It's June but the temperature in Aus cricket is boiling
6/15/202648 min
Corbin and Ed reunite while the furnace of Australian cricket knows no off-season. The guys break down the latest developments in the BBL privatisation push that saw Cricket Victoria announce the Stars and Renegades are no more, the other States throw their hands in the air and the players push back against the current model.
Plus Ben Stokes broke his own team rules, Cooper Connolly made one of the best maiden ODI tons in history in a series loss to Bangladesh (!!!) and the listener emails are overflowing our inbox. Good thing Ed is back weekly from now on.
To get in touch, email Corbin & Ed at abccricketpodcast@abc.net.au
ABC Grandstand cricket commentator Corbin Middlemas is joined by Ed Cowan to bring you all the highlights and match analysis to keep you up to speed. The pair discuss the key players and big issues that are dominating the cricket agenda, the latest in live fixtures with a hit of cricket banter.
Catch every episode of ‘The ABC Cricket Podcast,’ hosted by Corbin Middlemas on ABC listen or wherever you get your podcasts, and get in touch with them on social media via @abc_sport This podcast was formerly known as ‘The Grandstand Cricket Podcast’
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First 90 secondsNick Cummins· Soundbite0:00
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Corbin Middlemas· Host0:05
[upbeat music] ABC Cricket Podcast time with your boys back in the house. It is, uh, it's birthday season for us, Gemini season. There's, there's a little bit going on in the cricket landscape, so Ed Cowan is here to tell you how you should feel about it. My name's Corbett Middlemass, Ed Cowan's in Sydney. Hello, Teddy.
Ed Cowan· Host0:29
Oh, happy birthday for yesterday.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:32
Thank you. Thank you.
Ed Cowan· Host0:33
Of course, June 15 is the meat in our birthday sandwiches.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:37
[laughs] Yep.
Ed Cowan· Host0:38
So- Or the tofu or whatever your, or the halloumi. Oh, of course.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:41
Yeah.
Ed Cowan· Host0:42
Yeah, yeah.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:42
So- Can't be meat for you.
Ed Cowan· Host0:43
Uh- Tell me what you prefer ... I'll tell you what I got for my birthday.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:45
Yes.
Ed Cowan· Host0:45
Early birthday present from Declan, our producer- Ooh ... an amazing, uh, ABC commentator. If you... I don't know if you heard his call of the Swans goal after- Yep ... the siren the other day. The, the man's on fire, but he sent me this new microphone.
Corbin Middlemas· Host0:59
Oh, that's pretty cool.
Ed Cowan· Host1:00
For my birthday.
Corbin Middlemas· Host1:01
That's pretty cool. Yeah.
Ed Cowan· Host1:02
He was so upset with how average the sound quality had been.
Corbin Middlemas· Host1:06
Mm.
Ed Cowan· Host1:07
How am I coming through? Test one, two.
Corbin Middlemas· Host1:09
It's elite. It's elite.
Ed Cowan· Host1:10
Is it?
Corbin Middlemas· Host1:10
Yeah. I'm gonna miss- That's great. Oh, I'm sure our listeners are gonna miss the part where you go really soft, and then you go really loud again. So it's nice that the new microphone hopefully will be able to, uh, be able to take care of some of those issues. So- Here we are ... beautiful. No milestone birthdays for us this year, but, uh, just another year older, another lap around the sun. So beats the alternative. We're, uh, we're blessed to be here and, and doing this