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Gideon Haigh and Pete Lalor have been writing about cricket, and talking about music, books, movies, television and life, for nearly fifteen years.  Now they do it with a podcast recorder handy, which sometimes they remember to turn on.  Stand by for a podcast full of insights and lacking in organisation. Substack - Cricket Et Al Produced by DM Podcasts
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Pete and Gideon watch the teams fall by the wayside in the Indian Premier League, causing complications to Australian selection, while pitching Mitch Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood into competition.  Farewell MJK Smith and John Maclean. Also: more trouble for Cricket Australia, this time from within.  And: oh dear how lame was Legends on Netflix?  Answer: six hours you won't get back.

 

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Pete and Gid catch up as Australian cricket drifts into uncharted waters, with three states determined to sell BBL franchises as the other three sit tight.  Also special guest: Matt Kempster of the Alliance for Gambling Reform on the dubious enticements of gaming revenue.  And we celebrate fourty years of Marios.

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Pete and Gid catch up on Australian cricket's huge privatisation bust up, as consensus collapses about the way forward for the Big Bash League, and the game's capital needs.  Can the states kiss and make up, or will life never be the same?  An emergency pod for desperate times.

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Pete and Gid catch up with the runs and ruins of the Indian Premier League, anticipate the Pakistan Super League play offs, check in on Aussies in county cricket, and wonder if the Big Bash League debate will ever get anywhere.  Also DTF St Louis and Dirty Harry!

 

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Pete and Gid catch up with one of their favourite cricket people, Tim Paine, to discuss his journey as coach of the Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League, his approach to the evolving world of T20, the state of Australian and world cricket, the art of wicketkeeping, the fortunes of Cameron Green and Beau Webster, and even how to get the best from Steve Smith (clue: you just let him be himself).  

 

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Pete and Gideon keep up with the Indian Premier League, the travails of Cameron Green, the scrutiny of overseas players and the torrent of sixes.  Also what's happening in the Pakistan Super League and the County Championship, the agony of the hipster and the psychopathology of MAFS.  

 

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Pete and Gideon watch the climax of the Sheffield Shield, the explosive opening of the Indian Premier League and the muted commencement of the Pakistan Super League, and the strange case of England's invisible coach.  

 

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Pete and Gideon attend to the last stages of the Australian season including the Sheffield Shield final, the ECB Ashes autopsy, the miniaturised Pakistan Super League, the maximised Indian Premier League and the demise of New Zealand's Super Smash - what does this mean for Australia's privatisation agenda?  Also: Bernard Fanning watch.

 

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Pete and Gideon enjoy the late season scene, with tales of the Sheffield Shield and the One-Day Cup, foretellings of The Hundred, and a tribute to Merv Hughes.

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Published 2026-03-09

UP ALL NIGHT: India Are World Champions!

49 min
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Pete and Gideon work the night shift to bring you their take on India's T20 World Cup triumph, Australia's generation-changing women's Test victory, and the latest on what's somehow not happening in the drive to flog the Big Bash League.  Also: is New Zealand cricket's canary in the coalmine?

 

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Pete and Gideon keep track of the post-Australian T20 World Cup, the Australian women's series with India, and the mystery surrounding the privatisation of the Big Bash League.  Also: who exactly is grass roots cricket?

 

 

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Pete and Gid catch up in Pete's backyard shed to discuss the possible implications of Big Bash League privatisation, the consequences of Australia's early exit from the T20 World Cup, South Africa's surge and the Australian women's T20 defeat.  

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Pete and Gid talk to Greg Chappell about his open letter to the Pakistan government, signed with thirteen other Test captains, about the maltreatment of his old rival and friend Imran Khan.  Also: Greg can't get fussed about the T20 World Cup either.

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Published 2026-02-16

COPPED IT: Sri Lanka Breeze Past Australia

18 min
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Pete and Gid watch Sri Lanka monster Australia at Palakelle, and wonder how much the T20 World Cup means to their countrymen, as distinct from the players, who looked gutted.  Is Australia on the way out?  Look out Oman, we're comin' at ya, all guns blazing.....

 

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Pete and Gid watch India blitz Pakistan, having watched Zimbabwe blitz Australia, leaving the T20 World Cup looking like a one-horse race.  Also: what's new in North Melbourne, and how nice is Gid's couch?

 

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Pete and Gid review the state of the cricket nation in a sell-out session live at the Wheeler Centre. How good is Australia? How good were the Ashes? What season is it again? Thanks to everyone for coming last night - was great to catch up with so many subscribers and listeners. And thanks to Tooms and Sue for the dynamic pix of Et Al in action.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch England fall over the line against Nepal, New Zealand overhaul Afghanistan, Sri Lanka pip Ireland, and sense the hint of a thaw between Pakistan and ICC, in an eventful beginning to the T20 World Cup.  Plus the lost landscapes of Gordon Rintoul, and Pete's mining road trip/cooker pub visit. 

