The Unplayable Podcast

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat through the week’s cricket news including the thrilling finish between England and India.

Also on the agenda is Australia’s men’s next assignment against South Africa in Darwin, before we cut to a chat with women’s cricket editor Laura Jolly to explain the women’s return to cricket and their build up to the ODI World Cup. 

EPISODE INDEX:

2:30 - Woakes’ ‘legacy enhancer’ 

5:00 - Australia v South Africa series preview

10:05 - Australia A women’s series against India A with Laura Jolly

20:30 - Richo likes the Hundred

23:15 - Breakout contenders locked in

28:00 - Richo’s return to work in Top End T20

31:45 - Artificial Intelligence tries sledging 

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Andrew Ramsey, The Australian newspaper’s cricket correspondent for the 2005 Ashes, keeps both gloves on his bat to re-live one of the greatest Ashes Tests ever with host, Louis Cameron, on the 20th anniversary of the Edgbaston epic.

It was a Test made famous by Glenn McGrath’s rolled ankle, Ricky Ponting’s fateful ‘we’ll have a bowl’, reverse swing, Andrew Flintoff brilliance, Shane Warne stepping on his stumps, Michael Kasprowicz’s last-ditch departure and an iconic photograph of sportsmanship.

But we have delved even deeper, into John Buchanan’s fondness for a Worcestershire cake stall, an Ashley Giles sideshow, the Ponting-Warne dynamic, security concerns that gripped the Australian camp, and so much more.

Episode index:

2.00 What it was like to cover a 'surreal' Ashes tour

7.00 When Clarke and Kasprowicz lost all their playing kit at Leicestershire

11.15 John Buchanan perusing the Worcestershire cake stall

12.50 Should Ponting have listened to Warne before the toss?

17.40 The factors that led to McGrath's fateful ankle roll

33.30 Giles fires back at the doubters after becoming a 'one-man sideshow' between Tests

37.45 The Geraint Jones narrative arc

39.20 The little-known story behind iconic Flintoff-Lee photo

50.15 England's reverse-swing advantage

1.02.15 Harmison's slower ball to Clarke, Flintoff's over of brilliance to Ponting

1.24.30 The security concerns after Tube bombings

Listen to our episode on the first Test, 'A false dawn at Lord's' (July 21) by scrolling down in our podcast feed now.

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After watching Australia blitz West Indies 5-0 in the T20 series, the Unplayable Podcast's Jack Paytner gives us a end-of-tour recap from the Caribbean. 

On the agenda is the Aussies' middle-order weapons Mitch Owen and Tim David, more opportunity for Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green's best series to date and plenty more, such as the latest on Australia's squad to face South Africa in August. 

With Kane Richardson away this week, Jack and Josh Schonafinger also lock in their five breakout players for the upcoming summer. 

EPISODE INDEX:

1:10 - Weekly Winner

4:19 - Wrap up from the West Indies

15:19 - Australia’s squads to face South Africa 

20:00 - Ben Stokes handshake saga

25:20 - Breakout player nominations

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The Edgbaston Ashes Test of 2005 will forever live in cricketing folklore as one of the great finishes to a match and the player central to the climax was Australia fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz.

The Queenslander joins Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger to recall that epic series, why he was told he "saved Test cricket", playing with Shane Warne and how that '05 contest is remembered.

EPISODE INDEX:

03:15 - Aussies start T20 series strongly

10:20 - Return of the Champions League?

15:30 - Runs and runs for Australia A

20:05 - Kasprowicz interview begins

32:00 - How Kaspa saved Test cricket

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Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron in the England dressing rooms to belt out ‘Underneath the Southern Cross’ after one too many Fosters.

While they were down there, they also re-lived the first Test of the epic 2005 Ashes series, where Australian hubris surely peaked.

Today, July 21, marks 20 years since the famous contest began, and this is the first edition of a five-part series where we walk you through the battle Test-by-Test.

EPISODE INDEX:

12.26 – England’s statement of intent with the ball that left Hayden, Langer and Ponting bloodied and bruised

22:07 – Why Beverley from Bristol ensured this was the last Test series in England to see play begin at 10.30am instead of 11am

26:35 – Glenn McGrath’s special 500-wicket shoes

32:48 – Justin Langer chiding England for treating Ashes like “war”

36:30 – Selection table: Should Michael Clarke have been dropped and how close was Kevin Pietersen to not playing?

1:04:30 – The legend of the Aussies singing the team song in the England sheds

1:07:20 – The best and worst takes from this Test

1:14:32 – Rudi Koertzen’s slow finger of death

1:24:36 – Shane Warne laying the platform for an all-time tour and continue to live rent-free in England brains

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After the success of "Dod's Army" in Jamaica, is a four-pronged pace-attack an option for future Tests?

And who is putting their hand up for a spot at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka?

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat through the week's cricket news in the latest TUP weekly.

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Thrilling. Scintillating. Mesmerising. The potential superlatives for that Australian bowling performance go on and on.

From Mitch Starc’s 400th Test wicket and record five-wicket haul, to Scott Boland’s centimetre-perfect hat-trick, day three in Kingston was one big highlight for the visitors. 

Jack Paynter was there at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to recap the West Indies’ lowest-ever Test score.  

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Scott Boland started things off and Alzarri Joseph finished day two in style - another fantastic day for the fast bowlers as the Frank Worrell Trophy rapidly approaches its conclusion. 

Australia hold a valuable 181-run lead but another wobbly top-order performance raises more question marks ahead of the Ashes summer.

Cameron Green was superb with the bat and to look at his innings and much more, Jack Paynter at Sabina Park joins Josh Schonafinger to discuss the day.  

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Eleven wickets for the day, eight in the final session! 

This series has been Test cricket on fast forward and day one in Kingston was no exception! 

Jack Paynter is at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to break down Steve Smith’s clock complaint, Kevlon Anderson’s tough initiation and Mitch Starc’s signature dish. 

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