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Join Adam Peacock, Brad Haddin and Alyssa Healy to discuss cricket's hot topics, break down the truly bizarre moments and chat to the biggest names in the game from Australia and abroad. You'll have fun, learn a bit and get equipped with some of the best cricket yarns you'll ever hear. And maybe a few cheeky sledges to boot. (Sorry NZ and England fans!)
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Willow Talk turns major cricket matches into sharp, conversational analysis of tactics, selection and the pressure behind individual performances.
Willow Talk Cricket Podcast turns match results into arguments about why a game moved. Adam Peacock, Brad Haddin and Alyssa Healy work through Ashes Tests, Australian selection calls and Big Bash form with an easy conversational rhythm, moving from the scorecard to the decisions…
Twenty wickets in a day, and Alyssa Healy may change your mind about Harry Brook's charge.
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A loose, lively Ashes debrief that keeps the cricket talk blunt and the summary unruly.
Adam Peacock anchors the Ashes win discussion alongside Elisa Healy and Bradley Haddon, and the piece is strongest when it stays on the 4-1 series result, the pre-series calls, and the Sydney selection debate. That looseness works.
Relaxed Boxing Day cricket chat that stays grounded in the key on-field questions.
Adam Peacock steers a relaxed pre-Christmas cricket conversation that keeps returning to the Boxing Day Test, Mitch Stark's missing luggage, Travis Head, Alex Carey, and the MCG health check.
A brisk, opinionated debrief on a 20-wicket day at the MCG.
Willow Talk keeps things moving with a blunt, lively take on a 20-wicket day at the MCG. Adam Peacock, Elisa Ely, and Graeme Swann work through the grass, the pitch, and the shrinking room modern batting has once the ball starts moving.
A plainspoken SCG debrief on Australia outplaying England and the Cam Green questions.
The review treats Australia's day at the SCG as a clear day-three squeeze, with the hosts ahead on most fronts and beyond 500 late in the day.
Local cricket, score by score.
Cricket analysis with the lid off.
Loose talk, sharp turns, real feeling.
Cricket reaction with memory and nerve.
Willow Talk Cricket Podcast assembles memories of Australian cricketers including Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Brad Haddin and Ben Stokes.
Willow Talk's Sydney Day Two wrap argues that Marnus Labuschagne should have "turned his back" after Ben Stokes put an arm around him, and Labuschagne was out on 48 soon afterwards.
Willow Talk's Sydney Day Five episode from the SCG has Mitchell Starc, named player of the series, discussing the 4-1 Ashes result and the pre-series predictions he saved on his phone.
Brad Haddon and Jack Heverin review the T20 World Cup Super 8 stage, where Harry Brook's century off 51 balls at number three beat Pakistan after England were two for 17.
Willow Talk's 2025/26 guest compilation opens with a story about Ben Stokes' first Test wicket, a no-ball and a sledge, then moves to Ravi Shastri's commentary and his "153 all out" line.
Usman Khawaja's retirement at 39, with an average over 40 and an 88th Test coming at the SCG, opens this Sydney Test preview.
Willow Talk hosts Jack Heverin and Brad Haddon review Australia's T20 World Cup exit, which was confirmed after losses to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
Alyssa Healy and Adam Peacock review SCG day four of the Ashes, with England leading by 119 and having passed 300 for just the third time in 10 innings this summer.
Graeme Swann joins Willow Talk to dissect a chaotic day of cricket with 20 wickets falling at the MCG, discussing pitch conditions, modern batting techniques, and player performances like Harry Brook's aggressive approach.
Darren Lehmann joins Willow Talk to discuss the Shane Warne Legacy's health initiative at the MCG, analyze Australia's 3-0 Ashes lead, and critique England's Bazball strategy and selection issues.
Host Adam Peacock and guest commentator Alyssa Healy break down day three of the fifth Ashes Test at the SCG, where centuries from Steve Smith and Travis Head gave Australia a commanding lead.
Usman Khawaja selects his best Australian Test XI, including David Warner, Phil Hughes, Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood.
Willow Talk Cricket Podcast reviews England's two-day Boxing Day Test win over Australia at the MCG with Elisa Healy, Adam Peckhock, and Graeme Swann.
Willow Talk Cricket Podcast reviews Sydney Test day one, where England reached a strong position through Harry Brook and Joe Root on a flat SCG wicket.
Willow Talk opens in full post-Ashes mode.
Nathan Lyon tells Willow Talk hosts Brad Haddon and Jack Heverin that he is about 10 weeks post-hamstring surgery and back in the gym but not yet bowling.
Willow Talk hosts Jack Heverin and Brad Haddin review India's T20 World Cup final win over New Zealand, with Haddin calling India "the best 2020 team in the world" after a third consecutive title.
Willow Talk pairs a Jhye Richardson interview about his return to Test cricket a year after shoulder surgery with Adam Zampa's pick of his best T20 XI.
Matthew Hayden calls the 2025/26 Ashes a "missed opportunity for England", saying Australia's bowlers found a way even without "the greats".
On Willow Talk’s Adelaide Day Four, Nathan Lyon’s late wickets left Australia four wickets from retaining the Ashes, with England still needing over 200 runs.
Travis Head and Alex Carey built a century partnership on day three at Adelaide Oval, shifting the pressure onto England.