The Grade Cricketer

The harsh blue (grey) hue of the Brisbane sky, blazing sun, golden sponsors and Cameron Green’s size means we’ve finally arrived at The Ashes. Pez and Higgos reject a cold, clinical look at form and instead go big on things like feeling, vibe, narrative, stereotype and jingoism – for the optimal way to enjoy the Ashes is to couch it in colonial, cultural terms, rather than anything vaguely objective or fact-based.

As a result, we conclude Australia will cruise: despite not having won a Test series for a very long time, leadership in general tumult, and Smith changing his grip. The Visceral Minute returns and reflect this general approach to things “on both sides”, to invoke D Trump (who played 3s for Manhattan). We speak with Ollie Pope – who played Sydney Test Cricket with some distinction – and afterwards decide that we want him to play, because we are now known to him and want to lamely attach ourselves to his success like the weak little cucks we are.

Mt Foxmore’s Shane Warne sledges Mitch Starc again, Langer visits Paine, and Cummins is an astronaut. Meanwhile Ajaz Patel takes 10fer and we ask: what grade would he play here? The Sixers also beat a team with Zampa, Maxwell “and some clubbies”, because if you lose a BBL fixture it follows that you are carrying clubbies.

We pay tribute to Rob Aitken for his feat of 500 first grade games, a first-class player if there ever was one.

We include a special chat with CEO of Budgy Smugger, Adam Linforth, on building a proud Australian company and tubbing with the NSW Cricket Team.

#AskTGC is an overwritten lecture from the pulpit about the harsh realities of life as a millionaire sportsperson. We agree with the general premise.

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TGC x Ricky Ponting. A match made in (mostly) 2s/3s at Mowbray. We talk to Ricky about The Ashes, coaching Delhi, being poached by India, Australian team harmonies and getting a few.

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Budgy Smuggler’s MySmugglingRemake Competition is on in earnest. Details here:

What's in the ultimate Smuggling party package?

Great question! For winners, you win the following:

· $2,500 AUD of Budgy Smuggler Credit.

· 10 x VIP Tickets to Budgy Smuggler Day on the Park (Thursday, January 13th). This is a take over of Luna Park in Smugglers / Smugglettes followed by Sons of East playing by the Harbour. Drinks & Food Included. Valued at $3,000. For those who can’t make it Sydney at this date, we’ll coordinate another time or $3,000 towards your own smuggling party (eg. a bar tab).

· A couple of cheeky surprises.

·

The runner up per category will win $500 Smuggling credit.

How to enter?

· Select a famous scene or moment in time.

· Re-create said scene in either a photo or video… but with your own creative flair.

· Post to Facebook / Instagram and or TikTok with #MySmugglingRemake2021 & tag your most relevant page.

Judging Criteria

· The entry makes us smile & nod in appreciation

· Wearing Smugglers or Smugglettes - Bonus points if our new underwear, sock or bucket hat collections feature but this is not a requirement.

· 50% based on the reaction on social media, 50% by an expert panel of Ordinary Rigs.

· Bonus points if your photo features in the actual media.

· Entries close November 15th. Winner announced Black Friday (November 26th, 2021).

· Any entries breaking the law, putting yourself or others at significant risk of harm or likely to cause broad offence, won’t be considered and we’d prefer if you cease smuggling immediately.

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T20 Stars products are made from one of the best cricket manufacturers in the world and they have cut out the middle person so the cricket gear goes straight from the manufacturer to you. Free shipping and free returns - visit www.t20stars.com

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England is alchemy. Australia is cobbled. But the hue of the Gabba and sponsored gold trimmings trumps all. India now needs maths and Satan. Pakistan is wild and good. New Zealand demands respect but it will never be given (publicly).

We run through the WBBL. Couple of guys did some things in the Shield, too. Maybe they’ll make the soon-to-be-announced Australia 2’s team to take on the Lions (England 2’s).

