TGC is back and we're coming to Darwin
5/25/20264 min
TGC is back and charging head-first into the UK Summer of cricket as we get ready to dissect, examine and scrutinise everything about the looming England v New Zealand test series as well as Australian cricket privatisation and the upcoming Australia v Bangladesh test series in Darwin and Mackay.
We're coming to Darwin this August as part of the Darwin Festival.
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The Grade Cricketer Live: Sunrisers Darwin
Wednesday 12th August, INPEX Sunset Stage at Festival Park
Tickets available now via darwinfestival.org.au
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First 90 secondsIan Higgins· Host0:00
Okay, a bit of news here from TGC Towers. The main pod will be returning next Tuesday, June 2nd, the 2nd of June, if that's the way you wanna do it. Uh, I know you've been getting, like, a weekly pod IPL styles, but right now the IPL does not go forever, and there's so much other cricket happening in the world. Privatization. There's an enormous series coming up, England, New Zealand. Is it making... Is it make or break for this England setup? Will anything ever break this setup? I don't know. Um, but I'm looking forward to diving deep with Pezza.
Sam Perry· Host0:28
Yeah, and I understand people's confusion. I mean, they've been tuning into this pod every single week, covering this very important, uh, IPL narration, this important story of the IPL that we've called the Asian Century. But yes- Mm ... we move on to the quaint, uh, factor of international cricket, of, of test cricket. Uh, what I've picked up so far, and we're gonna have to do our research, is that after England's 4-1 defeat to Australia in Australia, um, the conclusion appears to be that Australia wasn't very good, um, that Keen, McCullum, and Stokes are good to go, and that Zach Crawley is the designated corpse, um- [laughs] ... a ceremonial feeding to the wolves, if you will. Um, and meanwhile, the Kiwis are very, very quiet. No one's talking about them- Mm ... and they like it that way.
Ian Higgins· Host1:14
Mm.
Sam Perry· Host1:15
Um, on the privatization front, we'll be bringing you Australian cricket's, uh, choice between SportsBet and India Cement, uh, for its future. Options deluxe, Siamese cat style, as my roommate once said to me. Um, now it goes beyond that because al- that also feeds into the Australia-Bangladesh