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Pete and Gid live in Five Dock, with all last week’s news and special guests Ed Cowan and Rhys Muldoon. You already know what happens next.

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Pete and Gid watch Australia secure the Ashes 4-1 on the concluding day of the Fifth Test, including Usman Khawaja's farewell appearance, Mitchell Starc's last bow of summer, and snicko's final shambles.  Also our final Saily read - one for the fans.

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Pete and Gid acclaim the emergence of a new Test star in Jacob Bethell, salute the unflagging efforts of the veteran Scott Boland, and watch the sands run out on England. Also: the curious case of CA’s ABC ban.

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Pete guides Gid through an almost conventional third day of the Fifth Test, with centuries to Steve Smith and Travis Head, seven half-century partnerships, and an absolute mare for Matthew Potts.

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Pete and Gid watch an absorbing day at the SCG, where England fail to put Australia away despite Joe Root's 41st Test century, and Travis Head surges towards a third century in the series.  But Jamie Smith, what have you done?  Three days to play: we have a proper Test match on our hands.

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Pete tells Gid about Steve Smith's funky fields and Australia's allergy to spin during a rain-interrupted first day of the Fifth Test at the SCG.  Also report on Et Al's live event, and the four-way pod extravaganza it was part of.

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Pete and Gideon watch England skate away with a chaotic Melbourne Test after a brilliant morning of bowling, a bold afternoon of batting, and a mad streak of luck.  It was great, but was it good?  For cricket, we mean.  After all, what are we going to do for the next three days?

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Pete and Gideon watch a manic twenty-wicket Boxing Day at the MCG before a world record crowd, with Australia's attack outdoing England's on a pitch with a lethal 10mm of grass.  Is Australia beatable?  Is England broken?  Will we be out of here in two days?  It's all up for grabs as Test batting goes up the chute.  

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Pete and Gid watch Australia retain the Ashes with an 82-run win in the Third Test after an absorbing day's cricket at Adelaide Oval, in spite of an injury to Nathan Lyon, and pressure on the fitness of Pat Cummins.  What to expect on Boxing Day?  What do England do next?

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Pete and Gid watch Australia steadily grind their way through England's second innings at Adelaide Oval, until they're within a whiff of retaining the Ashes, with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon making their presences felt, and Joe Root and Harry Brook eclipsed.  Not much longer now folks.

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Pete and Gid watch Adelaide celebrate its favourite son, as Travis Head peels off a fourth consecutive century on his home ground, and Australia march to a lead of 358.  Also: don't look now but we might have a five-day Test on our hands.

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Pete and Gid perspire in 40+ degrees as England melt down under a red hot Australian assault, Nathan Lyon becomes Australia's second highest wicket taker, and Ben Stokes becomes England's slowest batter of summer.  Also: why is cricket in such a technology cul de sac, and why is the Exeter serving beer in plastic cups?

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Pete and Gideon bask in a bumper first day to the Third Test at Adelaide Oval, complete with an Usman Khawaja comeback and an Alex Carey hundred in the absence of Steve Smith.  Also: is it time to doubt Cameron Green?  And is time for a Saily live read?  We think so.

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Pete and Gideon catch up with the omission of Usman Khawaja from Australia's Third Test team, and wonder if they have seen the last of Australia's veteran opener.  Also: is it the size of the dog in the fight, or the size of the fight in the dog?  We have questions for Ben Stokes.  Welcome back Gaz and Pat; still no sign of Shoaib Bashir.  Also have we mentioned we love Adelaide?

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Gid talks to podcast guru Tom Holland about his love of cricket, love of history, the points between, and being a massive cock - on the cricket field anyway. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.....

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Pete and Gideon catch up on the Asia Cup final, which got most interesting when it ended, and take the pulse of India-Pakistan relations. Also: a preview of the Women’s World Cup and Australia-New Zealand T20s, and where the Ashes protagonists stand two months out.

