After a lead-up as wild as Matt Renshaw's Toombul wagonwheel, Test Cricket is finally upon us. We talk selection intrigue, net session kit, Virat (of course), and the WBBL, before Gerard Whateley jumps on the line to debrief us on THAT missive from Pup. We're then joined by the world beating Alyssa Healy, who runs us through women's grade cricket tropes, carrying the weight of the nation, keeping, and being bumped by Dave's brother at school level. #AskTGC closes matters.

Our live shows are on sale now, too. Dates:

Adelaide 6 December, Rhino Room

Perth 14 December, WACA Boundary Room

Melbourne 27 December, Corner Hotel

Sydney 3 January, Comedy Store

Special thanks to Toby Shain for mixing our show again. He is also the voice behind Chop King Cologne and all the other (good) fake ads we do, which he will not mind us saying.

Finally, if you're looking for MCs with post-1975 after-dinner material, contact us at [email protected]. We're probably affordable, and we travel.

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The Aussie Women show the way, Kohli arrives with the blade, Why Marcus Harris will now be known as 'Boogie', Pakistan, and some huge TGC news round out the opening proceedings here. Richard Hinds then joins to coherently examine the commerce behind female and grassroots cricket, before Victoria's favourite son Brad Hodge does us the pleasure of explaining why Khawaja was probably right last week, and how good it is to wear a Rajasthan Royals helmet while playing for East Sandringham CC. Your questions ice the game.

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Australia's pre-series navel gazing is in full swing, and this time not even a Shield Shootout™ can sort the chaff from the chaff. To feel better, we caught up with Australia's new batting saviour, Usman Khawaja, and sought multiple undertakings that he'd make everything okay. Meanwhile, England are doing things Australia men can't do, and the women's team show us how it's done. AskTGC is the usual carnival of alpha's, beta's and short stories.

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It's a special, in-person interview with the newly minted CEO of Cricket Australia, and one not to miss. Yes, he really does have crystal blue eyes. But fear not, despite those baby blues, we asked some questions. Tune in for TGC x Kevin Roberts on grassroots, 'marching' blokes from the building, the culture review, views on Warner/Smith returning, and nightmares about being timed out. Before that, how bad we are at ODI cricket, and after that, #AskTGC.

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Australian cricket has caved in, again. We talk Warner, culture, Peever, Taylor, and everything else, before Dan Brettig helps us wade through the vagaries of cricket administration. Of course, we only deal in Test Captains now, so we locked horns with the greatest keeper-batsman of all time, Adam Gilchrist. Nothing more needs to be said: it's a bona fide must listen. We take your questions to round things out.

Our live shows are on sale now, too. Dates:

Adelaide 6 December, Rhino Room

Perth 14 December, WACA Boundary Room

Melbourne 27 December, Corner Hotel

Sydney 3 January, Comedy Store

Special thanks to Toby Shain for mixing our show again. He is also the voice behind Chop King Cologne and all the other (good) fake ads we do, which he will not mind us saying.

Finally, if you're looking for post-1975 after-dinner material, contact us at [email protected]. We're probably affordable, and we travel.

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It was lively, it was special, and the audio worked. On this week's show, we spoke with the 40th and 46th Test Captains of Australia. Tim Paine joined first; we talked about culture, change, and Shaun Young sledging his frosted tips as a fourteen year-old. Steven Roger Waugh came next, and regaled us with stories about Bankstown Oval, Baggy Green mythology, and why Dave should consider buying a teddy bear. Tugger also spoke about The Captains Ride 2018, and how he's focusing on that, not book promotion. #AskTGC rounds things out, as ever.

Special thanks to Toby Shain for mixing this week's show, as well as his voiceovers. We thank Adrian Leung for the music.

We also MC events now. If you're looking for post-1975 after-dinner material, contact us at [email protected]. We're affordable, and we travel.

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Adam Collins - 22m:26s

Jason 'Dizzy' Gillespie - 36m:47s

#AskTGC - 1hr:56s

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Identity. Culture. The Australian Way. It’s all up for grabs this summer as we launch season three of the TGC cast in customary too-long and too-loose fashion. Tune in for Gideon’s shakedown of the true sandpaper cause, stay for Ed’s take on JL's new regime. Only AskTGC remains the same. There’s a new fake ad, and there's a new real home: The Diamantina Podcast Network. It's great to be on board.

Special thanks to Toby Shain for the voiceovers, and Adrian Leung for the music.

We also MC events now. If you're looking for post-1975 after-dinner material, contact us at [email protected]. We can travel.

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Our Southern Summer finale. We talk Clarke, Waugh, the culture review and being on Wikipedia. We ask the ABCs Paul Kennedy about his ‘Caught Out’ investigation before he asks us about being champed by umpires. Trent Copeland makes his long awaited bow, discussing nicking off Jayawardene and the 140s club. We close with AskTGC, where Dr Happy provides welcome clinical advice on, well, Dad.

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Australia lost its Captain, Vice Captain and Coach this week. In doing so they ushered in a new Beta era that frankly frightens us all. We went another ninety minutes on this, and couldn’t have done it without Adam Collins in Jo’berg and of course Damien Fleming, who knows more about shaping deliveries than anyone else.  

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