Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy and Brad Haddin to unpack three days of Test cricket between the West Indies and Australia. Just how good are the Australian bowlers? We're backing the Australian top order for the bigger picture. Steve Smith is back for the second Test, and Shane Lee has weighed in on the Konstas situation. We preview the upcoming Test between England and India. Jofra Archer is back in the England squad, and in a world first - Brad Haddin is complimenting England's style, referri...
Jun 30, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Adam Peacock joins you, Alyssa Healy and Brad Haddin to go through one of the greatest Test matches in recent times - England vs India. We look back at the telling cliché "catches win matches" and where it went wrong for India in defeat. The English batting line-up is looking good - will they trouble Australia in the Ashes? The Australian tour of the West Indies is underway, and we go through our quick-fire predictions. Hadds and Healy share their great memories of the Caribbean, and Peacock nam...
Jun 25, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Adam Peacock joins you, Brad Haddin & Alyssa Healy to unravel the latest changes to Australia's Test squad and decide their order for the new-look top six. We chat about Inglis's journey into the Test side, where Nathan McSweeney could fit in, and Mitch Starc's 100th game that is looming on the horizon. Brad Haddin shares his great memories of playing in the Caribbean, along with a wild story featuring Heals at the World Cup. Plus, we look at India vs England and the first three days of the ...
Jun 23, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Adam Peacock joins you and Brad Haddin for another episode of Willow Talk, where we address your feedback from the WTC final review. Could we see a potential move up the order for Travis Head? Is Inglis ready for the top side? Steyn vs Rabada - who’s better? Plus, in a special edition of Ask Hadds, we preview the India vs England Test series starting this week and answer your questions: Will England be able to handle Bumrah? Is Shubman Gill up to the leadership task? Will Jacob Bethell make the ...
Jun 18, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 102
Adam Peacock joins you and Brad Haddin to look at what went wrong for Australia in the WTC final. Haddin commends Aiden Markram's historic innings for the Proteas, ranks Rabada among the top three bowlers in Test cricket, and discusses the Australian Test side for the upcoming West Indies series, sharing the changes that will help moving forward. Haddin also shares his thoughts on the team's preparation and we look at a few players on the fringe of the Australian squad who could be close to a ca...
Jun 16, 2025•42 min•Season 2Ep. 101
Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine joins Adam Peacock, Brad Haddin and you for another feature episode of Willow Talk. Paine is currently coaching the Adelaide Strikers BBL side and shares their plans for the upcoming BBL draft, as well as which international players he thinks would fit well in the squad. The WTC final is underway in England and Paine shares his thoughts on the current state of the Australian side. He also doubles down on his views regarding the Kagiso Rabada incident, whi...
Jun 11, 2025•51 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Adam Peacock joins you and Brad Haddin back in the studio to preview the World Test Championship Final, which starts tomorrow. Hadds shares some of his greatest memories against South Africa. We look at the potential lineup for Australia, Hadds runs us through the danger men of South Africa, shares his thoughts on the preparation of the Australian side, and looks at Pat Cummins’ interview with Willow Talk ahead of the match. Plus, Hadds shares his thoughts on the 2025 IPL, how he and the rest of...
Jun 10, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 99
Adam Peacock, Alyssa Healy and you are joined by Mark 'Tubby' Taylor to go over some of his greatest battles against South Africa. Tubby shares his most memorable moments, including losing the "unloseable" match in 1994, Allan Border's last Test match, Ian Healy winning the game at the Wanderers, Shane Warne vs Daryll Cullinan, playing against Hansie Cronje, his first match as captain, and more. Plus, Taylor shares his thoughts on the IPL final, tells a cracking story about when he first met Vir...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 98
Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy to preview the upcoming IPL final between Hadds' Kings and RCB . They discuss Shreyas Iyer's match-winning knock, the pressure facing Virat Kohli and RCB, and debate what the Willow Talk crew's win bonus should be if Punjab secures victory. The episode also touches on Glenn Maxwell's ODI career (with a deeper dive promised in Thursday's episode) and celebrates the special date of June 2, marking the birthdays of Steve and Mark Waugh, as well as Steve Smith. We sha...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 97
Brad Haddin joins Adam Peacock live from India ahead of the Punjab Kings' qualifier final against RCB tonight. Hadds talks us through the Australian movement ahead of the WTC final, Josh Inglis's comparison to Jos Buttler, Mitch Marsh's superb form, and the talented young openers currently with Punjab. Plus, Hadds shares why he thinks Rishabh Pant will be the best keeper-batsman India has ever seen, Tim David's efficient work rate in the IPL, Harry Brook's first challenge as England's white-ball...
