The Fast Bowling Cartel

Former Australian quick Geoff “Henry” Lawson joins the Fast Bowling Cartel, and they all give their take on the fallout from Uzzie’s Sandpapergate claims. Henry also lifts the lid on what Imran Khan taught him about reverse swing, shares stories from a career facing the great West Indies, and names the toughest batsmen he ever bowled to.

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Dizzy is back from South Africa, which means the top five nightwatchmen of all time can finally happen. Flem, Dizzy and Pidge each bring a list, argue over who actually counts as a nightwatchman, and trade stories about getting through the last hour of a day’s play against a fresh new ball. A certain 201 not out might get a mention.

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South Africa have won the series 2-1 and taken the No.1 Test ranking off Australia for the first time since 2016. Flem, Dizzy and Pidge pull apart the Cape Town Test and a series that got away from the Aussies.

Dizzy is back from South Africa, so the three of them work through what went wrong at Newlands: Pat Cummins' call to bowl first, the Mitchell Starc spell that kept Australia in it, Simon Harmer's ten-wicket match, and a day-five chase that unravelled early. Then the bigger question: why can't Australia settle a batting order? The Nic Maddinson selection, fluid roles versus clear ones, Sam Konstas, and who should be in the top six when New Zealand arrive.

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0:00 Welcome and Dizzy's back from South Africa

6:46 Cape Town Test recap: the toss, Starc and Harmer

15:03 Day five collapse and South Africa's smarter selections

24:46 Marco Jansen and Australia's selection problem

33:33 Audible On Tour Book Club: Shane Warne's No Spin

40:06 Ashes wind-up, Smith's neck and fixing the top six

48:40 Final verdict and what's next
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Flem & Pidge hold the fort down as they dissect a nightmare second Test for the Aussies, with Diz MIA (asleep somewhere in South Africa, we think). Australia were rolled for a nervous 99 and lost by an innings and 31 runs, and the series is level at one-all.

00:00 Rolled for 99 and where’s Diz?03:02 Bavuma’s 179 and Jansen’s blitz turn the Test07:55 Rabada’s return lifts South Africa11:04 Starc’s 450th and Jansen the all-rounder15:48 Australia’s batting headache: Madsen, Renshaw and selection21:22 Lyon or Boland? Flem picks his XI25:21 Warne’s Antigua axing and the Fevola story26:44 Cape Town memories: Sandpapergate, Warne’s 100th, AB and Heals34:59 Shield watch: Bartlett, Hoekstra, Patterson and Konstas41:00 Predictions for the Cape Town decider
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Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, and Damien Fleming break down their top five best EVER South African quicks.

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