Episode 3: Cricketmaster

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the thing they'd most like to be buried with, fly a flip-flop as far as possible, transform into twins or triplets, perform a passionate cricket appeal, and convince the Taskmaster to give them 5 points.

Title context

The 'cricket master' was who Nina Oyama says she made her appeal to, in the 'Perform the most passionate cricket appeal' task.

Taskmaster Intro

Yes! Hello, and welcome to Taskmaster Australia. My name is Tom Gleeson, and I am the aforementioned Taskmaster. For all those seeking entertainment, you've come to the right place. For those sickos amongst you who specifically take joy from seeing comedians humiliating themselves while earnestly trying their best, all while trying to win a golden replica of my large head, good news - that's kind of our whole deal! Oh, wow. It's lovely, isn't it? Competing for glory in our first season, we have four of Australia's finest comedians, and one former children's TV host reinventing himself as a bad boy.

Assistant Intro

Being a Taskmaster is a full-time job, one that I do for about 10 days a year. It means I don't have time for things like admin. I leave that to my humble assistant. We have the same name, so just to clear things up, I'm Main Tom and he's Lesser Tom. It's Tom Cashman.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

Tonight we learned that thongs, for the most part, are bound to the earth by the laws of physics. We learned the answers to three of the most complex riddles ever devised by three eggs. And we didn't learn a single thing about the actual rules of cricket. Most importantly, however, we learned our episode three winner is Julia!