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Speaker 1: The Australian Cricket Awards are on and also the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame Committee will induct three members into, one of them being this man two hundred and thirty two One Day International scoring six nine and twelve runs of fifty three point five eight sixth centuries forty eight half centuries. He was a member of Australia's ninety nine to two thousand and three ICC World Cups as well, which were fantastic wins. Don't worry about that, none of than the great Michael Bevan. Thank you very much for joining us.
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Speaker 2: Michael, Yeah, it's a pleasure guys. Thanks for having me on.
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Speaker 3: Well done.
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Speaker 1: Hey mate, I've read with interest that you were born in Canberra, but you actually made your first class debut for us in South Australia. Now, was that part of being in the academy that was around at that time?
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Speaker 2: Rod marsh Ran, Yeah, that's right. I was in the second intake of the Academy and it pretty much ended up being all of the Australian under nineteen players that sort of just morphed across into the Academy and we all played great cricket. My performances were obviously good enough for the team. I played Glenelg and then managed maybe halfway through the season to snare my first first class match with the big boys.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's exciting stuff mate, and I was just having a look at your record, so it's quite outstanding in really in all fields made. Would you have liked to have hung around into this T twenty year.
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Speaker 2: Well, it certainly would have been more lucrative, I'm guessing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that would be nice.
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Speaker 2: I don't worry. I cry myself to sleep every night.
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Speaker 3: Well, you wouldn't be singing for your.
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Speaker 2: No, Look, I'm completely comfortable and content and you know, you know, pretty you know, pretty pleased with the fact that I got to play for Australia and got to make my career out of cricket and so no, no, no problems for my own Yeah, look, it would have been nice to play. It would have been a different challenge and a different game and that's kind of what you play for and so yeah, look, it would have been interesting to see how I would have would have fared and tracked. But given given sort of my age and how I was going and everything that was happening, it wasn't really an option for me.
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Speaker 3: You would have adapted, Hey, do you have a favorite rememberable innings, because there's a couple for me that spring them on.
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Speaker 2: Sorry, what was that? A couple of favorite things?
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Speaker 3: A favorite innings? Is there one it stands out above another?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, sort of. I've been asked that quite a bit in the last day or two and generally speaking, and look, I'm obviously known for the last four in nineteen ninety six, but I think, you know, one of the innings that I was extremely proud of and happy with was was meetings at the MCG. I think it was in two thousand and one, two thousand and two. We were struggling to make the finals, and you know, there was a we needed to win that match, and from memory when New Zealand got two fifty and we were six for forty eight or something like that, and so it was it was a nice long innings under pressure, and I managed to rattle off one hundred off one hundred or close to I think, and so you know, that was an innings that stuck in my mind and I really felt pretty proud about that that one in terms of my contribution to the team.
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Speaker 3: Clearly you're not a mathematician. You got all those numbers wrong. I'll tell you what it was. It was in time. It was at the MCG It wasn't usially got that right. We were six for eighty two. We were chasing down two forty six and you've got one hundred and two off ninety five balls.
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Speaker 1: It was a memorable nol Okay, yeah, yeah, no it what was even better? What you said?
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Speaker 2: Well, we had.
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Speaker 3: Flippery here all the time telling us about he's one fifty nine blow for blow, ball for ball. That's what you should put in the memory banks.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, no, Look, it's you know, I distinctly recall sort of walking off the field and you know, capturing everyone's mood, the players and the fans, and sort of just the look on their faces. I sort of gathered, you know, the type of innings it was and how special it was, and so that that sticks in a memory quite longly.
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Speaker 1: My congratulations, you're in the Hall of Fame. It must have been a great honor when you've got that first phone call. How did how did that.
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Speaker 3: Sit with you?
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Speaker 1: When were you shocked? Surprised? It's a great honor.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course I was shocked, surprised. Obviously it was a pleasant surprise. But look, I've been out of the game for twenty years. When I was playing the game at that time, the major focus was on the longer version of the game, and so I kind of never thought that this moment might happen. And with the sort of the prevalence and advent of T twenty cricket and a shorter version of the game. You know, clearly the selection committee in the powers but to be decided it was, you know, a change in the air was needed and into the finisher.
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Speaker 3: Now was that you nickname? You got that number wrong too. You retired in Jenuary os.
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Speaker 2: From Australia to that.
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Speaker 1: Okay, that'll tell you about it.
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Speaker 3: We'll let you go.
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Speaker 1: We know you're all dressed up ready for Thank you very much for your time, mate, really appreciate it. And uh I think as an Australian cricketer you much loved around the whole whole glow.
