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.
Jan 12, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 180
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.
Jan 11, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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.
Jan 10, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 178
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.
Jan 09, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 177
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.
Jan 08, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 176
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.
Jan 07, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 175
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 for more information.
Jan 05, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Cricket legend and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting breaks down day four of the second Vodafone Test match in Melbourne where India levelled the series with a comprehensive eight-wicket win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 29, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Test legend Ricky Ponting shares his thoughts on day three of the second Vodafone Test at the MCG where India's bowlers once again proved too good for Australia, who are hanging in with a mountain to climb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting breaks down day two of the second Vodafone Test match at the MCG where India are in a strong position following a century to their captain and poor fielding by the hosts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 27, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recaps an intriguing day one of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where India dismissed Australia for 195 after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 26, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Former Australia batter Mike Hussey joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris to review the incredible first Vodafone Test match from the Adelaide Oval where India were bowled out for just 36 (0:44), preview the second Test at the MCG (20:15) before finishing with a game of Play It or Leave It (38:22). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a ridiculous third day of the first Vodafone Test in Adelaide where India were bowled out for just 36 before Australia romped to an eight-wicket win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a dramatic day two of the first Vodafone Test in Adelaide where 15 wickets tumbled for only 211 as India took control despite a late twist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a captivating opening day of the first Vodafone Test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Australia's greatest off-spinner of all time Nathan Lyon joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris to preview the first Vodafone Test match in Adelaide, starting with a quick recap of where Lyon's career is at before discussing a handful of the key players to watch (4:22), and finishing with Lyon dishing the dirt on his Test teammates over the years (23.24) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Reigning KFC BBL Player of the Tournament and Melbourne Stars allrounder Marcus Stoinis joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris to preview season 10 of the KFC BBL. Everything you need to know about the Big Bash is covered, with a breakdown of every team, the players you'd want to hit a six off the last ball or bowl a dot ball, the best fielders, pound-for-pound players and the Flex Factor of each club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 08, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 164
This week Australia allrounder Moises Henriques joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris from inside the men's international bubble to discuss his international comeback in the second Dettol ODI against India (1:07), the brilliance of Steve Smith (9:45), living in the bubble (17:25), playing in front of crowds again (20:25), how the Australian team has changed since he last played in 2017 and the ripple effect of Cape Town (23:30), if he thought his days representing Australia were over (27:20...
Dec 01, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Two of the best one-day teams in the world will battle it out over three matches in the Dettol ODI Series starting Friday, November 27 at the SCG. To preview the mouth-watering series, cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron look at the players to watch, key match ups, stats that matter and a few silly points. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Former Australia batsman and Western Australia/Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to to discuss how to say his surname (2:00), how the opening four rounds of the Marsh Sheffield Shield season went (2:49), what makes young guns Cameron Green and Will Pucovski so good (9:30), where Mitch Marsh and Jhye Richardson are in their injury recovery (17:40), how the Scorchers are shaping up this summer for BBL|10 (20:30), and finish by discussing the new BBL rules ...
Nov 17, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Australia's selectors named a 17-man squad for the upcoming Vodafone Test series against India with five uncapped players and two exciting youngsters. Cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris brings you the talking points along with the 19-man Australia A squad to face the Indians in two three-day matches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 160
This week on The Unplayable Podcast, cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris chats to Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa about his time in Indian Premier League with RCB and what Virat Kohli is really like (2:36), what he has been doing on 'Loser Island' and which Seinfeld character he relates to (8:55), his game at the international level and September's UK series (10:55), some nuffy stuff about stats and leg-spin bowling (17:25), facing India in the upcoming Dettol ODI and T20 series (21:49), his m...
Nov 10, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 159
This week cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron discuss the retirement of Shane Watson (00:50) before Sam chats to Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood from Dubai about his season with CSK (05:41), his pick for the IPL (11:14), going from bubble to bubble (14:05), preparing to take on India (17:55), young guns Will Pucovski and Cameron Green (28:50) and how he gets the dirt on his teammates without being on social media (36:10). Sam and Louis then review round three of the Mars...
Nov 03, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 158
New South Wales fast bowler Sean Abbott joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss his brilliant start to the Marsh Sheffield Shield season (02:30), where he sits on the Australian pecking order (13:35), how he gave himself the nickname 'MJ' and how it has backfired (23:51). Cricket.com.au's Shield savant Louis Cameron then comes on to review Round 2 and preview Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield (28:00) before we finish with a quick look at the three squads India named for their upcomin...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 157
Australia vice-captain and No.1 Test bowler Pat Cummins joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss how he's enjoying the Indian Premier League (0:46), what he'd change first as Test captain (10:35), the upcoming India tour (11:22), hypothetical rule changes in Play It or Leave It (17:14), his chances of playing the BBL this summer (20:31) before finishing with a look at Pat's modelling career and his teammates who like to put on a show for the cameras (23:12). Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Oct 20, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 156
On today's episode cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris breaks down the opening round of the Marsh Sheffield Shield with our reporter in the Adelaide hub Louis Cameron and chats to Queensland opener Joe Burns after the Bulls pulled off a last-gasp win over Tasmania. Don't forget to subscribe to 'The Scoop Cricket Podcast' for all you need to know on the women's game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 13, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Former Australia allrounder and Chennai Super Kings opener Shane Watson takes us inside the IPL bubble (1:22), talks about the technical adjustment he made that has led to brutal results (6:00), tells us the players who have him impressed him (11:00), the teams to beat (14:45), how the IPL has changed over the years (18:05) and how he's been keeping busy and mentally fresh (23:40) before cricket.com.au journalist Louis Cameron previews the upcoming Marsh Sheffield Shield season (28:30) Hosted on...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 154
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh and current Aussie quick Kane Richardson join cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris this week. The cricket world was rocked last week by the tragic news of Dean Jones passing away, so on this episode we hear from Waugh about his memories of 'Deano' (2:56) before Richardson talks us through quarantine life (19:51), the UK T20I tour (24:23), the must-haves for a bio-secure bubble (33:50), the IPL (37:30) , the upcoming Marsh Sheffield Shield season (40:26) and t...
Sep 29, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Australia pace ace Mitch Starc is this week's special guest on The Unplayable Podcast, joining cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss the UK limited-overs tour (00:35), grade the Aussie bubble cafés (22:45), explain his quarantine situation (27:50), play a game where he matches roommates for theoretical lockdown (37:16) and what to expect when India tour this summer (46:00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 152
The Unplayable Podcast returns to its regular programming, with cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron reviewing Australia's mixed limited-overs tour of the UK as well as previewing the upcoming Indian Premier League, including some bonus Ricky Ponting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 151