One of Australia's favourite comedians, Andy Lee, is leaving sidekick Hamish Blake behind and coming to the side of Kiwi cricket great Stephen Fleming as the wildcard on Team Cricket for the Hot Spring Spas T20 Napier Black Clash against Team Rugby on Friday.
But it means a frantic four-hour drive to Wellington as soon as the game finishes so he can catch a flight to Melbourne to be at the Australian Open first thing the next day.
Lee tells Spy his job at the Open is to interview the best tennis players in the world and suggests he took advice from the very best to prep him.
"I talked to Oprah who told me the best preparation for interviews is playing in a televised cricket match. She did it before most of her interviews and was a batting all-rounder I believe," says Lee.
The cricket-loving radio and TV host already has a part-time role as Chief Hydration Officer for the Melbourne Stars. He is a bowler and says there is nothing suspicious about revealing that Fleming is his favourite NZ cricketer.