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Farewell Cape Town, Hello Pike Town

Not sure if you caught it, but there was a Test match here in Cape Town, it finished up yesterday. Doesn’t matter, you wouldn’t be interested. Anyway, the last few year

Australia lose game, series, hearts and minds | Day 5 | SA v AUS | Cape Town

So. Was this a good use of our collective Saturday nights? Sitting at home watching whatever this was? It's a take-your-licks kind of result. A commanding win for the S

Rickelton and Mulder tons spell day 5 pain | Day 4 | SA v AUS | Cape Town

How good is Test cricket? It's great if you're an Aussie who loves to feel pain on a Saturday night. Maybe the Aussies could convince the Saffas to head to Maverick's t

Australia make runs. Grippers? | Day 2 | SA v AUS | Cape Town

How many times does this Aussie team need to hurt TGC? Don't they understand they're costing us downloads every time they win a session? No Marnus, no Smudge, the future

End of a dynasty, Australia slightly ahead | Day 1 | SA v AUS | Cape Town

Just when you thought it was all over for this team. Just when you switch the TV off on a Tuesday night thinking "I think I'm finally done with this sport". We get whatev

Live from Cape Town, with Simon Harmer

We sniff an ambush, but who's ambushing whom? Can't say, but there's something about South Africa that brings Australian cricket to a screeching halt. And as we close in

Faf du Plessis on towels, mints and returning to Cape Town

Faf du Plessis joined TGC live and in the flesh ahead of the Cape Town Test with the stunning Table Mountain as the backdrop as the boys discuss towels, mints, the series

Australia suffers historic innings defeat | Day 5 | SA v AUS | Gqeberha Test

Was this the worst loss under this Australian leadership? No, that was 3 tests ago in Darwin. Scott Boland is the greatest all rounder in test cricket history? It takes a

Dreadful capitulation in Australia’s day of disaster | Day 4 | SA v AUS | Gqeberha Test

Nihilism: Nihilism is a philosophical stance asserting that life lacks inherent meaning, purpose, or objective value. Derived from the Latin word nihil (meaning "nothing"

Bavuma masterpiece turns Test on its head | Day 3 | SA v AUS | Gqeberha Test

South Africa balls deep in this match. Is it Australia’s time to park the bus? There is no win in this match for Australia. Temba Bavuma enters the crease facing a hat tr

Renshaw worldie, Australia on top | Day 2 | SA v AUS | Gqeberha Test

A race against time for Australia. Hoff takes a rest with a stomach bug. Now that Renshaw has a WWI style moustache, he is allowed to take screamers in slip. Bavuma holds

Boland takes 2 on hessian-less deck | Day 1 | SA v AUS | Gqeberha Test

The day ends 2/20 after 12.2 overs. Boland goes bang, bang after Pat Cummins practically chooses to bowl before the toss. It's very wet with more rain to come. There will

There is NO interest in an Australian victory | TGC Raw Teaser

Australia wins and the world gives it crickets. Renshaw's 272 runs are just paper and the deepest aims of Australian cricket are to restore the warm hues of our childhood

The right kind of win, with Alex Malcolm

Credit where it's due or is Bailey kissed on the d**k? Matthew Renshaw is the greatest middle order batter has ever seen. Endless depth of Australian quicks. Can we expec

Hazlewood deletes feedbag, Australia 1-0 | Day 5 | SA v AUS | Durban Test

AUSTRALIA WIN. AUSTRALIA WIN. AUSTRALIA WIN. And the thanks need to go to the former players who gave these guys the shove they needed to actually pull their socks up and

Renshaw, Australia create early tee time options | Day 4 | SA v AUS | Durban Test

Who’s winning? Sure, we don’t ask that in Test cricket. But if we were to ask it, which we are, then Australia is winning.  For the first time since the early 2000s, Au

Smith reclaims record, Cartel goes to work | Day 3 | SA v AUS | Durban Test

Don’t listen to what others are saying and don’t look at the lead of 139 runs at the end of Day 3. Australia are unders are we are filthy. Are South Africa’s batters fe

Renshaw’s historic 190 EXPOSES selector frauds | Day 2 | SA v AUS | Durban Test

It’s Renshaw, it’s always been Renshaw but especially now with a Daddy hundred on foreign soil to turn the match around. So he’ll go ahead and join the back of the queue

Old man Australia unders again, expect lead | Day 1 | SA v AUS | Durban Test

It’s the same game we’ve watched from Australia in the last 10 years, we’re completely unhappy with the scoreline and we still wholeheartedly believe that Australia will

Aussie team fires shots ahead of HOT South Africa Test series | TGC Raw Teaser

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