We chat with Will Macpherson and Tim Bresnan, in their own separate ways, about England being good.

The Visceral Minute receives strong contributions. Get yours in at speakpipe.com/tgc – any form of redeeming humour is appreciated.

We nod to Ashley Mallett, Alan Davidson and Peter Philpott.

We fumble around the Quentin De Kock farrago. Bit going on. Worth reflecting upon.

The IPL Mega Auction happens soon. Bit of coin around. Will CA eventually take private equity? Whispers, tea leaves, between-the-lines stuff happening here.

AskTGC meditates on what *really* makes a good day playing cricket. The answer is a dog sleeping at gully.

***

Budgy Smuggler’s MySmugglingRemake Competition is on in earnest. Details here:

What's in the ultimate Smuggling party package?

Great question! For winners, you win the following:

· $2,500 AUD of Budgy Smuggler Credit.

· 10 x VIP Tickets to Budgy Smuggler Day on the Park (Thursday, January 13th). This is a take over of Luna Park in Smugglers / Smugglettes followed by Sons of East playing by the Harbour. Drinks & Food Included. Valued at $3,000. For those who can’t make it Sydney at this date, we’ll coordinate another time or $3,000 towards your own smuggling party (eg. a bar tab).

· A couple of cheeky surprises.

·

The runner up per category will win $500 Smuggling credit.

How to enter?

· Select a famous scene or moment in time.

· Re-create said scene in either a photo or video… but with your own creative flair.

· Post to Facebook / Instagram and or TikTok with #MySmugglingRemake2021 & tag your most relevant page.

Judging Criteria

· The entry makes us smile & nod in appreciation

· Wearing Smugglers or Smugglettes - Bonus points if our new underwear, sock or bucket hat collections feature but this is not a requirement.

· 50% based on the reaction on social media, 50% by an expert panel of Ordinary Rigs.

· Bonus points if your photo features in the actual media.

· Entries close November 15th. Winner announced Black Friday (November 26th, 2021).

· Any entries breaking the law, putting yourself or others at significant risk of harm or likely to cause broad offence, won’t be considered and we’d prefer if you cease smuggling immediately.

If you want to be a part of TGC's Visceral Minute, hit the link below:

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Big Papa Stoinis aka the big thoroughbred horse joins us for a special bonus interview to talk finishing off South Africa with Wadey, Punter’s mental state, Squid Game, Ronnie McDonald, keeping things in perspective, chatting to Dhoni, BLM, and other things.

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Stokes is back. Vithushan Ehantharajah on England. The World Cup is underway. Was Imran Khan chest or did he have a chest? New IPL franchises. Steve Smith about tanning. #AskTGC.

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Cops turning up to stop a net? Ok. BBL nightmare rule changes. Australian women are the best in the world.. for now. Ali Martin from The Guardian to discuss the announcement of England's Ashes squad. Do runs in The Sheffield Shield count anymore? The IPL gets to the pointy end. The World Cup is around the corner. Graeme Swann is sensational and gives us many, many Ashes stories + what it was like playing in the Pakistan spot-fixed game at Lord's in 2010. #AskTGC questions how much cricket knowledge a romantic partner should have, ideally.

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Australia and India Women play out a draw. We start some colonial wars 3 months before The Ashes. Someone stole some of Queensland's kit. Darren Gough is on the show from the UK. #AskTGC considers alphadom and cartwheels.

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England cancel their tour to Pakistan. What does this mean for The Ashes. Australia and India women locked in a superb series. Runs in the Sheffield Shield. A quick check-in with the IPL. Batsman into Batters. Mickey Arthur on South Africa, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lankan cricket.

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Bumrah blows England away. What does this mean for New Zealand? James Faulkner goes on the Australian captain's radio show to discuss his BBL contract. Normal stuff. Dale Steyn hangs up the bowling boots. Jonathan Liew is on to talk about England and the English summer. Fawad Ahmed dials in from the Caribbean Premier League. #AskTGC discuss Uluru and disgraceful white person behaviour.