May 29, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 96
Adam Peacock is joined by former England fast bowler Steve Harmison for the second edition of English Willow Talk. Harmison discusses all things Ashes, from his first series in 2002/03 - when he toured Australia and faced some of the game's greats - to his interactions with legends such as David Boon, Rod Marsh, and Steve Waugh. He reflects on the greatest player he ever played against, Ricky Ponting, and shares some of the best sledges he received from Australian crowds. Harmison delves into th...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 95
Adam Peacock, Alyssa Healy, and Brad Haddin are back to look ahead to the upcoming WTC Final in England. Haddin names his XI and reveals who he thinks should be opening the batting. Is there a world where Nathan Lyon misses out due to four seamers? Marnus has had two misses in County cricket, and Cam Green is absolutely flying. We look at the IPL, as Hadds' Kings are on a roll heading into the playoffs, while Delhi can't buy a wicket without Mitchell Starc. Plus, we head to Sundries to check out...
May 21, 2025•45 min•Season 2Ep. 94
Alyssa Healy & Adam Peacock are joined by Alex Carey ahead of Australia's World Test Championship final match against South Africa. We talk to Carey about his prep for the fixture, who he thinks should open the batting for Australia, what playing with Sam Konstas is like and how he feels the reception at Lord's will be after the Bairstow incident. Carey talks about the remarkable effort of the South Australian cricket side in their successful 2024/25 season, whether they can turn this into a...
May 20, 2025•44 min•Season 2Ep. 93
Alyssa Healy joins Adam Peacock to look at the 15-man Australian squad named ahead of the World Test Championship Final. Healy names her best XI, and we preview the South African squad along with the danger men in their team and bowling attack. Off the back of Virat Kohli's retirement, we look at the best moments and memories of his career. Healy shares her experiences interacting with Kohli, and Peacock has a special 'Kohli Quiz.' We also look at the newly scheduled IPL — will Starc and the res...
May 14, 2025•39 min•Season 2Ep. 92
After an early flight home from India, Alyssa Healy is back with Adam Peacock to share her stories from the 2025 IPL, what went down in Dharamshala when Delhi vs Punjab got called off early, the 'scare' they had with a firework and will Starc and the rest of the Australians return for the remainder of the tournament. We look at Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli's retirement from Test cricket, are Shubman Gill & Pant ready to lead India. Plus, Marcus Harris can't stop scoring runs in England, Ma...
May 12, 2025•44 min•Season 2Ep. 91
All three of us are back! Adam Peacock is joined by Brad Haddin and Alyssa Healy, live from Dharamshala, India, to talk about the inaugural Willow Talk Trophy match between Delhi and Punjab. We discuss who the key players are, how Maxwell is going, Mitch Owen's last-minute call-up, Jake Fraser-McGurk's struggles, Chahal being a 'pest', and who makes the IPL playoffs. Plus, we give all of the Australians in the IPL a report card and look at England's unusual rise in the ICC Test rankings. Send yo...
May 07, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 90
Adam Peacock and Sam Ferris join you to discuss the latest from the IPL, including wins to Hadds' Punjab Kings XI and thrilling wins by KKR and RCB. The guys then run through the top Aussie performers in county cricket before you hear from Fergus O'Neill, the Vic quick who dominated in his shirt stint with Notts. After the break, Sam puts Adam (and you) through an overdue performance review before finishing with Sundries and a look at Kagiso Rabada's recreational drug ban, Virat Kohli's unintent...
May 05, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 89
Adam Peacock is joined by Daily Telegraph and Code Sports cricket journalist Ben Horne to talk about then brilliance of Vaibhav Suryavanshi the 14-year-old wonder kid in the IPL who's just hit a 35 ball century, we talk about the Australians in the IPL, Hazlewood's success with the ball and Starc's almost Hat-Trick. Plus, we look at the five biggest headlines for cricket this winter, how England can win The Ashes, the headache George Bailey and Andrew McDonald are facing and Horne's run in with ...
Apr 30, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 88
Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy live from Delhi, India to catch up on all of the latest cricket action from around the globe. Heals share insight on what it's like inside the Delhi camp at the moment, Hazlewood and RCB have rocketed to the top of the ladder, Bumrah is back and Mumbai are looking good, KL Rahul vs Kohli and the Sunrisers holiday. Plus, Ask Heals: IPL 2025 edition where we open the floor up to the listener and get questions from "What's your favourite IPL match" top "What's your f...
Apr 28, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Adam Peacock joins Brad Haddin live from Kolkata, India to give us an update on the 2025 IPL season thus far, Hadds talks about the trends in the competition he has seen, the poor fielding, some of his favourite stories to come from the IPL, KL Rahul's class, what's happening with the Sunrisers and how the Australians have fit in with the local and other international players at the Kings, Hadds shares his thoughts on Gill, Iyer and Jansen and the class they bring to the game. Plus, in a special...
