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Indian Spin Takes 8: Day 1 | Hyderabad | Ind vs Eng

25 Jan 2024

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Ben Foakes cleans up the stumps, Indian spin takes 8 and Jaiswal sets sail. Are India fun to watch when its not your team facing their bowling? If you...

Australia v West Indies | Brisbane | Day 1

25 Jan 2024

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What the hell was that? The West Indies are back? The biggest partnership against Australia in a pink-ball Test? Does Brisbane like this or is this ju...

India vs England Test Series Preview

24 Jan 2024

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261. In and Around The Boys

22 Jan 2024

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The Australian Men selfishly retain their spots for The Gabba, thus denying us the trappings we seek. But have you seen the ODI Squad? Fraser-McGurk i...

Australia Dominate The West Indies: Adelaide | Day 3

19 Jan 2024

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Travis Head Does It Again: Adelaide | Day 2

18 Jan 2024

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Test Cricket Is A Civil War Re-enactment: Adelaide | Day 1

17 Jan 2024

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260. My Mouth Is Very Dry

15 Jan 2024

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Would you “push the red button” for Class A cricket? Each to their own, which is essentially what Western Australia said following Matthew Renshaw...

259. It's Obvious, with Beau Webster

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Australia sweep Pakistan 3-0 in the Tests, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing for the baggy greens thanks to Pakistan’s plucky courage, exciting fin...

David Warner Farewells Test Cricket: Day 4 | Sydney

06 Jan 2024

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Josh Hazlewood Rips Through Pakistan: Day 3 | Sydney

05 Jan 2024

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Hazlewood runs through Pakistan, Warner finds his baggy and Abdullah Shafique lays a two-footed slide tackle on his own team mate.  Get 25% off your ...

Will Steve Smith Be Australia's Next Opener? : Day 2 | Sydney

04 Jan 2024

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Why's no one asked Smudge if he's keen on a sniff up top? More Pakistan fielding calamities and its bad light rainy season in Sydney.  Get 25% off yo...

A Full Day of Sydney Test Cricket: Day 1 | Sydney

03 Jan 2024

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Bring back biased umpiring, Punters school skipping masterclass and Warner gives us a reason to watch. Get 25% off your Smith Optics using the code FA...

258. Will People Clap For Warner?

01 Jan 2024

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Cummins Leads Australia To Victory: Day 4 | Melbourne

29 Dec 2023

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Smith and The Bison Save Australia: Day 3 | Melbourne

28 Dec 2023

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Two teams play cricket, almost the entire Marsh family have been dismissed in the 90’s in a Boxing Day test , Smith hits an ugly albeit safe 50 and ...

Cummins Goes To Work: Day 2 | Melbourne

27 Dec 2023

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Boxing Day Aesthetics: Day 1 | Melbourne

26 Dec 2023

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257. Our New Fortress? with Aaron Finch

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Australia wins by 360 runs. Warner has a tonne, Gaz has half a thousand, The Bison’s free, The Cartel’s purring. But what is Perth? Whatever you w...

Lyon Takes 500 Test Wickets: Day 4 | Perth

17 Dec 2023

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Generate Innings: Day 3 | Perth

16 Dec 2023

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Bison in Summer: Day 2 | Perth

15 Dec 2023

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Warner’s Bat Talks: Day 1 | Perth

14 Dec 2023

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256. Wasp v Spider, with Will Sutherland & Fergus O'Neill

11 Dec 2023

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Flat summers mean better chat, so we roar back into life with Test gear, Johnson v Warner gear, BBL Shit Tip gear and Wasp v Spider gear. We’ve got ...

255. We Need A Ticker-Tape Parade, with Nathan Lyon & Alex Malcolm

21 Nov 2023

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This country needs a ticker-tape parade, so we can get around our heroes, who in-turn, will get around us! Australia secure their 6th and best ever Wo...

254. The World Cup Semi-Finals, with Peter Siddle and Matt Renshaw

15 Nov 2023

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Semi finals. India v New Zealand. South Africa v Australia. Meg Lanning retires from international cricket. Peter Siddle and Matt Renshaw are in-studi...

Stuart Broad

08 Nov 2023

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Stuart Broad joins TGC for the first time to discuss his new book 'Broadly Speaking', available in Australia, India, The UK and anywhere online or at ...

253. Timed Out, with robelinda2 & Ali Martin

07 Nov 2023

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Shakib Al Hasan has Angelo Matthews timed out! The first we've ever seen in international cricket. Rob Moody, aka robelinda2, is on the show to tell u...

