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Cricket is great if you're into things like wasted youth, failed relationships, sun damage and broken dreams. Join Pez & Higgos for a weekly show featuring news, views and interviews with major names from across the cricket scene, as well as daily reviews from the big fixtures around the globe.
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Dec 16, 2024 • 20min
Can India Survive?: Day 3 | Brisbane
Good day for the Aussies. Child on Daddy’s lap stuff. Indian weather blimps afoot. Bison taking classic catches. Jaiswal smokes a throw-down into our beloved cameraman friend. 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/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 15, 2024 • 29min
Head and Smith Smoke India: Day 2 | Brisbane
Father Travis delivers again. Smudge has found his eyes. India bowling absolute pump, except from Bumrah. 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/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 14, 2024 • 20min
What The GABBA Means To Australians: Day 1 | Brisbane
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/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 9, 2024 • 2h
282. A Grade Environment, with Nathan McSweeney
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 to bring us everything from New Zealand-England in Wellington. Our Women dust India, NSW figures prominently in all Shield games, Sri Lanka and South Africa is poised, and AskTGC concerns HR, the IPL, and hair transplants. 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 Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting Wines When you buy a Hubbl Hub, get Netflix and Kayo Sports for the price of just Kayo Sports for 12months. That's a saving of $7.99 per month for 12 months.” Visit https://hubbl.com.au/EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 8, 2024 • 26min
Australia 🇦🇺 Thump India 🇮🇳 To Make It 1-1 🤝: Day 3 | Adelaide
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.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 7, 2024 • 26min
Travis Head Fathers India Again: Day 2 | Adelaide
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/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 6, 2024 • 23min
Starc Too Fast For Jaiswal: Day 1 | Adelaide
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.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 7min
Comedian Billy D'Arcy on Culture Wars, Bumrah and Grade Cricket
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.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/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 3, 2024 • 2h 9min
281. Biggest Test in Recent Memory, with Alex Malcolm and Ali Martin
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 billycart going downhill”? ESPNCricinfo’s Alex Malcolm joins to illuminate the feeling inside the group. Elsewhere, the Gades restore Big V pride in the WBBL, Zampa becomes the lightning rod for everything wrong in the national game, Ali Martin joins us from NZ after England went 1-0 up over there, SA destroys Sri Lanka, and AskTGC is about a guy who made a hundred before venturing to Bourbon St, New Orleans. Live show tickets: 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 extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. Use the code GETAFEW for 20% off Ponting Wines When you buy a Hubbl Hub, get Netflix and Kayo Sports for the price of just Kayo Sports for 12months. That's a saving of $7.99 per month for 12 months.” Visit https://hubbl.com.au/EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 29, 2024 • 31min
Paul Kelly on Cricket, Sports Media, and Club Songs
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 extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