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Pakistan destroy Australia then the T20 World Cup, plunging cricket into crisis by forfeiting their huge match against India on 15 February.  Does this portend an irrevocable split in world cricket?  Or was it maybe always coming?  Pat Cummins won't be there either.  Why is he advertising it?  Couldn't they get Steve Smith?  Oh wait.....  Plus Harry Brook and his state of leatheredness: is the cover-up always worse than the offence?

 

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Pete and Gideon stave off sleep during the Big Bash League final, pay tribute to the Perth Scorchers, and wonder what form BBL16 will take, even as the private capital future takes further shape in Europe.  Plus, what's the deal with Bangladesh at the T20 World Cup? Could the contagion spread to Pakistan?  And what day is it again?

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Pete and Gid pivot to the concluding stages of the Big Bash League, where the big beasts have been let loose, the sixes are raining, and Steve Smith v David Warner has been summer’s hottest ticket. Also India lose an(other) home ODI series. Plus we have a rummage in Pete’s new cassette collection (formerly Gid’s), discuss recent and upcoming gigs, and have some reading recommendations.

 

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Published 2026-01-08

VICTORY: Australia Win The Ashes 4-1

25 min
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Pete and Gid watch Australia secure the Ashes 4-1 on the concluding day of the Fifth Test, including Usman Khawaja's farewell appearance, Mitchell Starc's last bow of summer, and snicko's final shambles.  Also our final Saily read - one for the fans.

 

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Pete and Gid watch an absorbing day at the SCG, where England fail to put Australia away despite Joe Root's 41st Test century, and Travis Head surges towards a third century in the series.  But Jamie Smith, what have you done?  Three days to play: we have a proper Test match on our hands.

 

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Published 2025-12-27

BARMY: England Win After Two Wild Days

32 min
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Pete and Gideon watch England skate away with a chaotic Melbourne Test after a brilliant morning of bowling, a bold afternoon of batting, and a mad streak of luck.  It was great, but was it good?  For cricket, we mean.  After all, what are we going to do for the next three days?

 

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Pete and Gideon watch a manic twenty-wicket Boxing Day at the MCG before a world record crowd, with Australia's attack outdoing England's on a pitch with a lethal 10mm of grass.  Is Australia beatable?  Is England broken?  Will we be out of here in two days?  It's all up for grabs as Test batting goes up the chute.  

 

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Pete and Gid watch Australia retain the Ashes with an 82-run win in the Third Test after an absorbing day's cricket at Adelaide Oval, in spite of an injury to Nathan Lyon, and pressure on the fitness of Pat Cummins.  What to expect on Boxing Day?  What do England do next?

 

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Pete and Gid watch Australia steadily grind their way through England's second innings at Adelaide Oval, until they're within a whiff of retaining the Ashes, with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon making their presences felt, and Joe Root and Harry Brook eclipsed.  Not much longer now folks.

 

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Pete and Gid watch Adelaide celebrate its favourite son, as Travis Head peels off a fourth consecutive century on his home ground, and Australia march to a lead of 358.  Also: don't look now but we might have a five-day Test on our hands.

 

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Pete and Gid perspire in 40+ degrees as England melt down under a red hot Australian assault, Nathan Lyon becomes Australia's second highest wicket taker, and Ben Stokes becomes England's slowest batter of summer.  Also: why is cricket in such a technology cul de sac, and why is the Exeter serving beer in plastic cups?

 

 

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Published 2025-12-17

HELL YES: Carey Century On Day 1

30 min
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Pete and Gideon bask in a bumper first day to the Third Test at Adelaide Oval, complete with an Usman Khawaja comeback and an Alex Carey hundred in the absence of Steve Smith.  Also: is it time to doubt Cameron Green?  And is time for a Saily live read?  We think so.

 

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Published 2025-12-16

LIVING TOO LATE: 3rd Ashes Test Preview

27 min
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Pete and Gideon catch up with the omission of Usman Khawaja from Australia's Third Test team, and wonder if they have seen the last of Australia's veteran opener.  Also: is it the size of the dog in the fight, or the size of the fight in the dog?  We have questions for Ben Stokes.  Welcome back Gaz and Pat; still no sign of Shoaib Bashir.  Also have we mentioned we love Adelaide?

 

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Pete and Gid watch the last stages of Australia's convincing eight-wicket victory, and wonder where the buck stops for England.  Also: Carey's genius, Archer's humours, and Stuart Broadmania. 

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Pete and Gid watching Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland dominate the third day at the Gabba with bat then ball, as Australia surge towards victory and the retention of the Ashes.  Also: the gospel according to Saily.

 

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Published 2025-12-05

REAL WILD LIFE: Day 2 In Brisbane Heats Up

18 min
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Pete and Gid watch a crazy, heady, reckless second day at the Gabba, where England tried to give the Test away but Australia wouldn't quite let them, when easy catches went down but hard ones were taken, when bowlers gave up hundreds but batters couldn't make them.

