Cricket Et Al

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…

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SOMETHING I LEARNED TODAY: Emergency Usman Khawaja Podcast
Pete and Gid chew on Usman Khawaja's autobiography Sabr, which isn't out til Tuesday, but has already divided Australian cricket with its unsparing account of events on the 2018 South African tour. What exactly has Khawaja said? What does it really mean? Will the game be the same again? Will Cr…
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NATIONAL SHITE DAY: South Africa Skittle Australia To Win The Series
Pete and Gid survey the wreckage of a grim day for Australian cricket, as Pat Cummins’s men surrender the Cape Town Test to South Africa by 176 runs, and the series 1-2. Framed with the help of the blokes from The Test and joined by spontaneous special guest Pommie Mbangwe, they ask how good are So…
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RESISTANCE: South Africa Set 288 For Australia On Day 4
Pete and Gid luxuriate in a Test match that refuses to die, with South Africa batting all the fourth day to set Australia 288 to win on the fifth. A record-breaking partnership by Ryan Rickelton and Wiann Mulder almost broke the visiting attack before brilliant fielding wound up the innings. But wh…
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HOW'S IT GONNA END? Match Hangs In the Balance After 3 Days
Pete and Gid watch a classic series go down to the wire, with each of Australia and South Africa going into the fourth day of the Third Test a chance of securing the number one ranking in the World Test Championship. What is Josh Inglis’s unique record? How many balls has Pat Cummins bowled without…
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IN THE ART OF STOPPING: Australia Bat Their Way To 1 Run Lead On Day 2
Pete and Gid watch Australia dig right in at Newlands on a day of defiant and increasingly positive batting by Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Matthew Renshaw and Cameron Green. But whither Marnus Labuschagne after another failure, and Steve Smith in his enigmatic absence? Also: scenery! Plus: a TGC podbo…
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WAIT ACTUALLY YEAH NO: Australia Struggle After Bowling First On Day 1
Pete and Gid bear witness to a three-session Jane Saville Day - we’ll explain - with Australia almost out of it before they surged back into it thanks to Mitchell Starc and South Africa squandered a brilliant opening partnership. Also: Chris Tavare and david Warner, separated at birth? Support …
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PLACE CALLED BAD: 3rd Test Preview From The Top Of Table Mountain
Australia have a mountain to climb in Cape Town, and so do Pete and Gid, who ascend Table Mountain to produce the podcast from a record altitude. Then they return to the scene of the crime, recalling the events of 2018 from the same press conference location in which Steve Smith and Cameron Bancro…
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NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO: Cricket Et Al On The Road in South Africa
Pete and Gid head off the beaten track to bring you highlights of their road trip on the Western Cape, starting in a tree and ending in a graveyard - South Africa’s first post office, the Bartolomeo Dias Maritime Museum, CP Roasters, Marloth Nature Reserve and Swellendam Cemetery Central - while oc…
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THE DARK DON'T HIDE IT: South Africa Win By An Innings In Gqeberha
Pete and Gid peer through the rain and clouds to see South Africa trounce Australia by an innings and 31 runs at St George's Park, with Kagiso Rabada eclipsing Steve Smith, Scott Boland impersonating Horatius on the bridge to no avail, and Pat Cummins equivocal about the future of the batting unit.…
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DAMAGED GOODS: Australia Made to Follow On As SA Dominate Day 4
Pete and Gid watch a startling Australian capitulation on the fourth day of the Second Test, with speed then spin disposing of thirteen wickets, including Marnus Labuschagne, Beau Webster and Matthew Renshaw twice. What gives with Steve Smith? Can Australia hold out on the last day? Is change comin…
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