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Pete and Gideon watch Jacon Bethell's maiden professional hundred, worry about Pat Cummins's back, look forward to the Asia Cup and women's World Cup.  

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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 with a double A-side top 10.

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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 story.

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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 really, it does.

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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 depredations of private equity and corporate ego?  And our tribute to a valiant lady. 

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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 a great day for either, but the latter at least has a chance to come back.

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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 cricket a crapshoot?

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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 in the press box.  Also: Viva Italia!

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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 Marley drove a Beamer.

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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 happened at Edgbaston?  

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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: what happened to the dog?  Also: how did Gordon Rorke stir the nappies?  Plus an exciting rumour about the Adelaide Test!  

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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'?

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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 before darkness falls.

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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 our favourite MMA fighter, Robert 'Danger' McCarthy.  No, really, we do.

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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 seventy years since the great 348.  And can anyone tell us about Maurice Visbord?

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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?  

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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 patriarchy at work at Kensington Oval.  Plus: Pete has made Saily work.   Have we told you?  It’s an eSim….

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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 Konstaswatch.  A shout out to subscribers in the Caribbean - buy Pete a drink!

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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 Australia regroup?  And what will it mean for Test cricket?  Time to ponder.

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Pete and Gideon see South Africa surge to within sight of a stirring World Test Championship victory, thanks to a bold and brilliant hundred from Aiden Markram, the one-leg wonder Temba Bavuma, and a pitch with no peril.  Also: pastries.  Plus our Cayman correspondent.

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Pete and Gideon watch the World Test Championship final accelerate towards its conclusion, thanks to brilliant pace bowling, brittle batting and dubious selection.  

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Pete and Gideon get caught up in the surges and eddies of a fluctuating first day of the World Test Championship final in which the bowlers ruled but Steve Smith and Beau Webster made their presences felt.  South Africa hold the edges; Australia hold the edge. Title in honour of the late Brian Wilson.

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Peter and Gideon relax in the Harris Garden at Lord's as they compare the teams for the World Test Championship Final, reflect on Marnus Labuschagne's new career as opener, what this means for Sam Konstas, and the world's widest slips cordon.  Also: a few precious stolen moments with Jay!

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Pete and Gideon return to Lord's, and watch the Aussies go through their paces as the minutes tick away to the World Test Championship final. Mitchell Starc likes mowing!  Jarrod Kimber stops by!  All this and more.

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Pete and Gideon watch the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League get back to business, ponder MS Dhoni's future, Justin Langer's present and the Asia Cup's past - for that might be all there is.  Also Pete meets two Ukrainian heroes, Gid catches up on our Afghan friend Mustafa Qamari, plus the greatest Saily read of all time - this really happened!

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Pete and Gideon catch up on an extraordinary week in cricket geopolitics, with the IPL and PSL becoming the front line of the brooding conflict between India and Pakistan, causing international cricketers to scatter, before a tenuous cease fire compelled their return. Special guests: Sam Perry and Ian Higgins from The Grade Cricketer, fresh from returning to Australia after being part of the exodus. Oh, did we mention Rohit (definitely) and Virat (probably) retired from Test cricket? It’s hard...

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Pete and Gideon observe the IPL and PSL from afar, then Dennis Lillee from up close, with a report on the latest gig by the Cricket Et Al house band, the Bluesberries. Then Top 10 election songs, ranging from the Viagra Boys to the Viagra Boys, with some Randy Newman and Bonzo Dog Band dropped in.

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Pete and Gideon keep up with the IPL and PSL, the respective fortunes of Glenn Maxwell and Rishabh Pant, mourn the loss of Stacky and recall the aluminium bat incident of 1979: they have the bat!  Also a vintage top 10:  favourite T20 franchise names from round the world.  

