Breaking a Curse

The champion batter - and a host of other relevant voices - gives us the inside account of the 2019 Ashes, and one of the most extraordinary individual series in recent times. Join Steve Smith, Justin Langer, Pat Cummins, Mitch Marsh, Trevor Bayliss, Marnus Labuschagne, David Beakley and more as we rewind to Smith's comeback era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cricket Australia XI lasted three seasons in the domestic One-Day Cup competition.  From 18 matches, they won only twice, and finished bottom of the table in each of their three seasons. However, the squad has produced 7 Test players with Brendan Doggett the latest to receive a Baggy Green.  This episode looks back at those years with a seven-team tournament and speaks to those who were part of the inaugural CA XI squad.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"I'll be last. It'll be over by then. But little did I know that everybody else was going to miss."  Before the Super Over had been invented, tied T20 International matches were decided by a Bowl Off! It was cricket’s take on the penalty shootout, and it came with a heavy dose of scepticism, amusement and above all, confusion. This episode of Stories After Stumps takes you all the way back to 2006 and the players who were there for the first ever encounter between Australia and New Zealand in women’s T20Is and exactly what happened next when the scores were deadlocked after 20 overs each.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In February 1978, a ragtag Aussie Test squad, shorn of its World Series Cricket stars, lands in the Caribbean, where two revolutions – one involving reggae king Bob Marley – are simultaneously taking place.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Brett Dorey was in his early 20s, he was living and working on the ski fields of Austria. By his late 20s, he was playing for Australia. And by his early 30s, his cricket career was over.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In almost seven decades of trying, the Queensland Women's team had never beaten their fierce foe from south of the border, NSW. All those years of heartache finally came to an end one momentous day in Brisbane - re-live an absolute thriller through the memories of the people who were there...   Listener's note: Due to a technical issue, the audio from Julia Price has been distorted.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two of the Final Frontier resumes the story with Australia one-nil up after the opening Test of the 2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With matches to come in Chennai, Nagpur and Mumbai, listen to how Australia's elite team navigated the challenges presented to them and walked away with what many describe as the greatest achievement of their respective careers. Interviews with Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Simon Katich, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz, John Buchanan and Robert Craddock were conducted exclusively for this podcast. We hope you enjoy!   Subscribe to Stories After Stumps on Apple and Spotify.   Know a story that would be perfect for Stories After Stumps? Let us knowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate 20 years since Australia's breakthrough Test series victory in India, Stories After Stumps has spoken to a group of the key individuals who made it happen. Spread across two special episodes, hear from Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Jason Gillespie, Simon Katich, Michael Kasprowicz, coach John Buchanan and journalist Robert 'Crash' Craddock as they reminisce one of Australia's greatest series wins. Having not tasted success in India since 1969, and without captain Ricky Ponting (broken thumb), the Aussies needed to formulate something a bit different if they were to overcome their star-studded opponents.   Subscribe to Stories After Stumps on Apple and Spotify.   Know a story that would be perfect for Stories After Stumps? Let us knowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1997 Women's World Cup will forever be remembered for Belinda Clark's record-smashing 229 not out and the heaving Eden Gardens crowd for the final between Australia and New Zealand. But if you ask the players who were there, they remember the other stuff: Elephants at the ground, pop stars in the hotels, monkeys on the nets, luggage falling off the bus, missed flights, oppressive heat, torrential rain and Christmas abroad. This is the story of Australia's journey to the 1997 World Cup.   Leave feedback for the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For an extended period either side of the turn of the 21st century, Victoria and Queensland fought out the most intense rivalry in Australian domestic cricket. One of several boiling points between the sides was reached on the final day of the 2001 Sheffield Shield decider at the Gabba. With hosts Queensland stumbling in their fourth-innings run chase, their captain Stuart Law came to the middle, hoping to avoid a king pair. What happened next was one of the most dramatic moments in Shield history, and for Law, the climax of a long-held grudge with a fierce rival.   Featuring interviews with the key protagonists, this episode of Stories After Stumps is an incredible behind-the-scenes look at one of domestic cricket's great controversies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.