 

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Published 2025-12-04

HEY JOE: Root Century On Day 1

23 min
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Pete and Gid watch Joe Root finally break through against Australia on a see-sawing first day at the Gabba, even as Mitchell Starc becomes Test cricket's most prolific left-handed wickettaker, and Australia go into a Test without Nathan Lyon. Will they regret it?

 

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Published 2025-12-03

GABBA GABBA HEY: 2nd Ashes Test Preview

25 min
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Pete and Gid watch Australia juggle their squad even as England swagger into town with their XI in stone. What gives? Will Cummins play? Inglis? Webster? Will Khawaja retire? All these questions and more….will not be answered, although they will be discussed. Also: the late Robin Smith and the pathos of the post-cricket life.

 

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Pete welcomes Gid back from Perth as they assess the lessons of the shortest four-innings Test in Australian history, the future of Usman Khawaja, the prospect of Pat Cummins' return, the strengths and weaknesses of Bazball.  Also: South Africa's Test surge and the incredible changes in India's home fortunes.

 

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Pete and Gid wonder what the hell happened at Optus Stadium, after Travis Head blows England’s house down with a dynamic, record-breaking hundred, following the bowling of Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett. Where now for England? Where now for Bazball? What are we going to do in Perth for three days?

 

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Pete and Gid see Mitchell Starc harvest seven then Ben Stokes thresh five, amid a total of nineteen wickets on an astounding first day of the Ashes of 2025-26 played in fast forward - except for the over rates.  Updates also on Pete's glasses and the Shit Box From Hell.

 

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Pete and Gid savour the serenity at Perth Stadium on the eve of the First Test, review the teams, weigh the prospects, wonder what Steve Smith has against Monty Panesar, and thank heavens they needn't write another preview piece.

 

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Pete and Gideon kick back a while to luxuriate in their favourite Ashes memories, from Melbourne '82 to Headingley '19, from Pete's affinity for Jim Higgs to Gideon's admiration for the Hammond Sauce Works Band.  Also: the ball of the twenty-first century?  Plus: Pete's favourite toilet cubicle. 

 

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Live from St Kilda bowlo, Pete and Gid catch up with the shattering news of Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring, rubbing him out of the First Test. Also who is Brendan Doggett, why is Michael Neser, and what is England playing at in Lilac Hill?

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Published 2025-11-13

HERE IT COMES: Ashes Fever Heats Up

51 min
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Peter and Gideon explore the likely Australia line-up after the latest round of Sheffield Shield, England's unpopular preparation, reminisce of Headbuttgate, and catch up on the Women's Big Bash League.  Seven more sleeps to the Ashes.

 

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Published 2025-11-07

The Man In The Iron Mask

69 min
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Pete and Gid venture into the annals of Et Al, discussing Gid’s new book Who Is Wallace? - the bizarre story of the world’s oldest prisoner, Bill Wallace. For details on how to buy it, go to the bottom of this post.

 

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Peter and Gideon react to the selection of Australia's fifteen-man squad for the First Test.  Has Weatherald won the bat off?  Was there a bowl off too?  Green or Webster?  Or both!  Also: is George Bailey too agreeable to make the tough calls?  Big questions, plus our trademark rambling answers, in another ramshackle episode.

 

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Published 2025-11-03

WISH YOU WELL with Bernard Fanning

72 min
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Pete and Gideon want to know the First Test squad, so who else to ask but….long-time friend of the pod Bernard Fanning?! Bernard describes introducing his wife to Keith Richards, barbecuing Adam Gilchrist, playing CBGBs with Powderfinger, playing cricket against Coldplay, his favourite music T-shirt, and taking his first solo record on the road on its twentieth anniversary. For more details on the tour, go here.

 

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Pete and Gideon receive the news of Pat Cummins's unavailability for the Perth Test and wonder what it means for Australia.  Also Pete's night of Kohli love at the SCG, with a Rohit masterpiece, plus Alana King's Indore coup, the last round of the bat off, Geese and Betcover!!  We'll explain.....

 

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Pete and Gideon check in on the first ODI in Perth, the future of Virat and Rohit, the prime of Mitchell Marsh, the cult of Sam Konstas, and the on-going thrills and spills of the Great Australian Bat-Off.  Also: how do you lose sixteen consecutive tosses?  Plus: Heather Knight at her best, and India on the brink in the Women's World Cup.

 

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Pete and Gideon catch up with four-time Australian World Cup campaign Lisa Sthelakar to discuss last night’s barnstorming Australian chase against India in the Women’s 50-over World Cup in Vizag - subjects include Annabel Sutherland’s five-for, Alyssa Healy’s brutal 142, Shelley Nitschke’s shrewd coaching, the Indian challenge, the English revival, and Lisa’s awesome chair.

