Gilchrist's attacking instinct gives Beyond23 a week of cricket memories
Michael Clarke's ten-upload week also brings Monty Panesar and Shreevats Goswami into the discussion of Australia's Durban Test.
Beyond23 Cricket Podcast
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Why was Gilly unmissable
Blocking could wait. Beyond23 Cricket Podcast's most watched new upload, "Why was Gilly unmissable", revisits Adam Gilchrist's willingness to attack rather than spend the opening overs settling in.
The clip reached about 24,000 views, comfortably the largest total among the week's new uploads. In the comments, viewers bring up his readiness to punish even the first delivery and remember innings that changed a match when Australia were in trouble. The conversation is about the risk that made watching him worthwhile.
Clarke's ten-upload week also had plenty of present-tense cricket to dissect. "Empty Stands, Flat Pitches & the Maddinson Call | Beyond23 with Michael Clarke" brings former England spinner Monty Panesar and Indian wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami into a discussion of Nic Maddinson's selection, Marnus Labuschagne's technique and sparse crowds at Kingsmead. That full episode is sponsored.
The freshest momentum belongs to "Who can play every format?", which contrasts flat white-ball pitches with the movement batters encounter in Tests. An older Maddinson selection critique remains active too, while "The most relaxed batters they ever played with" offers dressing-room stories involving sleep and borrowed pads.
Subscribers held steady at 108,000, and daily channel viewing is currently well below its usual pace. Nearby in size, talkSPORT Cricket drew more weekly views, though its daily viewing is also slower than usual. Beyond23's distinctive thread this week is the connection between technique and temperament: how to adapt, when to attack, and how some batters manage to switch off entirely.
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If the first ball of the match, if it’s a bad delivery, Gilly would try to hit it for a boundary. That’s how he played.
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- Channel
- Beyond23 Cricket Podcast
- Subscribers
- 108,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 149,200
- Videos published this week
- 10
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 24,485
- Views on its first day
- 5,172
The numbers
Here is how Beyond23's uploads and audience moved over the week.
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