Will Macpherson's 2016 interview with Fawad Ahmed for Cricket Monthly is a great read; you can get it here: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/985501/fawad-ahmed-finds-a-home

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Bradman's Hotel Power Rankings. Root's 6th Test hundred in 2021. India all out 78. Kohli gets advice in the press conference. Australia women vs India women in Queensland. Pakistan beat West Indies. Barney Ronay on The Hundred, the English summer and Root. #AskTGC.

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Joe Root scored 180* but it's not enough to prevent a 151 run loss to India. How is that even possible? England get sucked into the whirlpool of The Asian Century. The West Indies have an amazing 1 wicket win over Pakistan. More questions around the future of the Australian men's team coach. #AskTGC is about toxic masculinity and alphadom.

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We welcome the Bangladeshi Century by reflecting on how fine everything actually is in Australia, Joe Root scores more “any danger?” runs as India are denied by our great sport, the allure of this years Ashes erodes against the backdrop of harsh Federal Government policy, struggling players, injured players, and also maybe bushfires, The Hundred is in the Blobby phase, Firdose Moonda joins to bring us up to speed with Cricket South Africa’s social justice and nation-building hearings into racial discrimination, Andre Adams also joins to talk NZ in the 2000s, the ICL, and how to be a good coach and normal person, and #AskTGC raises suspicious questions about highly co-ordinated blokes playing cricket at BBQs.

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England and India square off in the square up series, but who will be England’s Axar Patel? We farewell Cracker Hohns by exploring the best ways to drop blokes. There’s some tedious media gear about the Ashes - it will get sorted out at Lee’s Fortuna Court. Nic Maddinson joins us in studio for discuss both Manscaped and cricket’s mental side, and he stays for #AskTGC where it gets extremely toxic, probably to the point where we should have deleted it.

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It appears The Hundred might still be cricket, the Aussies do more R&D, England announces its Test squad but is it R&D? Deepak Chahar clinches the series for India despite his height, Kohli nets live on YouTube, France win cricket silver in 1900, former England Test opener Nick Compton joins us from West London, and #AskTGC traverses negging, brothels, flat caps and Birmingham.

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The Hundred starts this week and the ECB have bet the house on it. Is it a moral and financial catastrophe or does Jos Buttler hit a big ball? Thankfully, The Guardian’s Ali Martin joins to give the discussion some credibility. Meanwhile, everyone’s playing white ball stuff with their two’s and three’s: England and India will win the club championship with that kind of depth, while Australia are nowhere. Will still bump and therefore beat England though, so there’s that. Nathan Hauritz joins to talk about rep lids at grade level, replacing Shane Warne, and scenes from the cubicle after Cardiff. #AskTGC is a long-form epic detailing what many are calling “The perfect afternoon in New Zealand”, only this one is ruined by a Gray-Nicolls jockstrap and box.

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Australia succumb to the West Indies, further confirming that we mainly lose now; we catch up with Andrew McDonald in the West Indies and ask if they can start winning, please; Meanwhile England's 2s and 3s dust Pakistan; India is set to dust Sri Lanka; but will any dusting be possible with COVID ripping through the UK? Can you put COVID in grade terms? Anyway, there's cricket everywhere else in the world, and AskTGC rounds us out with a meditation on, yes, Dad issues.

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England smash Sri Lanka, the T20 World Cup is on the move, will Australians be dropped for choosing club over country? Steve Harmison on Boon, Gary Pratt, Nasser Hussain and taking a hat-trick against India. #AskTGC involving a Kiwi coming to terms with their dominance.

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A special, one-hour interview with Michael Holding about his new book, “Why We Kneel, How We Rise”.

It was pretty special to have the opportunity to speak with Mikey (and we will call him that), so much so that we’ve decided to give this week’s cast over to the interview.