 

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The bats have left the belltower, and are lining up for the great Australian bat off - Peter and Gideon review the first results.  Also new handshake wars, Harjas Singh's extraordinary triple hundred at Pratten Park, and farewell to Bernard Julien.

 

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Pete and Gideon catch up on the Asia Cup final, which got most interesting when it ended, and take the pulse of India-Pakistan relations. Also: a preview of the Women’s World Cup and Australia-New Zealand T20s, and where the Ashes protagonists stand two months out.

 

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Pete and Gid catch up on Australia’s dead rubber batting extravaganza in Mackay and the fall out at USA Cricket, then pay tribute to birthday boy Simon Katich and recent retiree Cheteshwar Pujara with a double A-side top 10.

 

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Pete and Gid enjoy another Maxy special in Darwin, further denigrate The Hundred, and celebrate the extraordinary contribution to cricket of the late Bob Simpson. Bonus half-remembered Simon Katich story.

 

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Pete and Gid catch up on last night’s T20, the early stages of The Hundred, before a discussion of the literary career of the late Eric Midwinter leads to an unforeseen ramble about hair oil. No really, it does.

 

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Pete and Gid watch the last fifty-six minutes of the twenty-five day Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy epic, and judge the winners and losers of an unforgettable series.  Also: can cricket survive the depredations of private equity and corporate ego?  And our tribute to a valiant lady. 

 

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Pete visits Gideon in the Cogitorium to discuss England’s draw with India, Australia’s T20 clean sweep in the West Indies, and memories of Allan Border, new septuagenarian.

 

 

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Pete and Gideon witness amazing scenes in Kingston, where Mitchell Starc’s six for 9, and Scott Boland’s hat-trick consign West Indies to oblivion. Whither Caribbean cricket? Whither Sam Konstas? Not a great day for either, but the latter at least has a chance to come back.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch a chaotic fifteen-wicket day at Kingston, including another duck for Sam Konstas and a rare Steve Smith failure amid some ripsnorting speed from the Josephs.  But is night Test cricket a crapshoot?

 

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Pete and Gid are enthralled as pink ball cricket comes to the West Indies, eleven wickets fall on a roller-coaster first day in Jamaica even as Steve Smith makes it look easy, and there are no chairs in the press box.  Also: Viva Italia!

 

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Cricket Et Al’s hundredth episode heralds Mitchell Starc’s hundredth Test, so Pete and Gid pay him an extended tribute, including a Top 10. Bonus pink bits. Also: fun in Kingston. Also: why Bob Marley drove a Beamer.

 

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Pete and Gid see the Frank Worrell Trophy remain in Australian hands, as Pat Cummins's team roll over West Indies by 143 runs.  Also: a prime ministerial visit with a difference.  Plus: what the hell happened at Edgbaston?  

 

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Pete and Gid watch Cameron Green battle his way to a first half century at number three, as Steve Smith makes it look easy, and Australia forge a lead in a grinding Second Test at Grenada.  Also: what happened to the dog?  Also: how did Gordon Rorke stir the nappies?  Plus an exciting rumour about the Adelaide Test!  

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia battle to shake off a determined West Indies in Grenada, with Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja failing again.  Plus: Pete's baggy green exclusive.  Plus: adventures in AI.  And just who is 'Gaz'?

 

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Pete watches an Australian Test in the West Indies, Gid wonders where the overs went, numbers five, six and seven get Pat Cummins's men out of a hole again, and it's another bloody day in paradise before darkness falls.

 

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Pete kicks back in Grenada, Gid tugs on his baggy, Gaz passes on the song, and things get a little awkward in the West Indies camp ahead of the first Test in St Georges.  Plus: Cricket Et Al meets our favourite MMA fighter, Robert 'Danger' McCarthy.  No, really, we do.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia streak away from West Indies on a sixteen-wicket day, with Josh Hazlewood at his best and John Campbell at his worst - bu doubts remain over that top order. Also: it's seventy years since the great 348.  And can anyone tell us about Maurice Visbord?

 

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Pete and Gideon watch a day of dire batting, drops and DRS misadventures in Barbados, as the Second Test remains too close to call.  Also: we stand with Usman.  And: is there nothing Saily can't do?  

 

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Pete in Bridgetown and Gideon in Melbourne watch an enthralling first day of the Worrell Trophy, and wonder whether West Indies can go all the way against Pat Cummins’s recast Australians.  Also: the patriarchy at work at Kensington Oval.  Plus: Pete has made Saily work.   Have we told you?  It’s an eSim….

 

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Pete and Gideon catch up on the eve of the First Test in Barbados and in the aftermath of the First Test at Headingley: what looms as a mismatch and what boomed as a contest.  Also Marnuswatch.  And Konstaswatch.  A shout out to subscribers in the Caribbean - buy Pete a drink!

