The Grade Cricketer

Australia postpone their South Africa tour Steve O'keefe on the phone to discuss Sixers' BBL victory circuit India v England - Joe Root returns to the Big Boiiis Pakistan beat South Africa for the first time since 2003 Bangladesh v West Indies - Windies chase 395 on Day 5 thanks to a debutant's 210* Usman Khawaja on perspective, Alex Hales and Hogpiles. Marcus Harris on getting punched by Ricky Ha...

How long will Langer last? How village is it to walk onto the field with a ham and cheese toasty? Deliberate wides in the BBL Are England good? India have the best team of all time. Pakistan v South Africa #AskTGC   Check out our Patreon for more exclusive content every single week at Patreon.com/gradecricketer   This episode is brought to you by Budgy Smuggler. They are amazing and this show exis...

Is Joe Root a 'Big Boy' again? The Aftermath of The Gabba What Happens next Anderson 6/39 off 28. Ok. Dad dicks Father/Son Matches   This episode is brought to you by Budgy Smuggler. Use the code 'CHAMP' for free shipping   All of our interviews this summer are brought to you by Ponting Wines. Use the code 'GETAFEW' for 10% off the price of a case. Pontingwines.com.au   And mascaped. Use the code...

Australia lose at The Gabba for the first time since 1988. This calls for an immediate culture review.   This is the Asian Century and we are now all just playing for best of the rest.   We need answers. We need hope. We need runs and safety.   Sam Curran is on the show to tell us about Randy Caddick doing a DJ set in Galle and Tim Southee lets us know that there are skeletons in the New Zealand c...

We get into it.   Thanks as ever to Budgy Smuggler for their ongoing support. Use the code 'CHAMP' for free shipping at budgysmuggler.com   All of our interviews this summer are brought to you by Ponting Wines. Use the code 'GETAFEW' for 10% off the price of a case at pontingwines.com   Check out our Patreon for more exclusive content every single week at patreon.com/gradecricketer EXTRA HOUR of A...

With The Australian-Indian series levelled at 1-1, both teams get into some psychological war mongering. 5 Indians just want to go for a succulent Chinese meal in Melbourne, but did Rishant Pant get a hug afterwards?   Has David Warner earned the right to just play SCG home tests now, as his groin comes under more scrutiny than a thirsty DM slide.   Who opens the batting? Does Head play? How do yo...

India bounce back from Adelaide thanks to a hundred from ‘Jinks’ Rahane and the man with a more rubbery arm than a 4th grader being tempted by a Friday night circuit, Jasprit Bumrah.   The nation is in panic as Smith is officially out of form and Joe Burns has probably lost his job, but how many times can a man get out in the space of 10 balls?   Net footage of Warner running twos in the nets appe...

Australia systematically dismantle the Indian cricket team with a humiliation that most of us have already pretty much forgotten about, but will long live in the memory of our Indian friends. We do what we always do after another historic success: we pick apart the flaws and weaknesses of an Australian team that just bowled Kohli, Pujara et al out for 36.   Who plays in the next test and why; how...

Summer truly begins this week with the Adelaide Test commencing on Thursday, which also means we’re close to smoke, floods, bushfires and runs that make us feel safe and good.   We’re talking about three different blokes with concussion, injuries, batting orders, granddad losing his shit at Australia A and are India actually good?   Ian Chappell, a man who never lost a series as Captain of Austral...

Australia claim the ODI series and we get a first, enormous look at the biggest of big boys Cameron Green, before Pandya changes his bat and India take the T20 series in Canberra and Sydney.   We’re talking concussion laws, blow ups, Captain Wade, Australia A, Dawid Malan, England’s COVID tour of South Africa, Kane Williamson’s 251 on a fake news green deck and the BBL kicking off on Thursday.   T...

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We are now underway into the Pandemic Summer of 2020/21, with Dettol sponsorships, switch hits, Smith runs and Australia’s pursuit of 400, so long as India can get their overs in before Boxing Day. There’s safety, 40 degree days in November, Warner’s injury and the race against time.   England are in South Africa and Bairstow’s runs are breaking TGC hearts as Dawad Malan dismisses home town runs a...

Greg Chappell discusses playing grade cricket at 14 and nearly filling up his shorts, Sir Donald getting rid of chuckers, how Indian players make it to the national team, seeing Dhoni play for the first time, West Indies crowds in the 1970s and what his policy of talent over youth actually means.   This episode is brought to you by Budgy Smuggler. Get your smugglers, t-shirts, hats and accessories...