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Speaker 2: Well done, Thanks guts, thanks for having me on
Speaker 1: The Australian Cricket Awards are on and also the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame Committee will induct three members into, one of them being this man two hundred and thirty two One Day International scoring six nine and twelve runs of fifty three point five eight sixth centuries forty eight half centuries. He was a member of Australia's ninety nine to two thousand and three ICC World Cups as well, which were fantastic wins. Don't worry about that, none of than the great Michael Bevan. Thank you very much for joining us.
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Speaker 2: Michael, Yeah, it's a pleasure guys. Thanks for having me on.
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Speaker 3: Well done.
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Speaker 1: Hey mate, I've read with interest that you were born in Canberra, but you actually made your first class debut for us in South Australia. Now, was that part of being in the academy that was around at that time?
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Speaker 2: Rod marsh Ran, Yeah, that's right. I was in the second intake of the Academy and it pretty much ended up being all of the Australian under nineteen players that sort of just morphed across into the Academy and we all played great cricket. My performances were obviously good enough for the team. I played Glenelg and then managed maybe halfway through the season to snare my first first class match with the big boys.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's exciting stuff mate, and I was just having a look at your record, so it's quite outstanding in really in all fields made. Would you have liked to have hung around into this T twenty year.
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Speaker 2: Well, it certainly would have been more lucrative, I'm guessing.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that would be nice.
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Speaker 2: I don't worry. I cry myself to sleep every night.
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Speaker 3: Well, you wouldn't be singing for your.
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Speaker 2: No, Look, I'm completely comfortable and content and you know, you know, pretty you know, pretty pleased with the fact that I got to play for Australia and got to make my career out of cricket and so no, no, no problems for my own Yeah, look, it would have been nice to play. It would have been a different challenge and a different game and that's kind of what you play for and so yeah, look, it would have been interesting to see how I would have would have fared and tracked. But given given sort of my age and how I was going and everything that was happening, it wasn't really an option for me.
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Speaker 3: You would have adapted, Hey, do you have a favorite rememberable innings, because there's a couple for me that spring them on.
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Speaker 2: Sorry, what was that? A couple of favorite things?
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Speaker 3: A favorite innings? Is there one it stands out above another?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, sort of. I've been asked that quite a bit in the last day or two and generally speaking, and look, I'm obviously known for the last four in nineteen ninety six, but I think, you know, one of the innings that I was extremely proud of and happy with was was meetings at the MCG. I think it was in two thousand and one, two thousand and two. We were struggling to make the finals, and you know, there was a we needed to win that match, and from memory when New Zealand got two fifty and we were six for forty eight or something like that, and so it was it was a nice long innings under pressure, and I managed to rattle off one hundred off one hundred or close to I think, and so you know, that was an innings that stuck in my mind and I really felt pretty proud about that that one in terms of my contribution to the team.
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Speaker 3: Clearly you're not a mathematician. You got all those numbers wrong. I'll tell you what it was. It was in time. It was at the MCG It wasn't usially got that right. We were six for eighty two. We were chasing down two forty six and you've got one hundred and two off ninety five balls.
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Speaker 1: It was a memorable nol Okay, yeah, yeah, no it what was even better? What you said?
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Speaker 2: Well, we had.
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Speaker 3: Flippery here all the time telling us about he's one fifty nine blow for blow, ball for ball. That's what you should put in the memory banks.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, no, Look, it's you know, I distinctly recall sort of walking off the field and you know, capturing everyone's mood, the players and the fans, and sort of just the look on their faces. I sort of gathered, you know, the type of innings it was and how special it was, and so that that sticks in a memory quite longly.
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Speaker 1: My congratulations, you're in the Hall of Fame. It must have been a great honor when you've got that first phone call. How did how did that.
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Speaker 3: Sit with you?
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Speaker 1: When were you shocked? Surprised? It's a great honor.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course I was shocked, surprised. Obviously it was a pleasant surprise. But look, I've been out of the game for twenty years. When I was playing the game at that time, the major focus was on the longer version of the game, and so I kind of never thought that this moment might happen. And with the sort of the prevalence and advent of T twenty cricket and a shorter version of the game. You know, clearly the selection committee in the powers but to be decided it was, you know, a change in the air was needed and into the finisher.
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Speaker 3: Now was that you nickname? You got that number wrong too. You retired in Jenuary os.
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Speaker 2: From Australia to that.
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Speaker 1: Okay, that'll tell you about it.
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Speaker 3: We'll let you go.
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Speaker 1: We know you're all dressed up ready for Thank you very much for your time, mate, really appreciate it. And uh I think as an Australian cricketer you much loved around the whole whole glow.
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Speaker 2: Well done, Thanks guts, thanks for having me on