 

 

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Peter and Gideon struggle to make themselves heard above South African celebrations of their World Test Championship, after Temba Bavuma's battlers win the final at Lord's by five wickets.  How will Australia regroup?  And what will it mean for Test cricket?  Time to ponder.

 

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Pete and Gideon see South Africa surge to within sight of a stirring World Test Championship victory, thanks to a bold and brilliant hundred from Aiden Markram, the one-leg wonder Temba Bavuma, and a pitch with no peril.  Also: pastries.  Plus our Cayman correspondent.

 

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Pete and Gideon get caught up in the surges and eddies of a fluctuating first day of the World Test Championship final in which the bowlers ruled but Steve Smith and Beau Webster made their presences felt.  South Africa hold the edges; Australia hold the edge. Title in honour of the late Brian Wilson.

 

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Peter and Gideon relax in the Harris Garden at Lord's as they compare the teams for the World Test Championship Final, reflect on Marnus Labuschagne's new career as opener, what this means for Sam Konstas, and the world's widest slips cordon.  Also: a few precious stolen moments with Jay!

 

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Pete and Gideon watch the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League get back to business, ponder MS Dhoni's future, Justin Langer's present and the Asia Cup's past - for that might be all there is.  Also Pete meets two Ukrainian heroes, Gid catches up on our Afghan friend Mustafa Qamari, plus the greatest Saily read of all time - this really happened!

 

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Pete and Gideon catch up on an extraordinary week in cricket geopolitics, with the IPL and PSL becoming the front line of the brooding conflict between India and Pakistan, causing international cricketers to scatter, before a tenuous cease fire compelled their return. Special guests: Sam Perry and Ian Higgins from The Grade Cricketer, fresh from returning to Australia after being part of the exodus. Oh, did we mention Rohit (definitely) and Virat (probably) retired from Test cricket? It’s hard to keep up but we’ll try.

 

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Pete and Gideon observe the IPL and PSL from afar, then Dennis Lillee from up close, with a report on the latest gig by the Cricket Et Al house band, the Bluesberries. Then Top 10 election songs, ranging from the Viagra Boys to the Viagra Boys, with some Randy Newman and Bonzo Dog Band dropped in.

 

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Pete and Gideon keep up with the IPL and PSL, the respective fortunes of Glenn Maxwell and Rishabh Pant, mourn the loss of Stacky and recall the aluminium bat incident of 1979: they have the bat!  Also a vintage top 10:  favourite T20 franchise names from round the world.  

 

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Pete and Gideon reflect on the career of Will Pucovski, the burden of expectation falling likewise on Jake Fraser-McGurk and Sam Konstas, the cut and thrust of the IPL and PSL, and....their favourite couches.  Also, in honour of cricket's newest knight, ten songs in honour of Sir James.  Oh, and, just when you thought it was safe, jags on JP Donleavy and All Quiet on the Western Front.  Because, y'know.

 

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Pete and Gideon examine the hellscape of global cricket with Tom Moffat, CEO of the World Cricket Association, in particular their new proposals for a calendar that shares the benefits of the game's growth.  You can read Protecting History, Embracing Change here: (https://theworldca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Global-Game-Structure-Report-Final-1.pdf).

 

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Pete and Gideon are joined by St George CC life member Kurtis Patterson, nobly refrain from discussing his 144 Test average in favour of exploring his brilliant first-class comeback and why he's now playing the best cricket of his career.  

 

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Pete and Gideon look forward to the Sheffield Shield final after a week of axe-grinding in Queensland, get whiplash watching the sixes in the IPL, defer to Dennis Lillee, delve further into the intersection of MAFS and cricket, and celebrate keyboards genius Ash Wednesday and saxophone guru Lara Logic.  No, really.  All this plus an IPL top ten in an even less organised episode than usual.

 

 

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Published 2025-03-17

I WANT SOME

44 min
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Pete and Gideon watch the Sheffield Shield resolve as the Indian Premier League impends, and look forward to Mohammad bin Salman showering us all with money.  Also Pete on Tarantino and Gid on MAFS.

 

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Published 2025-03-10

FINAL COUNTDOWN

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Peter and Gideon observe India's predictable Champions Trophy triumph, the final round of the Sheffield Shield, and the intersection of cricket, golf and Essendon Airport.  Plus the return of Austin Waugh.

 

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Published 2025-02-24

COPPED IT

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Pete and Gid watch Pakistan cop it from India, and Archer and Wood cop it from Inglis and Maxwell in the Champions Trophy, and discuss bowling actions in the age of biomechanical intervention.  Don't forget Cricket Et Al live at Como Park this Sunday, and cricket's little black dress: the Usman 232 t-shirt.

