Cricket Et Al

Pete and Gid catch up on Australia’s dead rubber batting extravaganza in Mackay and the fall out at USA Cricket, then pay tribute to birthday boy Simon Katich and recent retiree Cheteshwar Pujara wit…

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

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

Peter and Gideon reflect on their journey from the mainstream to new media love at the Phillip Island Festival of Stories.

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Pete and Gid watch the last fifty-six minutes of the twenty-five day Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy epic, and judge the winners and losers of an unforgettable series.  Also: can cricket survive the depred…

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

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Pete and Gideon witness amazing scenes in Kingston, where Mitchell Starc’s six for 9, and Scott Boland’s hat-trick consign West Indies to oblivion. Whither Caribbean cricket? Whither Sam Konstas? Not…

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

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

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

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

Pete and Gid watch Cameron Green battle his way to a first half century at number three, as Steve Smith makes it look easy, and Australia forge a lead in a grinding Second Test at Grenada.  Also: wha…

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…

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

Pete kicks back in Grenada, Gid tugs on his baggy, Gaz passes on the song, and things get a little awkward in the West Indies camp ahead of the first Test in St Georges.  Plus: Cricket Et Al meets ou…

Pete and Gideon watch Australia streak away from West Indies on a sixteen-wicket day, with Josh Hazlewood at his best and John Campbell at his worst - bu doubts remain over that top order. Also: it's…

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

Pete in Bridgetown and Gideon in Melbourne watch an enthralling first day of the Worrell Trophy, and wonder whether West Indies can go all the way against Pat Cummins’s recast Australians.  Also: the…

Pete and Gideon catch up on the eve of the First Test in Barbados and in the aftermath of the First Test at Headingley: what looms as a mismatch and what boomed as a contest.  Also Marnuswatch.  And …

Peter and Gideon struggle to make themselves heard above South African celebrations of their World Test Championship, after Temba Bavuma's battlers win the final at Lord's by five wickets.  How will …