On today's edition of The Almanack Report, we celebrate the return of cricket to Australia's top end, and the joy there is of International cricket in Australia in August and September, while discussing just why there should be more of it. On top of this, we discuss the ins and outs of today first one day international between Australia and Zimbabwe, and what the main talking points of the game were.

That's on today's edition of The Almanack Report, on the podcast that don't like cricket, no, it loves it, Thoughts From the Metal Cavern.