ABC Cricket Podcast

As Corb takes a well deserved break, and Boof freshens up on his cricket nerdery, Brett Sprigg and Trent Copeland guide you through the month of November as England and their white ball road trip steps into focus.As the T20 squad was announced, a perineal mainstay in Glenn Maxwell was a name missing, denying the 38-year old a farewell tour, and spelling the end to his T20 International career. As...

With Ed Cowan heading to the Cricket Australia big-boy table (aka boardroom), we've got a brand-new recruit to announce. They're a strokemaker, an opinion shaper, a cricketing brain and a leader within Australian cricket. Corbin Middlemas explains who his new batting partner is for the summer ahead, while breaking down what you can expect from the show in the short and long term. To get in touch,...

A pulsating Test series - but ultimately a let down. Australia fell in a heap on the final day in Cape Town but have the signs of the team's problems been there all along?With no Ed Cowan to call on Corbin turns to the World's leading cricket analyst Shaun Pollock to ask what - if anything - is wrong with the Australian team.To get in touch, email abccricketpodcast@abc.net.auABC Grandstand...

It was all set for a dramatic culmination of 15 days of gripping Test cricket but South Africa ran through Australia in the first session. 7 wickets fell and it was all about surviving for Pat Cummins team from that point. They clung on to the end of the 2nd session before being dismissed for 111 - a 176 run defeat.Corbin Middlemas, Phil Jaques and Jason Gillespie break down where it all went...

On a day when Australia might have hoped to wrap up the series, Ryan Rickelton and Wiaan Mulder both scored centuries to leave the Test match in the balance.Australia's bowlers toiled away and were gifted a late breakthrough when Mulder contrived to leave Rickelton stranded an over after he'd brought up his 100. The latter told Ben Cameron in no uncertain terms what he thought!It's set up a...

Josh Inglis' second Test century and a late wicket from Nathan Lyon have put the Australians within touching distance of winning the 3rd Test and taking the series against South Africa. Inglis (102) and Alex Carey (80) took Australia to 429 all out, a lead of exactly 100. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood then ensured South Africa were already three wickets down before reaching parity, but...

Australia are on top and in the lead at the end of Day 2 at Newlands thanks to half centuries from Matt Renshaw, Cameron Green, and unbeaten half centuries from Josh Inglis and Alex Carey. The visitors finished the day 4/330, a one run lead over South Africa in the first innings. The news was not so good for Marnus Labuschagne with the Australian number three setting an unwanted record for most...

Six wickets from Mitchell Starc has saved Australia's blushes after a bizarre decision to bowl first on a flat deck at Newlands. The left-arm quick destroyed South Africa' lower order with the second new ball to roll the hosts for 329, a terrific effort after South Africa raced to 0/140 at lunch. The Proteas were unable to capitalise on half centuries from Marcus Ackerman, Aiden Markram, David...

After 8 years behind the mic, Ed Cowan plays his final innings as ABC Cricket Podcast co-host before stepping up to the Cricket Australia board. From Cape Town, the boys preview the series-deciding third Test at Newlands, pore over selection clues from training, debate optional sessions, and hear from listeners across the globe in an emotional farewell to one of cricket podcasting's great...

Corbin and Ed unpack South Africa's emphatic innings victory over Australia in the second Test at St George's Park, where the Proteas roared back from 6/110 to hand Australia their second loss in four Tests. The boys dissect Australia's batting collapse — all out for 99 — the tactical missteps with the bouncer plan against the lower order, the glaring absence of Nathan Lyon, and Temba Bavuma's...