Australia wins a classic amid record crowds, final hours, lengthened shadows, herculean bowlers, gus truck opposition, cry more merchants, and Joel Wilson. We dissect, bisect, genuflect to all of it. Cummins, Konstas, Marnus, Bumrah, Rohit, Jaiswal, Kohli. The Blobby League continues in earnest, some catches right out of the “top drawer”. Pakistan and South Africa try to out-gas truck each other, and AskTGC deals with SCG fashion choices and urgent medical emergencies. Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear  Download WeMoney Last remaining live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts  Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

284. A Win For The Ages

How could you not love test cricket? Australia win an all-time test classic test match whilst Joel Wilson puts in an incredible performance. India fall in a post team demolition. A technology named "snicko" is surprisingly not 100% reliable. Cry more India.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia Triumph in an All-Time Classic: Day 5 | Melbourne

Bumrah the greatest to ever grace Australia's shores. Boland and Lyon make it through to stumps. Jaiswal makes drops some costly catches. Marnus' piece is constantly in danger as he plays and misses his way to 70.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tail Wags Despite Bumrah The Great: Day 4 | Melbourne 

NKR's maiden ton leaves father in tears. Another Indian number 8 ruins Australia's year. Five out, all out no longer exists in Australia? Mitch Marsh's spot in jeopardy? Australia missing Cam Green today more than ever.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nitish Kumar Reddy Maiden Test Century Leaves Father in Tears: Day 3 | Melbourne

A new Greek God has arrived. The way to play Bumrah has always been to ramp him. Uncles group chats have been going off all day.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Konstas and Kohli Collide: Day 1 | Boxing Day

It’s 1-1, there’s legacy on the line, there’s new toys, the old guard’s bristling at Bailey, there’s cry more stuff in the media, there’s post Gabba heat, the Bucket on Bonce Blobby League is hot and funny, Buzz works for the PIF, and Melbourne’s set to swelter amid Boxing Day press furore as temperature records loom. Paul Kennedy joins to discuss South Asian Australians saving the national game, Australia dusts New Zealand with one game to play in the women’s, and AskTGC deals with English v Hindi, Pud, confidence in Constance, how to take in Boxing Day, DAZN, and making the right impression with your new team on What’s App. Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear  Last remaining live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts  Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting WinesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

283. Konstas Craving, with Paul Kennedy

Ashwin retires. The rollercoaster of test cricket goes on. On and off like Ross and Rachel. It’s a funny old game.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rain Wins, Scars Inflicted, Ashwin Retires: Day 5 | Brisbane 

Bring on Boxing Day. India limping to a draw. Jadeja annoying. What even is calf awareness? Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Has India Saved The Test? |  Day 4 | Brisbane 

Good day for the Aussies. Child on Daddy’s lap stuff. Indian weather blimps afoot.  Bison taking classic catches. Jaiswal smokes a throw-down into our beloved cameraman friend.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can India Survive?: Day 3 | Brisbane 

Father Travis delivers again. Smudge has found his eyes. India bowling absolute pump, except from Bumrah.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Head and Smith Smoke India: Day 2 | Brisbane 

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What The GABBA Means To Australians: Day 1 | Brisbane 

Australia wins and Bulldog Ritchie is involved. Does life get any sweeter? It does for 72 hours. We “chop up” the Test, examine important things like blokes, chat, and the 360-fication of the series, and reluctantly explore minutiae like Marnus runs, pink ball tactics and the value of Crats. Australia’s newest toy, Nathan McSweeney, joins the show post-Test circuit, as does journalist Cam Ponsonby to bring us everything from New Zealand-England in Wellington. Our Women dust India, NSW figures prominently in all Shield games, Sri Lanka and South Africa is poised, and AskTGC concerns HR, the IPL, and hair transplants. Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts  Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting Wines When you buy a Hubbl Hub, get Netflix and Kayo Sports for the price of just Kayo Sports for 12months. That's a saving of $7.99 per month for 12 months.” Visit https://hubbl.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

282. A Grade Environment, with Nathan McSweeney

Early tee times for everyone. The last thing that happened is the thing that always will happen. Australian Cricket is boring again. Get ahead, other than gives up. Heady vs Siraj.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia 🇦🇺 Thump India 🇮🇳 To Make It 1-1 🤝: Day 3 | Adelaide

Travis Head cradles the nation in his arms. Siraj plays the super villain. What a series we've got on our hands.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travis Head Fathers India Again: Day 2 | Adelaide

Australia has the best stadiums. Test cricket is the best. Adelaide you are gorgeous. SOMEONE TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON! This is enjoyable now. Did we dismiss India at the right time?  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Starc Too Fast For Jaiswal: Day 1 | Adelaide 

Cricket analyst and Sydney comedian Billy D’Arcy sits down with the boys to talk grade cricket yarns, culture wars, optics, and why Marnus is the answer.  Check Billy’s podcast Get Around Me for more gold every week, and catch his stand-up dates via his socials - Insta: billy.darcy Last remaining tickets available for our Australian live show tour here: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comedian Billy D'Arcy on Culture Wars, Bumrah and Grade Cricket 

Greats condemn cricketing pyramid ruin as Adelaide looms. That’s right, everything’s on the line ahead of the biggest Test in recent memory, as vultures circle, knives sharpen, and drafts brood for Cummins and co. Can they prove people wrong again, or does every team have an expiry? Does calm, sigma alphadom bounce back, or, as one source described the plight of Australia’s men, are they “like a billycart going downhill”? ESPNCricinfo’s Alex Malcolm joins to illuminate the feeling inside the group. Elsewhere, the Gades restore Big V pride in the WBBL, Zampa becomes the lightning rod for everything wrong in the national game, Ali Martin joins us from NZ after England went 1-0 up over there, SA destroys Sri Lanka, and AskTGC is about a guy who made a hundred before venturing to Bourbon St, New Orleans. Live show tickets: PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts  Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting Wines When you buy a Hubbl Hub, get Netflix and Kayo Sports for the price of just Kayo Sports for 12months. That's a saving of $7.99 per month for 12 months.” Visit https://hubbl.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

281. Biggest Test in Recent Memory, with Alex Malcolm and Ali Martin

India completely dominate Australia in Perth and the knives are very much being sharpened. The meltdown has begun and the calls are growing louder and louder for the ‘old Australia’ to return. Has Australia lost its edge? Should we be harder? It’s been suggested that our boys get back to grade cricket, even if it’s 2’s or 3’s!! Glenn Maxwell joins the show to discuss the rollercoaster of playing cricket for Australia in this era. The scrutiny, the pressures, the highs and the lows. We also discuss the IPL auction, Phillip Hughes and how to play Bumrah. That’s before we get into Sheffield Shield, WBBL, New Zealand v England and Pakistan losing to Zimbabwe. It’s a hell of a start to a summer… though it doesn’t actually start until the next Test. Live show tickets: PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts  Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting Wines When you buy a Hubbl Hub, get Netflix and Kayo Sports for the price of just Kayo Sports for 12months. That's a saving of $7.99 per month for 12 months.” Visit https://hubbl.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

