Pete and Gideon report from a hell for batters, Perth Stadium, where seventeen wickets fell for 217 on the first day of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.  Can India press their advantage?  Can Australia come back?  Is this the end of Virat Kohli?  We report, you decide, and hopefully buy a T-shirt.

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Pete and Gideon catch up on the team news for the First Test, try to persuade Morne Morkel to speak Hindi, and reflect on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy v the IPL auction.

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Pete and Gideon catch up on India's arrival on Instagram....errr, in Australia and India's threat to the Champions Trophy.  Also last night's T20I in Brisbane, the Women's Big Bash League and the women's team from Afghanistan.  Comes complete with top ten Indian tour songs. Not available in Hindi.

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Pete and Gideon report live from the MCG on Australia’s First Test squad including new opener Nathan McSweeney and reserve batter Josh Inglis. Also Gideon shows off his guns in the new Cricket Et Al merch.

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Pete and Gideon catch up with Australian captain Pat Cummins for a fascinating chat about leadership, fatherhood, big ideas, big crowds and....money.  Pat's new book is here

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Pete and Gid report from the India A v Australia A match in Mackay and celebrate New Zealand's whitewash of India in India with a New Zealand music top ten.  Not everything is by The Bats.

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Pete and Gid run their eye over Australia A's performances against India A, as Nathan McSweeney edges the bat off, and the IPL auction, where retention is the preserve of a tiny few.  And, on Craig Serjeant Day at cricketetal.com, they choose ten songs inspired by the twelve-Test career of Australia's forgotten vice-captain.  

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Pete and Gideon review Australia's selection permutations, the intervention of David Warner, the eclipse of Steve Smith, and the high summer of Craig Serjeant.  Also an extended chat with Glenn Maxwell about Pat Cummins, JL, Philip Hughes and that nickname.

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Pete and Gid share their bemusement at the vagaries of Australia's batting selections, psychoanalyse Steve Smith, relish Pakistan, and look forward to the second round of the Sheffield Shield and the finals of the Women's T20 World Cup.  With special guest Meg Lanning.

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Pete and Gid follow the rise and rise of Sam Konstas, the further evolution of Bazball, and the women's progress in the T20 World Cup, before an extended chat with Adelaide Strikers coach Tim Paine about falling back in love with cricket and training the next generation

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