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The Unplayable Podcast
cricket.com.au
441 episodes
3 days ago
Welcome to The Unplayable Podcast, where we'll be talking all things cricket across Australia and around the world, brought to you by cricket.com.au.

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Welcome to The Unplayable Podcast, where we'll be talking all things cricket across Australia and around the world, brought to you by cricket.com.au.

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Episodes (20/441)
The Unplayable Podcast
Head's role with the ball, Chris Green's amazing northern summer

Welsh Fire star import Chris Green is this week's guest on the Unplayable Podcast!

Green has been dominating all winter for Lancashire and the Welsh Fire and will soon link up with the Barbados Royals in the CPL too.

Before that, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat all things ODI series and we get an update on Richo's return to cricket in the Northern Territory's Top End T20.


EPISODE INDEX:

0:40 - Weekly winner

3:15 - ODI series chat 

8:15 - What to expect in Mackay 

13:00 - Chris Green interview, experience in the Hundred

19:30 - Green’s captain Steve Smith

23:20 - County Championship domination for Lancashire

27:27 - Jimmy Anderson, the teammate 

33:00 - What the CPL means to Green

36:00 - Green’s international debut

40:00 - What no state contract means 

43:00 - Green’s Thunder season preview


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2 days ago
57 minutes 38 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
NATHAN ELLIS: The secrets to death bowling success

Fresh off Australia's win in the T20 series against South Africa, Nathan Ellis sits down with Josh Schonafinger for an Unplayable Podcast bonus episode!

Ellis is enjoying another outstanding year with the ball and is shaping up as a key player for the Aussies at next year's T20 World Cup.


EPISODE INDEX:

0:40 - Impending fatherhood

3:30 - T20 series win 

6:50 - Keys to being a good white-ball bowler

8:35 - Bowling variations

10:40 - That trademark slower ball

14:00 - Hat-trick on debut memories

15:20 - Hurricanes season preview

19:55 - Sheffield Shield? 

21:30 - IPL frustrations 


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4 days ago
23 minutes 59 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
David's ODI potential, crowd catch hall of fame

Following Australia's two T20s against South Africa in Darwin, Unplayable Podcast hosts Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger catch up in the Northern Territory for this week's episode. 

On the agenda is Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Mitch Marsh, Kwena Maphaka, the Hundred, Australia A and of course, that crowd catch. 

Plus Richo's return to cricket for the NT Strike in the Top End T20!


Get in your questions for 'Ask Richo' and let us know your Weekly Winners by emailing podcasts@cricket.com.au.


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1 week ago
23 minutes 23 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Ashes 2005 deep dive: Peak Ponting and Australia's great escape

Andrew Ramsey, The Australian newspaper’s cricket correspondent for the 2005 Ashes, knocks Louis Cameron's off stump out of the ground with a reverse-swinging seed on the 20th anniversary of the epic draw at Old Trafford.

Yes, who could forget the sound of Michael Clarke's timber being shattered by a Simon Jones wonder-ball, Shane Warne's agony at narrowly missing out on a Test ton, or Ricky Ponting's match-saving hundred?

But do you recall Ashley Giles' unplayable delivery to Damien Martyn? The supposed rift in the Aussie camp? The heroism of Errol Alcott? We look back at all this and more in our podcast series commemorating the greatest Ashes campaign of all time.


Episode index:

2.52 How cricket became cool again in England

11.28 Did Australia celebrate a draw too hard?

30.00 Did Mike Gatting invent cryptocurrency? Plus Ashley Giles' forgotten seed 

43.47 Worst and best takes

58.06 Peak Simon Jones 

1.03.00 Was Errol Alcott's Australia's MVP of this series?

1.09.34 Australia's siege mentality after English press 'lies'

1.18.01 The warning signs for Australia


Listen to our episode on the first Test (July 21) and second Test (August 4) by scrolling down in our podcast feed now.


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1 week ago
1 hour 36 minutes 4 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Legacy building and AI sledging - SA and India A arrive

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat through the week’s cricket news including the thrilling finish between England and India.

Also on the agenda is Australia’s men’s next assignment against South Africa in Darwin, before we cut to a chat with women’s cricket editor Laura Jolly to explain the women’s return to cricket and their build up to the ODI World Cup. 


EPISODE INDEX:

2:30 - Woakes’ ‘legacy enhancer’ 

5:00 - Australia v South Africa series preview

10:05 - Australia A women’s series against India A with Laura Jolly

20:30 - Richo likes the Hundred

23:15 - Breakout contenders locked in

28:00 - Richo’s return to work in Top End T20

31:45 - Artificial Intelligence tries sledging 


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2 weeks ago
34 minutes 10 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Ashes '05 Deep Dive: Gloves off as England roar back in Edgbaston thriller

Andrew Ramsey, The Australian newspaper’s cricket correspondent for the 2005 Ashes, keeps both gloves on his bat to re-live one of the greatest Ashes Tests ever with host, Louis Cameron, on the 20th anniversary of the Edgbaston epic.

