Honey Traps, Vaping and Cricket’s Naughty Boys
5/12/202637 min
The T20 Indian Cricket League has fully devolved into a nicotine-and-honey-trap-fuelled fever dream and the only thing that could save it is Father Dhoni's wisdom. Tim David’s flipping the bird, players are vaping on planes, while others are hiding notes in their pockets.
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First 90 secondsSam Perry· Host0:00
Okay, now six teams can finish first, eight teams can make the finals. This is absolutely mental. You're watching the Great Cricketer. You're watching the Asian Century. Come and see the naughty, naughty boys.
Ian Higgins· Host0:11
[upbeat music] Big cricket competition in India. We're allowed to say that? Come on, right then. You heard it from the horse's mouth. Fucking be ready to run, mate. I would give him a ring job right now.
Sam Perry· Host0:20
This and he goes- From the Great Cricketer. Welcome back to another week of the Asian Century right here on the Great Cricketer. Hey, hit that subscribe button if you haven't already. You know what? Give it a smash, uh, if you're enjoying the IPL 2026 this year, Peza. Topsy-turvy, everyone's winning, everyone's losing. Uh, I can't figure out who's good, who... I can sort of figure out who's bad, uh, and who's naughty- Mm ... uh, and somewhere in between all of that. But, uh, we're having a good time, and we're sort of in the mid-season, uh, territory right now, trying to, uh... You're shuffling for position if this was a horse race, and in many ways it is.
Ian Higgins· Host0:53
And yet you can just see the finish line as well, can't you? Uh, two teams eliminated, LSG, MI, see you next year.
Sam Perry· Host1:01
Mm-hmm.
Ian Higgins· Host1:01
Uh, I'm sure they'll throw the cat amongst the pigeons in some of the games to go.
Sam Perry· Host1:04
Yeah.
Ian Higgins· Host1:04
Uh, mouthwatering prospects.
Sam Perry· Host1:06
Cat pigeons.
Ian Higgins· Host1:06
But it's cat pigeon stuff.
Sam Perry· Host1:07
Oh.
Ian Higgins· Host1:07
16 games to go, eight teams still in contention, as you said. I mean, look at RCB, for example.
Sam Perry· Host1:11
Mm-hmm.
Ian Higgins· Host1:12
You know, a B stick here, a B stick there- Mm-hmm ... they're fourth and not first. That's just... It's absolute cinema- [laughs] ... uh, the IPL. Um, how the hell has CSK win off first place with a game in hand? I, that is a math- [laughs] ... that is mathematical, um, uh, like w- weirdness, tomfoolery.
Sam Perry· Host1:26
Mm-hmm.
Ian Higgins· Host1:26
Uh, I don't even know what to say. Um, [smacks lips] Buvikay