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NATIONAL SHITE DAY: South Africa Skittle Australia To Win The Series

Pete and Gid survey the wreckage of a grim day for Australian cricket, as Pat Cummins’s men surrender the Cape Town Test to South Africa by 176 runs, and the series 1-2.

RESISTANCE: South Africa Set 288 For Australia On Day 4

Pete and Gid luxuriate in a Test match that refuses to die, with South Africa batting all the fourth day to set Australia 288 to win on the fifth. A record-breaking partn

HOW'S IT GONNA END? Match Hangs In the Balance After 3 Days

Pete and Gid watch a classic series go down to the wire, with each of Australia and South Africa going into the fourth day of the Third Test a chance of securing the numb

IN THE ART OF STOPPING: Australia Bat Their Way To 1 Run Lead On Day 2

Pete and Gid watch Australia dig right in at Newlands on a day of defiant and increasingly positive batting by Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Matthew Renshaw and Cameron Green.

WAIT ACTUALLY YEAH NO: Australia Struggle After Bowling First On Day 1

Pete and Gid bear witness to a three-session Jane Saville Day - we’ll explain - with Australia almost out of it before they surged back into it thanks to Mitchell Starc a

PLACE CALLED BAD: 3rd Test Preview From The Top Of Table Mountain

Australia have a mountain to climb in Cape Town, and so do Pete and Gid, who ascend Table Mountain to produce the podcast from a record altitude.  Then they return to the

NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO: Cricket Et Al On The Road in South Africa

Pete and Gid head off the beaten track to bring you highlights of their road trip on the Western Cape, starting in a tree and ending in a graveyard - South Africa’s first

THE DARK DON'T HIDE IT: South Africa Win By An Innings In Gqeberha

Pete and Gid peer through the rain and clouds to see South Africa trounce Australia by an innings and 31 runs at St George's Park, with Kagiso Rabada eclipsing Steve Smit

DAMAGED GOODS: Australia Made to Follow On As SA Dominate Day 4

Pete and Gid watch a startling Australian capitulation on the fourth day of the Second Test, with speed then spin disposing of thirteen wickets, including Marnus Labuscha

TURNAROUND: Bavuma & Jansen Get South Africa Back On Track

Pete and Gid watch South Africa turn the tables on Australia at St George's Park with a stunning day of batting led by their captain Temba Bavuma, whose highest Test scor

STARMAN: Boland on Fire Again as Rain Impacts Day 2

Pete and Gid pay tribute to the cheapest bowler round - in the nicest possible way - after another staggering bowling performance from Scott Boland at St George’s Park in

SHE BRINGS THE RAIN: Boland Shines On a Rainy Day 1

Pete and Gid hold a press conference to celebrate seventy-four deliveries at St George's Park and several hours of rain, but there's enough time to laud Scott Boland, lam

DOWN ON THE STREET: Squad Changes, Culinary Tours & Top 10 Selection Songs

Pete and Gid check in from Gqeberha’s This Is Eat, touted by some as 'the finest fish shack in the southern hemisphere', with further reflections on the First Test, selec

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

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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