No Balls: The Grade Cricketer come to play

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Alex Hartley & Kate Cross are joined by Sam Perry and Ian Higgins, who you will know better as The Grade Cricketer.

The globally known podcasters join Alex & Crossy to discuss the Women's Ashes, how the podcast came to be, and the differences between grade cricket in Australia and club cricket in England.

Plus, do people actually know their names?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds.
0:06.0	It is all over!
0:08.0	Bulls are an edge, caught behind.
0:10.0	Including cricket Super League, Women's Euro's 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more.
0:17.0	It's all right to the lights and foot to the floor.
0:20.0	Oh, what's's done it!
0:21.4	Drop shots!
0:23.0	Winner!
0:23.7	On five sports extra, sports extra two and sports extra three.
0:27.7	Listen, only on BBC Sounds.
0:31.5	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.3	Al?
0:35.9	Crossy.
0:36.6	We got in trouble.
0:37.9	Why?
0:38.5	Because we've done a naughty episode of the pod.
0:41.1	Yeah, is this our swear warning?
0:42.7	It's a new swear warning, a special swear warning,
0:45.1	but we've got two very special guests on this episode.
0:47.6	We've got Ian Higgins, Sam Perry.
0:49.8	And to everyone who doesn't know who they were, like us,
0:52.7	they are the grade cricketer.
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