Cricket Et Al

Pete and Gid wonder what the hell happened at Optus Stadium, after Travis Head blows England’s house down with a dynamic, record-breaking hundred, following the bowling of Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett. Where now for England? Where now for Bazball? What are we going to do in Perth for three days?   Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al...

Pete and Gid see Mitchell Starc harvest seven then Ben Stokes thresh five, amid a total of nineteen wickets on an astounding first day of the Ashes of 2025-26 played in fast forward - except for the over rates.  Updates also on Pete's glasses and the Shit Box From Hell.   Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Indepe...

Pete and Gid savour the serenity at Perth Stadium on the eve of the First Test, review the teams, weigh the prospects, wonder what Steve Smith has against Monty Panesar, and thank heavens they needn't write another preview piece.   Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out...

Pete and Gideon kick back a while to luxuriate in their favourite Ashes memories, from Melbourne '82 to Headingley '19, from Pete's affinity for Jim Higgs to Gideon's admiration for the Hammond Sauce Works Band.  Also: the ball of the twenty-first century?  Plus: Pete's favourite toilet cubicle.    Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket...

Live from St Kilda bowlo, Pete and Gid catch up with the shattering news of Josh Hazlewood’s hamstring, rubbing him out of the First Test. Also who is Brendan Doggett, why is Michael Neser, and what is England playing at in Lilac Hill? Go to https://surfshark.com/cricketetal or use code cricketetal at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Get your hands on this summers Cricke...

Peter and Gideon explore the likely Australia line-up after the latest round of Sheffield Shield, England's unpopular preparation, reminisce of Headbuttgate, and catch up on the Women's Big Bash League.  Seven more sleeps to the Ashes.   Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com...

Pete and Gid venture into the annals of  Et Al , discussing Gid’s new book  Who Is Wallace?  - the bizarre story of the  world’s oldest prisoner , Bill Wallace. For details on how to buy it, go to the bottom of  this post.   Get your hands on this summers Cricket Et Al T Shirt! Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al live show HERE! Support Independent Journalism...

Peter and Gideon react to the selection of Australia's fifteen-man squad for the First Test.  Has Weatherald won the bat off?  Was there a bowl off too?  Green or Webster?  Or both!  Also: is George Bailey too agreeable to make the tough calls?  Big questions, plus our trademark rambling answers, in another ramshackle episode.   Get tickets to the Cricket Et Al l...

Pete and Gideon want to know the First Test squad, so who else to ask but….long-time friend of the pod Bernard Fanning?! Bernard describes introducing his wife to Keith Richards, barbecuing Adam Gilchrist, playing CBGBs with Powderfinger, playing cricket against Coldplay, his favourite music T-shirt, and taking his first solo record on the road on its twentieth anniversary. For more details...

Pete and Gideon receive the news of Pat Cummins's unavailability for the Perth Test and wonder what it means for Australia.  Also Pete's night of Kohli love at the SCG, with a Rohit masterpiece, plus Alana King's Indore coup, the last round of the bat off, Geese and Betcover!!  We'll explain.....   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journa...

Pete and Gideon check in on the first ODI in Perth, the future of Virat and Rohit, the prime of Mitchell Marsh, the cult of Sam Konstas, and the on-going thrills and spills of the Great Australian Bat-Off.  Also: how do you lose sixteen consecutive tosses?  Plus: Heather Knight at her best, and India on the brink in the Women's World Cup.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt whil...

Pete and Gideon catch up with four-time Australian World Cup campaign Lisa Sthelakar to discuss last night’s barnstorming Australian chase against India in the Women’s 50-over World Cup in Vizag - subjects include Annabel Sutherland’s five-for, Alyssa Healy’s brutal 142, Shelley Nitschke’s shrewd coaching, the Indian challenge, the English revival, and Lisa’s aw...

The bats have left the belltower, and are lining up for the great Australian bat off - Peter and Gideon review the first results.  Also new handshake wars, Harjas Singh's extraordinary triple hundred at Pratten Park, and farewell to Bernard Julien.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel...

Pete and Gideon catch up on the Asia Cup final, which got most interesting when it ended, and take the pulse of India-Pakistan relations. Also: a preview of the Women’s World Cup and Australia-New Zealand T20s, and where the Ashes protagonists stand two months out.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out ou...

Pete and Gideon watch Jacon Bethell's maiden professional hundred, worry about Pat Cummins's back, look forward to the Asia Cup and women's World Cup.     Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pete and Gid catch up on Australia’s dead rubber batting extravaganza in Mackay and the fall out at USA Cricket, then pay tribute to birthday boy Simon Katich and recent retiree Cheteshwar Pujara with a double A-side top 10.   🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.” 👍   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt...

Pete and Gid enjoy another Maxy special in Darwin, further denigrate The Hundred, and celebrate the extraordinary contribution to cricket of the late Bob Simpson. Bonus half-remembered Simon Katich story.   🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.” 👍   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Supp...

Pete and Gid catch up on last night’s T20, the early stages of The Hundred, before a discussion of the literary career of the late Eric Midwinter leads to an unforeseen ramble about hair oil. No really, it does.   🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.” 👍   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you st...

Peter and Gideon reflect on their journey from the mainstream to new media love at the Phillip Island Festival of Stories.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pete and Gid watch the last fifty-six minutes of the twenty-five day Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy epic, and judge the winners and losers of an unforgettable series.  Also: can cricket survive the depredations of private equity and corporate ego?  And our tribute to a valiant lady.    🌎Go to Saily.com/CRICKETETAL and use the code CRICKETETAL to get an exclusive 15% off your first...

Pete visits Gideon in the Cogitorium to discuss England’s draw with India, Australia’s T20 clean sweep in the West Indies, and memories of Allan Border, new septuagenarian.     Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pete and Gideon witness amazing scenes in Kingston, where Mitchell Starc’s six for 9, and Scott Boland’s hat-trick consign West Indies to oblivion. Whither Caribbean cricket? Whither Sam Konstas? Not a great day for either, but the latter at least has a chance to come back.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.c...

Pete and Gideon watch a chaotic fifteen-wicket day at Kingston, including another duck for Sam Konstas and a rare Steve Smith failure amid some ripsnorting speed from the Josephs.  But is night Test cricket a crapshoot?   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Pete and Gid are enthralled as pink ball cricket comes to the West Indies, eleven wickets fall on a roller-coaster first day in Jamaica even as Steve Smith makes it look easy, and there are no chairs in the press box.  Also: Viva Italia!   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystu...

Cricket Et Al’s hundredth episode heralds Mitchell Starc’s hundredth Test, so Pete and Gid pay him an extended tribute, including a Top 10. Bonus pink bits. Also: fun in Kingston. Also: why Bob Marley drove a Beamer.   Get your hands on The Usman 232 shirt while you still can! Support Independent Journalism at Cricketetal.com Check out our YouTube Channel See omnystudio.com/listen...