The Scoop Cricket Podcast

After recently rocketing to the top of the all-time WNCL wicket-taker's list, Amanda-Jade Wellington joins the Scoop to discuss all things wickets, SACA and Pokemon! 

Before that, cricket.com.au journalist Laura Jolly joins the Molly and Rana to recap a memorable multi-format series that saw Australia cap off Alyssa Healy's final match with a big win in the Perth Test.

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00:00 Rana and Molly open the show
01:38 J...

Freshly called in to the Australian Test squad and straight onto the Scoop Podcast this week is NSW's Maitlan Brown! 

Brown has been on fire with ball and bat this season and joins Rana Hussain and Molly Strano to go through her career to date, her content creation and plenty more. 

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00:00 Austin Powers?

01:40 Maitlan Brown joins the Scoop

07:40 How to bowl fast

11:06 Friendship with Georgia Wareham

17:00 Wrappin...

NSW's Sarah Coyte has played in 10 WNCL finals ... and won them all! 

The bonafide big game player joins the Scoop Podcast and chats to Molly Strano and Rana Hussain about career highlights, pressure moments and plenty more. 

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00:00 Rana and Molly open episode three

00:58 Sarah Coyte joins the Scoop

02:30 Coyte on her incredible final record

06:00 The training regime keeping Coyte going

09:25 The famous final-ove...

We're delighted to be joined on the Scoop Podcast by Nicola Carey, who comes back into the Australian side for the first time in two years for the ongoing multi-format series against India. 

Either side of the chat with Carey, Rana and Molly discuss the first match T20I, the WNCL and Grace Harris' Larrikin XI!

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00:00 Welcome to Scoop episode two

06:16 Nic Carey joins The Scoop

08:24 Carey’s overseas experiences

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Welcome back to the Scoop! 

After a brief hiatus, the podcast dedicated to women's cricket is back. And we're coming back with a bang too, with our special guest none other than the NEW Australian captain, Sophie Molineux! 👏

Oh, did we mention our new co-hosts? Rana Hussain and Molly Strano will be taking the reins for the next six weeks as we navigate through the Australia v India multi-format series 😊

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00:00 Welcom...

The Australian women's cricket team spend many months of the year travelling around the globe playing cricket for their country, as well as in various franchise leagues across the world.

This particular tour of Bangladesh is presenting the well-travelled Australians with some unique challenges and opportunities, all of which Beth Mooney and Alana King take the time to explain in great detail.

Over a spirited game of M...

The Aussie women have landed in Dhaka for the final leg of what's been a mammoth 2023-24 season!

Joining hosts Laura and Emily on the show is fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck who fought her way back into the Australian squad ahead of the tour to Bangladesh following a torrid run of injuries.

Tayla shares what her emotions were when she received the call from selector Shawn Flegler, as well as her excitement at the prospect...

It's been three years since Sophie Molineux has featured in an Australian squad. But after rebounding from numerous setbacks, she rejoined the Australian squad in Perth ahead of a historic Test match at the WACA Ground.

Sophie chats to hosts Laura and Emily about her immediate reaction after getting the call from the selectors, the nervous excitement before her first training session as well as how her mindset has shifted in...

Alana King has reunited with the Aussie team in style, linking up at Australian Cricket's night of nights - the Australian Cricket Awards.

Kingy talks hosts Laura and Em through all that unfolded on the night, and was full of praise for her good friend Ashleigh Gardner, who collected her second Belinda Clark Award.

The Perth local also looks ahead to the WACA Test that will follow the ODIs, and explains how she's adap...

After a quick break following a very successful multi-format tour to India, the Aussie girls are back on home soil ready to take on South Africa in another three-format series!

First up, hosts Laura Jolly and Emily Collin recap the closing stages of the India tour, before taking a look at how the Aussies might approach an opponent they haven't played a bilateral series against since 2016.

Then, it's the fast bowling d...

In 2007, Australian selector at the time Marg Jennings plucked a 16-year-old Ellyse Perry from school to play for Australia, despite never having played a match at senior domestic level.

On Sunday night in Mumbai, Ellyse will play her 300th game for Australia.

A generational athlete, Ellyse has had an enourmous impact on the women's game in Australia and globally. Further to that, her outstanding on-field performances...

It's been an extremely unique fortnight for the Aussie women's cricket team who've now experienced the famed challenge of Test match cricket in India, as well as celebrated a very different Christmas Day together in Mumbai.

Joining hosts Laura and Emily on the Scoop Podcast to wrap it all up is star allrounder Ashleigh Gardner who played an immense role in the Test match and led Australia's fightback on day two.

Befor...

Since landing in Mumbai a week ago, the Australian women have embarked on an intense training block to prepare for one of the biggest challenges in international cricket: Test cricket in India, against India.

Newly appointed vice-captain Tahlia McGrath joins the show to explain what the team have been up to in the week leading in to the Test, how she got the news of her vice-captaincy appointment as well as how the group is ...

Then there were four! After 56 regular season games, it's the Adelaide Strikers who earned the right to host the WBBL|09 Final, while the Perth Scorchers will host the Challenger and the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder up first in the Eliminator on Tuesday night.

Fox commentator and former Australia player Mel Jones joins hosts Laura Jolly and Emily Collin on the Scoop Podcast to run through the four finalists, as well as c...

From a small village in Zimbabwe, to the bright lights of the Big Bash. Anesu Mushangwe's journey to elite cricket in Australia is a truly remarkable one.

We won't spoil too much here, but Anesu shares the unlikely tale of how after dozens of Facebook messages, she ended up at Glenelg Cricket Club which set her on the path to playing a key role for the Adelaide Strikers in just her second season of Big Bash.

Before th...

Lauren Cheatle was scrolling TikTok when Australian selector Shawn Flegler's name popped up on her phone.

She proceeded to throw it across the room, wondered what she'd done wrong before eventually answering the call, only to be told to get ready for 'Christmas in Mumbai' with the Australian team.

Lauren joins Laura and Emily on the Scoop to explain what her recall to the national squad means after a torrid run with i...

First up, Laura and Emily digest the news of Meg Lanning's retirement by reflecting on their favourite moments over a stellar 13-year career, and also pondering which direction the Australian brains trust will go with the captaincy.

Then, it's lively Melbourne Renegades duo Tammy Beaumont and Georgia Prestwidge joining the show to chat about the vibes in Melbourne, the differences between Australians and English cricketers a...

The topsy-turvy start to the Weber WBBL|09 season continued into the second week and with every team now on the board, it's shaping up to be one of the closest tournament's ever.

Laura and Emily cover off all the big talking points, including the stellar performances of Phoebe Litchfield and Charli Knott as well as the chatter surrounding the lack of third-umpire technology in the stream games.

Then, Scorchers bowling...

Have we just witnessed the greatest opening week of a WBBL season? Meg Lanning is back and she led the Melbourne Stars to an upset win over the Sydney Sixers on their home turf. But then, barely believable scenes unfolded as the Stars were rolled for 29 by the Adelaide Strikers! A host of young quicks including Milly Illingworth and Chloe Ainsworth have lit up the competition. The Sydney Thunder have shaken the underdog tag with Ph...