The Unplayable Podcast

Sheffield Shield-winning Queensland captain Usman Khawaja joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris on the series finale of The Unplayable Podcast to discuss the Bulls' triumph over the Blues in the Marsh Sheffield Shield final (0:55), turning into Captain Grumpy this season (09:30), Queensland's Shield victory celebrations (14:17), dealing with the challenges this summer (17:30), the bonus-point...

In the penultimate Unplayable Podcast episode of the season, cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris is joined by hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy to talk about the Australian Women's Cricket Team's incredible ODI winning streak (01:04) and pace ace Mitch Starc to discuss the upcoming Marsh Sheffield Shield final between the Blues and the Bulls (28:14). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Australia vice-captain and Kolkata Knight Riders quick Pat Cummins joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to preview the upcoming Indian Premier League season by going through each club in alphabetical order and naming a danger man and player to watch (4:15) before finishing off with a look ahead to the upcoming finals in the Marsh One-Day Cup and Marsh Sheffield Shield (29:00). Hosted on Acas...

Cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris is joined by Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon on this week's episode of The Unplayable Podcast to discuss playing his first full Marsh Sheffield season with NSW (1:12), getting overlooked in all the captaincy talk (9:15), reflecting on the Test series against India (16:15), who he is backing in the ICC World Test Championship final (25:24) and how he has two e...

Former Australia opener, Tasmania legend and successful coach Michael Di Venuto chats to cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris about his coaching/lurking role with Tasmania (01:55), coaching England powerhouse County Surrey and the state of first-class cricket in England and Australia (4:51), the impressive talent in Australia (16:03), working with Steve Smith (19:11), England's chances in the Ashes...

This week cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris has an in-depth chat with Australia, Tasmania and Hurricanes fast bowler Riley Meredith, starting with his junior days (01:00), early days with Tasmania (05:41), professional debuts (09:00), his first taste of the KFC BBL (17:00), his glorious moustache and compliments from Shane Warne (22:50), his international debut in NZ (27:35), WWED (34:50) and s...

On this week's episode, cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron review Australia's men's T20 tour of New Zealand and look ahead to this year's T20 World Cup in India (00:52) before discussing the latest round of the Marsh Sheffield Shield and some of the standout performers (27:00). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

On the eve of his 100th match for Australia, leg-spinner Adam Zampa joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss the ongoing T20 tour of New Zealand (00:30), reflect on his career that started five years and 99 matches ago (10:20) and break down the numbers from his games in the green and gold of his country (24:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystu...

Australia allrounder Ashton Agar joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss his cricket comeback in Christchurch (00:47), Devon Conway's incredible knock (05:17), Australia's run chase (08:20), his combination with Adam Zampa and what 'defensive bowling' means (10:34), how Australia can rebound under head coach Andrew McDonald (15:28), the squad's new IPL millionaires (19:10) and finish...

Australia and NSW fast bowler Josh Hazlewood joins cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris to chat about the Border-Gavaskar Test series (01:24), the postponed South Africa Test tour (08:08), the India-England Test series (09:20), new NSW one-day captain Pat Cummins and the Marsh Sheffield Shield resumption (13:06), the IPL (19:45) and finish with a game of Play It or Leave It (21:04). Hosted on Acast....

Sydney Sixers fast bowler Sean Abbott and NSW Breakers captain Alyssa Healy join cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris this week. First, Abbott revisits the Sydney Sixers' KFC BBL win over the Perth Scorchers and the epic celebrations (01:05) before Healy discusses NSW's upcoming WNCL season and the new Amazon cricket documentary 'The Record', which covers Australia's dramatic T20 World Cup win in...

Adelaide Strikers coach and former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie chats with cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris about the Strikers' season (00:47), the players who impressed this summer (01:48), life in the BBL bubble (07:56), the two remaining finals and Dizzy's tip to win the title (10:59) before discussing the new BBL rules and potential tweaks that could be made (15:57). Hosted on Acast...

Following India's remarkable 2-1 defeat of Australia in the Vodafone Test series, cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris chats with senior writer Andrew Ramsey and former England international and Fox Cricket commentator Isa Guha about what is being called one of the greatest Test series ever. Sam and Rambo break down the fourth Test and the series on a whole (00:31) before Sam speaks with Isa (19:30)...

Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting breaks down day five of the fourth Vodafone Test at the Gabba, where India re-wrote the history books by chasing down a monster target and sealing the series 2-1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recaps day four of the fourth and final Vodafone Test at the Gabba, where Australia set India 328 to win the series decider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting recaps day three of the fourth Vodafone Test at the Gabba where a magnificent lower-order partnership changed the course of the match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting recaps day two of the fourth Vodafone Test at the Gabba where the match is delicately poised after rain cut short another enthralling day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recaps day one of the fourth Vodafone Test at the Gabba where the hosts posted 5-274 at stumps and India suffered more injury setbacks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, cricket.com.au reporters Sam Ferris and Josh Schonafinger quickly recap the third Test in Sydney before looking ahead to the series-deciding finale at the Gabba. Also hear from Australia captain Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon ahead of his 100th Test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting wraps up the final day of the third Vodafone Test at the SCG where India batted out the final day to draw the match and set up a series decider in Brisbane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting discusses the major talking points from the fourth day of the third Test at the SCG where Australia put in another dominant display to be just eight wickets away from taking a 2-1 series lead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting breaks down day three of the third Vodafone Test at the SCG where Australia dominated India from start to finish to be in complete control of the match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recaps day two of the third Test at the SCG where Steve Smith scored his 27th Test century and India hold a slight advantage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recaps day one of the third Vodafone Test at the SCG where Australia are in command at 2-166 at stumps. Will Pucovski lived a charmed life on his way to an impressive 62 before Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith saw the Aussies to the close of play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Former Australia fast bowler and President of the McGrath Foundation Glenn McGrath joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris (15.41) to chat about the Pink Test and the McGrath Foundation's new initiative. Either side of McGrath, Sam chats to senior writer Andrew Ramsey to preview the third Vodafone Test (1:05) and take part in a game of Play It or Leave It (28.28). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...