We hope you find the chat as meaningful as we did.

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The Kiwis win the WTC Final against India in a great game of cricket, but are they good yet? Lara, Gayle and Yuvraj are playing some club cricket in Melbourne. Why? Maharaj takes a Hat-Trick in the West Indies. India and England women play out a draw in Bristol. The Men's Ashes might involves 4 months away from home for England.

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Shakib Al-Hasan kicked some stumps over and we'll tell you why he was right to do so. England can't bat anymore and New Zealand still aren't being respected. South Africa are good again, for now. Adam Hollioake talks about facing Warne, the abandoned match in Kingston in 1998 and England's current batting woes. #AskTGC discusses youth multi leaders in South Sudan and 11 year old Scottish prodigies.

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The newly minted CEO of Cricket Australia joins TGC to discuss his rugby playing days, meeting his wife at Mansions in Kings Cross, whether administrators can be cool, the future of sports rights, why England care so much about The Ashes and Ollie Robinson's tweets.

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England refuse the challenge, Conway and Southee deliver, Robinson strong and suspended, why England will galvanise Australia, Anrich Nortje bowls wheels, Ish Sodhi on the brotherhood, AskTGC covers off-stump guards and fantasy tubbing XIs

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* Champ means something different in jail

* England v New Zealand at Lords

* Ollie Robinson will get in NZ’s face

* IPL moved to UAE due to ‘monsoon season’

* Morne Morkel on Manly, ABdV, Kallis, Faf, and Cape Town

* #AskTGC covers Kohli dreams, Don Rahane and Fraudulent Hat-Tricks

***Ish Sodhi had to re-schedule, we’ll try to catch up with him next week***

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• BCCI v ECB v IPL v Fans
• England's Squad v New Zealand
• Izzy Westbury on the BCCI taking 14 Months to pay their Women’s team
• Ashes Dates announced
• James Vince on AJ Tye and reverse swing in Australia
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Two seasons ago, Peter Hatzoglou was playing for his club's third XI. Now he’s mixing it with the world's best T20 players, attracting comments from Shane Warne cooing over his IPL prospects.

Now that he’s sometimes on TV, does that mean nothing matters anymore? Will he shelve all other plans? Will cricket last forever? Let’s find out.

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Today’s guest tops the lot when it comes to the jaw-dropping balance she manages to strike between playing professional cricket and maintaining a professional career.

Georgia Redmayne has been on the state scene for 7 years now. She's played for NSW, Tasmania, Queensland, as well as the Hurricanes, the Scorchers and the Heat – not to mention appearances for Australia A.

In Women’s List A cricket she averages 53 with the bat, with 6 tonnes and 8 fifties to her name. In T20s she averages 24 with 8 fifties. Not content with that, she balances it with keeping too, with 76 catches and 44 stumpings across both formats.

In 2017-18 she was awarded Cricket Australia's Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year, and you’ll struggle to believe how she’s achieved all of this while doing the job that she does.

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He's a great friend of the show, well known to the cricketing world, a World Cup winner, an Ashes winner, a Tasmanian stalwart, now a national selector and widely acknowledged as an excellent leader in his field. He's built some academic acumen to match that real-life experience and we catch up with him on our series, Life Outside Cricket, produced in conjunction with the Australian Cricketers Association.

It's our friend and yours, George Bailey.

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• Self-Explanatory
• Paine for Smith as Captain
• England Squad and Jofra
• Barney Ronay on what England want
• #AskTGC

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Episode two of our special series Life Outside Cricket continues, as we catch up with one of Australia's leading cricketers. Jess Jonassen has been a major part of the Australian Women's Cricket team for the best part of decade, contributing heavily with both bat and ball across that time.

In addition, Jess has managed to juggle life as an elite cricketer with an eye-watering amount of study. We talk to her about why she does this, how she's managed it, and whether her acquired knowledge assists her in team fines meetings, among other things.