 

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Published 2025-02-17

BIG JACKET

38 min
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Pete and Gideon do their best to get excited by the Champions Trophy the best way they know how: with a top ten.  They also check in on the Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup, and find themselves coincidentally reading the same book.  Fancy that!

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Sri Lanka capitulate in the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy, with Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne piloting Australia to a nine-wicket victory in Galle.  How good are Australia, how bad are Sri Lanka and how much do we like Beau Webster?  These and other questions....

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia take a stranglehold on the Second Test at Galle, with Steve Smith and Alex Carey adding an unbeaten 239 in 331 balls for the fourth wicket, and Pete losing his microphone.  If you find it, please let us know in the comments.

 

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Published 2025-02-06

HOW'S IT GONNA END?

31 min
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Pete and Gideon watch a fascinating first day to the Second Test in Galle on a sharply turning wicket, muse on debutant Cooper Connolly, sit with Lukey Sparrow, and introduce their star scorer Thomas Miles.  Also a special message.

 

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Pete and Gideon are absorbed in symmetrical Australian Test matches on two continents, the men winning by an innings in Galle, the women by an innings in Melbourne - not to mention the men of Australia A winnings by an innings in Sydney.  Pete also falls into ecstatic rapture about swimming with the turtles in the Indian Ocean, while Gid falls run out again ho hum.

 

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Published 2025-01-31

ABOUT THE WEATHER: Day 3 In Galle

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Gideon watches England fall in Melbourne, Pete watches the rain fall in Galle, they brood on strangles, superstitions and stress fractures, and cricket, as always, is the winner.  Although weather might have the last word....

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia dominate in both the men's and women's Tests, Steve Smith's team putting Sri Lanka to the sword in Galle, Alyssa Healy's team suffocating England at the MCG.  Is Josh Inglis's debut hundred the fastest in Test history? Producer Dave knows the answer - that's why he's on the big bucks.  Also: Galle loves covers.

 

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Pete calls in from the first day in Galle where Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith tonned up, while Gid reports from the laneways of Fitzroy where a great champion was honoured, and both of them wait for the press box internet to break but somehow miraculously it does not.

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Gid and Pete watched Australia prevail 3-1 against India, regaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and book their place in the World Test Championship final.  Go Scotty!  Viva Pat!  Salut Bumrah!  What a Test and what a series.

 

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Pete and Gideon sit enthralled through a jumbo-packed second day of the Sydney Test, where Rishabh Pant rocked, Scott Boland rolled, and Jasprit Bumrah reeled.  Will he be fit to bowl on the last day?  Also Beau Webster is officially a big unit.

 

 

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Pete and Gideon watch the new Indian regime in action, which reminds them a bit of the old regime, as Scott Boland lands his fiftieth Test wicket at a record low cost, and Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli battle their demons.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia win an epic Test match at the MCG, wonder whether they count in the world record crowd, and think there might be something in five-day cricket after all.  Also: tributes to Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah, and a snicko royal commission.

 

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There were many happy returns for Jasprit Bumrah on the fourth day at the MCG, but the Indians did not have enough puff left to blow the candles out on the cake. An extraordinary Test continues to twist and turn.

 

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Pete and Gideon reel from another XL day of Test cricket, featuring a breakthrough partnership between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, a manful performance from Scott Boland, and a grandstand finish with Reddy's maiden Test hundred.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Steve Smith roll back time and Virat Kohli rage against the dying of the light on an enthralling second day of the Fourth Test at the MCG, as Australia seize the ascendancy.  Also: put a fork in Rohit, he's done.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch Sam Konstas turn the Test series on its head and Virat Kohli lose his head, as Australia reach a promising first innings score after winning the toss.  Plus: Marnus is back, and Steve Smith looks like he's never been away.

 

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Pete and Gid puzzle over a bizarre but fascinating conclusion to the rain-ruined Third Test at the Gabba, and pay tribute to eminent retiree Ravi Ashwin who heads home tomorrow.

 

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Pete and Gideon report on an enthralling fourth day of the Third Test, with Australia toiling to make up for the absence of Josh Hazlewood, India battling despite the poor form of their skipper, and the cricket fighting the rain for supremacy.

 

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Pete and Gideon watch 33.1 overs and sit through seven rain interruptions as Australia make headway in the Third Test at the Gabba.  Also, by popular demand, Gideon's hat.

 

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Pete and Gid watch another Travis Head tour de force, a Steve Smith statement innings, an unstoppable Jasprit Bumrah and a very stoppable India as Australia seize the advantage that Rohit Sharma gifted them.

 

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Pete and Gideon are joined by special guest Simon Katich to review the short day in Brisbane, the long haul of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the challenges of Jasprit Bumrah and the excitement of sporting parenthood.

 

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Pete and Gideon see Australia even the series with India in Adelaide before the lights are turned on for the third night, talk about Travis Head's ascendancy, Marnus Labuschagne's reinvention and the Siraj affair.  Plus a great idea for the end of every Test match.