280. Get Back to Grade Cricket, with Glenn Maxwell 

This country needs a ticker-tape parade, so we can get around our heroes, who in-turn, will get around us! Australia secure their 6th and best ever World Cup win in the ODI format. This whole episode is a complete suck-off. Drink it in, Australia. Drink it in. Nathan Lyon is on the show from Perth to give us the details of what it all means to the players, where the ticker-tape parade should be and if Ronnie Mac ever get back to him after offering his services for the World Cup. Alex Malcolm joins us in studio to give us the x's and o's. He's a gun, Alex. #AskTGC is from an Indian fan who tells us of his experience in the US of the cricket World Cup final with his Australian college. 9-2. Fuck off. 
Come and see us perform live on stage this Australian summer!! All tickets at https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-shows
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255. We Need A Ticker-Tape Parade, with Nathan Lyon & Alex Malcolm

Semi finals. India v New Zealand. South Africa v Australia. Meg Lanning retires from international cricket. Peter Siddle and Matt Renshaw are in-studio. WBBL wrap. Women's squad announced for Australian tour of India. Come and see us perform live on stage this Australian summer!! All tickets at https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-shows
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254. The World Cup Semi-Finals, with Peter Siddle and Matt Renshaw

Stuart Broad joins TGC for the first time to discuss his new book 'Broadly Speaking', available in Australia, India, The UK and anywhere online or at all the places that you buy books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart Broad

Shakib Al Hasan has Angelo Matthews timed out! The first we've ever seen in international cricket. Rob Moody, aka robelinda2, is on the show to tell us about his channel being terminated and what we can do to help. Ali Martin joins us from Pune to pick the bones out of the England campaign and what's next. 
There's also World Cup action, a hill at Optus Stadium in Perth, WBBL update, 100 Sheffield Shield games for Moises Henriques and maybe even a win for NSW? Come and see us perform live on stage this Australian summer!! All tickets at https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-shows
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253. Timed Out, with robelinda2 & Ali Martin

Dates, Venues and Tickets for our Australian Live Show Tour of 2023/24. 
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2023/24 LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

We start this week's episode with a Crows Feet review of Stuart Broad's comments amid the chaos of Lord's, while promoting his new book. He's good, isn't he? The World Cup remains India's to lose, but are Australia showing signs of resurgence to the point where they could jag this thing? Warner's being a coat, the Bin Lid has whacked a couple of tennis balls, blokes are on the golf course and Punter is using words like deplorable! Looking good from here. 
Adam Gilchrist is on the show to discuss his World Cup experiences, his memories of getting turned over by Bangladesh in 2005, beating South Africa in 2007, facing India in 2003 and what highlight packages of his we can expect over the summer. 
There's also Greg Chappell's GoFundMe, Steve Smith's property portfolio, Sheffield Shield drama and a WBBL update. That's before we get into #AskTGC where a concerned father wonders why his son chose cricket over basketball. Save yourself, young man! 
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252. Can Australia Jag The World Cup? with Adam Gilchrist

Adam Zampa joins us from his hotel in Dharamshala ahead of the crucial Australia v New Zealand World Cup clash. We talk about singing the national anthem, painkillers, how they're coming out, coffee, golf and celebrating releasing the world record for most runs ever conceded in an ODI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Zampa

We are midway through the World Cup and it's fair to say that no one knows anything, none of it matters because India is a nearly unbackable favourite and the ICC are meeting at the end of the tournament anyway to decide the future of the format. Hope my team is good by the end of next week.
Unfortunately Adam Zampa is not on the show, but Matt Roller from ESPNCricInfo is and he joins us from Bangalore in India to tell us how much air one can chew, if any of the teams near India are good and what the feeling is around the World Cup generally, from a fan's perspective. 
Finally, Kim Garth and Tess Flintoff from the Melbourne Stars join us in the studio to discuss being rolled for 29, pumping around Europe before a call-up to the Australian squad, cricket in Ireland, Alyssa Healy's hand, Grace Harris hitting sixes with a broken bat and stupid questions men ask.
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251. Pumping Around, with Kim Garth, Tess Flintoff & Matt Roller

We’re back, baby! Yep, definitely. Australia’s off the mark, noses are harder, someone said “lift!” and now the Cup is surely ours. Sure, India appear completely unbeatable, but that’s their problem: no one wants to lead the Melbourne Cup at the first furlong (or some shit)! Shane Watson joins to add credibility to all of the above. Elsewhere, Bancroft and Renshaw record hundreds, Caleb Jewell is of interest, and Michael Neser is Australia’s best bat. The Women handle the Windies and the covers, and we acknowledge the 1973 team, with Sharon Tredrea et al. We then speak with cricket writing titan Gideon Haigh about the future of the game, and his next move after departing The Australian. Following Gideon, AskTGC appropriately drips with prose. That’s right, it’s Pat Cummins erotic fiction. Thanks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

250. How Do You Beat India? with Shane Watson & Gideon Haigh

The thing that happened last is the thing that happens forever, so we write Australia off for World Cup '24, until the next show, next week. India are pretty good. So is South Africa and New Zealand. So, one game in, unfortunately only one spot remains. Before then, we meander through Shield and domestic matters, such as a heckler with a dildo and megaphone at the Shield and PlayHQ privacy options. Elsewhere, three anonymous Lord's blokes get absolutely dealt with, but one will be back for next Ashes to do bulk damage. Australia's Women once again maintain safety - helps when H Matthews isn't knocking about, and looks like cricket at the Olympics is ON. Either that or Lacrosse - let's see what lobs in Mumbai. Jake Fraser-McGurk joins to talk world records and sliding into ABdV's areas, and Bharat Sundaresan gives us the actual lowdown from Lucknow. #AskTGC concerns father-in-law dynamics and selfishness, and then indulgently slides into your hosts own failures in this domain. Cheers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

249. Is Australia Cooked? with Jake Fraser-McGurk and Bharat Sundaresan

With the World Cup starting on Thursday, Australian domestic cricket once again commencing and, most importantly, Round 1 of "Premier" cricket getting underway, it's time for us to reflect on wasted Saturdays.
Who will win the World Cup? Is it India's to lose? What hope does Australia have? Can England defend the crown? 
Should ODI's just be confined to World Cups? Incoming MCC President Mark Nicholas thinks so. 
Meanwhile Hayley Matthews plays one of the all-time great innings in Australia, scoring 132 off 64 in West Indies' world record run chase at North Sydney Oval. Is the gap closing? Do we like it? No. 
Dan Brettig is on the show to preview what we suspect is going to be a 'low' summer in Australia, rather, one that doesn't involve India or England, and what I might mean for blooding new trappings for the eyes. 
Spencer Johnson joins us from his home in South Australia to tell us about his journey from West Torrens to representing his country, via the Big Bash, The Hundred and MLC.
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248. Is This The Last Serious World Cup? with Spencer Johnson & Daniel Brettig

We’re back! Because when there’s international-cricket-with-actual-jeopardy, we can only kneel to hoover up these last remaining crumbs. Along the way we’ve also got Stokes selling salad stories and quoting Spiderman, lid-lifting about Bairstow and Piers gear, hard-hitting journalism about Modi’s India/Bharat and the BJP, and why the World Cup will be perversely good. New Zealand all-rounder and debutant Father Jimmy Neesham joins us to talk about light horses and environments, while CricInfo’s Alex Malcolm lays bare Australia’s issues ahead of next week’s tournament. AskTGC comes in from Loose McNasty, pertaining to impossible social dynamics caused by one’s identity as “The Cricketer”. Excuse the indulgence, but me think it mazing. 
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247. Me Think It Mazing, with Jimmy Neesham and Alex Malcolm

The Ashes: spirit, morality, tribalism, culture, Broady. He’s good, isn’t he? (Knows what he’s doing.) We take your visceral minutes. dribble about all (some) things Ashes, briefly talk about other cricket, and finish with a failure-inspired #AskTGC. Heartfelt thanks to everyone’s who’s supported TGC during this series. A deeply special one for us, though we’ll never admit that, as men. Anyway, 2-2: let’s all fuck off.
 
