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Cricketer's Playbook: Is Smith an Ashes lock? Ashwin v Kumble

Dec 20, 202444 min
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Episode description

Steve Smith broke a century drought in Brisbane, so is it enough to lock him into Australia's squad for the 2025 Ashes or will he need another score to cement his place?

The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they recap the key talking points from the Australia v India third Test, including the concern over Mitch Marsh's lack of bowling and what it means for his future.

They debate Marsh's place in the team and compare the careers of the retiring Ravi Ashwin and Anil Kumble.

They also partake in Rando's cricket trivia and track all the major tournament's in world cricket to announce their World Team of the Week.

03:30 Australia v India: Pressure on Marsh

10:30 Ravi Ashwin v Anil Kumble: Who had the better career?

16:20 The appeal: Does century lock Smith into Ashes squad?

23:00 Big Bash predictions

29:30 Rando's cricket trivia: Test cricket big hitters

32:30 World team of the week voting

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