Matt Short on his World Cup axing, Jake Lehmann's county challenge

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Matt Short discusses his World Cup axing while Jake Lehmann talks about his move to Hampshire in this episode of the Unplayable Podcast.

A massive episode of the Unplayable Podcast this week with Matt Short and Jake Lehmann joining Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger to chat through the week's cricket news.  Short opens up on being dropped from the T20 World Cup squad on the eve of the tournament while Lehmann explains his decision to move to Hampshire and take up a two-year county deal.  Plus, there's T20 World Cup semi finals coming up, the Australia-India pink-ball Test and plenty more!   CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Richo and Josh talk Weekly Winners, Punch the Monkey 00:04:54 Matt Short joins the podcast 00:08:33 Short’s Test aspirations 00:11:00 Getting dropped for the World Cup 00:20:05 IPL and what’s next 00:25:45 Richo’s dropping story 00:27:31 T20 World Cup Semi Final predictions 00:35:15 Lucy Hamilton reprises famous number 00:40:40 Jake Lehamnn joins the podcast 00:43:40 Winning the 2024-25 Shield 00:46:01 Moving to Hampshire 01:04:42 Big Four - part-time bowlers Don't forget to subscribe on Apple and on Spotify and on YouTube . Send your show feedback to podcasts@cricket.com.au or by using this contact form here. This episode of the Unplayable Podcast is proudly brought to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kane Richardson, Josh Schonafinger

Guests: Matt Short, Jake Lehmann

Topics covered

• World Cup
• cricket news
• county cricket
• T20
• Australia-India Test

Keywords

• World Cup
• T20
• cricket
• Hampshire
• Jake Lehmann
• Matt Short
• Australia-India Test
• county cricket

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hampshire, Cricket Australia

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