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Pete and Gid wallow in the patriotic Adelaide vibes after another hometown hundred by Travis Head, the returns to form of Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins, and a scintillating cameo from Rishabh Pant.

 

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Pete and Gid celebrate Mitchell Starc's devastating first innings bowling in the Second Test at Adelaide Oval and Australia's grim survival under lights as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy turns topsy-turvey.  Warning: includes fat shaming.

 

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Published 2024-12-05

IT'S OH SO QUIET

35 min
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Pete and Gideon catch up ahead of tomorrow's Adelaide pink-ball Test, review the XIs, watch the training, respond to CA CEO Todd Greenberg's first public comments and ICC chairman Greg Barclay's exit interview.  Also: is Adelaide really the City of Vomit?

 

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Published 2024-11-28

BACK HOME IN DERRY

51 min
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Pete and Gideon catch up after the Perth Test, talk Sheffield Shield and ICC rankings, and meet musician David Bridie and Neil Harvey's grand nephew Mick to discuss their improbable friendship

 

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Published 2024-11-25

DR SUNSHINE IS DEAD

31 min
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Pete and Gdeon witness the last rites in the First Test, lavish praise on India, worry about Marnus and reminisce of great press box fights in Perth.

 

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Pete and Gideon reflect on the 10th anniversary of Philip Hughes' tragic death. Head to cricketetal.com to read Gideon's interview with the match officials and Pete's memories from the ground on that fateful day

 

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Published 2024-11-24

I LIKE THE WAY THIS IS GOING

37 min
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Peter and Gideon reflect on an awesome day of Test cricket, including a maiden Border-Gavaskar hundred from Vashasvi Jaiswal, a thirtieth century from Virat Kohli, a woebeggone day in the field for Australia, and a disastrous final hour at the hands of Jasprit Bumrah.  They also reflect on the legacy of Philip Hughes, ten years on from his mortal blow at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

 

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Published 2024-11-23

THE BIG PAYBACK

19 min
Open

Pete and Gideon watch the First Test turn topsy-turvey, with bat dominating ball, and Indian dominating Australia thanks to Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul.  Meanwhile, you need a t-shirt.

 

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Published 2024-11-22

HELL SUCKS

21 min
Open

Pete and Gideon report from a hell for batters, Perth Stadium, where seventeen wickets fell for 217 on the first day of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.  Can India press their advantage?  Can Australia come back?  Is this the end of Virat Kohli?  We report, you decide, and hopefully buy a T-shirt.

 

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Published 2024-11-20

I LOVE PERTH

30 min
Open

Pete and Gideon catch up on the team news for the First Test, try to persuade Morne Morkel to speak Hindi, and reflect on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy v the IPL auction.

 

 

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Published 2024-11-14

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

39 min
Open

Pete and Gideon catch up on India's arrival on Instagram....errr, in Australia and India's threat to the Champions Trophy.  Also last night's T20I in Brisbane, the Women's Big Bash League and the women's team from Afghanistan.  Comes complete with top ten Indian tour songs. Not available in Hindi.

 

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Published 2024-11-09

SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE

9 min
Open

Pete and Gideon report live from the MCG on Australia’s First Test squad including new opener Nathan McSweeney and reserve batter Josh Inglis. Also Gideon shows off his guns in the new Cricket Et Al merch.

 

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Pete and Gideon catch up with Australian captain Pat Cummins for a fascinating chat about leadership, fatherhood, big ideas, big crowds and....money.  Pat's new book is here

 

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Published 2024-11-04

HEAVENLY POP HIT

34 min
Open

Pete and Gid report from the India A v Australia A match in Mackay and celebrate New Zealand's whitewash of India in India with a New Zealand music top ten.  Not everything is by The Bats.

 

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Published 2024-10-25

MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER

87 min
Open

Pete and Gideon review Australia's selection permutations, the intervention of David Warner, the eclipse of Steve Smith, and the high summer of Craig Serjeant.  Also an extended chat with Glenn Maxwell about Pat Cummins, JL, Philip Hughes and that nickname.

 

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Published 2024-10-11

PAIN REDEFINED

74 min
Open

Pete and Gid follow the rise and rise of Sam Konstas, the further evolution of Bazball, and the women's progress in the T20 World Cup, before an extended chat with Adelaide Strikers coach Tim Paine about falling back in love with cricket and training the next generation

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Published 2024-10-01

SOMETIMES ALWAYS

76 min
Open

Pete and Gideon talk to former Australian opening bowler turned Sydney Thunder boss Trent Copeland about cricket with red and white balls, on pathways and off, and whether his improbable career would be possible now. Also takeaways from the Australia-England ODIs, the India-Bangladesh Tests, the BCCI annual meeting, plus a look forward at the women's T20 World Cup.

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Published 2024-09-19

START!

