is incredible. He gets you off to a great start. And I think they'll look back on that as a mistake. Yes, well, from my indoor cricket days, Division 3 at Kingborough, I know left arm was one of the most hostile to face. So never had much. It's the people before. If Mitchell Stark gets one right with a new ball in your first five or six balls, there's not too many batters in the world that can keep it out, particularly right-handed. It's a horrible angle, it's a horrible height. It swings late and it is quick. You can't adjust to it. So I just think in T20s, when you're trying to get wickets early to get teams on the back foot, it's a no-brainer that that man has to play. So having said that, why wouldn't they gone for them? 'Cause you make a very compelling case. Like, is it loyalty to the other two? Why wouldn't you? No, I think what they thought was the wicket was going to suit guys that could bowl cutters a little bit more and take the pace off it and just run your fingers over the seam. And that's not what Starky does to be fair. That Cummins and Josh Hays would have much better at that, sort of bowing that back of a link into the wicket and changing their pace. Starky's more full-straight trying to blow your stumps out of the ground with a bit of swing or hit you in the pad. So I think it was just a conditioned thing. They thought that the ball would sit a little bit more in the wicket and that Josh and Pat would be better suited to it. And I'm not arguing the fact that they might have been, but I just think, as I said, I pick Mitchell Stark in every T20 game, regardless of condition. He's my number one class bowler. And then you decide out of the other two. Former test captain, Tim Payne's is very special guest on S.E. and Tazzy breakfast this morning. Brent Costell and Alex Johnston with you. Tim, who wins the whole thing from here? Tim? - I think India, they're gonna be hard to beat. I think they've knocked off England this morning, haven't they? So they'll go through play South Africa in a couple of days time. So that Africa, to be fair to them, played really well this morning. I haven't played fantastically well, but they've played unlike South Africa in the fact that they've found a way to win close games in the past they've lost. So they had a huge win over Afghanistan. I think both of them out for 56 in the semi-final. So they're playing well, they're confident. They've got past the semi-final curse, which I'm sure would lift a huge amount of psychological pressure off that playing team because South African teams have struggled at that point so many times, so I think it'd be a good game. But I think if both teams were to play at their best, I think India's just got too much firepower. - And David Warners retired officially now, Tim from International Cricket. How will you remember his career and the legacy he leaves behind? - Yeah, one of the all-time great sprint. I've said that to you many a time. And for some reason, people will want to disagree and get their backs up when I say that. But I think he changed the game of T20 Cricket. Not many people finish their careers and say that they actually had a real impact on the game. Like you can say, Ricky Pawning. You can say Adam Gilchrist in White Ball Cricket. And then I think David Warners took it to another level. So he was amazing. The way he came and attacked Test Cricket is an opening batter at a really young age. Scored super quickly and entertained crowd. I don't think there'll be another David Warners for a very, very long time. And I think we'll miss watching him play. - Well, Jeet, it's been great to have you as a guest on my show. It's lovely to hear your voice as you make your way up to Noosa. Are you right to go Monday morning? - I'm not sure, but I think I might be on a plane. - Oh, shit. - Do buy to UK, actually. So we'll have to wait and seek. - Okay, well, they got what far and planes these days, Tim. So you could plug into that and do the show still. But we do have a very nice replacement as well here. So no real stress. Alex has started very nicely this morning. But drive safely if you need someone to talk to. - I know you've probably dodged the early one. I think you would have been sitting on the fence with the Lamby Network putting out the post yesterday. But you are in the chair for the rest of the show that requires an opinion. - Yes, no. - And you can now fly away. I'll give you a pass from that first up. - Well, here's an opinion, Tim. Here's an opinion of those trendy breakfast spots in Noosa. It won't be acceptable to cut the banana with your mouth and put it back in the bowl. You will not be the way to endear yourself with the Noosa locals. So you better get a knife out. - Yeah, that's for in-house and studio only with Brenna. - We're gonna get to the news, you know how this show works. Drive safely, we'll talk to you soon. - See you, Jim. - Timothy Payne joining us on the phone on his way up to Noosa. Breakfast powered by Kubota. 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