Black Caps Manager MIKE SANDLE: What Really Happened After 45 ALL OUT At CAPE TOWN | The BYC Podcast

On this special episode of The BYC Podcast, Dylan Cleaver, Paul Ford and ACC Head G Lane are joined by Black Caps Manager and Great New Zealander Mike Sandle (00:00)!

Behind every great sports team is someone the fans never see. For the Black Caps, since 2011, that someone has been Mike Sandle, the team manager described by some as the glue that holds the whole thing together.

Twenty-four years in the New Zealand Police (Armed Offenders Squad, dog handling, gang intelligence) before cricket came calling. Present for some of the darkest days in modern NZ cricket history, including the infamous 45 all out at Cape Town in 2013, and for the golden era of Test series wins in India and England that followed.

Mike explains what actually transferred from the Police into sports team management, takes us back to the night in Brendon McCullum's hotel room after the Cape Town 45 all out that changed everything, and reflects on the secret sauce behind the golden era.

Plus the essential Sandle character content: the great nickname and who came up with it, the case for New Plymouth as NZ's most liveable city, the alchemy between manager/coach/captain across different eras, whether he'll be spending a week in Noosa between the second and third tests of the AUS tour, and the honest question — is arresting criminals or dealing with a grumpy Jimmy Neesham harder?

The reverent-reflective conversation about the 2019 World Cup Final aftermath. The moments when he's looked around the dressing room and thought "how did we do that?" And whether he dares to dream about the feeling at the end of the Sydney Test in January.

Peak insider-access cricket content. The kind of conversation only the BYC can land.

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