Where do you begin with that game? Here's our rapid analysis of a wild and wacky two-day Test.

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Did that live up to the hype? A whopping 19 wickets tumbled on an incredible day of Test cricket to open up the 2025-26 Ashes series. 

Louis Cameron and Josh Schonafinger were there at Perth Stadium and try to wade through all the talking points from a helter-skelter, action-packed day. 

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With Ashes fever hitting fever pitch, Cameron Green joins the Unplayable Podcast from Perth Stadium to discuss the upcoming battle with England, his return to bowling, moving around the batting order and taking screamers in the gully. 

Before that, Louis Cameron and Josh Schonafinger discuss the selection dilemmas for both sides and look at what to expect in Perth. 

EPISODE INDEX:

(01:33) - Brendan Doggett’s potential Baggy Green

(05:45) - Jake Weatherald’s potential Baggy Green

(09:30) - England’s selection crunch

(13:45) - The Joe Root century question

(16:25) - GREEN INTERVIEW BEGINS

(18:30) - Bowling full tilt

(21:05) - Batting No.3

(24:00) - Clicking in white-ball cricket

 

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For the final time in 2025, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are in the Unplayable Podcast studio and ready to dive in to all the latest Ashes news. 

With only a week until the first ball at Perth Stadium, there's lots to discuss, from the Sheffield Shield results, the potential make up of both sides, and England's unusual preparations in the west. 

 

EPISODE INDEX:

(01:40) - Weekly Winner

(07:45) - Sheffield Shield round four run down

(17:00) - The pros and cons of being 12th man

(19:50) - England’s prep in the west

(26:50) - WTC’s new format

(32:00) - Left-field Ashes predictions

(43:10) - Hey Richo

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A quarter century of amazing cricket deserves to be recognised! So we've scoured through over 1,500 internationals played out by Australia's men's and women's teams to bring you the complete top 25.

We've rated each match based on six categories; context or occasion, star power, performances, drama or tension, watchability and how it's remembered today. To prevent spoilers, we won't list what each match is in the episode index, but we will leave time stamps for each new entrant.

Don't forget to head to the CA Live app to take part in the fan voted bracket for best matches since 2000.

 

EPISODE INDEX:

01:35 - Match No.5

11:46 - Match No.4

18:28 - Match No.3

25:03 - Match No.2

30:11 - Match No.1

 

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The future is in good hands! In this bonus episode of the Unplayable Podcast, two of Australia's 2024 U19 World Cup winning side, captain Hugh Weibgen and player-of-the-match in the final Mahli Beardman talk all things cricket.

Beardman is a tearaway quick from Western Australia who is currently in Australia's T20I squad and Weibgen is a top-order batter from Queensland who has already impressed this domestic season.

 

EPISODE INDEX:

00:14 - Beardman chat begins

17:00 - Weibgen chat begins

 

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Jake Weatherald is one of the 15 Aussies named in the highly-anticipated Ashes squad for this summer and Kane Richardson believes he's set to face the first ball of the series.

 

EPISODE INDEX:

01:00 - Weekly Winner

03:55 - Ashes squad breakdown 

08:45 - George Bailey grabs from press conference

11:02 - Konstas dropped

14:20 - England’s preparation 

18:36 - All square in T20I series

24:03 - Stat Padding returns

27:15 - Talking Boony & Beefy

29:44 - Barmy Army’s newest song

 

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A quarter century of amazing cricket deserves to be recognised! So we've scoured through over 1,500 internationals played out by Australia's men's and women's teams to bring you the complete top 25.

We've rated each match based on six categories; context or occasion, star power, performances, drama or tension, watchability and how it's remembered today. To prevent spoilers, we won't list what each match is in the episode index, but we will leave time stamps for each new entrant.

Don't forget to head to the CA Live app to take part in the fan voted bracket for best matches since 2000.

 

EPISODE INDEX:

01:07 - Match No.10

10:08 - Match No.9

15:44 - Match No.8

20:54 - Match No.7

26:35 - Match No.6

 

Matches 5-1 will drop next Monday, November 10. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube. This episode of the Unplayable Podcast is proudly brought to you by Qantas, the official airline partner of Cricket Australia.

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Good luck to the Aussies in the World Cup semi finals! Fast bowler Darcie Brown joins the show to give an update on the mood in the camp and what it’s been like on the road for the last seven weeks in India and Sri Lanka. 

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chew the fat about Alana King’s heroics, the BKT Tyres T20 Series against India and yep, more Ashes chat. 

 

EPISODE INDEX:

01:00 - Weekly Winner

07:50 - Darcie Brown interview from Mumbai

19:45 - Ashes storylines bubbling away

21:40 - Richo’s Ashes smoky

26:50 - T20 series preview 

30:00 - Ben McDermott’s back

35:50 - New segment: Stat padding 

40:55 - Ian Healy’s bin 

42:50 - Hey Richo 

 

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Josh Philippe's enjoyed a stellar season so far, with centuries for Australia A, a return to the ODI side and a new look as well!

The talented keeper-batter joins the Unplayable Podcast to discuss the latest, following Josh Schonafinger and Louis Cameron's BKT Tyres T20I series preview.

 

EPISODE INDEX:

00:30 - AUS v IND T20I series preview

16:04 - Josh Philippe interview

 

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