Peter and Gideon watch India flag and Australia surge in the First Test in Adelaide, congratulate Tim Paine, bid adieu to Virat Kohli, and wonder how any team in modern cricket can be bowled out for 36.  

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Peter and Gideon sum up the second day (and night) of an enthralling First Test, on which Tim Paine  proved his batting mettle, Ravi Ashwin his bowling ingenuity and Steve Smith that he is only human. Plus the multiplying complexities of cricket in the time of COVID.

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Gideon and Pete on day one of the Test and why Ajinkya Rahane might need new digs.

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Peter and Gideon discuss Adelaide, the Australian attrition, cricket's concussion problem, the likely shape of the XIs for Thursday's Test match, and Allan Border's terse critique of the India v Australia A match.  With added Shaun Marsh.

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Pete and Gideon talk about the stresses and strains of biosecure international cricket in Australia and South Africa, the vagaries of the concussion sub, the impulses of Glenn Maxwell, and selection questions ahead of the First Test.  They answer questions about odds cricket, the five, and even which England cricket captain lost a Test on the day he became a father. Clue: it was a Yorkshireman.

 

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Pete and Gideon see Steve Smith on repeat at the Sydney Cricket Ground, David Warner's career pause, over rates almost achieve inertia, as Australia win the Dettol One-Day Series against India.  They also revisit the Women's Big Bash League after Saturday night's final, and go a bit further back in time to the glory days of the Duncan Fearnley Run Reaper with Flow Through Holes.  This part of the pod for bat nerds only.

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Pete and Gideon get excited about the Australia v India ODIs and the Women's Big Bash League semi-finals, feel a bit less enthusiastic about the Big Bash League rules changes, leaf through a brilliant new illustrated history of women's cricket, and contemplate the melancholy anniversary of the death of Phillip Hughes.  Plus a heartfelt tribute to John Cooper Clarke, the bard of Salford.

EXTRA MATERIAL:

Peter's piece on Fiona Bollen’s new book Clearing Boundaries:

Atherton on Justin Langer

Gideon's piece on taking a knee

John Cooper Clarke performs Chickentown (language warning)

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Pete and Gideon chat about Australia's new batting order, who might slot where for the First Test, and the big Women's Big Bash League weekend.  Drinker Pete talks about his Top 20 beers and ranks Australian cricket drinkers; wowser Gideon discusses Australian cricket's teetotalism.  They also pay tribute to their colleague Greg Growden, author of one of cricket's finest books.

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Peter and Gideon discuss the early season bolters with youth on their side, from Will Pucovski to Amy Smith.  They review the IPL, on the eve of Wednesday's final, and farewell two gallant stagers, Shane Watson and Callum Ferguson.  With India about to arrive, Gideon casts back 100 years to the last visiting cricket team to undertake quarantine, while Pete gets all nostalgic about East 17.

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The newly announced summer schedule for the Australian men's teams has provided some much needed clarity about what to expect in the coming months. So who's going to miss out on a rare chance to watch a match in person? Gideon Haigh and Peter Lalor discuss the finer details of the summer to come in this first episode of Cricket Et Cetera. Also covered in this episode: Gideon told to giddy up in Perth, some strong performances in the Sheffield Shield, hublife in the BBLW, and taking a knee.

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