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In the debut episode of Pace and Pens, Matt (@fotiamatt), Nick (@Ncreely) and Tyler (@tmlew_) discuss how the show came to be, the topic of experienced players leaving the competition and take a deep dive into Casey South Melbourne, Dandenong, Frankston Peninsula and Camberwell's stock ahead of season 21/22 in their Season Previews.  To get in touch with the guys; Email - [email protected] Twitter - @paceandpens Instagram - @paceandpens

Time for the second edition of Pace and Pens and on this episode the guys take a closer look at a new look Northcote Dragons, a Stepien-less Carlton, the Mighty Melbourne Demons and the Rebounding Rams. Get in touch with the guys via; Email - [email protected] Twitter - @paceandpens Instagram - @paceandpens 

In at number three, Nick Creely, Tyler Lewis and Matt Fotia look to build on a good opening partnership by rotating the strike through the Premier Cricket News before expanding into their season previews of Essendon, Geelong, Fitzroy Doncaster and Richmond.

The boys are joined by Women's Cricket royalty on this week's podcast, as Dandenong Premiership star Emma Gallagher sits in to help preview her Panthers, Melbourne and the mighty Box Hill Mustangs. Also - the Prahran, Praaahran debate wages on.

Back into the world of Men's Premier Cricket this week, the boys take a trip West of the City to talk all things Footscray, before heading back to City to chat about Melbourne Uni and St Kilda. Plus tenuous links to Touk Miller, Nick gets carried away about Ashley Chandrasinghe again and Tyler tells a story that has nothing to do with anything.   

In another special season preview episode, Matt, Nick and Tyler are joined by ex WA + Victoria player Bhavi Devchand, as the 2019/20 Una Paisley Medalist helps cast an eye over Carlton, Prahran and her beloved Rams. Bhavi also chats about her journey through cricket, possible links with the Zimbabwean national side and her podcast - The Inside Edge. Also, Tyler coins the phrase Love Circle.

The boys shake themselves off following the morning's earthquake and dive into the last set of Men's Season Previews - Kingston Hawthorn, Greenvale and Prahran - as well as an exclusive chat with new Cricket Victoria General Manager of Premier Cricket, Liam Murphy! 

It's the final set of Season Previews, as the boys take a look Plenty Valley and EMP's stocks ahead of a bumper 21/22 Premier Cricket season! Plus ; - All the Premier Cricket + State Cricket News around the nation - Behind The Pace and Pens Draft Teams  - Nominations for the Greatest Australian Sporting Side + Australia's next great female speedster?  

This week the boys are joined by Premier Cricket royalty, as one of the best to ever do it - Carlton Icon Evan Gulbis - jumps on the line from sunny Launceston for the first of a few very special episodes leading into the delayed Victorian Premier Cricket season. Evan talks through his Premier Cricket journey, which started with Carlton in the Early 2000s, took him down to Clarence (and a fairly good time with Tasmania), one year with Prahran and all the way back to Princes Park, breaking a Premiership Drought on the way.  In an hour long interview, Evan provides a different insight to the man behind the powerful willow and cheeky grin.  

How do you follow up an hour long chat with Evan Gulbis? You get Andrew Kent on the line!  The Melbourne Great sits down with Nick, Tyler and Matt to talk about his 20 year stint at the Melbourne Cricket Club, some of the great players he's come up against and played with and his own personal journey. 

One of Australia's greatest ever athletes joins the Pace and Pens fraternity this week, with new Head of Female Cricket at CV - and Australian Sporting Hall of Fame Member - Sharelle McMahon jumping on the line for a chat. Sharelle talks all about her new role at Cricket Victoria, what drew her to move from Netball to Cricket and what she hopes to offer the Premier Cricket Community - whilst reserving time to talk about her own sporting journey that took her from Country Victoria to the pinnacle of her sport. A refreshing insight into the direction that Cricket Victoria is heading and into what makes one of this nation's greatest ever tick. 

We've added a Ryder Medalist to the Pace and Pens Fraternity, with 2011/12 Victorian Premier Cricket Champion Clive Rose dialling in from Hobart Tasmania! Clive talks about his rise from Left Arm Medium Pacer to Victorian and Tasmanian Spinner, how nerves meant he didn't quite get the best of himself and whether or not he'll ever return to the Swans!