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Welcome to The Grade Cricketer’s special series, Life Outside Cricket, where we catch up with Australian cricketers and try to get under the hood of their life and careers beyond cricket.

We’re doing this in conjunction with the Australian Cricketers Association in promotion of Careers Week, promoting the economic, social and personal benefits of career development for all Australians.

Episode 1 is with Matthew Wade. He’s represented his country 166 times across all formats. He’s batted everywhere, he’s taken the gloves, he’s captained. He’s amassed nearly 10,000 first class runs, and apparently he even bowls in the cherished 140s.

But like the vast majority of cricketers, it hasn’t always been a saloon passage, so he's invested in skills beyond the game, too.

Do those skills relate to cricket? Is he looking forward to life after the game? Or does he want to play cricket forever and experience that specific pain for eternity?

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• IPL 2021 Suspended
• Warner v Slater in The Maldives
• County Championship
• Ali Martin to discuss the England summer
• Stuart MacGill kidnapped
• Pakistan v Zimbabwe
• Ian Bell
• Ed Cowan
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• Great Away Tours
• New Zealand v Australia T20 Series
• Jimmy Neesham
• India v England
• Sheffield Shield
• International Women's Day
• Gideon Haigh
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TGC lands one of its white whales, as the 44th Australian Test Captain, 2 x time Allan Border Medalist, World Cup Winner and Ashes winner Shane Watson sits down with two blokes from the internet to discuss his wrestling matches at the cricket academy, being Sutherland's 'Dick of The Day' in grade cricket, Stuart Law's tough "love", his use of the DRS, winning the IPL and how his new business, T20 Stars, is making cricket affordable again.

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• The Skeleton Hiders (aka New Zealand) lead Australia 2-0 at home in their T20 Series.
• How many credits in the bank for Finch?
• India v England review and Preview
• Pitches, Ashwin, Selections, Asian Century
• Colin Miller in Las Vegas
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• The real sound of cricket
• Skeletons beat Australia
• IPL Auction
• India v England 3rd Test Preview
• Faf Retires
• Mark Butcher on zoom
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• Christian Vieri's love of cricket
• India too good for the rest of the world
• Rohit Sharma 161
• Ashwin all of the wickets and his 5th Test hundred
• Rahkeem Cornwall gets it done in Dhaka
• Australia don't tour anymore
• Greg Blewett is on to discuss circuiting before grade games and facing Curtly Ambrose
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• 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 Hatton in Manchester
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• 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
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• 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

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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 closet.

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We get into it.

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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 you play Ashwin? Who the fuck would go to the SCG and will they go to Brisbane?

New Zealand are the number one test team in the world, so we ask what grade their team would play in Australia?

There’s Williamson hundreds, Kyle Jamieson bags, South Africa’s new found wheels and Dean Elgar tons.

Calum Ferguson is on the show to talk about the highs and lows of his career, the IPL, the Big Bash and being run out on your Test debut.

Glenn McGrath is on the show to discuss the McGrath Foundation and how we can all get around the Pink Test from home. You can support the McGrath Foundation at https://www.pinktest.com.au to help raise funds for breast care nurses for the next year.

#AskTGC begins with “The Chestnut Incident” and ends with a softball premiership.

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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 appear online, so will his 18 Test hundreds at home start to mean something soon?

There’s BBL thrillers, Kane Williamson tons, Faf-Daddy hundreds (and rigs), height based selections, and we question the balance of the ICC teams of the decade for matches that they’re not actually playing.

Josh Lalor is on the show to tell us what Pat Cummins is really like, playing for 5 BBL clubs and Caribbean Premier League circuits.

Captain of the West Indies Jason Holder is on the show to tell us which grade player is asking for free kit and the conversations he didn’t need to have with Ben Stokes in the IPL.

#AskTGC asks about new sticks, old sticks, infidelity and greatest ever regrets.

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