The Fernies just beat Norway 1-0 in their latest game, keeping the torch burning for them to do something unprecedented at the WWC and make it into the knockouts. There's a bit of chat about the situation of the team after a tumultuous last 18 months, plus some yarns on Abby Erceg's importance, and expectations at the tournament in a couple months.

Nobody really expected Tom Blundell to make the World Cup squad but here we are... the question is: why? And is it a bit of a waste to pick a backup WK who probably won't even play? But that's only the start of this chat, friend, as we discuss the lack of firepower in the unit, spit some bars about Sodhi vs Astle, pick prospective starting XIs, ponder on the state of Colin Munro in this team, do the same for Mitchell Santner... and then sum it up with some overall expectations. You know what to do.

Plenty of podcast to go around today, with a whole feature on the Plunket Shield season as domestic cricket comes to a halt for now. Breezing through a whole bunch of top performers, from Devon Conway to Glenn Phillips to Ish Sodhi to the entire Central Districts team... plus some frustration at the lack of exposure that the competition gets (looking at you, NZC).

Laying it all down about Steven Adams after his recent slump and some of the recent backlash coming back his way… and how the deeper team slump was a lot more to do with it all. Plus thoughts on Kiwi Steve’s kinda weird reputation as an NBA tough guy, and also his role role within the OKC Thunder and how it’s adapted this season and how it’s stayed the same. Keep doing your job, Steve. Oh yeah and pure enlightenment is coming your way in the shape of the four noble truths of Buddhism, because we’re that kinda podcast.

The Wozzas kicked things off with a rather convincing win over the Doggies so what do you reckon? We've got yarns on kiwi halves around the league, the potential impact of Issac Luke when he returns, the Warriors laying down the foundations of how they plan to dictate games, and whether they can back this up against the best teams in the comp.

Are the Warriors going to be too reliant on Blake Green? Will they miss Shaun Johnson or Simon Mannering? How's that squad looking, what about the gameday 17? Adam Keighran or Chanel Harris-Tavita? Are we sleeping on Issac Luke? Is there even more to come from RTS? Why aren't you listening already?

Starting off with some diverging Game of Thrones chatter, yes we're fans, pretty soon it's all on for the Blackcaps talk after that first Test vs Bangladesh. Massive win, heaps of choice performances... but did we actually learn anything? And with seamers taking all the wickets yet again, do we need to rethink how we do the spin bowling thing? Also are the Blackcaps on the verge of a bit of burnout? I dunno, mate, I'm just an episode description. Listen to the podcast for the full ideas.

NZ Cricket likes to applaud itself for all that #equality… but the White Ferns are struggling right now and the hype doesn’t really live up to the reality at the moment. Plus gotta churn through a few of the top performers in the Plunket Shield as that whole thing’s back in the swing again before pondering the excessive pondering over the Test Spinner Debate. There’s no right answer, you know? Then, finally, some previewing of the first Blackcaps Test against Bangladesh before Anderson .Paak cops a stray one.

Going deep on the Welly Nix after Mark Rudan unleashed hell in his latest press conference. Chatting about Rudan as a nice bloke as well as his motivations for criticising the club management and trying to keep things to a logical and calm sense. Rudan has options, the club has options. No need to freak out. Plus some yarns about the state of the squad and a couple of the most fascinating players at the moment. Go on my son/daughter!