Cricket Et Al

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…

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…

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 w…

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 Quee…

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.....climbi…

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 S…

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…

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…

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 …

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 Mich…

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 Fri…

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…

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 gratuito…

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 th…

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…

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 th…