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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