The Unplayable Podcast

Aussies scoring runs in India ... that's nothing new is it? Matt Kuhnemann being the match-winner with the bat? Well, that's a new one. Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are back on deck to discuss all the latest cricket news as the domestic season finally gets underway, plus Australia's dual tours of the subcontinent have also brought some decent results.   EPISODE INDEX: 00:40 - Weekly...

It's the last week before the Australian domestic season properly gets underway so Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are on deck to chat through each of the men's states' chances in the Sheffield Shield. Richo also goes into some detail on what it means to have a stress fracture in the back after the news that 19-year-old Callum Vidler is suffering that fate this week. Plus TUP regular Louis C...

Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron in the slips cordon and desperately hope they won't drop Kevin Pietersen.   The fifth and final Test of the 2005 Ashes series is the subject of the last episode of cricket.com.au's special podcast series commemorating 20 years since the epic 2005 Ashes.   We all remember Shane Warne putting down KP - but do you recall the other c...

A bonus episode this week with some big news coming through in both women's and men's cricket! EPISODE INDEX: 0:30 - Australia's World Cup squad preview 8:30 - Starc chats about calling time in T20Is Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube . Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

On this week's episode of the Unplayable Podcast, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger discuss Mitch Starc's stellar T20I career, Pat Cummins' inconvenient back complaint, the Big Bash's superstars, what Australia's ODI World Cup squad could look like and the grand idea for a Gold Coast Big Bash team. Pat Cummins gives an update on his back Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on...

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are back at their home ground in the studio to bring you this week's episode - and from the ODI series to the Hundred to the A series, there's plenty still happening in late August! No special guest this week but the lads cover off Belinda Clark, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Dewald Brevis (again!), Sianna Ginger (again!), Riley Meredith and plenty more. Che...

England take the lead ... only just! Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron recap what would be the decisive Test match of an epic series, the fourth 2005 Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. EPISODE INDEX 2:00 - Series hits fever pitch 3:30 - England’s array of sporting sex symbols 7:00 - Australia’s mid-Tests trip to Scotland 9:30 - Best batting combo: Warne and Lee or Starc and Cummi...

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:...

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...

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...

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 Ponti...

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 - Woake...

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 steppin...

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.&nbsp...

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...

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...

Power hitters Tim David and Mitch Owen join The Unplayable Podcast ahead of the T20 series against West Indies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube . Get in your questions for 'Ask...

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...

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 m...

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.  Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouT...

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 Jo...

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...

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. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify...

Cameron Green and Steve Smith both made half-centuries as the Aussies batted out the entire day for the first time in the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.