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The Unplayable Podcast

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every 4 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
445
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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TUP Deep Dive: Dean Jones

TUP Deep Dive: Dean Jones

It's South Australia hosting Victoria in the final of the Dean Jones Trophy this Saturday!

Yep, in case you missed it, Deano's been celebrated with the One-Day Cup named in his honour. Huge!


Josh Scho…

00:52:48  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
Inglis ton, Carey classic and record chase to open Australia's CT campaign

Inglis ton, Carey classic and record chase to open Australia's CT campaign

What a win by Australia! 

Apologies in advance - but this episode is an instant reaction to Australia's record win over England recorded at 4am! 

It was a great day to be a keeper with Josh Inglis and …

00:08:28  |   Sat 22 Feb 2025
Travis Head, Adam Zampa look ahead at Australia's Champions Trophy challenge

Travis Head, Adam Zampa look ahead at Australia's Champions Trophy challenge

Australia's next challenge is the Champions Trophy, a 50-over tournament hosted by Pakistan, which begins for the men in green and gold against England on Saturday night.However, without seven member…

00:49:30  |   Thu 20 Feb 2025
A VERY different Champions Trophy squad for Australia

A VERY different Champions Trophy squad for Australia

Australia's squad is Champions Trophy ready. Only thing is, there's no Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood, Marsh or Stoinis.

Josh Schonafinger and Jack Paynter look at the changes, predict the best XI and take…

00:25:29  |   Wed 12 Feb 2025
Head's 'awkward' medal presentation, Aussies expecting more spin for Galle 2.0

Head's 'awkward' medal presentation, Aussies expecting more spin for Galle 2.0

The Aussies were firing, the Sri Lankans were not.

The first Test in Galle was a one-sided affair, but newly-crowned Allan Border Medalist Travis Head is expected the hosts to hit back, just as they d…

00:22:44  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
Pitch shenanigans in Galle as Aussies ponder best XI

Pitch shenanigans in Galle as Aussies ponder best XI

The BBL's done, so who's ready for some more Test cricket?


Australia are in Sri Lanka and take on the hosts from Wednesday, January 29 in Galle. Andrew Ramsey is there and has the first-hand account …

00:16:12  |   Mon 27 Jan 2025
Sam Konstas in Dubai on ramp shots, Sweet Caroline and Elvis

Sam Konstas in Dubai on ramp shots, Sweet Caroline and Elvis

He's taken the cricketing world by storm and now 19-year-old Sam Konstas is getting started on his first overseas tour with the Test team; to Sri Lanka via United Arab Emirates.

He caught up with cric…

00:25:03  |   Thu 23 Jan 2025
No Cummins, Maxwell or Marsh in Australia's squad for Sri Lanka

No Cummins, Maxwell or Marsh in Australia's squad for Sri Lanka

Australia have picked a 16-man squad for the land of left-arm spin that hints at, rather than heralds, a generational change. Louis Cameron and Andrew Ramsey consider the absence of Pat Cummins and w…

00:21:37  |   Thu 09 Jan 2025
Australia win Border-Gavaskar Trophy for first time in a decade

Australia win Border-Gavaskar Trophy for first time in a decade

Test cricket is a tough sport for tough men, according to Gautam Gambhir, which all but rules out Louis Cameron and Andrew Ramsey from offering their opinions on a pulsating Australia-India Test seri…

00:29:39  |   Sun 05 Jan 2025
Steve Smith reveals his top 10 favourite Test hundreds

Steve Smith reveals his top 10 favourite Test hundreds

Top 10 for 10k: Steve Smith is on the verge of joining Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting as Australians to have 10,000 Test runs. He needs just 38 more as he heads into the Border Gavaskar …

00:22:35  |   Thu 02 Jan 2025
Australia pull off best win since Edgbaston in front of record MCG crowd

Australia pull off best win since Edgbaston in front of record MCG crowd

Andrew Ramsey delays his return from the MCG to his backpackers' hostel to join Louis Cameron after an extraordinary Boxing Day Test that had everything. Don Bradman thought he saw some big crowds. P…

00:32:50  |   Mon 30 Dec 2024
Ashwin signs off as Gabba gives us Bumrah brilliance, Head heroics and hurt Hazlewood

Ashwin signs off as Gabba gives us Bumrah brilliance, Head heroics and hurt Hazlewood

Louis Cameron and Adam Burnett sum up the third NRMA Insurance Test from a sodden Brisbane. While the retirement of Ravichandran Ashwin caught us all on the hop, the dominance of Jasprit Bumrah and T…

00:24:00  |   Wed 18 Dec 2024
Hazlewood's private training session, India's selection dilemmas

Hazlewood's private training session, India's selection dilemmas

Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Starc felt a little cramped at the Gabba nets on Thursday, so they headed over to AB Field to get their session in!

That was just one of the interesting snippets out of both …

00:17:59  |   Thu 12 Dec 2024
1-1! Australia level series, fall out from Head-Siraj stoush

1-1! Australia level series, fall out from Head-Siraj stoush

Starc took six. Head hit a blazing hundred. Cummins took five.

Take any of those performances individually and Australia would be in good shape. Get all three of them and Australia will win big.

A mas…

00:23:56  |   Sun 08 Dec 2024
Mitch Starc on the batter-bowler divide, pink balls, feeling old and Labuschagne's bowling

Mitch Starc on the batter-bowler divide, pink balls, feeling old and Labuschagne's bowling

On the eve of the Test match he has dominated for a decade, Mitch Starc joins the Unplayable Podcast. The chat with Starc begins at 3:15.

Starc has been an absolute weapon with the pink cherry (66 wi…

00:31:23  |   Wed 04 Dec 2024
Pink ball prep! Aussies bring in quicks, India defeat PM's XI

Pink ball prep! Aussies bring in quicks, India defeat PM's XI

Injuries. Soul-searching. Bolters.

With a 10-day gap between the first and second NRMA Insurance Test matches, there's been ample time for all of these things. And more!

Josh Hazlewood has a side inj…

00:27:05  |   Mon 02 Dec 2024
The wash-up from India's BIG win, what's next for the Aussies

The wash-up from India's BIG win, what's next for the Aussies

Well, where do you go from there, exactly?

India's massive win in Perth stunned the cricket world, leaving questions aplenty for the home side.

That being said, the potential returns of Rohit Sharma,…

00:24:50  |   Mon 25 Nov 2024
The predicted XIs for the first Border-Gavaskar Test match

The predicted XIs for the first Border-Gavaskar Test match

That first ball can't come soon enough!

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is (almost) here and Louis Cameron is in Perth following the action first-hand. He joins Josh Schonafinger to give the lowdown on bo…

00:20:59  |   Wed 20 Nov 2024
'Weird' Travis Head previews the first Border-Gavaskar Test

'Weird' Travis Head previews the first Border-Gavaskar Test

Travis Head and his wife Jess have just welcomed a new baby boy into the world, and it's kept the attacking left-hander out of a bit of cricket recently.

But he's back and ready to take on India in th…

00:16:28  |   Tue 19 Nov 2024
Josh Inglis displays his captaincy knowledge; talks skippers, keeping and the Test squad

Josh Inglis displays his captaincy knowledge; talks skippers, keeping and the Test squad

What does it take to be captain of Australia? If it's vast knowledge of all who came before you, Josh Inglis will do just fine!

The wicketkeeper joins the Unplayable Podcast from the Gabba ahead of t…

00:34:20  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
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