2023/24 LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

01 Nov 2023

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Dates, Venues and Tickets for our Australian Live Show Tour of 2023/24.  If you want early access to tickets:  https://www.patreon.com/gradecrickete...

252. Can Australia Jag The World Cup? with Adam Gilchrist

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We start this week's episode with a Crows Feet review of Stuart Broad's comments amid the chaos of Lord's, while promoting his new book. He's good, is...

Adam Zampa

27 Oct 2023

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Adam Zampa joins us from his hotel in Dharamshala ahead of the crucial Australia v New Zealand World Cup clash. We talk about singing the national ant...

251. Pumping Around, with Kim Garth, Tess Flintoff & Matt Roller

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are midway through the World Cup and it's fair to say that no one knows anything, none of it matters because India is a nearly unbackable favourite...

250. How Do You Beat India? with Shane Watson & Gideon Haigh

17 Oct 2023

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We’re back, baby! Yep, definitely. Australia’s off the mark, noses are harder, someone said “lift!” and now the Cup is surely ours. Sure, Indi...

249. Is Australia Cooked? with Jake Fraser-McGurk and Bharat Sundaresan

10 Oct 2023

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The thing that happened last is the thing that happens forever, so we write Australia off for World Cup '24, until the next show, next week. India are...

248. Is This The Last Serious World Cup? with Spencer Johnson & Daniel Brettig

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the World Cup starting on Thursday, Australian domestic cricket once again commencing and, most importantly, Round 1 of "Premier" cricket getting...

247. Me Think It Mazing, with Jimmy Neesham and Alex Malcolm

26 Sep 2023

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We’re back! Because when there’s international-cricket-with-actual-jeopardy, we can only kneel to hoover up these last remaining crumbs. Along the...

246. "Beers?"

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ashes: spirit, morality, tribalism, culture, Broady. He’s good, isn’t he? (Knows what he’s doing.) We take your visceral minutes. dribble ab...

245. Retention and Carry-On

24 Jul 2023

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Retain [verb]: continue to have (something); keep possession of. While England stroke their chins soberly, pondering morality and the impact of clouds...

244. The Truth of Cricket, with Alex Malcolm

18 Jul 2023

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Major League Cricket is here and so is Zampa's reference to the 20th of April. Is it good? Are we watching? What does The Star Spangled Banner mean to...

243. I'm A Selector... Get Me Out of Here! with Chris Rogers

13 Jul 2023

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Budgy is backing us big time this English summer, get around them at budgysmuggler.com. Use the code 'goodareas' for free shipping (valid in both the ...

242. The Colonial Leash

06 Jul 2023

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We emerge from obstacles technical and travel to drag ourselves to the microphone for a late crack at the scenes from Lord’s. Danny Rood starts thi...

Lord's Visceral Minute (Extended)

03 Jul 2023

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241. It's A Cult, with Barney Ronay

27 Jun 2023

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We record this from The Oval in south London the day before The Lord's Test match, where anything can happen but one thing is for certain, this is ver...

240. CumBall 1 - BazBall 0

21 Jun 2023

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We come to you direct from Manchester, basking in the afterglow of a podium Australian Test win in the modern era. We skin the cat as many ways as pos...

239. World Test Champions v BazBall, with Ali Martin

13 Jun 2023

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We are very proud and excited to announce our special guests who will join us on stage in the UK for our Ashes Live Show Tour. Some tickets are still ...

238. World Test Championship Warm-Up, with Jackson Bird & Bharat Sundaresan

05 Jun 2023

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We are very proud and excited to announce our special guests who will join us on stage in the UK for our Ashes Live Show Tour. Some tickets are still ...

237. What These Ashes Could Be, with Alex Malcolm

29 May 2023

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A bit quiet in our niche cricket wheelhouses this week; almost like the schedule has been cleared to talk about one thing only. Anyway, Hazlewood is m...

236. Shubman Gill's Topless Selfie, with Mitch Starc, Tom Moody & Phil Walker

23 May 2023

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Shubman Gill makes the statement of the IPL with the thirstiest of thirst traps. Have to respect the lighting. The Ashes is one week closer, so we gue...

