The Grade Cricketer

Does international T20 cricket actually need context, or should we just shut up and let the content wash over us like a meaningless Netflix series? Muhammad Irfan is 216 cm tall – how big can bowlers get from here? Shakib Al Hasan is banned from cricket for not reporting a crude match-fixing approach via Whatsapp, but Chinese telco Huawei hasn’t pulled his sponsorship deal. Pete Handscomb joins the cast to discuss “cancel culture” and what it’s like to have prominent former players dissect your technique out of the sides of their mouths. And #AskTGC delves into motherly alpha powerplays, while providing gentle assurance to a young father concerned over the cricketing future of his one-year old son. None of this possible without our good friends at Budgy Smuggler.

We’re performing live across Australia in 2019. Our dates:

Brisbane – Princess Theatre, Thursday November 21, 7.30pm (with Jason Gillespie)

Adelaide – Rhino Room, Saturday November 30, 12pm (with Shaun Tait)

Melbourne – Corner Hotel, Friday December 27, 7.30pm (with John Hastings)

Melbourne – Corner Hotel, Saturday December 28, 7.30pm (with John Hastings)

Sydney – Comedy Store, Friday January 3, 7.30pm (Guest TBC)

Sydney – Comedy Store, Saturday January 4, 7.30pm (Guest TBC)

Tickets at https://gradecricketer.club/upcoming-events

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We do events, too. If you have sporting entertainment needs and prefer material sourced after 1975, please talk to us. We’ve performed across Australia and the UK, and love telling stories from clubland, or interviewing those who tell them even better. Contact [email protected] more details.

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We have merch, namely Stubby Holders, and Smugglers. Head to https://gradecricketer.club/shopfor the specifics

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Big thanks to Jarryd Biviano @thefifthcreative and Julia Dowe for our podcast art, Toby Shain for the voiceovers + fake ad production, and Adrian Leung for our intro tune.

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Email the show at [email protected]

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We’re able to do all of this thanks to the fit, intelligent, enterprising people at Budgy Smuggler. It either is, or is nearly, summer somewhere in the world. For the entirety of your colourful swimwear needs, head to budgysmuggler.com.au

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jam packed show! Warner, Finch and Maxwell obliterate Sri Lanka in Adelaide and didn't it feel good. We'll talk England and New Zealand, WBBL, selections on Seek, LinkedIn stalking of bowled victims and #AskTGC for dating advice. Ed Cowan and Russel Arnold join the show for more wild stories about shower culture, sledging international players and realising you're on 156*. None of this possible without our good friends at Budgy Smuggler.

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We’re performing live across Australia in 2019. Our dates:

Brisbane – Princess Theatre, Thursday November 21, 7.30pm (with Jason Gillespie)

Adelaide – Rhino Room, Saturday November 30, 12pm (with Shaun Tait)

Melbourne – Corner Hotel, Friday December 27, 7.30pm (with John Hastings)

Melbourne – Corner Hotel, Saturday December 28, 7.30pm (with John Hastings)

Sydney – Comedy Store, Friday January 3, 7.30pm (Guest TBC)

Sydney – Comedy Store, Saturday January 4, 7.30pm (Guest TBC)

Tickets at https://gradecricketer.club/upcoming-events

***

We do events, too. If you have sporting entertainment needs and prefer material sourced after 1975, please talk to us. We’ve performed across Australia and the UK, and love telling stories from clubland, or interviewing those who tell them even better. Contact [email protected] for more details.

***

We have merch, namely Stubby Holders, and Smugglers. Head to https://gradecricketer.club/shop for the specifics

***

Big thanks to Jarryd Biviano @thefifthcreative and Julia Dowe for our podcast art, Toby Shain for the voiceovers + fake ad production, and Adrian Leung for our intro tune.

***

Email the show at [email protected]

***

We’re able to do all of this thanks to the fit, intelligent, enterprising people at Budgy Smuggler. It either is, or is nearly, summer somewhere in the world. For the entirety of your colourful swimwear needs, head to budgysmuggler.com.au

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The podcast returns for the southern summer of 2019/2020. What storylines will this season bring? Will Australia resume its (rightful) dominance of the men's game amid a plethora of lifeless wickets and broken pre-season dreams and will Steve Smith be dismissed once before the clock's change back? Dan Christian joins the show to discuss next year's T20 World Cup and what he was thinking while watching Prime Minister Scott Morrison catch with crocodile hands. All that before #AskTGC. None of this possible without our good friends Budgy Smuggler

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The World Cup and The Ashes: it made us feel; it made us emote. We bid farewell to both with our favourite memories, before talking to the true star of the summer, Pavel Florin. #AskTGC covers identity, TGC bingo, newcomers and dreams.

Rapturous praise to Budgy Smuggler for permitting our words about the brand.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does everything have to be a tie? England level the series at The Oval thanks to Joe Denly's new-dad-sugar-hit runs and Stuart Broad bowling kryptonite. Australia retain the Ashes, but lets focus on the negatives and how they can bounce back at The Gabba in November. Dean Jones is on the phone from India to discuss being King of The World, batting with a Harrow sized stick in 1st grade and why, because of global warming, his 210 in Madras will soon be the new norm. #AskTGC involves Steve Waugh on a balcony, closing a microwave with a well-timed leave and and Englishman having Steve Smith Stockholm Syndrome.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

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How the Ashes was retained (won); Smith and greatness; reaction and salt; Paine, Warner, Broad, the quicks, everyone. Chris Rogers joins, while AskTGC covers batting awards, corporate life, swings, and hypothetical trysts with AB De Villiers.

Big ol' thanks to our friends at Budgy Smuggler 👍

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

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We catch up on how we're supposed to feel post-Headingley and look forward to Old Trafford for the 4th Ashes Test. Khawaja is out, Starc is in and Mitch Marsh is supposed to be a two-in-one shampoo and conditioner. Steve Waugh tells us what it's like being on the balcony during a Test and making a nation feel safe - as well as answering 'that' question about watching his son play; and Doug Bollinger tells us about how fast he bowled with a two-piece ball on astro turf in park cricket before playing for Australia. #AskTGC involves seeing Johnny Bairstow at Twickenham, knocking-in a bat in an apartment block, showering in Smugglers and what cricket has done to one 17 year old in the final year of school.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That hurt. Please join us as we mine the depths of our despair for therapy and entertainment, chat with The Daily Mirror’s Dean Wilson about ‘Stokesy’, catch up with Tim Bresnan about Mother Cricket, the Joel Wilson Institute and giving Steve Smith gloves, before AskTGC covers timepieces, Trump, shadow batting and Marnus.

We appreciate the support of Budgy Smuggler. Ben Stokes wears them. So do we.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We preview the 3rd Ashes Test at Headingley, who's going to bowl and how England are now Australia thanks to climate change. Marnus Labushagne joins the show to tell us what it's like facing Jofra Archer in the dark and to who he thinks his club side should pick on the weekend in their upcoming pre-season game. #AskTGC involves being catfished to strip and watching The Bachelor over the Ashes.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Pez and Dave reviewing Lord's as Jofra elicits feelings; Smith’s knocked out; ScoMo pipes up; and Marnus both saves and is saved. Trent Copeland then talks Warner, 'claiming it' and SOK stories; and AskTGC is a litany of general male insecurity.

Huge shout to Budgy Smuggler: our partners and friends in merchandise and Marnus-worship.

EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.