Nathan McSweeney joined Tom Morris after winning the Sheffield Shield Final - The New Ball (31.03.26)

0:00Nathan, you must be very happy captain. Yeah, nah, stoked. I think for the group to go back to back probably three or four years ago would be telling you, Dreaming, but to be doing it is an incredible feeling and very special group we've got here and stuff. What does it mean that you were either behind or level in the game for probably three and a half days? That shows great resilience, doesn't it? Yeah, I think that's a real strength of this group and probably Ryan Harris, since he's coming down from Queensland's really installed that in us, you know, throughout the whole couple of years, you know, I've been captain here, we've just stayed in games, we've won games, we probably shouldn't have, like the partnership yesterday with Keson, McCandrux, just, you know, the perfect blueprint for what we've been able to do the last couple of years. So, super lucky to be, you know, captain in group like this. What was the turning point, dropping the match? Yeah, that one there. McCandrux and Kerry's partnership, you know, Victoria, Hudders on the ropes and for us to, I don't know how many of them are putting on, but, yeah, really put a dent and got a

1:00score on the board and, you know, any cricket in those that the hardest runs to get other winning runs and prove this game. What does it mean to you to captain a shield winning team? Yeah, it's weird feeling right now. I think I'm very lucky with some of the bowlers I've had to captain over the last couple of years. You know, McCandrux, Liam Scott, Thornton, Doggett and Buckingham, A-Gart, you know, the list goes on. Ben Menenti, so, yeah, I don't know, I'm pretty lucky to captain in group, pretty much runs itself. Yeah, it's a super feeling, you know, we're really tied off the field, which helps and it shows definitely on the field. Congratulations.