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'? Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. 🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.” 👍 Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. 🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.” 👍 Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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? Go to https://surfshark.com/cricketetal or use code cricketetal at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Go to https://surfshark.com/cricketetal or use code cricketetal at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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? Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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? Go to https://surfshark.com/cricketetal or use code cricketetal at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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..... Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.