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246. "Beers?"

Retain [verb]: continue to have (something); keep possession of. While England stroke their chins soberly, pondering morality and the impact of clouds on children, Australia’s grubby little convict mitts clutch the urn, with g-strings and court jester hats close by. Elsewhere, India dusts West Indies, Harmanpreet gets mist, Pakistan beats Sri Lanka, and Headingley helps a man settle his divorce.
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245. Retention and Carry-On

Major League Cricket is here and so is Zampa's reference to the 20th of April. Is it good? Are we watching? What does The Star Spangled Banner mean to powerplays? Australia have successfully retained the Women's Ashes, but this is of course not enough, despite it being good for the game. The best series ever though; Alyssa Healy thinks not. India absolutely smash the West Indies in the 1st Test. How will splitting up the islands benefit anyone? Do the West Indies just need to WANT IT more? Alex Malcolm from ESPNCricInfo joins us in the studio to preview the 4th Men's Ashes Test at Old Trafford. It's some really nuffy cricket chat but also we complain about why bad things happen to the team that we like and how nothing is fair. #AskTGC comes in from Scotland and also Edmonton, Canada. What is the truth of cricket? Will our world's completely capitulate?
 
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244. The Truth of Cricket, with Alex Malcolm

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243. I'm A Selector... Get Me Out of Here! with Chris Rogers

We emerge from obstacles technical and travel to drag ourselves to the microphone for a late crack at the scenes from Lord’s. Danny Rood starts things off, before we pore over events legally, philosophically, sociologically, tribally, viscerally, clumsily, and in grade terms. Also, Stokes and Smith can play. Following a rare defeat at The Oval overnight, Alyssa Healy claims her team "is allowed to lose a game of cricket". Very interesting! Scotland look poised to hurdle the full-member only World Cup, and AskTGC ponders the real meaning of the Spirit of Cricket, as well as whether or not his question should have included some "cock stuff".
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242. The Colonial Leash

In lieu of our lost cast, here's an extended visceral minute post Lord's. Full cast out Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lord's Visceral Minute (Extended)

We record this from The Oval in south London the day before The Lord's Test match, where anything can happen but one thing is for certain, this is very cult-like and we're having a nice time. Barney Ronay stops in to talk about the good things and the things we are allowed to question. What is tackles? What is Tongue? Speak in absolutes and with such certainty forever. Never change. Do push ups. We celebrate Ash Gardner's 12 wicket haul in the women's Test, the hopefully bright future of 5 day Tests for women and also if we'll accept anything other than a clean sweep. Nathan Lyon is about to embark on his 100th consecutive Test match for Australia, while England have already named their spinner-less 2nd Test starting XI. Why? There's other news about first pitches at The Olympic Stadium, West Indies failure in Zimbabwe, Netherlands' success and some other, more irreverent, stuff in-between.
 
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241. It's A Cult, with Barney Ronay

We come to you direct from Manchester, basking in the afterglow of a podium Australian Test win in the modern era. We skin the cat as many ways as possible, chronicling the feelings 24 hours post victory, where it ranks, the game itself, and what next. Inside that we cover Cummins, Springsteen, Uzzie, Gaz, Stokes, Robinson, Ponting, KP, other names that make us feel things, and your Visceral Minutes. 
 
We also preview the Women’s Ashes, where once again we threaten effigies should Australia not emerge with the full complement of points. 
 
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240. CumBall 1 - BazBall 0

We are very proud and excited to announce our special guests who will join us on stage in the UK for our Ashes Live Show Tour. Some tickets are still available at:
grade cricketer.com/live-shows
Birmingham - 18 June - GLENN MAXWELL (Sold Out)
Birmingham - 19 June - IAN BELL (**tickets available**)
Manchester - 22 June - PHIL SALT (Sold Out)
Leeds - 24 June - STEVE HARMISON (**tickets available**)
London - 25 June - RICKY PONTING (**tickets available**)
London - 26 June - GRAEME SWANN (Sold Out)
London - 27 June - MICHAEL VAUGHAN (Sold Out)
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Sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at cricket.com.au/acf before June 6 to get early bird discounts on tickets for the Aussie summer, with Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa all coming out.
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239. World Test Champions v BazBall, with Ali Martin

We are very proud and excited to announce our special guests who will join us on stage in the UK for our Ashes Live Show Tour. Some tickets are still available at:
grade cricketer.com/live-shows
 
Birmingham - 18 June - GLENN MAXWELL (Sold Out)
Birmingham - 19 June - IAN BELL (**tickets available**)
Manchester - 22 June - PHIL SALT (Sold Out)
Leeds - 24 June - STEVE HARMISON (**tickets available**)
London - 25 June - RICKY PONTING (**tickets available**)
London - 26 &amp; 27 June guests will be announced soon. These shows are already sold out.
 
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Sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at cricket.com.au/acf before June 6 to get early bird discounts on tickets for the Aussie summer, with Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa all coming out.
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238. World Test Championship Warm-Up, with Jackson Bird & Bharat Sundaresan

A bit quiet in our niche cricket wheelhouses this week; almost like the schedule has been cleared to talk about one thing only. Anyway, Hazlewood is maybe getting fit, Jaiswal is in as a reserve, KL Rahul enjoyed himself, and Sabba made a tonne off 34 rocks. Oh, and the IPL Final was postponed 24 hours, and we recorded beforehand. On a serious note, Meg Lanning is out of the Ashes due to medical reasons and we wish her the best. ESPNCricinfo’s Alex Malcolm joins us for some good, earnest Ashes cricket chat, before AskTGC references Wisden, internet dickheads, Ian Bell masks, and crisps/chips.
 
Sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at cricket.com.au/acf before June 6 to get early bird discounts on tickets for the Aussie summer, with Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa all coming out.
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237. What These Ashes Could Be, with Alex Malcolm

Shubman Gill makes the statement of the IPL with the thirstiest of thirst traps. Have to respect the lighting. The Ashes is one week closer, so we guess what's going to happen with a few more hours of knowledge. Mitch Starc joins us from Sydney to give his insights into how the squad's golf game is looking. Tom Moody joins us from India to tell us what's going on in Indian cricket and if the IPL means we'll get more shirtless selfies and less Tests. And Phil Walker joins us from London to give us his hopes and fears ahead of the most important Ashes series since the last one.
Sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at cricket.com.au/acf before June 6 to get early bird discounts on tickets for the Aussie summer, with Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa all coming out.
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236. Shubman Gill's Topless Selfie, with Mitch Starc, Tom Moody & Phil Walker

The Ashes is upon us, and this time it really is The Ashes. Of cricket. Literally. The flaming, dying embers of the game as we know it, which then become actual ashes, followed by bulk bunce in Saudi Arabia or whatever. Nah, not really, because Stokesian captaincy and the Bazball revolution are here to Save Cricket, which if nothing else, permits the hosts early moral superiority points in the 8-week War Of Words which precedes the 6 week Test series. Also, Australia plays India for the actual championship of the thing, which when you think about it makes sense as a warm-up to the main event. The main event being a golf trip in Liverpool. Normal and good. In and around all that discussion is Barney Ronay and Adam Zampa.
Onto more familiar matters – the schedule for Australia's home summer has been released with Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa all coming out. Cricket Australia is offering early bird discounts before June 6 - all you have to do is sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at cricket.com.au/acf. Happy to be offering discounts on bunce for a day out at the cricket. Get around it, and it, you. In a circular motion etc.
We also talk IPL, ICC distributions, and the social and cultural undercurrents at play on the major existential matters facing cricket, according to two blokes off the Internet. An English cuck writes in for #AskTGC about God knows what in a story about France and a West Indian, and we finish with a visceral minute via “Ginger Century”, who makes a strange, potentially northern English, noise at the end. Can anyone tell us what that noise was? Not in a “secret sound” way – genuinely don’t know what the noise was. And of course you would take Faf’s rig, you TOW-TAL SLAG!
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235. Like To See Them Do It Against Our Boys, with Adam Zampa and Barney Ronay

A 3rd (and almost definitely final) London live show has been added to TGC's UK Tour for 2023. Tickets for Sunday, June 25 at Alexandra Palace are available right now here: https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/the-grade-cricketer/
 
Further shows have been added to Birmingham (Monday, June 19), Manchester (late show on Tuesday, June 20) as well. And of course, tickets are still available for Leeds (Thursday, June 22). You can get tickets for all of those shows here: https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-showsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3rd London Live Show Announced 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

To celebrate the Ashes and the last ever serious Test series, we’re pumped to announce TGC will be taking our live show to the UK in June, performing in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and London.
Tickets go on-sale this Friday, 10am UK time at gradecricketer.com.
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Dates, Cities, Venues
o  June 18: BIRMINGHAM Glee Club
o  June 22: MANCHESTER o2 Academy
o  June 24: LEEDS City Varieties
o  June 27: LONDON Union Chapel
Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday 10am UK time
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🇬🇧 UK LIVE SHOWS ANNOUNCEMENT 🇬🇧

India win the Border Gavaskar series for the 4th time in a row but not before Usman’s emotional hundred, Cam Green’s first hundred, Shubman’s return hundred and Kohli’s drought-breaking hundred. 22 wickets in 5 days. Good stuff, fellas! To that end, we review the series as a whole and what we learnt, if anything. I think it’s that Axar Patel is Bradman. New Zealand have done it again in absolute thriller in Christchurch against Sri Lanka. All the best, lads. The WPL makes us feel safe and scared and we also learn about peripheral characters we’ve not heard of before. Temba Bavuma scores his first hundred in 7 years and Maharaj ruptures his achilles while celebrating a wicket against a West Indian team that hasn’t won an away series in nearly 30 years. Shaun Marsh retires from first class cricket this week, so we ponder if what we got was enough. #AskTGC is from a mix of characters called Anon, Fairbody and The Snake which sees weed brownies, MDMA and bowel movements all combining for a troubling tale of mixing drugs with run outs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

234. India Beat Australia 4 Times In A Row

Sure, Australia made history with one of its finest ever performances, but instead we ask: what’s doing vis a vis decks, India? But seriously, Australia was good: Carey kept masterfully, the spinners stirred, Smith marshalled, and is there anything better than seeing The Bin Lid On A Shit Tip? We move to Ahmedabad where Modi will hold court in his 132,000K seat stadium where no one can get a ticket. Elsewhere, The WPL has started explosively. It’s a red-letter day for quality women’s cricket, and a horrendous day for Australian domination. Thankfully, two white blokes are here to explain why. Some other international stuff happened involving England, Bangladesh, South Africa and the Windies, too. Thanks to our guests this week, Trent Copeland and Ramachandra Guha, who each brought class, grace, intelligence and logic to an otherwise meandering offering, which concluded with a question about getting champed mid-Coitus. Speaking of being champed, if you’re considering abandoning TGC on account of us speaking to Mr Guha, thanks for your support, and see ya later (champ). Thanks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

233. Will Ahmedabad be Ahmedagood? with Ramachandra Guha & Trent Copleand

New Zealand pull off their greatest ever Test win in Wellington after being asked to follow on. England are still having fun though. Harry Brook hundreds, Joe Root's reverse laps, Kane Williamson's record breaking innings and Michael Bracewell forgetting how to run. The 2nd Test had it all. Is the Australian Women's team our greatest of all time? Their second World Cup three-peat certainly has us asking questions about what's next for our women. Gallipoli? Southern Cross tattoos? Sledging? Brett Lee in the sheds? And we look ahead to the 3rd Test between India and Australia where one thing is for certain: we're about to get very angry about things again. Fortunately, Greg Chappell has the answers. #AskTGC pertains to English gloating and online discourse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

232. Is The Australian Women's Team The Greatest Of All-Time?

Another game, another capitulation, another meltdown. After a promising start, Australia found a new way to fall to India, tangled in Ashwin and Jadeja’s web. Thankfully, Healso and Dos are on the case, one with a masterclass in trackies, another with a literal broom on the pitch. Very simple, Chalk. Elsewhere, Australia’s women do it with their eyes closed, so we provide news of their impeding win ahead of time. No doubt that will be appreciated. Bazball reign supreme in Mt Maunganui, so as a coping mechanism we focus on journalist reactions and the sheer wetness of The Nighthawk. To wrap up, AskTGC is about confusing Faf du Plessis with linguistics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

231. TGC On Tour | Darker Truths

Direct from Hyderabad, Higgos and Pez bring you most correct and accurate analysis of Australia's latest Indian capitulation. Where did it all go wrong? Selections, prejudice, intrigue, doctoring and ointment all figure. But most compellingly: the importance of a harder nose. Harder anything. Never smart, always hard. #justinlanger. We're also here for the Women's World Cup where Australia destroys again, England play NZ in a series about identity more than anything else, and AskTGC is - frankly - about adultery, grassing, reliable witnesses and group sex.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

230. TGC On Tour | Australian Meltdown

It’s “the jewel in the crown”, “the toughest test in cricket”, and, according to Steve Smith, “bigger than The Ashes”. Yes, Usman Khawaja, The Grade Cricketer and Australia heads to India to commence the final six months in the history of Test cricket - and we’re frothing. We cover visas, selections, purity, Ashwin impersonators, big boy breakthroughs and other obscure matters ahead of the first Test in Nagpur, starting Thursday.
 
