Cricket Et Al
Cricket Et Al
Gideon Haigh and Pete Lalor have been writing about cricket, and talking about music, books, movies, television and life, for nearly fifteen years. Now they do it with a podcast recorder handy, which sometimes they remember to turn on. Stand by for a podcast full of insights and lacking in organisation. Substack - Cricket Et Al Produced by DM Podcasts
- 55 minutes 19 secondsHISTORY LESSON PART II with Tom Holland from The Rest is History
Gid talks to podcast guru Tom Holland about his love of cricket, love of history, the points between, and being a massive cock - on the cricket field anyway.
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8 December 2025, 6:00 pm - 22 minutes 3 secondsHEADS WILL ROLL: Australia Cruise Home In Second Test
Pete and Gid watch the last stages of Australia's convincing eight-wicket victory, and wonder where the buck stops for England. Also: Carey's genius, Archer's humours, and Stuart Broadmania.
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7 December 2025, 11:23 am - 23 minutes 41 secondsWHEN FATE DEALS ITS MORTAL BLOW: England Crumble & Starc Shines on Day 3
Pete and Gid watching Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland dominate the third day at the Gabba with bat then ball, as Australia surge towards victory and the retention of the Ashes. Also: the gospel according to Saily.
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6 December 2025, 12:55 pm - 18 minutes 58 secondsREAL WILD LIFE: Day 2 In Brisbane Heats Up
Pete and Gid watch a crazy, heady, reckless second day at the Gabba, where England tried to give the Test away but Australia wouldn't quite let them, when easy catches went down but hard ones were taken, when bowlers gave up hundreds but batters couldn't make them.
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5 December 2025, 1:45 pm - 23 minutes 42 secondsHEY JOE: Root Century On Day 1
Pete and Gid watch Joe Root finally break through against Australia on a see-sawing first day at the Gabba, even as Mitchell Starc becomes Test cricket's most prolific left-handed wickettaker, and Australia go into a Test without Nathan Lyon. Will they regret it?
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4 December 2025, 1:13 pm - 25 minutes 29 secondsGABBA GABBA HEY: 2nd Ashes Test Preview
Pete and Gid watch Australia juggle their squad even as England swagger into town with their XI in stone. What gives? Will Cummins play? Inglis? Webster? Will Khawaja retire? All these questions and more….will not be answered, although they will be discussed. Also: the late Robin Smith and the pathos of the post-cricket life.
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3 December 2025, 10:34 pm - 55 minutes 44 secondsPERTH TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: Questions From The First Ashes Test
Pete welcomes Gid back from Perth as they assess the lessons of the shortest four-innings Test in Australian history, the future of Usman Khawaja, the prospect of Pat Cummins' return, the strengths and weaknesses of Bazball. Also: South Africa's Test surge and the incredible changes in India's home fortunes.
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28 November 2025, 12:41 am - 16 minutes 57 secondsWHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT: Record Breaking Test Match
Pete and Gid wonder what the hell happened at Optus Stadium, after Travis Head blows England’s house down with a dynamic, record-breaking hundred, following the bowling of Scott Boland and Brendan Doggett. Where now for England? Where now for Bazball? What are we going to do in Perth for three days?
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22 November 2025, 6:54 pm - 23 minutes 9 secondsDON'T FEAR THE REAPER: 19 Wickets On Day 1 of the Ashes
Pete and Gid see Mitchell Starc harvest seven then Ben Stokes thresh five, amid a total of nineteen wickets on an astounding first day of the Ashes of 2025-26 played in fast forward - except for the over rates. Updates also on Pete's glasses and the Shit Box From Hell.
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21 November 2025, 1:11 pm - 14 minutes 51 secondsIT'S OH SO QUIET: The Eve Of First Ashes Test
Pete and Gid savour the serenity at Perth Stadium on the eve of the First Test, review the teams, weigh the prospects, wonder what Steve Smith has against Monty Panesar, and thank heavens they needn't write another preview piece.
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20 November 2025, 11:47 am - 47 minutes 50 secondsMEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS: Our Favourite Ashes Moments
Pete and Gideon kick back a while to luxuriate in their favourite Ashes memories, from Melbourne '82 to Headingley '19, from Pete's affinity for Jim Higgs to Gideon's admiration for the Hammond Sauce Works Band. Also: the ball of the twenty-first century? Plus: Pete's favourite toilet cubicle.
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