The Grade Cricketer

Australia wins and Bulldog Ritchie is involved. Does life get any sweeter? It does for 72 hours. We “chop up” the Test, examine important things like blokes, chat, and the 360-fication of the series, and reluctantly explore minutiae like Marnus runs, pink ball tactics and the value of Crats. Australia’s newest toy, Nathan McSweeney, joins the show post-Test circuit, as does journalist Cam Ponsonby...

Early tee times for everyone. The last thing that happened is the thing that always will happen. Australian Cricket is boring again. Get ahead, other than gives up. Heady vs Siraj.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts   EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.co...

Travis Head cradles the nation in his arms. Siraj plays the super villain. What a series we've got on our hands.  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts   EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Australia has the best stadiums. Test cricket is the best. Adelaide you are gorgeous. SOMEONE TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON! This is enjoyable now. Did we dismiss India at the right time?  Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts   EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.c...

Cricket analyst and Sydney comedian Billy D’Arcy sits down with the boys to talk grade cricket yarns, culture wars, optics, and why Marnus is the answer.  Check Billy’s podcast Get Around Me for more gold every week, and catch his stand-up dates via his socials - Insta: billy.darcy Last remaining tickets available for our Australian live show tour here: MELBOURNE TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek....

Greats condemn cricketing pyramid ruin as Adelaide looms. That’s right, everything’s on the line ahead of the biggest Test in recent memory, as vultures circle, knives sharpen, and drafts brood for Cummins and co. Can they prove people wrong again, or does every team have an expiry? Does calm, sigma alphadom bounce back, or, as one source described the plight of Australia’s men, are they “like a b...

Very special interview as Australian icon, poet, musician and national treasure Paul Kelly joins us to talk cricket, the internet, reinvention, and club songs.  Last remaining tickets available for our Australian live show tour here: PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 MELBOURNE TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an ext...

India completely dominate Australia in Perth and the knives are very much being sharpened. The meltdown has begun and the calls are growing louder and louder for the ‘old Australia’ to return. Has Australia lost its edge? Should we be harder? It’s been suggested that our boys get back to grade cricket, even if it’s 2’s or 3’s!! Glenn Maxwell joins the show to discuss the rollercoaster of playing c...

Australia humiliated. Can we get Australia off their meds? The system sucks. Who is going to be Australia's Roy Keane? Jasprit Bumrah is the best in the world.  Live show tickets: ADELAIDE TICKETS: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/.../890d7a67-6dc5-4825-88eb... PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 BRISBANE TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/1300614BA3...

Can't they just beat us normally? Vibes are high if you're an Indian player, fan or umpire. Jaiswal and Kohli batter Australia into submission.  Live show tickets: ADELAIDE TICKETS: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/.../890d7a67-6dc5-4825-88eb... PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 BRISBANE TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/1300614BA303771D MELBOURNE...

Australia demoralised. What will Jaiswal name his dog? Are Australia falling apart all at the same time?  How did the BCCI change the deck? Live show tickets: ADELAIDE TICKETS: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/.../890d7a67-6dc5-4825-88eb... PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 BRISBANE TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/1300614BA303771D MELBOURNE TICK...

India ruin OUR day. Bumrah breathes fire with the red cake. Starc looked unplayable before Bumrah demolished Australia's top order looking even more unplayable. Confusion all-round. India crawl to 150 before Australia crumble in fading light.  Live show tickets: ADELAIDE TICKETS: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/.../890d7a67-6dc5-4825-88eb... PERTH TICKETS: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.a...

There's a lot to like: veils of secrecy for net sessions, harsh climes inflicting injury and insult, Kohli spotted at "scans", KL Rahul genuflecting at Mineral Resources Park, Shami's revised salad, quicks licking their lips at the prospect of pace in Perth, and everything else. As long as blokes go big before Sunday's mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Father of India aka The Bin Lid joins...