Elsewhere, the Scorchers once again win the Bucket on Your Bonce League, and deservedly. Cooper Connolly is all jaw and sex, AT does the business, and they’re probably good because they ignore much of the guest player gear (with the understandable exception of Faf). But do we need to sell it all to India? This is the question of the Asian Century.
 
Jofra’s back and Pez would really like x2 tickets to Lord’s on Days 1 and 2. Completely unlikely, but would like to go with Dad. In the context of all causes it is not even remotely important. And yet, here we are. 
 
Our Women should win the World Cup and break records - anything else will be deeply concerning. Moreover, they have one game to get themselves a massive WPL contract. All the best, friends.
 
Then we talk about 90s jingles for 10 minutes, before AskTGC wanders through the common state of delusion one engages when returning to the game in an oversize golf shirt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

229. Is India Bigger Than The Ashes?

Steve O'Keefe steps into the guest co-host chair this week as we bring you a special show, in-person, from North Sydney Oval. Are the Scorchers too good and too scary? What is a spin camp and what is a scarified deck (and how do you say it?). England can’t play white ball cricket anymore, Mott Ball is a myth and sounds a bit like an Irishman saying Moth Ball, India and New Zealand are doing highly memorable white ball stuff too, Dane van Niekerk suffers at the hands of South African self-sabotage, AskTGC concerns milking linguistics, group sex with a peripheral England cricketer, and being appalled with both your cricketing and sexual technique after reviewing it on video.
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228. Scarified, with Steve O'Keefe

The cricket industrial complex rolls on mercilessly, dragging our tired minds and eyes with it, so it’s a BUMPER show this week. Higgos takes an overdue breather, so Pez steps in with guest co-host Ed "Ted" Cowan. The Aussie women annihilate Pakistan, Ash Gardner speaks up about Australia Day, Smith’s doing savant stuff, Dan Christian and Steve Eskinazi join the show, Cricket NSW is a DISGRACE according to reports, Shubman Gill goes white ball daddy, David Cameron watches Alex Hales tonne up at the Sheikh Zayed, Root does something in South Africa, Bored Apes hack RCB Twitter, West Indies cricket may cease to exist as an entity, AskTGC ponders whether or not WinViz is “nonce gear”, and Michael Clarke limps his way into a story that not even a Chat GPT, super robot could produce for the Daily Mail.
 
We have only ever been able to cover the bizarre breadth of this strange, strange game with the support of one of Australia’s best fledgling brands – Budgy Smuggler. But this show is a fond farewell to that friend. After five years of sterling support, Budgy Smuggler and TGC bids farewell to one another. We catch up with CEO Adam Linforth to express our thanks properly, and to celebrate our fruitful association, Linny is throwing 20% off the entire range of Budgy Smuggler to the end of the month if you simply enter the code “RIG”.
 
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227. V600 for Vendetta, with Dan Christian, Steve Eskinazi and Linny

We get 45 minutes with “Players’ Boss” Todd Greenberg this week, to traverse the Afghanistan situation, the future of cricket, broadcast rights, Warner, and everything else other executives don’t seem to want to talk about. Elsewhere, India and Australia announce their squads, the Amazon Doc dropped with some incredible, as-yet unreported revelations, the BBL vibe remains strong-if-cartoonish, Meg Lanning’s back, and AskTGC ponders which cricketer best represents ones chop style.
 
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Get TGC hoodies, t-shirts, caps, and bucket hats at our brand spanking new website: gradecricketer.com/shop. Sign up to Patreon for a 10% or 20% discount using a special code at patreon.com/gradecricketer
 
Check out our Patreon for exclusive content every single week at https://www.patreon.com/gradecricketer including #AskTGC Fridays and the exclusive audio from all of our YouTube videos. 
 
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226. Future of Cricket Stuff, with Todd Greenberg

A drab draw closes out the Test summer, and we’re asking: what the fuck was that? Sure Australia destroyed all-comers, passing records and milestones with frightening ease - but why couldn’t they deliver this specific thing exactly as we wanted it? And why did Cummins declare on Khawaja? The reason will shock you (he wanted to win). Elsewhere, there’s a bit of money knocking about for the TV rights, but not as much as last time, and apparently CA and 7 are - in executive parlance - “all good”. The BBL is trending up for the first time in years, helped by contentious catches, Mankads, and Chris Lynn topping the charts. But he’s gone to some other league now. Normal. Pakistan and New Zealand play a riveting Test match before the umpires decided, “nah, can’t have that”, and SKY equals the Czech Republic’s Sabawoon Divizi’s 3 T20i tonnes v Sri Lanka. Congratulations, SKY. #AskTGC is about taking women on dates to an indoor cricket centre, and, frankly, drinking problems.
 
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Check out our Patreon for exclusive content every single week at https://www.patreon.com/gradecricketer including #AskTGC Fridays and the exclusive audio from all of our YouTube videos. 
 
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225. Greatest Summer Ever

Is this good or is this the end? Boxing Day delight for the Aussies as we bury our head in the sand like an emu that can't walk backwards. How good's the COAT of arms? What does this mean for the SCG? Can we get a new toy to fuck around with? Something new for the eyes would be nice. Alex Malcolm is in studio to give us some actual analytics and analysis of what cricketers and high performers do. That's before we get into glory holes and how to improve the Big Bash. Matt Short joins us from Adelaide before training to tell us about Rashid Khan's sledging. Pakistan and New Zealand are both batting forever in Karachi. The IPL auction also gets a run, because money is all that matters and it's the biggest flex the IPL and BCCI can give. Fair bit of bunce kicking about to be fair. #AskTGC is about Skull and namedrops several other hall of famers.
 
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224. Bucket On Your Bonce, with Matt Short & Alex Malcolm

The GABBA deck, Sydney Lime all out 15, Rehand Ahmed's debut, Morne Morkel and a son on detention.
 
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223. Decks, Debutants & Detentions with Morne Morkel

It was absolute boot-filling stuff against the West Indies, but now it's 1 vs 2 in the WTC table against South Africa. Brisbane is sold out, then it's Christmas and then it's New Year. David Warner's leadership ban remains, in yet another ugly chapter in the whole, sad debacle. The Big Bash starts today. Is that good? Maybe it's good. Daniel Brettig joins us in studio to discuss Mike Baird becoming the new Chair of Cricket Australia. What does that mean for the average internet user? Ali Martin joins us on a dodgy internet connection from Pakistan (or maybe that was Melbourne's fault) to tell us how amazing this 2-0 series lead has been. Jimmy Anderson is good, Stokes is good, Harry Brook is generational.... but what does it mean for the real series against 'out boys'? The Australia women lose their first match this year, so we completely disown them, as should Indian fans of their team, after yet another series loss in 2022. This time, to Bangladesh. #AskTGC comes in from a very confused father.
 
