Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are back for another week to discuss all the latest cricket news and in particular focus on that relationship with the 'little sibling', our friends across 'The Ditch', New Zealand!

EPISODE INDEX:

00:47 - Weekly Winner

01:47 - New Zealand’s take on the trans-Tasman rivalry

06:30 - Australia’s World Cup campaign begins

12:05 - Philippe replaces Maxwell in New Zealand

15:03 - Sheffield Shield mini-preview

20:10 - Under 19s update

24:00 - Clubby Commandments

27:21 - Tune in to the Ashes Live Rewind

29:20 - Hey Richo

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

This episode of the Unplayable Podcast is proudly brought to you by Qantas, the official airline partner of Cricket Australia.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perhaps the biggest coup in BBL history? Jack Paynter joins Josh Schonafinger for a bonus episode of the Unplayable Podcast to explain just how Ravichandran Ashwin ended up at the Sydney Thunder.

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

This episode of the Unplayable Podcast is proudly brought to you by Qantas, the official airline partner of Cricket Australia.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Strikers to the Renegades to the ... ???

Kane Richardson has some big news to share, Laura Jolly gives an update from India after Australia's 2-1 series win and there's plenty of domestic cricket to cover too.

Plus England have named their 16-man Ashes squad.

EPISODE INDEX:

0:45 - Weekly Winner

2:10 - Richo reveals his new BBL team

7:50 - LJ’s update from India

18:35 - LJ’s five breakout players

23:20 - Around the domestic cricket grounds

30:13 - Australia A lads going well

32:35 - Under-19s in action in Brisbane

34:53 - England’s Ashes squad announced

40:30 - Hey Richo

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aussies scoring runs in India ... that's nothing new is it? Matt Kuhnemann being the match-winner with the bat? Well, that's a new one.

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are back on deck to discuss all the latest cricket news as the domestic season finally gets underway, plus Australia's dual tours of the subcontinent have also brought some decent results.

EPISODE INDEX:

00:40 - Weekly Winners

05:30 - Australia make strong start in India ODIs

08:00 - Konstas tons up in Lucknow

13:00 - Kuhnemann the hero as One-Day Cup begins

16:20 - Zampa’s fashion statement

18:40 - WNCL 2025-26 preview

32:00 - Hey Richo

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last week before the Australian domestic season properly gets underway so Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger are on deck to chat through each of the men's states' chances in the Sheffield Shield.

Richo also goes into some detail on what it means to have a stress fracture in the back after the news that 19-year-old Callum Vidler is suffering that fate this week.

Plus TUP regular Louis Cameron is dialled in to give his five breakout players for the 2025-26 season.

EPISODE INDEX

0:30 - Weekly winner

3:43 - What is a back stress fracture and why do fast bowlers get them?

10:50 - Louis Cameron enters the chat

26:02 - Men’s state previews

39:00 - Josh plugs #KitWeek

40:25 - Australia A v India A (in India)

44:00 - ‘Hey Richo’ returns

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron in the slips cordon and desperately hope they won't drop Kevin Pietersen.

The fifth and final Test of the 2005 Ashes series is the subject of the last episode of cricket.com.au's special podcast series commemorating 20 years since the epic 2005 Ashes.

We all remember Shane Warne putting down KP - but do you recall the other crucial missed chance not long before? This, and plenty more, is discussed in the series finale.

EPISODE INDEX:

2.00 Cricket going mainstream in England thanks to its heroes Flintoff and KP

5.50 Matthew Hayden learning to surf in a swimming pool ... in Essex

9.00 Should Shane Watson (or Andrew Symonds) have played at The Oval?

14.30 Australia's conservatism costs them again

29.25 More Shane Warne brilliance, with the ball (and in Michael Clarke's hotel room)

36.30 A tribute to Michael Atherton's hard-hitting questions

39.30 The 'other' dropped catch that cost the Aussies

49.40 Cricket's peak on free-to-air television in the UK

53.57 Amazing Adelaide v not-so-amazing Oval

55.00 Warne's dropped catch sours the greatest individual series by a losing player (sorry Jasprit Bumrah)

1.00.00 In which warm congratulations are offered to Paul Collingwood for earning an MBE, and other things that peaked

1.04.00 Not-ugly Aussies are immediately gracious (as are England)

1.14.00 Getting sledged by Merlin, the spinning bowling machine, and whether the Queen imported one to Windsor Castle

1.16.00 KP v Lee = Test cricket at its best ... plus an unusual insight into Pietersen's reaction to Trump's 2016 Presidential election victory

1.24.50 The legacy of an all-time series

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bonus episode this week with some big news coming through in both women's and men's cricket!

EPISODE INDEX:

0:30 - Australia's World Cup squad preview

8:30 - Starc chats about calling time in T20Is

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of the Unplayable Podcast, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger discuss Mitch Starc's stellar T20I career, Pat Cummins' inconvenient back complaint, the Big Bash's superstars, what Australia's ODI World Cup squad could look like and the grand idea for a Gold Coast Big Bash team.

Pat Cummins gives an update on his back

Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube.

Send in your 'Hey Richo' nomination and your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.