Nic Maddinson

If you put down their best 11, they still look a very strong side if everyone's fit.

Where do you think they are for depth to get through that 21 test match period? Well, the depth is interesting given that they've just called up somebody like Nick Maddinson, um-

Mm-hmm

... as a reserve, um, batter, you know, hasn't played test cricket for, for 10 years or something.

... for three, a three test series.

But Nick Maddinson and Sam Harper getting a call up, so Josh Inglis unfortunately picks up another injury on the cusp of a test series.

He is out.

Sammy Harper, who went well for the A team in India.

Yeah, [laughs] no.

[laughs]

We've got a text line, and it came through and it said about the selection of Nick Maddinson, and it was from a New South Wales fan blowing up about the fact that, oh, it's clear that the Australian selectors all they're trying to do is weaken New South Wales chances-

[laughs]

But from the last couple of days, when it comes to a, a South African tour, of course a test not too far away, what, what has surprised you or intrigued you the most around the Australian cricket team or the Australian test selection conversation?

Well, I, I was fascinated by the selection of Nick Maddinson as the reserve batsman the other day.

He's flown over.

It's, it's quite a beautiful story in some ways.

Well, Steve's been a, you know, the player of his generation, and Nick's just played, uh, three tests.

Mm.

So, but he has got something about him, and I didn't love the selection of Nick Maddinson bec- but I'll defend it on this basis.

Between the years of 2018 and 2024, he averaged 54 in Sheffield Shield cricket.

Beau Webster would stay there in that, but they're looking for another one, so Cooper Connolly looks like he...

Nick Maddinson has been added to the squad.

Oh, so they've flown Nick Maddinson over to South Africa.

Played a test match a decade ago.

That's when his last test match was played.

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Uh, just on the cricket, fellas, Matt Hayden has absolutely, absolutely torn a new one in the selectors and the selections of the Aussie team, and he's right.

If Nick Maddinson is the next best option, they are taking the piss, Meatball.

The Australian cricket team are kicking off their tour of South Africa, and there's so much, there is so much to unpack here, doctor, with the first test on Friday the 9th of October at Kingsmead, Durban.

And I guess the first two are the surprise inclusions of Sammy Harper and Nick Maddinson coming off the couch in Byron Bay to be-

What is going on?

... straight back into the Australian setup.

Now, doctor, Nick Maddinson hasn't played four-day cricket since March 2025.

He has sustained, obviously, his cancer battle, a broken arm.

He is the captain of New South Wales.

Uh, uh, [laughs] there is no words.

Beau Webster would stay there in that, but they're looking for another one, so Cooper Connolly looks like he...

Nick Maddinson has been added to the squad.

Oh, so they've flown Nick Maddinson over to South Africa.

Played a test match a decade ago.

That's when his last test match was played.

SBS Fence and Toilet Hire open line, 1300-01-11-70.

Uh, just on the cricket, fellas, Matt Hayden has absolutely, absolutely torn a new one in the selectors and the selections of the Aussie team, and he's right.

If Nick Maddinson is the next best option, they are taking the piss, Meatball.

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Nick Maddinson ...

Now, I know Nick.

Who?

No, not, not only that George Bailey.

The other thing, boys, is you've gotta, if you've got a personal relationship with Andrew McDonald, fantastic.

'Cause it was McDonald that got Nick Maddinson down to Victoria.

So you go, "Oh, great.

I guess if Green's injured, um, Webster will definitely play, you would imagine, as the all-rounder.

If Green's fit, as I said, you know, do they look at Webster's position as a, a spot where they could get a specialist batter like a Connolly, even a Nick Maddinson, who's been scooped up and picked in the squad maybe? You know, they feel Maddinson would be a better b- batting proposition than Webster in those conditions.

All right.

Uh, so that's the batting.