Apr 24, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Leading into the 2025/26 Ashes series we present our brand new "English Willow Talk" Series. Adam Peacock and Brad Haddin are joined by English legend Graeme Swann to talk about his greatest Ashes moments, Swann dives into the '09 physio story, Broad at The Oval in '09, Peter Siddle's Hat-trick, the iconic sprinkler, Stuart Broad's edge. Plus, Hadds and Swann share their greatest memories from the 13/14 Ashes series. Let us know who you want us to chat to next on English Willow Talk series. Send...
Apr 21, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy live from Delhi to chat about one of the greatest IPL matches of all time where the Punjab Kings defeated KKR in a thriller (thankfully Hadds was on the winning side), we chat MS Dhoni and the crazy feats he is still achieving, Heals shares what a day in the life at the IPL is like (including a cheeky appearance from Mitch Starc). Plus, we are joined by Tasmanian big hitter Mitch Owen to chat about his time over in Pakistan in the PSL, some of his summer highlight...
Apr 16, 2025•43 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Adam Peacock joins guest co-host Jake Lehmann to talk about the legendary South Australian championship run where they won the Dean Jones Cup and Sheffield Shield, the celebrations after that, Ryan Harris's influence on the side, Gillespie's impact in building the squad, how good McSweeney is at leading the side and what Alex Carey brought back from the Test side. Plus, he talks about Travis Head being a "Rich Bogan", Jimmy Anderson being "Basically an Aussie", and the fiery incident between Hea...
Apr 14, 2025•42 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Alyssa Healy and Adam Peacock join you to talk about the early retirement of Australia Test Batter Will Pucovski, Heals discusses her experience with concussion and the severity of head knocks in cricket and is Mitch Marsh the perfect impact sub in the IPL? Plus, we chat to New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner about his 20+ year career, some of the great battles he had with Steve Smith & Matt Wade in 2019/20 and growing up playing against AB de Villiers. It's Masters week so Willow Talk golf ...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Adam Peacock & Alyssa Healy are joined by Australian spin bowler Matt Kuhnemann to chat about his latest bowling controversy. Kuhnemann talks about his journey to where he is today in cricket, net bowling to Marnus for hours on end and his thoughts on Nathan Lyon as one of the greatest to ever do it. Matt talks about the process he went through when the ICC was testing his action and how that came about. Plus, Heals is on to talk about the entertaining first few days of County + Delhi's unde...
Apr 07, 2025•54 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy to look at the Cricket Australia national contracts for the 2025/26 season, who were the winners and who were the losers? Can Bradley Haddin's Punjab Kings win the IPL, we look forward to May 9 where Starc's Capitals will take on Haddin's Kings, who are the Australians to keep an eye on in the world of County cricket. Plus, Heals is back with another history lesson and we dive into Sundries! Send your cricket club cap to Producer Joel at the following address: Joe...
Apr 02, 2025•41 min•Season 2Ep. 80
Adam Peacock and Alyssa Healy join Greg Blewett to talk about South Australia's historic Sheffield Shield win, the 1996 South Australia win and some of the great stories coming out of the 2025 SACA squad. Plus, we look into the Australian Men's & Women's schedule for the 2025/26 summer, look at Mitch Starc and the Australian's success in the IPL and then hear from Blewy about some of the stories from his Test debut 100 to Ambrose vs Waugh on the West Indies 1995 tour! Send your cricket club ...
Mar 31, 2025•53 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Adam Peacock and former Willow Talk producer/impact sub Sam Ferris join you to recap the latest cricket news including Punjab's win in the IPL, Starc and Marsh dominating for Delhi, the Gabba getting demolished after the Brisbane Olympics, two umpires dumped from the ICC Elite Panel and the Japan Premier League draft - yes, it's a thing! Then we've got a special edition of Ask Heals for you covering all kinds weird and wonderful of topics. Send your cricket club cap to Producer Joel at the follo...
Mar 26, 2025•45 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Adam Peacock joins Alyssa Healy to preview the upcoming Sheffield Shield final in Australia, will Khawaja Play? We look into weekend one of the IPL after a mammoth 528 runs was hit in one of the matches and discuss the tough situation for the bowlers. Plus, we dive into the Australian Women's destruction of New Zealand and finish with a special birthday edition of Ask Heals and answer the question: What is the best present Starcy has got for Heals? Send your cricket club cap to Producer Joel at ...
Mar 24, 2025•48 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Adam Peacock & Alyssa Healy join Brad Haddin on the ground in India to preview the 2025 IPL, talk about Haddin's Bollywood debut, Ricky Ponting's excellent style of leadership and coaching, the 13 year old in the IPL and the impact that Kohli & Dhoni have had on the competition. Plus, we look at all of the teams key players and chances of taking out the tournament and finish with Sheffield Shield chat with the upcoming final. Send your cricket club cap to Producer Joel at the following a...
Mar 20, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 76