It was a Test made famous by Glenn McGrath’s rolled ankle, Ricky Ponting’s fateful ‘we’ll have a bowl’, reverse swing, Andrew Flintoff brilliance, Shane Warne stepping on his stumps, Michael Kasprowicz’s last-ditch departure and an iconic photograph of sportsmanship.

But we have delved even deeper, into John Buchanan’s fondness for a Worcestershire cake stall, an Ashley Giles sideshow, the Ponting-Warne dynamic, security concerns that gripped the Australian camp, and so much more.


Episode index:

2.00 What it was like to cover a 'surreal' Ashes tour

7.00 When Clarke and Kasprowicz lost all their playing kit at Leicestershire

11.15 John Buchanan perusing the Worcestershire cake stall

12.50 Should Ponting have listened to Warne before the toss?

17.40 The factors that led to McGrath's fateful ankle roll

33.30 Giles fires back at the doubters after becoming a 'one-man sideshow' between Tests

37.45 The Geraint Jones narrative arc

39.20 The little-known story behind iconic Flintoff-Lee photo

50.15 England's reverse-swing advantage

1.02.15 Harmison's slower ball to Clarke, Flintoff's over of brilliance to Ponting

1.24.30 The security concerns after Tube bombings


Listen to our episode on the first Test, 'A false dawn at Lord's' (July 21) by scrolling down in our podcast feed now.


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2 weeks ago
1 hour 39 minutes 26 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Red-hot Aussies name squad to face South Africa

After watching Australia blitz West Indies 5-0 in the T20 series, the Unplayable Podcast's Jack Paytner gives us a end-of-tour recap from the Caribbean. 

On the agenda is the Aussies' middle-order weapons Mitch Owen and Tim David, more opportunity for Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green's best series to date and plenty more, such as the latest on Australia's squad to face South Africa in August. 

With Kane Richardson away this week, Jack and Josh Schonafinger also lock in their five breakout players for the upcoming summer. 


EPISODE INDEX:

1:10 - Weekly Winner

4:19 - Wrap up from the West Indies

15:19 - Australia’s squads to face South Africa 

20:00 - Ben Stokes handshake saga

25:20 - Breakout player nominations


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3 weeks ago
31 minutes 11 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
How Michael Kasprowicz saved Test cricket, plus the rise of Owen and Dwarshuis


The Edgbaston Ashes Test of 2005 will forever live in cricketing folklore as one of the great finishes to a match and the player central to the climax was Australia fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz.

The Queenslander joins Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger to recall that epic series, why he was told he "saved Test cricket", playing with Shane Warne and how that '05 contest is remembered.


EPISODE INDEX:

03:15 - Aussies start T20 series strongly

10:20 - Return of the Champions League?

15:30 - Runs and runs for Australia A

20:05 - Kasprowicz interview begins

32:00 - How Kaspa saved Test cricket


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Listen to the Ashes '05 Deep Dive by scrolling down in the Unplayable Podcast feed.


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1 month ago
52 minutes 26 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Ashes '05 Deep Dive: A false dawn at Lord’s

Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron in the England dressing rooms to belt out ‘Underneath the Southern Cross’ after one too many Fosters.

While they were down there, they also re-lived the first Test of the epic 2005 Ashes series, where Australian hubris surely peaked.

Today, July 21, marks 20 years since the famous contest began, and this is the first edition of a five-part series where we walk you through the battle Test-by-Test.


EPISODE INDEX:

12.26 – England’s statement of intent with the ball that left Hayden, Langer and Ponting bloodied and bruised

22:07 – Why Beverley from Bristol ensured this was the last Test series in England to see play begin at 10.30am instead of 11am

26:35 – Glenn McGrath’s special 500-wicket shoes

32:48 – Justin Langer chiding England for treating Ashes like “war”

36:30 – Selection table: Should Michael Clarke have been dropped and how close was Kevin Pietersen to not playing?

1:04:30 – The legend of the Aussies singing the team song in the England sheds

1:07:20 – The best and worst takes from this Test

1:14:32 – Rudi Koertzen’s slow finger of death

1:24:36 – Shane Warne laying the platform for an all-time tour and continue to live rent-free in England brains


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1 month ago
1 hour 35 minutes 45 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
From Hobart to Jamaica: Mitch Owen and Tim David
Power hitters Tim David and Mitch Owen join The Unplayable Podcast ahead of the T20 series against West Indies.

