The Unplayable Podcast

Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a ridiculous third day of the first Vodafone Test in Adelaide where India were bowled out for just 36 before Australia romped to an eight-wicket win.

Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a dramatic day two of the first Vodafone Test in Adelaide where 15 wickets tumbled for only 211 runs as India took control despite a late twist.

Test legend Ricky Ponting recaps a captivating opening day of the first Vodafone Test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval.

Australia's greatest off-spinner of all time Nathan Lyon joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris to preview the first Vodafone Test match in Adelaide, starting with a quick recap of where Lyon's career is at before discussing a handful of the key players to watch (4:22) and finishing with Lyon dishing the dirt on his Test teammates over the years (23.24)

Reigning KFC BBL Player of the Tournament and Melbourne Stars allrounder Marcus Stoinis joins cricket.com.au's Sam Ferris to preview season 10 of the KFC BBL. Everything you need to know about the Big Bash is covered, with a breakdown of every team, the players you'd want to hit a six off the last ball or bowl a dot ball, the best fielders, pound-for-pound players and the Flex Factor of each club. 

This week Australia allrounder Moises Henriques joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris from inside the men's international bubble to discuss his international comeback in the second Dettol ODI against India (1:07), the brilliance of Steve Smith (9:45), living in the bubble (17:25), playing in front of crowds again (20:25), how the Australian team has changed since he last played in 2017 and the ripple effect of Cape Town (23:30), if he thought his days representing Australia were over (27:20), playing chess in the bubble (33:30) before we finish with a game of Play It or Leave It (37:05). 

Two of the best one-day teams in the world will battle it out over three matches in the Dettol ODI Series starting Friday, November 27 at the SCG. To preview the mouth-watering series, cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron look at the players to watch, key match ups, stats that matter and a few silly points. 

Former Australia batsman and Western Australia/Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to to discuss how to say his surname (2:00), how the opening four rounds of the Marsh Sheffield Shield season went (2:49), what makes young guns Cameron Green and Will Pucovski so good (9:30), where Mitch Marsh and Jhye Richardson are in their injury recovery (17:40), how the Scorchers are shaping up this summer for BBL|10 (20:30), and finish by discussing the new BBL rules introduced this week (22:35)

Australia's selectors named a 17-man squad for the upcoming Vodafone Test series against India with five uncapped players and two exciting youngsters. Cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris brings you the talking points along with the 19-man Australia A squad to face the Indians in two three-day matches.

This week on The Unplayable Podcast, cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris chats to Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa about his time in Indian Premier League with RCB and what Virat Kohli is really like (2:36), what he has been doing on 'Loser Island' and which Seinfeld character he relates to (8:55), his game at the international level and September's UK series (10:55), some nuffy stuff about stats and leg-spin bowling (17:25), facing India in the upcoming Dettol ODI and T20 series (21:49), his move back to NSW (23:00), what are his must-haves in a bubble and the different cafes in the Australian team (24:41), BBL|10 and the Melbourne Stars (30:20) and we finish with some extras about Cameron Green and 'Flipper' (32:15)

This week cricket.com.au journalists Sam Ferris and Louis Cameron discuss the retirement of Shane Watson (00:50) before Sam chats to Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood from Dubai about his season with CSK (05:41), his pick for the IPL (11:14), going from bubble to bubble (14:05), preparing to take on India (17:55), young guns Will Pucovski and Cameron Green (28:50) and how he gets the dirt on his teammates without being on social media (36:10). Sam and Louis then review round three of the Marsh Sheffield Shield (37:28)

New South Wales fast bowler Sean Abbott joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss his brilliant start to the Marsh Sheffield Shield season (02:30), where he sits on the Australian pecking order (13:35), how he gave himself the nickname 'MJ' and how it has backfired (23:51). Cricket.com.au's Shield savant Louis Cameron then comes on to review Round 2 and preview Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield (28:00) before we finish with a quick look at the three squads India named for their upcoming tour of Australia (55:00)

Australia vice-captain and No.1 Test bowler Pat Cummins joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris to discuss how he's enjoying the Indian Premier League (0:46), what he'd change first as Test captain (10:35), the upcoming India tour (11:22), hypothetical rule changes in Play It or Leave It (17:14), his chances of playing the BBL this summer (20:31) before finishing with a look at Pat's modelling career and his teammates who like to put on a show for the cameras (23:12).

On this week's episode cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris breaks down the opening round of the Marsh Sheffield Shield with our reporter in the Adelaide hub Louis Cameron and chats to Queensland opener Joe Burns after the Bulls pulled off a last-gasp win over Tasmania. Don't forget to subscribe to 'The Scoop Cricket Podcast' for all you need to know on the women's game. 

Former Australia allrounder and Chennai Super Kings opener Shane Watson takes us inside the IPL bubble (1:22), talks about the technical adjustment he made that has led to brutal results (6:00), tells us the players who have him impressed him (11:00), the teams to beat (14:45), how the IPL has changed over the years (18:05) and how he's been keeping busy and mentally fresh (23:40) before cricket.com.au journalist Louis Cameron previews the upcoming Marsh Sheffield Shield season (28:30)