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Pete and Gideon reflect on the career of Will Pucovski, the burden of expectation falling likewise on Jake Fraser-McGurk and Sam Konstas, the cut and thrust of the IPL and PSL, and....their favourite couches.  Also, in honour of cricket's newest knight, ten songs in honour of Sir James.  Oh, and, just when you thought it was safe, jags on JP Donleavy and All Quiet on the Western Front.  Because, y'know.

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Pete and Gideon examine the hellscape of global cricket with Tom Moffat, CEO of the World Cricket Association, in particular their new proposals for a calendar that shares the benefits of the game's growth.  You can read Protecting History, Embracing Change here: (https://theworldca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Global-Game-Structure-Report-Final-1.pdf).

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Pete and Gideon are joined by St George CC life member Kurtis Patterson, nobly refrain from discussing his 144 Test average in favour of exploring his brilliant first-class comeback and why he's now playing the best cricket of his career.  

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Pete and Gideon look forward to the Sheffield Shield final after a week of axe-grinding in Queensland, get whiplash watching the sixes in the IPL, defer to Dennis Lillee, delve further into the intersection of MAFS and cricket, and celebrate keyboards genius Ash Wednesday and saxophone guru Lara Logic.  No, really.  All this plus an IPL top ten in an even less organised episode than usual.

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Pete and Gideon watch the Sheffield Shield resolve as the Indian Premier League impends, and look forward to Mohammad bin Salman showering us all with money.  Also Pete on Tarantino and Gid on MAFS.

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Peter and Gideon observe India's predictable Champions Trophy triumph, the final round of the Sheffield Shield, and the intersection of cricket, golf and Essendon Airport.  Plus the return of Austin Waugh.

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Pete and Gid watch Pakistan cop it from India, and Archer and Wood cop it from Inglis and Maxwell in the Champions Trophy, and discuss bowling actions in the age of biomechanical intervention.  Don't forget Cricket Et Al live at Como Park this Sunday, and cricket's little black dress: the Usman 232 t-shirt.

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Pete and Gideon do their best to get excited by the Champions Trophy the best way they know how: with a top ten.  They also check in on the Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup, and find themselves coincidentally reading the same book.  Fancy that!

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Pete and Gideon watch Sri Lanka capitulate in the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy, with Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne piloting Australia to a nine-wicket victory in Galle.  How good are Australia, how bad are Sri Lanka and how much do we like Beau Webster?  These and other questions....

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia find their way through some determined resistance, admire Steve Smith's records, Mitchell Starc's ticker and Beau Webster's mitts.  Also the microphone returneth.

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia take a stranglehold on the Second Test at Galle, with Steve Smith and Alex Carey adding an unbeaten 239 in 331 balls for the fourth wicket, and Pete losing his microphone.  If you find it, please let us know in the comments.

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Pete and Gideon watch a fascinating first day to the Second Test in Galle on a sharply turning wicket, muse on debutant Cooper Connolly, sit with Lukey Sparrow, and introduce their star scorer Thomas Miles.  Also a special message.

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Pete and Gideon are absorbed in symmetrical Australian Test matches on two continents, the men winning by an innings in Galle, the women by an innings in Melbourne - not to mention the men of Australia A winnings by an innings in Sydney.  Pete also falls into ecstatic rapture about swimming with the turtles in the Indian Ocean, while Gid falls run out again ho hum.

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Gideon watches England fall in Melbourne, Pete watches the rain fall in Galle, they brood on strangles, superstitions and stress fractures, and cricket, as always, is the winner.  Although weather might have the last word....

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia dominate in both the men's and women's Tests, Steve Smith's team putting Sri Lanka to the sword in Galle, Alyssa Healy's team suffocating England at the MCG.  Is Josh Inglis's debut hundred the fastest in Test history? Producer Dave knows the answer - that's why he's on the big bucks.  Also: Galle loves covers.

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Pete calls in from the first day in Galle where Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith tonned up, while Gid reports from the laneways of Fitzroy where a great champion was honoured, and both of them wait for the press box internet to break but somehow miraculously it does not.

