Interviews with Pat Cummins, Mitch Marsh & Steve Smith – Australian Cricket Awards 2024

Pat cumins the year that you’ve had the team that you’ve got it’s been absolutely unbelievable your leadership on and off the field has been Exemplar I’ve seen so many people actually want you to have higher leadership Hors and calling you Captain Planet um what kind of year has it been for you

Personally on the field it’s been amazing really uh I mean we knew 2023 was going to be a big year so many big events and one by one we basically ticked them off so couldn’t have got much better do you feel like you’re in the prime of your career right now

Uh I hope so is this going somewhere no yeah yeah it feels like um no my game all right so yeah feeling good but we lost the last game so time for change I knew I wanted Pez yeah I think we’re ready for a change New Zealand series up next 2-0

Australia hope so that’s the aim yeah go over there in a few weeks bit of golf bit of cricket be good mostly the golf though pezza over to you I’m here with bison which I’m I’m legally obligated to call him apparently um you’ve been a ray of sunshine for Australian cricket on

And off the field this year that brutal 100 at headingly culating hundreds in the World Cup a couple of runs this summer okay nicking off in the ’90s with with your dad they’re not happy but um nevertheless like what has been behind this elevated consistency from the

Bison uh I’m not too sure you know it’s probably this uh lovely lady sitting next to me she’s pulled my head in a little bit but um I think uh it’s been a lot of fun the last 12 months and when I’m having fun playing with cricket cricket can be such

An unforgiving game though k at bson you know like it can really tear you apart at the scams mentally spiritually religiously we’ve all experienced it before like have you had a chance to like put your feed up on the World Cup I mean sorry put your feed up after the

World Cup uh and appreciate your success Uh yeah got Patty to than for that one um and you’re not sure i’ be doing that one again but uh it’s been uh nice to have a few days to reflect on what’s been a pretty crazy year next to me is he goes with smuder Steve Smith here

Steve Smith you’ve won this award four times only Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark have the same amount this year the winner actually gets a trip to NSA with KL stepanovic that’s [Applause] exciting you’ve won so much this year Steve what’s been your favorite thing this

Year uh yeah no it’s been a great year I’ve enjoyed every minute of it um I think the the world test championship and obviously the World Cup for the two big ones um you know probably winning the World Cup’s number one though I reckon in India in front of that packed

House keeping them quiet that was special is it the best World Cup win ever it’s got to be up there I reckon um yeah packed house in India I’ll go with yes bison just said yes so we’ll go yes zampa said it’s in his top three so it’s

Got to be it’s got to be good um for you individually though for you personally does an Innings come to mind for you uh yeah probably the world test Championship I reckon um batting up the other end from H just watching him do his thing and me just sitting there and

And getting off strike pretty much and giving him the strike it was fun had the best say in the house well good luck to everyone rich and N over to you beautiful work big round of applause for our finalists