Summer is back and COVID is sort of gone in some states, so we inject the vaccine into our veins that is cricket in December, Steve Smith runs and Indian Scaredy Bats.   We’re talking selection conundrums, barefoot circles, letters to Bradman and new Big Bash rules.   Steve Smith is on the show to confirm his one of his blow ups at Sutherland is true, captaincy, Marnus getting Test player of the y...

Marlon Samuels sprays some Sextillion7thPower into the air and films himself hitting Shane Warne for boundaries, so we question who the worst bloke in the entire world is. In other IPL news, number 333 Chris Gayle throws his bat on 99 and gives Jofra Archer a low 5 in an act of wonderful sportsmanship.   Cameron Green’s mythology continues but his he the tall runs we want or is Will Pucovski the p...

Coming to you right from the heart of the end of the lockdown capital of the world, we’re talking about Cameron Green being the 21 year old hope that this country needs. Everyone is scoring runs, no one is taking wickets, unless you’re Marnus bowling seam up in taped up Queensland pants for his grade side.   Tim Paine scores a hundred in more intimidating conditions than Edgbaston, Travis Head doe...

Justin Langer reflects on Neser, schedules and the Sheffield Shield, so we consider crowd noise, sport as art and what the fuck is happening on Michael Vaughan’s Instagram.   Does one 50 in the IPL represent a good return on a $3.1m investment? Is Steve Smith still looking at Jos Buttler? What is a Maxwell and many other questions remain unanswered in the UAE.   There’s also tattoos, Heather Knigh...

The Sheffield Shield is back. We’re talking Neser 5s, Pope 5s, Siddle’s peroxide salad, Slug Webster’s Slug, Marnus hitting hundreds, Agar hitting hundreds but the main question is can we fuck the picket fence off to get the ball back?   Glenn Maxwell almost hits a 6 in the IPL and Sehwag doesn’t rate him, Kohli is good again - for now - Sunil Narine chucks, Ben Stokes is back and Jofra gets an Xb...

Someone has listened to the wishes of two idiots from the internet and given us packaged highlights of the IPL so we can make sweeping statements about the best T20 competition in the world.   Ashwin turns down a mankad while Ponting is laughing, Kohli is shit, Cummins is shit, Smith good, Stoinis good and Watson is amazing.   The Australian women will never lose again, the Sheffield shield starts...

Club cricket makes its return in parts of Australia, albeit with a 25 page document outlining the new ways you can ruin your pandemic summer.   We’ll discuss the tragic news of Dean Jones’ passing and have his former Victorian and Australian teammate Damien Fleming on the line to give us some stories about Deano and what he meant to us all as fans.   Alyssa Healy is better than MS Dhoni, Alistair...

Bradman’s first pitch is under the threat of developers; Australia become the first team to win in England since weird records with 8 caveats began; we review the summer of English bubbles; the IPL has started and we forecast what cricket looks like in the future.   Zak Crawley is on the show to discuss his tall runs, playing grade cricket in Sydney, what he said to Stuart Broad after he was dropp...

Both Australia and England make it impossible to tell if either one is good, but also make it incredibly easy to come away with binary, absolutes about them.   Australia give us a second taste of gas-trucking a run chase in the space of a week while England complete their 18th remarkable comeback of the summer.   We’re talking collapses, TV rights deals, bubbles, Warne commentary and the future; a...

England have gone 2-0 up in the T20 bubble series thanks to Jos Buttler being maybe England’s best ever white ball player and Australia being on a contiki bubble tour. Are Australia good? Is anyone good? What do rankings mean? And who has to throw the ball back when another Dawad Malan bomb lands in the empty seats?   Ian Bell announces his retirement so we dissect his 22 Test century career throu...

We're asking if there’s any danger of Pakistan winning a game in England or if Eoin Morgan’s career best form and the weather will sweep Babar.   Stuart Broad puts himself first by saying there aren’t enough runs in the Test team. Australia are dancing in the gym in the bio bubble. Cricket is on free to air in England but will it be in Australia.   A couple of fantastic chats this week with Sam Bi...

We wrap up the England summer with Crawley, Anderson, Ali and catching chat, trying to figure out what any of this means and if we feel safe yet.   Australia are masked up and on the plane to England to "save England's summer" but can Smith score runs when no one is booing him?   Jacques Kallis enters the hall of fame, so we’ll find his place in the game according to us, two idiots from the intern...