Thursday, May 14, 2020

Lockdown with Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney

On the last edition of our lockdown specials, Australia's World Cup champion opening pair of Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney speak separately to cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris about their World Cup memories and how they're spending isolation


Rundown
Healy
00:40 - How Alyssa is handling the lockdown
03:08 - World Cup memories
06:40 - Alyssa speaks about her player-of-the-match performance in the final
08:50 - Alyssa speaks about the prospect of playing in a shortened WBBL season and how the players are feeling about the COVID-19 pandemic
13:55 - Alyssa answers a question from an "anonymous" fan


Mooney
15:09 - Beth talks about her time in isolation
16:02 - Beth's memories of the World Cup win
20:40 - The celebrations with Katy Perry
22:00 - Beth's future goals
23:40 - Beth talks about her dog Ruby and finishes by allocating a dog breed to certain teammates

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Lockdown with John Hastings

Former Australia and Victoria allrounder John Hastings joins cricket.com.au journalist Sam Ferris and Aussie quick Kane Richardson to talk the impact of COVID-19, his career highlights before taking on a challenging quiz.


Episode rundown
00:00 – John on how the COVID-19 has impacted his life and businesses
06:00 – John on his health having retired from cricket due to illness
09:00 – John on what he's been watching and The Test documentary
11:45 – John's career highlights including his first Test and the party for Ricky Ponting's retirement
16:55 – The aura of Ricky Ponting and a classic Ponting story
19:40 – Winning his first Sheffield Shield title with Victoria
23:00 – John explains the unique culture at Victoria
29:30 – On whether John ever felt comfortable in the ODI team
32:33 – John picks the best moments of his playing career
39:15 – John shares a story about a chat with MS Dhoni
44:27 – John picks some of the best batters and bowlers he's played against
46:50 – John takes on a quiz about his own career with mixed results