The Grade Cricketer

Week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of Australian sport. First episode drops Wednesday. What's getting you hot? Send in your thoughts and feelings on speakpipe Email all your "stay in your lanes" and corrections etc to boysactually@gmail.com Follow The Circus on Spotify Follow The Circus on Apple Podcasts Follow The Circus on Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emphatic clean sweep leaves fans awash with numbers as WTC examination looms. We go through the summer, the triumphalism therein, parse The Hundred auction, query Champions Trophy pullouts, say thanks for the summer, and read questions from the Pig Pen. Buy Six Points Pale and a song here Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear. Light Blue or Navy smugglers. Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. An extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia complete an emphatic series win however South Africa are undeniably the best team in the world. Sri Lanka were ordinary. International cricket is getting a little boring for Australia. George Bailey is still an absolute disgrace. Marnus saves his test career with an honourable 26*. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One day life won’t be this way, but for now Australia are the best at everything. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sri Lanka look like 3rd graders bowling doorknobs. Another chock bar for Smudge. Former GWS player piles on the runs quick. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conner Cooperly gets a shiny baggy green. George Bailey’s making too many changes now. Is Smith actually a good captain? Lyon and Kuhns bowl bulk overs. Heady’s got a new finger celebration. Blueys eating Maxibons all wrong. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some post awards night chat, a word on Pete Lalor, national chest beating about the men and women, Alex Malcolm adds maturity, Kohli’s pegs go flying, AskTGC addresses the Australian Century. Buy Six Points Pale and a song here Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear. Light Blue or Navy smugglers. An extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greatest sporting nation in the entire world. Changes needed for the 2nd test. How do we get Konstas in? Kuhneman takes 9 wickets. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best covers in cricket award goes to the great groundskeepers at Galle. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia miles ahead. Crats making footmarks. Everyone's scoring tons. Inglis' family give it the big ones. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Smith reaches a legendary milestone. Usmans ton proves how good Bumrah is. Australia far ahead IN this game. Everyone’s batting without lids and it looks very, very good. Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s advantage Australia: in the women’s Ashes, culturally, and online via Damien Martyn. We catch up with Darcie Brown and Georgia Voll to talk about their inherent advantages and the Melbourne Test, and speak to Izzy Westbury about fitness, criticism, “the gap”, and Bath v China. In between we talk about Wisden’s Test team of the year, Tom Curran’s run out, and Mitch Owen’s explosion in the BBL Final. The men are playing a Test in Sri Lanka. We’ve seen the pitch, and all we can say is “well well well”. AskTGC closes it out as per. Buy Six Points Pale and a song here Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear. Light Blue or Navy smugglers. An extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our women have done it again and we want 16, India just wants to get the boys together, Smith’s in a robocop brace, Kuhnemann’s got a Thelma Plum, Josh Inglis joins from Dubai and Barney Ronay explains his ENGLISH MEDIA SWIPE at Sam Konstas, BBL finals loom large, and AskTGC spirals into turn-of-the-millennium wistfulness of ODI cricket and bricks of rum. Please buy our beer. Buy Six Points Pale and a song here Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear. Light Blue or Navy smugglers. An extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Australia win the Border-Gavaskar in Sydney thanks to a man named Barrel and a thing called Slug. It’s the perfect end to a summer of chaos, calmness, controversy, Konstas and karma. The numbers falling in front of our eyes are as mysterious and wonderful as figuring out what day it might be. We discuss India’s behaviour on and off the field, the lack of repercussions or leadership shown by anyone and what the future might look like for an Indian generation that failed to deliver as much as what it once promised. There’s also a complete sweep of the BBL, the Bancroft/Sams head clash, Dan Christian going from assistant coach to into the playing squad, the Test players returning (haha.. ok), the Stars winning 2 gams in a row and Hilton Cartwright hitting a 121m six. The women’s Ashes starts on Sunday, so Higgos ponders if it is indeed the most fulfilling dessert to a summer that has given us a main course to die for. Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear Last remaining live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When is cricket good? None of that was enjoyable and it’s time to get off-line. Smudge misses out on a home 10k. Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maybe we would rather the SCG deck be dead. Will Bumrah return to put the nail in the coffin? Slug gets his debut half ton. Konstas Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How are ya Slug? Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia wins a classic amid record crowds, final hours, lengthened shadows, herculean bowlers, gus truck opposition, cry more merchants, and Joel Wilson. We dissect, bisect, genuflect to all of it. Cummins, Konstas, Marnus, Bumrah, Rohit, Jaiswal, Kohli. The Blobby League continues in earnest, some catches right out of the “top drawer”. Pakistan and South Africa try to out-gas truck each other, and AskTGC deals with SCG fashion choices and urgent medical emergencies. Get your TGC x Budgy Smuggler gear Download WeMoney Last remaining live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts Get 25% off your Smith Optics sunglasses using the code FAST at smithopticsaustralia.com.au. Each purchase using the code comes with a free TGC branded wipe cloth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How could you not love test cricket? Australia win an all-time test classic test match whilst Joel Wilson puts in an incredible performance. India fall in a post team demolition. A technology named "snicko" is surprisingly not 100% reliable. Live show tickets: MELBOURNE TICKETS:https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRICKET25 Get an extra hour of TGC every week via Patreon or Apple Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.