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1 month ago
26 minutes 41 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Four quicks full time? Ashes countdown officially begins

After the success of "Dod's Army" in Jamaica, is a four-pronged pace-attack an option for future Tests?

And who is putting their hand up for a spot at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka?

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat through the week's cricket news in the latest TUP weekly.


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Get in your questions for 'Ask Richo' and let us know your Weekly Winners by emailing podcasts@cricket.com.au.


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1 month ago
26 minutes 42 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 3 Day 3: Cricket at its CRAZIEST! Starc and Boland dominate

Thrilling. Scintillating. Mesmerising. The potential superlatives for that Australian bowling performance go on and on.

From Mitch Starc’s 400th Test wicket and record five-wicket haul, to Scott Boland’s centimetre-perfect hat-trick, day three in Kingston was one big highlight for the visitors. 

Jack Paynter was there at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to recap the West Indies’ lowest-ever Test score.  


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1 month ago
15 minutes

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 3 Day 2: Just another 15 wickets on a very normal day

Scott Boland started things off and Alzarri Joseph finished day two in style - another fantastic day for the fast bowlers as the Frank Worrell Trophy rapidly approaches its conclusion. 

Australia hold a valuable 181-run lead but another wobbly top-order performance raises more question marks ahead of the Ashes summer.

Cameron Green was superb with the bat and to look at his innings and much more, Jack Paynter at Sabina Park joins Josh Schonafinger to discuss the day.  


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1 month ago
10 minutes 49 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 3, Day 1: Pink ball rips through, WI debutant stitched up

Eleven wickets for the day, eight in the final session! 

This series has been Test cricket on fast forward and day one in Kingston was no exception! 

Jack Paynter is at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to break down Steve Smith’s clock complaint, Kevlon Anderson’s tough initiation and Mitch Starc’s signature dish. 

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1 month ago
9 minutes 44 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
HAZLEWOOD: Inside Australia's elite bowling attack

The focus will rightly be on Mitch Starc this week ahead of his 100th Test match but few know him better than long-time teammate and partner in crime, Josh Hazlewood.

Hazlewood joins Jack Paynter in Jamaica to preview the milestone man in Kingston, the pink-ball factor, bowling with niggles, batting No.11 and plenty more.


EPISODE INDEX:

00:00 - Jack's update from Kingston

05:30 - Interview with Josh Hazlewood


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1 month ago
21 minutes 32 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Celebrating Starc's magnificent career, Short's American Life

With Mitch Starc on the cusp of a very special 100th Test match, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger look back at the career of the left-arm quick and look at what has made him so great.

Joining the show from Dallas, Texas is San Fran captain Matt Short, who has been in smoking form in the MLC and now has his side in the finals.


Plus, Wiaan Mulder's declaration, Jofra Archer's return, Hey Richo and plenty more.


EPISODE INDEX:

00:52 - Weekly winners

02:30 - To declare or not to declare

12:00 - Mitch Starc's 100th Test

24:00 - Matt Short Interview

34:30 - Jofra's back for England


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1 month ago
42 minutes 3 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 2, Day 4: Brathwaite bats in sunnies, Aussies win the series

As soon as the fourth innings begun it had an air of inevitability about it... 34.3 overs later and Australia had sealed the win, by 133 runs, and the series, 2-0.

Jack Paynter is in Grenada and was there to see another dog on the field, Kraigg Brathwaite batting in sunglasses, and another clinical bowling display from the superb Australian outfit.


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1 month ago
10 minutes 41 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 2 Day 3: Green and Smith stand tall
Cameron Green and Steve Smith both made half-centuries as the Aussies batted out the entire day for the first time in the series.

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1 month ago
11 minutes 15 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 2, Day 2: Dog runs riot as openers drop in crucial session
12 wickets fall on Day Two, but questions are raised over Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja. Plus, we hear from Josh Hazlewood on the unusual scenes with the amount of whites the Australians went through and the dog that stormed the field.

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1 month ago
12 minutes

The Unplayable Podcast
Test 2, Day 1: Webster and Carey to the rescue again

Australia chose to bat first and when they were 5-110 it looked like a cursed decision.

But a pair of 60s to Beau Webster and Alex Carey now has the visitors in a strong position in the second Test.


Jack Paynter is in Grenada and wraps up the day with Josh Schonafinger.


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1 month ago
12 minutes 56 seconds

The Unplayable Podcast
Welcome to The Unplayable Podcast, where we'll be talking all things cricket across Australia and around the world, brought to you by cricket.com.au.

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