In the absence of someone stripping down, donning Doc Martens and "bashing the door down", Australia selects a new toy in Nathan McSweeney. Can this sea turtle make it to water? The openers lobby is aghast, but what's the alternative? Elsewhere, 2s-3s didn't just lose to Pakistan, they were chested on their own turf. The format, therefore, is clearly dead. Cricket et al's Pete Lalor and Gideon Hai...

India have been whitewashed by our skeletal overlords New Zealand. Part 1 of the Great Australia Bat Off concludes at the world famous Great Barrier Reef Arena. Ball tampering allegations swept under the rug, Australia begin an ODI series against Pakistan and Mattew Wade joins us in studio for a wide ranging chat talking Zippy, Ashes, being a child prodigy and transitioning into coaching.  Live sh...

Usman Khawaja joins us for a wide-ranging chat via the airwaves to tell us who he wants as his next opening partner, why no one can score runs on Australian decks anymore, Indian media, fast bowling cliques, playing grade cricket, his best friend in the Australian team and humanitarian issues in Gaza. Another sweet treat for our beautiful little community. Live show dates:  ADELAIDE TICKETS: https...

Warner’s leadership ban is lifted, definitely closing the chapter on everything, all tied up in a neat little package. The birds chip McSweeney apparently. The Skeletons make serious history. Are they…good? Tim Paine, also with us on the show, answers that one directly. Pakistan delivers Bazball kryptonite, the WBBL gets underway, WA loses 8-1, AskTGC’s fly in deluxe. SEND US YOUR WASTED SATURDAYS...

Now we’re talkin’: Pat Cummins joins us for an hour, in-studio, talking selections, Warner, cricket politics, Australian cricket culture, World Cups, leadership, his new book, his kids books, climate change, maggot stabbing, and juicing the decks ahead of a massive summer v India.  Pat Cummins and the boys wear SMITH. Use the code FAST for 25% off at smithopticsaustralia.com  Cricket for Climate:...

We’re back. Too much going on. The winds of change are breezing through the game: the men’s team creaks, the women’s team falters, and through it all we zest for the scent of young, fresh blood. Whichever way you look at it, it’s clearly the Skeleton Century. Brad Hodge joins us to talk shifting tin, car parks, and becoming an artist via the publication of his book, “Brad Hodge’s Top Knocks”. AskT...

*LIVE SHOW AUSTRALIA TOUR 2024/25 * Fresh off a run of shows (1) on Broadway in New York City and having now performed in 5 different countries, TGC takes to the stage back home once again and with our best list of guests to date. Tickets go live at gradecricketer.com (link in bio) on Thursday at 9am in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney and 10am Perth local time for the Perth show. G...

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Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses and helmets using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au  INTRODUCING MORNING AFTER PARIS, with Pez and Higgos. 17 straight days of prestige Olympic narration covering the biggest stories from Paris, featuring athletes, journalists, comedians and punters, with a focus on the true tonic of our national soul: Australia’s insatiable thirst for gold. Bump...

Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses and helmets using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au  INTRODUCING MORNING AFTER PARIS, with Pez and Higgos. 17 straight days of prestige Olympic narration covering the biggest stories from Paris, featuring athletes, journalists, comedians and punters, with a focus on the true tonic of our national soul: Australia’s insatiable thirst for gold. Bump...

Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses and helmets using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au  INTRODUCING MORNING AFTER PARIS, with Pez and Higgos. 17 straight days of prestige Olympic narration covering the biggest stories from Paris, featuring athletes, journalists, comedians and punters, with a focus on the true tonic of our national soul: Australia’s insatiable thirst for gold. Bump...

Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses and helmets using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au  INTRODUCING MORNING AFTER PARIS, with Pez and Higgos. 17 straight days of prestige Olympic narration covering the biggest stories from Paris, featuring athletes, journalists, comedians and punters, with a focus on the true tonic of our national soul: Australia’s insatiable thirst for gold. Bump...