35 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up on the first ODI at Nottingham, the first Test at Chennai, the first twenty-year ban slapped on a coach in Melbourne, the return of the boy's club in Perth, and the subject on which everyone has a view: should Steve Smith open the batting for Australia?  Plus: top ten songs for openers, and honestly we could have gone on forever. 

 

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Published 2024-09-11

MY WAY

62 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up on the week in cricket, Sri Lanka's win at the Oval, Australia's win in Edinburgh, Marnus Labuschagne not playing in the T20 series in England but wrangling with umpires in Queensland.  Then they talk to the doyen, Mike Coward, about his more than six decades writing and broadcasting cricket around the world, his new book and his forthcoming celebrity roast.

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Published 2024-09-03

GOOD SENSE

59 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up with the moral conscience of Australian cricket, Simon Katich, for a proper cricket chat spanning The Hundred, the IPL, owners, generational turnover, free agents and.....climbing walls.  Plus: how was your Father's Day?

 

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Published 2024-08-29

THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED

60 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up with Tasmania's Trent Keep to discuss his remarkable personal journey, touching the heights of cricket, but involving battles with anxiety and concussion. Also more on the Jay Shah ascendancy, England v Sri Lanka, Pat Cummins and climate, plus memories of Sam Landsberger.  

 

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Published 2024-08-13

BOSS OF ME

56 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up on cricket news from around the world, and chat to Christina Matthews, doyen of cricket administration, about the challenges awaiting the next CEO of Cricket Australia, the keys to building a successful culture and welcoming lavatories.

 

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Published 2024-08-06

DAMAGED GOODS

43 min
Open

Pete and Gid pay tribute to the late, great Graham Thorpe, catch up on Major League Cricket and The Hundred, and for reasons Pete can't remember choose their top ten tribute albums.

 

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Published 2024-07-29

BEAUTIFUL WASTE

32 min
Open

Pete and Gid rendezvous in the Cogitorium, catch up on the week's cricket, and in an Et Al Extra pay respects to Ray Lawler, Martin Phillips, Sinead O'Connor, Dave McComb and John Franklin Bardin.

 

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Published 2024-07-21

ALL SHOOK UP

34 min
Open

Pete and Gid talk through England's Second Test win at Nottingham, catch up on Major League Cricket and World Cricket Connects, then vanish down a rabbit hole of Suzi Quatro and Billy Wilder. Plus an update on Pete's new shed.

 

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Published 2024-07-14

TOUCH AND GO

37 min
Open

Pete and Gideon watch Jimmy nick off his last batter, catch up with comings and goings at the Delhi Capitals and ICC, and pay tribute to their late colleague Mike Colman. Also ten songs in honour of Test cricket's second highest wicket taker.

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Published 2024-06-30

NEWS OF THE WORLD

17 min
Open

Pete (in Lennox Head) and Gid (at Bangkok airport) catch up on India's triumph in the T20 World Cup final, SKY's miracle catch, the retirements of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and David Warner, and Michael J Fox's appearance at Glastonbury.  

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Published 2024-06-27

I LOVE YOU WHEN IT RAINS

16 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up India's demolition of England in the T20 World Cup semi-final and pay tribute to plucky Afghanistan but not before bidding a fond farewell to their mutual acquaintance Kinky Friedman.

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Published 2024-06-25

INCLUDE ME OUT

26 min
Open

Pete and Gid watch Australia sink in the Caribbean as Afghanistan get the better of Bangladesh in an all-time classic finish to the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup, preview the semi-finals, and provide a top ten songs for Mitchell Marsh's team.  

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Published 2024-06-17

MOTHER OF EARTH

32 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up on Australia's narrow defeat of Scotland, England's squeak into the Super 8s, think spin to win in the Caribbean, and ponder that mysterious deity Mother Cricket, paying tribute with their Top 10 Mother Cricket songs.

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Published 2024-06-12

THE BIG PAYBACK

25 min
Open

They wouldn't, would they?  Pete and Gid discuss Josh Hazelwood's contribution to Anglo-Australian diplomacy, the rise and rise of Adam Zampa, Virat Kohli's bid for anonymity, and the jostling for the Super 8s as the T20 World Cup approaches its climax. 

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Pete tells Gid about the experience of attending the biggest game of cricket in the history of the world, India v Pakistan, in the centre of the known universe, New York, in an all-time competition of hype.

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Published 2024-06-08

I'M A MESS

16 min
Open

The bed-in continues as Pete and Gideon catch up on England's sloppy defeat against Australia, and Afghanistan's thrashing of New Zealand.  Also Pete's visit to Yankee Stadium!

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Published 2024-06-06

THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO

30 min
Open

Pete and Gid catch up on the great Dallas ambush - the US's Super Over steal from Pakistan.  Also the Eisenhower Park pitch fiasco, Australia's hard-fought win against Oman, Pete's continued New York adventures.

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