The Unplayable Podcast

Cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris is joined by Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon on this week's episode of The Unplayable Podcast to discuss playing his first full Marsh Sheffield season with NSW (1:12), getting overlooked in all the captaincy talk (9:15), reflecting on the Test series against India (16:15), who he is backing in the ICC World Test Championship final (25:24) and how he has two eyes on the Ashes already (27:41).

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Former Australia opener, Tasmania legend and successful coach Michael Di Venuto chats to cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris about his coaching/lurking role with Tasmania (01:55), coaching England powerhouse County Surrey and the state of first-class cricket in England and Australia (4:51), the impressive talent in Australia (16:03), working with Steve Smith (19:11), England's chances in the Ashes and their bowling rotation policy ( 21:33) and Diva's coaching aspirations (26:47).

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This week cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris has an in-depth chat with Australia, Tasmania and Hurricanes fast bowler Riley Meredith, starting with his junior days (01:00), early days with Tasmania (05:41), professional debuts (09:00), his first taste of the KFC BBL (17:00), his glorious moustache and compliments from Shane Warne (22:50), his international debut in NZ (27:35), WWED (34:50) and saving the domestic season (38:20)

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On this week's episode, cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron review Australia's men's T20 tour of New Zealand and look ahead to this year's T20 World Cup in India (00:52) before discussing the latest round of the Marsh Sheffield Shield and some of the standout performers (27:00).

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On the eve of his 100th match for Australia, leg-spinner Adam Zampa joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss the ongoing T20 tour of New Zealand (00:30), reflect on his career that started five years and 99 matches ago (10:20) and break down the numbers from his games in the green and gold of his country (24:40).

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Australia allrounder Ashton Agar joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss his cricket comeback in Christchurch (00:47), Devon Conway's incredible knock (05:17), Australia's run chase (08:20), his combination with Adam Zampa and what 'defensive bowling' means (10:34), how Australia can rebound under head coach Andrew McDonald (15:28), the squad's new IPL millionaires (19:10) and finish with the mysterious origins of his unusual nickname (23:26).

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Australia and NSW fast bowler Josh Hazlewood joins cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris to chat about the Border-Gavaskar Test series (01:24), the postponed South Africa Test tour (08:08), the India-England Test series (09:20), new NSW one-day captain Pat Cummins and the Marsh Sheffield Shield resumption (13:06), the IPL (19:45) and finish with a game of Play It or Leave It (21:04).

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Sydney Sixers fast bowler Sean Abbott and NSW Breakers captain Alyssa Healy join cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris this week. First, Abbott revisits the Sydney Sixers' KFC BBL win over the Perth Scorchers and the epic celebrations (01:05) before Healy discusses NSW's upcoming WNCL season and the new Amazon cricket documentary 'The Record', which covers Australia's dramatic T20 World Cup win in 2020 (16:18).

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Adelaide Strikers coach and former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie chats with cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris about the Strikers' season (00:47), the players who impressed this summer (01:48), life in the BBL bubble (07:56), the two remaining finals and Dizzy's tip to win the title (10:59) before discussing the new BBL rules and potential tweaks that could be made (15:57).

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Following India's remarkable 2-1 defeat of Australia in the Vodafone Test series, cricket.com.au reporter Sam Ferris chats with senior writer Andrew Ramsey and former England international and Fox Cricket commentator Isa Guha about what is being called one of the greatest Test series ever. Sam and Rambo break down the fourth Test and the series on a whole (00:31) before Sam speaks with Isa (19:30) about the incredible result, Ajinkya Rahane's leadership, what this means for next summer's Ashes and what it's like working at Fox Cricket before Rambo picks his performances of the summer (36:30)

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