235. Like To See Them Do It Against Our Boys, with Adam Zampa and Barney Ronay

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ashes is upon us, and this time it really is The Ashes. Of cricket. Literally. The flaming, dying embers of the game as we know it, which then bec...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3rd London Live Show Announced 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A 3rd (and almost definitely final) London live show has been added to TGC's UK Tour for 2023. Tickets for Sunday, June 25 at Alexandra Palace are ava...

🇬🇧 UK LIVE SHOWS ANNOUNCEMENT 🇬🇧

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate the Ashes and the last ever serious Test series, we’re pumped to announce TGC will be taking our live show to the UK in June, performin...

234. India Beat Australia 4 Times In A Row

14 Mar 2023

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India win the Border Gavaskar series for the 4th time in a row but not before Usman’s emotional hundred, Cam Green’s first hundred, Shubman’s re...

233. Will Ahmedabad be Ahmedagood? with Ramachandra Guha & Trent Copleand

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sure, Australia made history with one of its finest ever performances, but instead we ask: what’s doing vis a vis decks, India? But seriously, Austr...

232. Is The Australian Women's Team The Greatest Of All-Time?

28 Feb 2023

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New Zealand pull off their greatest ever Test win in Wellington after being asked to follow on. England are still having fun though. Harry Brook hundr...

231. TGC On Tour | Darker Truths

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another game, another capitulation, another meltdown. After a promising start, Australia found a new way to fall to India, tangled in Ashwin and Jadej...

230. TGC On Tour | Australian Meltdown

13 Feb 2023

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Direct from Hyderabad, Higgos and Pez bring you most correct and accurate analysis of Australia's latest Indian capitulation. Where did it all go wron...

229. Is India Bigger Than The Ashes?

07 Feb 2023

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It’s “the jewel in the crown”, “the toughest test in cricket”, and, according to Steve Smith, “bigger than The Ashes”. Yes, Usman Khawaj...

228. Scarified, with Steve O'Keefe

01 Feb 2023

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Steve O'Keefe steps into the guest co-host chair this week as we bring you a special show, in-person, from North Sydney Oval. Are the Scorchers too go...

227. V600 for Vendetta, with Dan Christian, Steve Eskinazi and Linny

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The cricket industrial complex rolls on mercilessly, dragging our tired minds and eyes with it, so it’s a BUMPER show this week. Higgos takes an ove...

226. Future of Cricket Stuff, with Todd Greenberg

16 Jan 2023

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We get 45 minutes with “Players’ Boss” Todd Greenberg this week, to traverse the Afghanistan situation, the future of cricket, broadcast rights,...

225. Greatest Summer Ever

09 Jan 2023

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A drab draw closes out the Test summer, and we’re asking: what the fuck was that? Sure Australia destroyed all-comers, passing records and milestone...

224. Bucket On Your Bonce, with Matt Short & Alex Malcolm

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is this good or is this the end? Boxing Day delight for the Aussies as we bury our head in the sand like an emu that can't walk backwards. How good's ...

223. Decks, Debutants & Detentions with Morne Morkel

20 Dec 2022

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The GABBA deck, Sydney Lime all out 15, Rehand Ahmed's debut, Morne Morkel and a son on detention.   Budgy has both us and you covered wherever you a...

222. Fill Your Boots

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It was absolute boot-filling stuff against the West Indies, but now it's 1 vs 2 in the WTC table against South Africa. Brisbane is sold out, then it's...

221. Why No One There, Why No One Care, with The Caribbean Cricket Podcast

05 Dec 2022

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“Forget the scorecard,” advises Viru. Well, we can’t. Marnus tripled, Smudge doubled red, Gareth took six and Australia (essentially) cantered. ...

220. Burning For Love

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Isn’t it beautiful when blokes just care? Once again our golden generation bails us out of cricketing dystopia in ways “everyday” Australians un...

WASIM AKRAM

24 Nov 2022

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A special day in the annals of TGC as we sit down with an all-time great: Wasim Akram. The man of such prodigious and electrifying cricketing ability ...

FAF DU PLESSIS

22 Nov 2022

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TGC lands another white whale, without question, the one with the best obliques and leanest body mass. Faf du Plessis joins us to discuss nearly every...

219. Symphony of A Run Out, with Glenn Maxwell

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We start this week with a full dissection of a run out at the non-striker's end in sub-district cricket in Melbourne. Australia have won an ODI series...

218. Hit And Giggle Stuff

14 Nov 2022

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217. It's Park Cricket, Mate, with Ed Cowan & Barney Ronay

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

They're calling it the best World Cup ever but Australia is out and no one cares about it anyway.... unless you like T20 in which case it is absolutel...