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Pete and Gideon review the big Bash League, reflect on the Women's Ashes, and look forward to Cricket Et Al's tour of Sri Lanka. Also, musings on the career of Michael Clarke, newest inductee in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, with a top ten in his honour.

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Pete and Gideon catch up on the Big Bash League, the Women's one-day internationals, pay tribute to the great Peggy Antonio, and wonder why wives always get the blame for cricket defeat. Also: ten songs inspired by the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Gid and Pete watched Australia prevail 3-1 against India, regaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and book their place in the World Test Championship final.  Go Scotty!  Viva Pat!  Salut Bumrah!  What a Test and what a series.

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Pete and Gideon sit enthralled through a jumbo-packed second day of the Sydney Test, where Rishabh Pant rocked, Scott Boland rolled, and Jasprit Bumrah reeled.  Will he be fit to bowl on the last day?  Also Beau Webster is officially a big unit.

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Pete and Gideon watch the new Indian regime in action, which reminds them a bit of the old regime, as Scott Boland lands his fiftieth Test wicket at a record low cost, and Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli battle their demons.

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Pete and Gideon watch Australia win an epic Test match at the MCG, wonder whether they count in the world record crowd, and think there might be something in five-day cricket after all.  Also: tributes to Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah, and a snicko royal commission.

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There were many happy returns for Jasprit Bumrah on the fourth day at the MCG, but the Indians did not have enough puff left to blow the candles out on the cake. An extraordinary Test continues to twist and turn.

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Pete and Gideon reel from another XL day of Test cricket, featuring a breakthrough partnership between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, a manful performance from Scott Boland, and a grandstand finish with Reddy's maiden Test hundred.

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Pete and Gideon watch Steve Smith roll back time and Virat Kohli rage against the dying of the light on an enthralling second day of the Fourth Test at the MCG, as Australia seize the ascendancy.  Also: put a fork in Rohit, he's done.

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Pete and Gideon watch Sam Konstas turn the Test series on its head and Virat Kohli lose his head, as Australia reach a promising first innings score after winning the toss.  Plus: Marnus is back, and Steve Smith looks like he's never been away.

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Pete and Gid puzzle over a bizarre but fascinating conclusion to the rain-ruined Third Test at the Gabba, and pay tribute to eminent retiree Ravi Ashwin who heads home tomorrow.

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Pete and Gideon report on an enthralling fourth day of the Third Test, with Australia toiling to make up for the absence of Josh Hazlewood, India battling despite the poor form of their skipper, and the cricket fighting the rain for supremacy.

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Pete and Gideon watch 33.1 overs and sit through seven rain interruptions as Australia make headway in the Third Test at the Gabba.  Also, by popular demand, Gideon's hat.

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Pete and Gid watch another Travis Head tour de force, a Steve Smith statement innings, an unstoppable Jasprit Bumrah and a very stoppable India as Australia seize the advantage that Rohit Sharma gifted them.

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Pete and Gideon are joined by special guest Simon Katich to review the short day in Brisbane, the long haul of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the challenges of Jasprit Bumrah and the excitement of sporting parenthood.

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Pete and Gideon find a secluded corner of the Gabba to send the latest on the teams and the conditions for the vital Third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, compare notes on Queensland and reminisce of Brisbane Tests past.

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Pete and Gideon see Australia even the series with India in Adelaide before the lights are turned on for the third night, talk about Travis Head's ascendancy, Marnus Labuschagne's reinvention and the Siraj affair.  Plus a great idea for the end of every Test match.

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Pete and Gid wallow in the patriotic Adelaide vibes after another hometown hundred by Travis Head, the returns to form of Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins, and a scintillating cameo from Rishabh Pant.

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Pete and Gid celebrate Mitchell Starc's devastating first innings bowling in the Second Test at Adelaide Oval and Australia's grim survival under lights as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy turns topsy-turvey.  Warning: includes fat shaming.

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