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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pete and Gid run their eye over Australia A's performances against India A, as Nathan McSweeney edges the bat off, and the IPL auction, where retention is the preserve of a tiny few.  And, on Craig Serjeant Day at cricketetal.com, they choose ten songs inspired by the twelve-Test career of Australia's forgotten vice-captain.  

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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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Pete and Gid share their bemusement at the vagaries of Australia's batting selections, psychoanalyse Steve Smith, relish Pakistan, and look forward to the second round of the Sheffield Shield and the finals of the Women's T20 World Cup.  With special guest Meg Lanning.

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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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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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Pete and Gid host Greg Chappell for a wide-ranging discussion, ranging from the Gray-Nicolls Scoop and Greg Chappell to where Steve Smith's at and who should open for Australia (you'll have to listen to find out).  For more information about the Chappell Foundation Golf Day, click here or go to https://thechappellfoundation.com/sydneygolfday2024

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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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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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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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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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Justin Langer returns to the pod and talks Pete and Gideon through life as an IPL coach, dealing with the media, writing for publication, and being a closet Swiftie.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pete and Gid watch Australia pushed to the brink by India in the T20 World Cup, admire Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, and hope they have not seen the last of David Warner.  Warning: further gratuitous Manscaped references.

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Pete and Gid watch Afghanistan catch Australia off guard in St Vincent, marvel at the craziness of this T20 World Cup, and war game semi-final scenarios.  Plus: a surprise, spontaneous endorsement.

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Peter and Gid catch up on Australia's dominant performance against Bangladesh, Pat Cummins' protracted hat trick, David Warner's exclusive quote, and some killer stats on the bowlers' dominance of this T20 World Cup.

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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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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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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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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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Pete and Gid reunite to preview the T20 World Cup, observe the disintegration of American democracy, mourn the death of Doug Ingle and try to do a live-read.  It's not pretty.  

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Gideon chats to Steve Smith about series 3 of The Test, his underestimated hundreds, his insights into Ben Stokes, and still being a batting nerd.

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Peter and Gideon are joined by the People's Champion, Usman Khawaja, to discuss series 3 of The Test, Amazon Prime's fly-on-the-wall documentary of the 2023 Ashes.

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Peter and Gideon check out the new series of The Test, catch up on the IPL and brood on hyphenated names.

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Pete and Gideon follow the latest upheavals in the IPL, and pay tribute to imminent retiree James Anderson with his very own top ten.

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