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222. Fill Your Boots

“Forget the scorecard,” advises Viru. Well, we can’t. Marnus tripled, Smudge doubled red, Gareth took six and Australia (essentially) cantered. It’s all we asked for, but is it enough? Of course not. So fresh, raw meat is mooted in Adelaide, in the form Lance Morris – all sunken eyes, Dieter Brummer salad – because we demand more. Or maybe it doesn’t matter, because Cummins took a knee. No wonder he did he quad. In Rawalpindi, the To and Froms are legitimately revolutionising the game, but will naivety cost them? And is it Test Championship 2’s? Private Equity wants The Hundred, but Thommo won’t get out of bed unless there a couple bil. Bangladesh knock over India in dramatic circumstances in some game or other, our women head to India next week, and AskTGC traverses LBW noncery via an inquisitive little cherub, as well as a two-piecer monstrosity from some wine bin stuff in South Australia. 
 
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221. Why No One There, Why No One Care, with The Caribbean Cricket Podcast

Isn’t it beautiful when blokes just care? Once again our golden generation bails us out of cricketing dystopia in ways “everyday” Australians understand. Forget our systemic sleepwalk into decline, what we really want to know is: who is the alpha? The answer is neither Cummins nor JL, and may surprise you. Elsewhere, blokes continue the eternal quest for social capital, but this time they’re thieving real capital (allegedly), according to Victoria Police. In the old days, focused work on the chest and triceps would do the trick. Nowadays you apparently need bulk sheets to be loved. Separately, Chris Gayle made 95 red in some wheelie bin shit in Dandenong. The PMs XI played, numbers were ascribed to names, and we refuse to know anything about the West Indies. The Strikers are WBBL champions after the Sixers crumbled, begging the question: was there simply too much sun? At least the Sixers still engender safety - the NSW men are weaker than ever and we argue the nation should be concerned. Other countries are playing some cricket, too, and they’re given due respect on this show (about 90 seconds), before the show eventually gives way to material that matters: what strategies exist for minors in team tubs when there’s a bloke called “Felly”?
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220. Burning For Love

A special day in the annals of TGC as we sit down with an all-time great: Wasim Akram. The man of such prodigious and electrifying cricketing ability spends just over 30 minutes with us and we cover some ground: being spotted in the streets, circuiting with Imran, playing in England, hooping it, partying, addiction, and much more.
The chat coincides with the release of his memoir: Sultan. Wasim teamed up with Gideon Haigh to produce it, and it’s a tome befitting the stature of the man. It’s published through Hardie Grant, and is available wherever Hardie Grant publishes books.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WASIM AKRAM

TGC lands another white whale, without question, the one with the best obliques and leanest body mass. Faf du Plessis joins us to discuss nearly every sordid and amazing achievement of his glittering career. From being told to sit in a bathtub from his idol, Daryl Cullinan, to taking us into the showers of the Durban dressing rooms during Sandpaper-gate, Faf bares all for TGC. We hear stories of Australian abuse, second only to Brendan McCullum's New Zealand apparently, playing with AB de Villiers with fire in his belly and what it's like to captain RCB while Virat Kohli is in the dressing room.If you get the chance, watch this on YouTube as well because he looks absolutely unbelievable. Even Stoinis raves about his calves.You can get Faf's new book, Faf: Through Fire wherever you buy your books from, wherever you are in the world. You know how to use the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FAF DU PLESSIS

We start this week with a full dissection of a run out at the non-striker's end in sub-district cricket in Melbourne. Australia have won an ODI series against Drunk England 3s, but is the team winning HARD enough? Steve Smith has found his hands again, though not the captain's armband. Dave Warner's leadership ban is set to be lifted and the WBBL is getting into the business end, but do we like the helmets? Suryakumar Yadav is doing some absolutely wild stuff in New Zealand, not that Virat Kohli saw it. Glenn Maxwell is on the show to tell us about how he broke his leg and what he's been watching on TV since the incident. And #AskTGC takes us into bed with a young Irishman on the eve of graduating uni, watching his countrymen defeat England. Does it get any better than this?
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219. Symphony of A Run Out, with Glenn Maxwell

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218. Hit And Giggle Stuff

They're calling it the best World Cup ever but Australia is out and no one cares about it anyway.... unless you like T20 in which case it is absolutely sensational. Australia is out of the tournament, so what does this mean for the future of the sport in this country. Ed Cowan helps us out with these big issues and also signals that the start of the summer must be approaching. South Africa submit a new entry into their pantheon of great World Cup chokes. Wonder what Tony Greig was like as a bloke. Barney Ronay joins us to give the English perspective. Is Sam Curran good? Is the nation preparing for open bus tours? #AskTGC pontificates the 'champing' of Piers Morgan by Donald Trump.
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217. It's Park Cricket, Mate, with Ed Cowan & Barney Ronay

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Shane Watson on Winning The Inner Battle

The World Cup is absolutely ruthless and so is the weather. It's all to play for as we head into the second week of round fixtures. Do New Zealand have a loss in them? Can Australia overturn their NRR? How did England lose to Ireland? South Africa is doing something good and Pakistan is out. Far Du Plessis describes the culture of the dressing room when he first started playing and we discuss a few eye-catching quotes from Tim Paine's new book too. #AskTGC asks what's going on with MyCricket and PlayHQ. It's all very serious stuff.
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216. Rainy Season

ANNOUNCING OUR NATIONAL LIVE SHOW TOUR
We’re live and in the flesh for the first time in three years, returning to the stage for a national tour accompanying the most hotly-anticipated double Test series specifically involving both the West Indies and South Africa in recent memory.
Fresh(ish) from our sometimes-chart-topping podcast (charts mean nothing), adoption of paywalled content, and selling out to India, we’re once again hitting the road again to bring you a live show with stories you won’t hear on the pod, told in dubious fashion by the only people who matter in 2022: two blokes off the Internet.
Couple of special guests confirmed so far:
Brisbane: Justin Langer
Melbourne: Ricky Ponting
Sydney: Shane Watson
With more to be announced…
Mark these dates:
Tickets for General Public on sale Monday 31 October 9am local time, from https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-shows
Our show at The Corner next week sold out in 30 mins. If you want to guarantee your ticket, subscribers to our Patreon service receive an exclusive, Patreon-only pre-sale Friday 28 October from 9am AEDT. Join us at patreon.com/gradecricketer for access to those tickets, as well as loose, dark, raw bonus content, weekly.
Cheers,
Pez and HiggosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NATIONAL LIVE SHOW TOUR - AUSTRALIA

 
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215. The Best The MCG Has Ever Seen?

