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GRINDING HALT: Australia Win The First Test In Durban

Pete and Gid lie back and enjoy the five-day feeling of an old-fashioned Australian Test match win in Durban, where Pat Cummins's team won by 214 runs on the back of a gr

TOTAL CONTROL: Australia Close in On Day 4

Pete and Gid watch Australia take a stranglehold on the First Test, after setting South Africa 421 to win and picking up four wickets in the concluding session of the fou

SEARCH AND DESTROY: Australia Maintain Ascendancy on Day 3

Pete and Gid watch a relentless Australia choke and neutralise South Africa on a classic third day at Kingsmead, with the wickets shared, and the catches almost monopolis

EVERLASTING YOU: Renshaw Shines As Australia Control Day 2

Pete and Gid enjoy the rhythms of old-fashioned long-distance red ball batting as Matthew Renshaw piles on 190 at Durban, having taken ten years between Test hundreds.  S

TEAR OFF YOUR OWN HEAD: Tense First Day as Bad Light Ends Play Early in Kingsmead

Pete and Gid finally get a day they can avoid mentioning Sandpapergate as Australia begin their three-Test series in South Africa with a tense and absorbing first day at

READY MEN: Australia vs South Africa 1st Test Preview

Pete and Gid soak up the Kingsmead vibes ahead of the long-awaited rematch between the last two World Test Champions.  Can Pat Cummins's men hold together in the land whe

START!

Pete and Gid prepare for their South African odyssey with news on Marnus, Cam Green and new old pick Nic Maddinson, plus reminiscences of South African tours past, ahead

OFF YOU: David Boon Takes The Helm of Cricket Australia While South Africa March On

Pete and Gid report on the departure of yet another Cricket Australia chair, with Mike Baird standing down in the face of resistance from states to private investment, to

ONE DAY AT A TIME: Imran Khan, England & Pakistan + Australia's Future

Pete and Gideon spy a distant ODI, and discuss Australia's rematch with Zimbabwe after the shambles of the T20 World Cup.  Also were England good and Pakistan bad, or Eng

THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD: Privatisation Confirmed By Cricket Australia

Pete and Gid recap events of yesterday's press conference where Cricket Australia put Australian cricket on the block, and Mike Baird and Todd Greenberg used to the word

MOD SQUAD: Marnus Survives as Australia Name Squad for SA

Pete and Gid run their eye over Australia's 16-man squad for the Test series against South Africa, as Marnus Labuschagne lives to bat another day, and generational change

THE JET SET JUNTA: Mike Atherton on English Cricket, Imran Khan & Ben Stokes

Pete and Gid welcome special guest Mike Atherton to discuss the northern summer: England's improving fortunes since the retirement of Ben Stokes, the Pakistan tour's disa

SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: 2 Day Test, Imran Khan & Brydon Carse LIVE From The Pub!

Pete and Gid take stock of another two-day Test match fiasco from the smokers' area of the Eimeo Pub in Mackay, the sorry fate of Imran Khan, and the silly fate of Brydon

SURRENDER: Australia Put Bangladesh to Bed on Day 2

Pete and Gid watch Bangladesh throw away the Second Test in Mackay in a five-session debacle that left Australia with almost as many questions still to answer as they beg

THE GREAT BARRIER RIFF: Starc Tears Through Bangladesh On Day 1 in Mackay

Pete and Gid sit through another chaotic day of Test cricket at Great Barrier Reef Arena, where eighteen wickets fell but many Australian questions remained unanswered. L

DIDN'T KNOW YET WHAT I'D KNOW WHEN I WAS BLEEDING: Mackay Preview & Australia's Opening Batter Journey

Pete and Gid report from cane country on the preliminaries to the Second Test in Mackay, where Australia desperately need to bounce back from their debacle in Darwin, and

BOYS DON'T CRY : Cricket Australia in Crisis?

Pete and Gid have the latest on Australian cricket’s roiling crisis of confidence after defeat by Bangladesh in Darwin. Will Australia add to their squad for the Test in

FLIPSIDE: Bangladesh Beat Australia in Darwin!

Pete and Gideon watch Bangladesh flip the script on Australia by beating them at their own long-distance game in Darwin after a sensation four days of Test cricket.  What

TOO MANY CLUES: Australia Outplayed on Day 3

Pete and Gideon wonder if Australia are done - do we put a fork in yet? No, there’s still hope, but it’s dwindling after another day of indifferent batting and slightly c

HARD LIFE IN THE COUNTRY: Bangladesh Dominate on Day 2

Pete and Gid watch Bangladesh establish a dominant position in the Darwin Test, 153 ahead with four wickets to fall. How well did Tanzid Hasan play? Is there a way out fo