The Grade Cricketer

The South Africa-Australia Alpha Wars roll on as Smith feels contact and gets Rabada sent. Or does he? Yes. Meanwhile TGC calls for a crowd-sourced Wikipedia page, before Adam Collins brings actual insights and tells of actual guests on his own cast (it’s a good cast). We finish with the most expansive #AskTGC yet – pondering the important questions about rigs, Dads, alphadom and other new territory. It’s a show.  EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let’s be honest, this show’s about sledging. Along the way you’ll hear from Cricinfo’s Dan Brettig, Ed Cowan joins to take your questions, talk retirement, and reinforce his deep affection for George Bailey, and we finish with the most abstract AskTGC yet, where Higgos raises something called The Experience Machine, and the rest of us contemplate the impact of Brexit on rigs. Thanks as always to Adrian Leung for the intro tune and Toby Shain for the ads and voiceovers.  EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return for the clash of the Alpha nations to talk Qantas shares, post capitalism, Andrew Daddo, Ivan Milat, and Dele Alli. Adam Collins helpfully guides us through the cricket itself, and Merv delivers as Merv does.  * Tea and No Sympathy will be out in the UK on June 7.  ** We do events now too. For all your bespoke club cricket entertainment needs in Australia or the UK, talk to us.  Big thanks to Toby Shain for music and Julia Dowe for graphics.   EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 cricketEXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 #AskTGCEXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 #AskTGCEXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.   EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  EXTRA HOUR of AskTGC EVERY WEEK: https://patreon.com/gradecricketerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.