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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