Recorded from a bed at a 1 star hotel in an undisclosed location, Australia's Adam Zampa joins us 24 hours before The World Cup proper begins at the SCG. We cover friendship, sportswashing, leadership, June, match-ups, and most importantly, the importance of the "Get Rarer" movement, crystallised by the donning of lids on lids.
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ADAM ZAMPA

We're joined by ornament to the game, Harsha Bhogle, for a one hour, feature-length interview. We wanted it reverent, he wanted irreverence, so we found a middle ground. We traversed the Asian Century, new and old India, run-outs, the future of cricket, Axar Patel's relationship with the stumps, great lines in commentary, birds, blokes bowling in black belts, Kohli clickbait stuff, whether or not we're allowed to come to his house (and why), and several other matters of debatable importance.
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HARSHA BHOGLE

The World Cup is finally here and TGC kicks it off with possibly the loosest show since the last World Cup. Who are the favourites? Is Che La Luna the song of the summer? Will Warner ever captain again? Can Western Australia go all the way after their win over India? What's New Zealand up to? Bharat Sundaresan makes his TGC debut from a seedy hotel in Hobart to give us his insights into his net-relationship with Steve Smith and Reece Topley lets us know of his love affair with Australia, mullets, taking 6/24 at Lord's and the low-down on his current Uber rating. #AskTGC takes us into the urinals at Manuka Oval in the nation's capital and also when sledging a kid's dead dad goes wrong.
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214. World Cup Fever, with Reece Topley

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213. Obstructing The Spirit, with Teague Wyllie

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212. Feelings Not Flights

National and global cricketing icon, Ellyse Perry joins us for a special interview direct from TGC HQ, aka Higgos’ apartment. Arguably Australia’s greatest ever Womens cricketer, Pez generously fields questions on important matters: like her what’s app messages, her defensive positioning for the Matildas, horses, and whether or not she agreed to this interview for image and brand purposes only. Of course, in-between, she speaks with customary eloquence about her career, the growth of womens cricket, and the faux pas’ that blokes can make. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ELLYSE PERRY

Mankads, mankads, mankads. How do they make us feel? Is that relevant? Should you just stay behind the line or is that too simplified an argument? Is this the new normal? Who owns cricket? Is any of this funny? We discuss it all after the Charlie Dean and Deepti Sharma 'incident' at Lord's. In better news, TGC is back on stage in Melbourne on November 2 and we want you to come along. In even better news still, Cam Green is 2m and Australia's most exciting T20 talent.... that's not in the World Cup Squad. Pakistan and England are embroiled in a 7 match T20 series and it's actually good and interesting! #AskTGC promotes a Triple C for bowlers and we've also been sent in some alarming alphadom stories of Bradman in the showers, talking to New Zealanders.
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211. Spirit

September is here and that means that your dreams are about to die.... again. The Road Safety World Series is here and we're cooing about Sachin sitting in 1A while Watto's stable base makes us feel like Australia should win this meaningless tournament. Tim David will debut for Australia this week after he gives us some serious ASMR in the nets. Ben Horne is on the show to discuss another rival Indian league popping up to take away international cricket's best players. England are in Pakistan for the first time in 17 years, but what's Alex Hales like as a bloke? Rachel Haynes retires from international cricket after winning it all and then feeling nothing. #AskTGC ponders whether you can be good at something you've never done and a disturbing dream about Pezza in the urinals.
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210. The Last Suckle

Old-school this week as we pour over some real grade cricket gear both on-field and online, Australia wins some ODIs as Finch offers some, but not all, blood, England's turnaround continues as Stuart Broad gets access to "the conversation" with Pidge, Sri Lanka wins the Asia Cup but that pales in comparison to Kohli minnow runs, #AskTGC is about champing, parenthood and George Orwell.
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209. Who The F*** Just Hit My Car?

Let's be honest, literally no one cares about Australia's series win against Zimbabwe in Townsville. We're all here to get around the Zimbabweans for their historic achievements. We get 5/10 hero Ryan Burl on a zoom in between net sessions to talk about the circuit, the casino, the showers, the kit and what the Aussies are like as blokes. Chris Lynn also talks to us while waiting fir his UberEats to arrive about the future of cricket and how many different training shirts he must have. Across the equator, Jonny Bairstow has broken his leg ahead of the 3rd and deciding Test against South Africa at The Oval. India and Pakistan are embroiled in the Asian Cup - a tournament that exists solely so these two teams can play each other as many times as possible. And we're here for it. #AskTGC asks what we are to do with an Overseas player that leaves the ground to chop his girlfriend.
 
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208. Zimbabwe, with Ryan Burl & Chris Lynn

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207. Stokes Is Hot But Foakes Is Hotter

A special TGC interview with Herschelle Gibbs. We spend an hour with the former Test and ODI mainstay, traversing three decades of his cricketing life. The schoolboy king talks about playing against Australia, Hansie, Bazball, group sex, World Cups, Gary Kirsten, and his philosophy of fun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HERSCHELLE GIBBS

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On the show this week: South Africa is sex, Bazball is dead, Dan Gallan joins us, we scroll The Hundred, Warner’s playing some BBL games, a former Test captain is a grade player at state training, the Asia Cup looms, some bi-laterals may or may not have finished, and AskTGC is about being cast as the dreaded “team-man”.
 
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206. Full Value

0:00 INTRO
1:41 TRENT BOULT STEPS BACK FROM NZ
13:30 ROSS TAYLOR SLAPPED AT RR
15:50 CRICKET AT THE OLYMPICS
21:12 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA
25:45 STOINIS v CHUCKING
35:58 JONATHAN LIEW
53:40 RUDI KOERTZEN PASSES AWAY
1:01:43 MARK WOOD
1:48:10 #ASKTGC
 
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205. Sovereign Bunce, with Mark Wood

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204. Salty Gold, with Alana King

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203. Bulk Sheets

 
 
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202. The Nervous 390s, with Nathan Ellis

Ben Stokes announces his retirement from ODI cricket after 104 matches for England, but is this the end of ODIs or will we still watch whatever is on TV regardless of the format? India win the ODI series in England 2-1, but all the talk is about Kohli. Is it time to move on? Will he make amends against Zimbabwe? The BBL Schedule is announced... yeah, there's a fair few games on but will Dave Warner be allowed to captain a team? Haris Rauf is on the show to tell us about his time playing 2nd Grade cricket in Sydney and #AskTGC asks a question about a possibly mentally disturbed former Australian A squad member.
 
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201. The Death of ODIs, with Haris Rauf

Australia's humiliating defeat in Galle leaves us to question if there is any fucking danger? Was it the umpires? Was it the reviews? Was it Sri Lanka's Colombo community breaking into the Presidential Palace to perform backflips in his pool? Was it that Sri Lanka played well? Hard to say. One thing we do know is that betting in Russia is in a good place after a few farmers in Gujarat put on on IPL showcase on YouTube. We ask, so what's the problem? In other news, Virat Kohli hasn't scored a ton in three years but is his currency in franking credits or the dwindling Bitcoin? Barney Ronay is on the show to discuss the fortunes of the English cricket team and what it all means. And finally, #AskTGC makes us ponder what celebrations to mimic on dance floors in Amsterdam, if any.
 
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200. Penguins

England may have actually completed cricket with their 4th successive come-from-behind win, this time against India. The numbers are absolutely mind boggling. Minds have been boggled. Meanwhile, Australia won the first Test in Galle against Sri Lanka in about 45 minutes. Are we satisfied? Guess it means Australia have one foot in the WTC Final. With sincere thanks to NT Cricket for giving us access to him, we chat to Wes Agar live on deckchairs, sipping on mocktails about shifting tin, his roof, environments and what he was wearing when his brother Ash hit 98 on Test debut. #AskTGC continues the theme of trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Bazball.
 