Shane Watson on Winning The Inner Battle

05 Nov 2022

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216. Rainy Season

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The World Cup is absolutely ruthless and so is the weather. It's all to play for as we head into the second week of round fixtures. Do New Zealand hav...

NATIONAL LIVE SHOW TOUR - AUSTRALIA

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ANNOUNCING OUR NATIONAL LIVE SHOW TOUR We’re live and in the flesh for the first time in three years, returning to the stage for a national tour acc...

215. The Best The MCG Has Ever Seen?

24 Oct 2022

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ADAM ZAMPA

21 Oct 2022

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Recorded from a bed at a 1 star hotel in an undisclosed location, Australia's Adam Zampa joins us 24 hours before The World Cup proper begins at the S...

HARSHA BHOGLE

19 Oct 2022

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We're joined by ornament to the game, Harsha Bhogle, for a one hour, feature-length interview. We wanted it reverent, he wanted irreverence, so we fou...

214. World Cup Fever, with Reece Topley

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The World Cup is finally here and TGC kicks it off with possibly the loosest show since the last World Cup. Who are the favourites? Is Che La Luna the...

213. Obstructing The Spirit, with Teague Wyllie

10 Oct 2022

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212. Feelings Not Flights

04 Oct 2022

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ELLYSE PERRY

28 Sep 2022

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National and global cricketing icon, Ellyse Perry joins us for a special interview direct from TGC HQ, aka Higgos’ apartment. Arguably Australia’s...

211. Spirit

27 Sep 2022

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Mankads, mankads, mankads. How do they make us feel? Is that relevant? Should you just stay behind the line or is that too simplified an argument? Is ...

210. The Last Suckle

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

September is here and that means that your dreams are about to die.... again. The Road Safety World Series is here and we're cooing about Sachin sitti...

209. Who The F*** Just Hit My Car?

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Old-school this week as we pour over some real grade cricket gear both on-field and online, Australia wins some ODIs as Finch offers some, but not all...

208. Zimbabwe, with Ryan Burl & Chris Lynn

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Let's be honest, literally no one cares about Australia's series win against Zimbabwe in Townsville. We're all here to get around the Zimbabweans for ...

207. Stokes Is Hot But Foakes Is Hotter

29 Aug 2022

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HERSCHELLE GIBBS

23 Aug 2022

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A special TGC interview with Herschelle Gibbs. We spend an hour with the former Test and ODI mainstay, traversing three decades of his cricketing life...

206. Full Value

22 Aug 2022

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205. Sovereign Bunce, with Mark Wood

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

0:00 INTRO 1:41 TRENT BOULT STEPS BACK FROM NZ 13:30 ROSS TAYLOR SLAPPED AT RR 15:50 CRICKET AT THE OLYMPICS 21:12 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA 25:45 STOINI...

204. Salty Gold, with Alana King

09 Aug 2022

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203. Bulk Sheets

01 Aug 2022

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202. The Nervous 390s, with Nathan Ellis

24 Jul 2022

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201. The Death of ODIs, with Haris Rauf

18 Jul 2022

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Ben Stokes announces his retirement from ODI cricket after 104 matches for England, but is this the end of ODIs or will we still watch whatever is on ...

200. Penguins

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australia's humiliating defeat in Galle leaves us to question if there is any fucking danger? Was it the umpires? Was it the reviews? Was it Sri Lanka...

199. Hiding In The Bushes, with Wes Agar

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

England may have actually completed cricket with their 4th successive come-from-behind win, this time against India. The numbers are absolutely mind b...

198. I Don't Trust It, with Matthew Kuhnemann

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daryl Mitchell completes the perfect series with three consecutive hundreds in a losing side. NZ... what's doing? Bairstow turns into Bradman thanks t...

197. Will They, Won't They, with Daryl Mitchell

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're getting behind Budgy Smuggler's Ordinary Rig across the UK, and now France! Monsieur Ordinaire has taken France by storm, and you can get around...

196. The Ginger Century, with Liam Livingstone

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

YJB was absolutely sensational, Root is the best player ever (at the moment) and Stokes is the captain that England need. But just how bad were New Ze...

195. They're Still Booing Root, with Todd Murphy and Ali Martin

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is England back or was this 2s v 3s? Root's the best, Broad's vibrations, "team hat-tricks" are for children. Ali Martin lends much needed credibility...

194. Turn It Off and On Again, with Sam Billings

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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