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Welcome to The Grade Cricketer’s special series, Life Outside Cricket, where we catch up with Australian cricketers and try to get under the hood of their life and careers beyond cricket.

We’re doing this in conjunction with the Australian Cricketers Association in promotion of Careers Week, promoting the economic, social and personal benefits of career development for all Australians.

Episode 1 is with Matthew Wade. He’s represented his country 166 times across all formats. He’s batted everywhere, he’s taken the gloves, he’s captained. He’s amassed nearly 10,000 first class runs, and apparently he even bowls in the cherished 140s.

But like the vast majority of cricketers, it hasn’t always been a saloon passage, so he's invested in skills beyond the game, too.

Do those skills relate to cricket? Is he looking forward to life after the game? Or does he want to play cricket forever and experience that specific pain for eternity?

Find out with us on episode 1 of our special series, in partnership with the ACA: Life Outside Cricket.

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• IPL 2021 Suspended
• Warner v Slater in The Maldives
• County Championship
• Ali Martin to discuss the England summer
• Stuart MacGill kidnapped
• Pakistan v Zimbabwe
• Ian Bell
• Ed Cowan
• #AskTGC

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• Great Away Tours
• New Zealand v Australia T20 Series
• Jimmy Neesham
• India v England
• Sheffield Shield
• International Women's Day
• Gideon Haigh
• #AskTGC

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TGC lands one of its white whales, as the 44th Australian Test Captain, 2 x time Allan Border Medalist, World Cup Winner and Ashes winner Shane Watson sits down with two blokes from the internet to discuss his wrestling matches at the cricket academy, being Sutherland's 'Dick of The Day' in grade cricket, Stuart Law's tough "love", his use of the DRS, winning the IPL and how his new business, T20 Stars, is making cricket affordable again.

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• The Skeleton Hiders (aka New Zealand) lead Australia 2-0 at home in their T20 Series.
• How many credits in the bank for Finch?
• India v England review and Preview
• Pitches, Ashwin, Selections, Asian Century
• Colin Miller in Las Vegas
• #AskTGC involving smashing fingers with a hammer

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• The real sound of cricket
• Skeletons beat Australia
• IPL Auction
• India v England 3rd Test Preview
• Faf Retires
• Mark Butcher on zoom
• #AskTGC involving a Bairstow story

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• Christian Vieri's love of cricket
• India too good for the rest of the world
• Rohit Sharma 161
• Ashwin all of the wickets and his 5th Test hundred
• Rahkeem Cornwall gets it done in Dhaka
• Australia don't tour anymore
• Greg Blewett is on to discuss circuiting before grade games and facing Curtly Ambrose
• #AskTGC involving a phone sex worker

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• Australia postpone their South Africa tour
• Steve O'keefe on the phone to discuss Sixers' BBL victory circuit
• India v England - Joe Root returns to the Big Boiiis
• Pakistan beat South Africa for the first time since 2003
• Bangladesh v West Indies - Windies chase 395 on Day 5 thanks to a debutant's 210*
• Usman Khawaja on perspective, Alex Hales and Hogpiles.
• Marcus Harris on getting punched by Ricky Hatton in Manchester
• #AskTGC about GameStop and Joe Root comparisons

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• How long will Langer last?
• How village is it to walk onto the field with a ham and cheese toasty?
• Deliberate wides in the BBL
• Are England good?
• India have the best team of all time.
• Pakistan v South Africa
• #AskTGC

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• Is Joe Root a 'Big Boy' again?
• The Aftermath of The Gabba
• What Happens next
• Anderson 6/39 off 28. Ok.
• Dad dicks
• Father/Son Matches

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