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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    South Africa v Australia Third ODI Report Card (opens the original)

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    Morpheus Off The Long RunI barely saw any of this match before I went to bed. Rain delay. Mitch Marsh losing the toss because, while Pat Cummins was willing to play, he couldn’t be bothered finding his captain’s blazer. A bit of tonking and bashing from Marsh and Travis Head at the top of the order, fully aware they needed to score about 330 between them, given their flaky middle order.And that was about all. Although, as it turned out, the Australian middle order finally came good, and the visi

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    To Me, My X-Men Comics! - Uncanny X-Men Issue 123 (opens the original)

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    PREVIOUSLY IN THE UNCANNY X-MEN: Logan was nearly hurt! Scott struggled to flirt!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aaQx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F

  3. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    HitchPod Season 3, Episode 5 - Diabolique (opens the original)

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    Time to discuss Diabolique from 1955, directed by that sneaky devil Henri-Georges Clouzot. We run through the entire fiendish thing, focusing in particular on raucous schoolboys, Schrodinger's bumbling cop and the importance of drycleaning timing.Yes, we’re continuing to release episodes from our Patron feed, including this one, Diabolique (which we originally watched in May 2021) as the fifth episode in our third season.If you’d like to catch up on those missing years, and also get access to -

  4. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    South Africa v Australia Second ODI Report Card (opens the original)

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    Letting GoGrade: C+Sigh. Fine. Be like that, international ODI cricket. Play your tiresome 350ish v 350ish matches. Bore me to death. Whatever. I’ll stop banging on about it. You clearly don’t want to put the effort in to change. And I can’t help cricket formats that don’t want to help themselves.I guess all I’m saying is that somewhere between these uninteresting ODIs and the equally irritating recent spate of two-day Test matches, there must

  5. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    South Africa v Australia First ODI Report Card (opens the original)

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    Format Combo SpreadsheetsGrade: CEnough of Zimbabwe for now. Australia are now off to South Africa (capitalised) for a three-ODI, three-Test series. Yes. More of this, please. (I mean, sure, a four-Test series would have been even better, but a three-ODI, three-Test combo is the next best option for this kind of timeframe. Well below that is a two-Test, three-ODI, three-T20 blend. Down further still is a two-Test, seven-T20 mix. Look, I have a spreadsheet - you can grab it from me if needed.)Wit

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