The Grade Cricketer

Double the guests and double the hours of pure alpha to close out our second series. We split this one into two parts. First, we’re joined by freelancer extraordinaire Vithushan Ehantharajah, who explains why England are so good with the white ball and how to doctor a ball correctly. We also talk to Mitch Marsh, the cricketer everyone wants to be, who in-turn talks about the perfection of Marcus Stoinis. For Part Two, we finally get our man: George Bailey gives us half an hour of his best – you can practically see the glass of red by his side as he outlines what it really takes to be the best bloke in cricket. Stick around for AskTGC too, which rounds things out. A big thanks to everyone who made this season happen: Toby Shain on voice, Adrian Leung with the intro, all the writers and journos, all the guests, and to Fox Sports for supporting us this year. Most importantly, as trite as it is, you, the listener, for sticking with this thing that gives us a greater sense of self-worth than is probably healthy. Will we go around next year? 'Yeah, thinking about it mate..' In other words, probably.

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Double the guests and double the hours of pure alpha to close out our second series. We split this one into two parts. First, we’re joined by freelancer extraordinaire Vithushan Ehantharajah, who explains why England are so good with the white ball and how to doctor a ball correctly. We also talk to Mitch Marsh, the cricketer everyone wants to be, who in-turn talks about the perfection of Marcus Stoinis. For Part Two, we finally get our man: George Bailey gives us half an hour of his best – you can practically see the glass of red by his side as he outlines what it really takes to be the best bloke in cricket. Stick around for AskTGC too, which rounds things out. A big thanks to everyone who made this season happen: Toby Shain on voice, Adrian Leung with the intro, all the writers and journos, all the guests, and to Fox Sports for supporting us this year. Most importantly, as trite as it is, you, the listener, for sticking with this thing that gives us a greater sense of self-worth than is probably healthy. Will we go around next year? 'Yeah, thinking about it mate..' In other words, probably.

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There may be a post-Ashes lull in the Australian summer, but that doesn’t stop us recording the longest show of all time. Stick with it though, as Steve O’Keefe walks us through everything from under 10s rejection to a 12-for in Pune, and everything in between. Izzy Westbury goes a few more rounds with us and explains the Stokes affray thing, and Andrew Walton from MyCricket joins to celebrate 10 years and explain why he killed the art (science?) of lying in cricket

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Australia 4, England 0. Was this good? Also,  entrepreneur, philanthropist, community leader and former Shield batsman Ryan Carters joins to talk about better things, like Batting For Change. He’s followed by Australian paceman Jackson Bird, who covers private school cricket, bowling ‘140s’, the post-Ashes circuit and whether he remembers any of us. And then - as ever - it’s #AskTGC

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Ian Higgins and Dave Edwards are joined by Adam Collins to discuss the state of play after 2 days of Test cricket at the SCG. Mason Crane, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja and #AskTGC

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Higgos and Eddos are joined by Ed Cowan and The Times journalist Will Macpherson to discuss SCG memories, Mason Crane, England's tour and of course.... circuiting. 

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We look back at the MCG, forward to the SCG, and ask: what happened to Whateley? To help, we speak with writer extraordinaire Jarrod Kimber, a man with a fairly decent view of the Grandstand state of play as it stands. Who will be next? What even is an ‘SEN’? These questions, and a far more interesting chat about Jarrod’s new novella, ‘The Lillee of Campbellfield’, round our conversation. We finish, as ever, with Ask TGC.

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A two-man band this week, as Pez and Higgos take up the post-Christmas mantle. We ponder a ponderous Boxing Day Test, before chatting with coaching whisperer to the stars, Trent Woodhill, who explains why everything you thought about cricket is probably wrong. We also catch up with The Times' Will Macpherson to talk about which careers should end and why, and take your questions in an abbreviated AskTGC

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On this show: Another victory for alpha cricket. It's 3-0, Steve Smith gets the Bradman treatment, Marsh scores a ton in front of Dad, and England lose face. We discuss this and more with writer virtuoso Gideon Haigh, before talking with special guest Simon Katich - who covers Brendon Julian, winning in India, wearing State kit at grade level, impressions of Shane Watson and more.

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We head West, where aesthetics may have killed Handscomb, we pay tribute to speed as is custom, we talk Duckett, Magic Bullet Theory and ponder whether the home team circuit too little, there’s Beta dismissals and the Windies, Adam Collins joins with facts and knowledge, #AskTGC continues and – in the greatest and least deserved coup in podcast history – we steal 19 minutes of Michael Atherton’s time. It was well worth it.

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