A weekly sport podcast by fans for fans (with a focus on basketball, cricket and football). As well as regular episodes on recent news and involving interviews, other episode topics include: great sport chokes, sport curses, sporting families, revisiting old drafts and more! We’ll cover anything but we have a strong love for NBL, NBA, NCAA, AFL, NFL, test cricket, ODI, T20I, BBL, WBBL, Sheffield Shield, IPL, tennis, WNBL, WNBA & ALFW (not the Hundred because that sucks). MAILBAG: sportblokes@gmail.com or @sportblokes on Twitter. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook.
Episodes
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Recorded 25 November 2023
((00:22) Flying solo (of sorts)
(03:37) Woody’s general impression of the tournament over there and attending several games.
(10:22) Semi-finals: India v New Zealand; South Africa v Australia.
(19:40) Final: India v Australia (Chances for each team going in; tournament results and preparation/path to the final for each team; the importance of the toss; the Aussie fielding; Cummins’ captaincy/tactics; the Indians being a bit short; the Aussie reply and Travis Head’s magnificent knock (where it stands all-time and Marnus’ great supporting role); the crowd; the celebrations; the Indian disappointment.
(48:38) Brief thoughts/notes on each team’s tournament (with thoughts on the games he saw live and finals format)
(1:11:45) Quality of Tournament (Collapses and chokes; inconsistency and poise; More thoughts on India and Australia and looking ahead; the ‘all-important’ T20s scheduled straight after the World Cup)
(1:27:47) Aftermath (Quotes from some big names post-tournament; barracking in the commentary box)
(1:36:30) ICC/Wisden’s teams of the tournament (and how they differ with Woody; no the Aussie’s weren’t duded with the ‘lack’ of selections)
(1:41:41) Some brief basketball NBL & NBA (Recent Bob turner interview on Throwback Hoops; Wildcats/Kings’ fortunes; Still confident with Lakers championship pick?)
(1:46:00) Final Thoughts
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