Chris Brown

I think if, uh, if there was a spin coach still.

I know Chris Brown did it, uh, for the, for the series against England there, but...

And maybe if we got a chat with Brownie, we'll see what he sees 'cause he, 'cause he loves, uh, watching the spin, spinners and, and developing a wee bit.

I'd like to have, have a chat with him about that.

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And Axar Patel has just bowled a wide, and then he's-

Yeah

... bowled one more delivery which the umpire has called a wide.

And if it is a wide, then India are in deep shit because, like-

Yeah.

Hey, what do you think of this, uh, India, Japan result? Did you see a little bit of, uh, hard words being said to old Chris Brown out in the middle trying to get them to discount that wide?

Bryan Holland, the, um, basin reserve manager, he actually...

I, I didn't even know they were playing, and he said, "Oh, did you see this game between India and Japan?" I said, "Uh-uh." He said, "They had them three down for something," and I checked, it was, oh, it was a five over game.

The power of the Indian players.

[laughs] Um, hey, just talking about-

And Chris Brown, the... a level-headed Chris Brown, obviously.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, what do you think of this, uh, India, Japan result? Did you see a little bit of, uh, hard words being said to old Chris Brown out in the middle trying to get them to discount that wide?

Ryan Holland, the, um, basin reserve manager, he actually...

I, I didn't even know they were playing, and he said, "Oh, did you see this game between India and Japan?" I said, "Oh." He said, "They had them three down for something." And I checked, it was, oh, it was a five over game.

the power of the Indian players.

[laughs] Um, hey, just talking about-

And Chris Brown, a little hit at Chris Brown, obviously

Yeah.

The first one given a wide by the umpire was a Japanese umpire.

He, he had only umpired, I believe, 16 T20 internationals, versus the leg umpire was Chris Brown from New Zealand.

He's part of the ICC elite panel of umpires.

The first wide that happened also was not a wide.

umpire.

Chris Brown, who's a New Zealand umpire, and they've gone out onto the ground and bullied the umpire to change whether it should be a wide or not, which is interesting.

But look, India, very good side.

Australia.

There's the going up, the standing around the umpire.

The captain went across and actually spoke to the square leg umpire, Chris Brown, who's a New Zealander, who overturned the call.

And they went, OK, we're over going to turn that.

And this really caught the articles that have been written in Wisden.