The Grade Cricketer

Recorded from Hyde Park and the Australian team hotel on Lord’s Test Eve, we talk full cupboards, XIs, and Boulangeries, before chatting with Peter Siddle about transformations and Jofra. AskTGC looks at Dads on Instagram and urinal tactics, before we get swooped by a flock of Swans.

Huge shout to our great mates at Budgy Smuggler for supporting our UK endeavours, and this Ashes podcast series.

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We're live in the UK; Australia makes history; the Hollies Stand experience; Marcus North; and AskTGC covers changing teams, friendship dynamics, and various social capital issues.

Huge thanks to Budgy Smuggler for their support of our UK tour.

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Low scores, batting collapses, Ireland's 38, intra-club trials and likely XI's. Cameron Bancroft joins the show to talk about shower politics in the Australia team, yoga and wearing a brown singlet for a TV interview. #AskTGC involves Italian girlfriends, Porsche drivers and running out a 14 year old.

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The question of the World Cup asterisk; Australia’s retention of the Women’s Ashes and their (outstanding) decision to bat on; Cricket Australia inflating its average; Warne’s Ashes XII; Alex Carey; #AskTGC covers partner persuasion, counselling, monarchists, and grade cricketers-turned-administrators.

Today's show is brought to you by M.J. Bale

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England win the World Cup on a countback in quote possibly the most ridiculous game you've ever seen (not involving Australia). We talk about super overs, DRS, deflected floors, boundary catches, relationships, rule changes, Lord's and Bairstow's salad. #AskTGC comes in from Sydney, India, Canada and New Zealand. Novak Djokovic wins his 5th Wimbledon slam. Not sure what happened at Silverstone today.

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Australia are out of the World Cup after getting absolutely hammered by England in their seminary's final. We discuss how to pick a wrong'un on TV, new faces and blood on jerseys. Martin "Two-Toe" Guptill throws New Zealand into back-to-back World Cup Finals, but was Dohni playing for red ink? Izzy Westbury joins the show from the UK, presumably just to laugh at us. #AskTGC gets into escaping the clutches of the game, seeing Shaun Tait in a lift and elements of a coaster contracts.

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The rain-delayed India v NZ semi is another great showcase for our sport, Australia decides on a dangerous, all-club stretching circle, Ellyse Perry talks about that 7-fa and Scott Morrison’s FaceTime technique, while #AskTGC covers net bowling, Adam Parore, Tinder, job interviews and Kindles.

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Faf aka Alpha Du Plessis is Dad, England v Australia semi, TMS’s Dan Norcross joins to talk Women’s Ashes and Ponting’s scar, Chris Lynn talks about delaying his first grade debut to play with mates, and AskTGC covers Kipling D Williams, how to quit, New York Pride Month, funny people, and normal girlfriends.

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Bairstow’s the big rare alpha salad dog, Anderson’s calf, drop-in wickets and the AFL death star, Adam Collins talks Women’s Ashes, then #AskTGC delves into ironic cricket, handling a young alpha, handling a wife alpha, and the questionable importance of pins.

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England comfortably beat India at Edgbaston to keep their World Cup hopes alive. The 31 run victory meaning that victory against New Zealand will guarantee a semi final place, so we celebrate Kiwi culture. We also talk about the importance of MS Dohni's red ink in the run chase and how legacy building is what Obama did. Sort of. George Bailey is on the phone from Tasmania to ask what the score is and Ali Martin from The Guardian calls from a Birmingham pub to tell us that it's coming home again. #AskTGC gets into What England Want Part II, Australian housemates, asserting alpha dominance over your wife, girlfriends with ulterior motives and the Goulburn Supermax XI.

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