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199. Hiding In The Bushes, with Wes Agar

Daryl Mitchell completes the perfect series with three consecutive hundreds in a losing side. NZ... what's doing? Bairstow turns into Bradman thanks to Baz-Ball and England are all of a sudden the greatest team in the world, despite having the exact same players as the ones that lost 17/18 Tests last year. We have trust issues. Australia are playing some mind-games with Sri Lanka... but why? Will Maxwell play? Will Steve Smith do something good? Why is everyone injured? Can Sri Lanka do the unthinkable? Matthew Kuhnemann is on the show to tell us about the teams he's played for and how his winter plans have changed because he now opens the bowling for Australia. #AskTGC questions if life can get any worse than this Thursday and Friday circuit.
 
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198. I Don't Trust It, with Matthew Kuhnemann

We're getting behind Budgy Smuggler's Ordinary Rig across the UK, and now France! Monsieur Ordinaire has taken France by storm, and you can get around both events by checking tickets at budgysmuggleruk.com or @budgysmugglerfrance on Instagram.
 
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197. Will They, Won't They, with Daryl Mitchell

YJB was absolutely sensational, Root is the best player ever (at the moment) and Stokes is the captain that England need. But just how bad were New Zealand? Australia are doing good things in Sri Lanka, but will we remember any of this unless Tim David is selected and we feel safety in the size of the men that represent the country. South Africa are winning against India B, not that any of this matters, because the IPL rights just got sold for $5.1billion USD. Wouldn't mind a slice. Liam Livingstone is on the show to tell us how and why he swings so hard and #AskTGC involves a young law clerk being caught in a lie.
 
To help amplify Budgy Smuggler's quest to find the UKs Most Ordinary Rig, we want your "Rig Confessions". Head to www.speakpipe.com/tgc to give us 30 seconds on what your rig means to you.
 
Details on the competition here:
· Entrance is open until June 12th.
· To enter, post a pic on Insta or FB that captures your personality in Smugglers with #BudgySmugglerUK and @BudgySmugglerUK.
· The Finale is in London July 2nd... it will be a Victoria's Secret meets Miss World Style Pageant.
 
We’re looking for rigs who meet the following criteria:
· Good to have beers with
· Can still run for a taxi and swing an axe
· Looks like they were good at sport at some point in their lives but were prevented by injury or poor coaching selection at a young age
· A six pack is an automatic disqualification (unless you are carrying it)
 
What you win:
· A 12 month Modelling Contract with Budgy Smuggler
· A Billboard in their hometown... "Welcome to Town X, Home to the UK's Most Ordinary Rig"
· All expenses paid trip to Australia in 2023 to compete in the World's Most Ordinary Rig.
· Oh and a sash with UK's Most Ordinary Rig...
 
Check out our Patreon for exclusive content every single week at https://www.patreon.com/gradecricketer including #AskTGC Fridays and the exclusive audio from all of our YouTube videos.
 
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196. The Ginger Century, with Liam Livingstone

Is England back or was this 2s v 3s? Root's the best, Broad's vibrations, "team hat-tricks" are for children. Ali Martin lends much needed credibility to all of this. Australia plays Sri Lanka in the big one, same goes India and South Africa. 21 year old Todd Murphy was playing at Kahlin Oval in Darwin a fortnight ago, now he's in Sri Lanka with Australia - he joins us to detail his approach to bullying and aesthetics. The ICCs head honcho says Test cricket doesn't make heaps so, you know, be grateful for what you've got. #AskTGC is about whether one can unbeta oneself.
 
To help amplify Budgy Smuggler's quest to find the UKs Most Ordinary Rig, we want your "Rig Confessions". Head to www.speakpipe.com/tgc to give us 30 seconds on what your rig means to you.
 
Details on the competition here:
· Entrance is open until June 12th.
· To enter, post a pic on Insta or FB that captures your personality in Smugglers with #BudgySmugglerUK and @BudgySmugglerUK.
· The Finale is in London July 2nd... it will be a Victoria's Secret meets Miss World Style Pageant.
 
We’re looking for rigs who meet the following criteria:
· Good to have beers with
· Can still run for a taxi and swing an axe
· Looks like they were good at sport at some point in their lives but were prevented by injury or poor coaching selection at a young age
· A six pack is an automatic disqualification (unless you are carrying it)
 
What you win:
· A 12 month Modelling Contract with Budgy Smuggler
· A Billboard in their hometown... "Welcome to Town X, Home to the UK's Most Ordinary Rig"
· All expenses paid trip to Australia in 2023 to compete in the World's Most Ordinary Rig.
· Oh and a sash with UK's Most Ordinary Rig...
 
Check out our Patreon for exclusive content every single week at https://www.patreon.com/gradecricketer including #AskTGC Fridays and the exclusive audio from all of our YouTube videos.
 
This episode is brought to you by Budgy Smuggler. You can get free shipping on your order by using the code 'CHAMP' at https://www.budgysmuggler.com.au
 
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195. They're Still Booing Root, with Todd Murphy and Ali Martin

 
 
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194. Turn It Off and On Again, with Sam Billings

193. Grand Final Circuits, with Dan Christian and Barney Ronay

The men don’t normally win those ones, the women keep winning, England sink further, the IPL is flashy colours and throbbers, Brett Lee talks wheels, circuits, and his podcast, Sweppo joins us from Lahore, and #AskTGC is about Father-Son penis politics.
 
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192. Away Days, with Brett Lee and Mitchell Swepson

We preview the “grand final” between Pakistan and Australia, where events in Lahore promise to override anything that’s happened before (I think maybe Khawaja scored runs and he was born in Pakistan?). The women’s team continue to dominate but where’s the loss they “have to have”? West Indies and England play out a bore draw, but Kraigg Brathwaite’s Mum was there - confirming that Mum Stuff trumps Dad Stuff. Zorba returns to the show for a lengthy chat, maybe 18% of which is about on-field cricket. #AskTGC is about cherry intimidation and Will’s sequel to Tall, Thicc and Dad Dick.
 
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191. Dearest Father, with Adam Zampa

Karachi was a classic rear-guard but many are still singing “Fucking flat-flat-flat” to the tune and cadence of Baby Shark (and that’s our problem), Babar’s no longer the tallest dwarf, Rizwan’s face is a yes from me, Happy enough with Australia, the SMH’s Tom Decent joins from Karachi, India brushes past Sri Lanka, Australia’s cruising at the Women’s World Cup, Beth Mooney joins, there’s more Root runs, Ollie Pope shouldn’t hide his nipples, Aaron Finch joins, and #AskTGC is about cosplaying grade cricket tubbing culture.
 
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190. Tubs In The City, with Aaron Finch, Beth Mooney and Tom Decent

We compiled your voice tributes to Warnie, it's there at the end of the show. Before then, Australia v Pakistan, India v Sri Lanka, Women's World Cup, West Indies v England, and other stuff that pales in comparison to the Warnie news.
 
We also caught up with CEO of the ACA, Todd Greenberg, who was in Islamabad at the time of recording. His grade pedigree has shaped him well for the challenges of sports administration. The WiFi wasn't great, hopefully you can bear with it.
 
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189. Your Tributes To Warnie

We got together for 30 minutes to remember Warnie, and to attempt some raw thoughts on how much he meant to us. It’s all still a bit surreal, but the urge was there, so we got in there.
 
Thank you to everyone who submitted their own thoughts via social and via voice. There were literally many hundreds, we were blown away. We will comprehensively reflect these in an upcoming show, soon.
 
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