Despite facing off in the World Test Championship final, Australia and South Africa have been snubbed in Wisden's annual Team of the Year voting.

The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they preview the Australia v Sri Lanka Test series, looking at what's at stake for the Australian players, including Steve Smith's captaincy legacy and Sam Konstas' World Test Championship position.

They also partake in cricket trivia, look at the Wisden Team of the Year and track all the major tournament's in world cricket to announce their World Team of the Week.

03:30 Australia v Sri Lanka: Smith's captaincy opportunity

22:00 The Appeal: Should Big Bash axe finals?

30:20 Wisden Team of the Year controversy

35:20 Women's Ashes: Australia wipe England

39:30 Cricket trivia: Adelaide Oval centurians

44:00 World team of the week voting

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In this week's positional analysis of hookers, a couple of Roosters utilities have shot to relevance to start the Supercoach season following long-term injuries at the club.

Returning for the second show of the year, Beers & Breakevens pits SC Playbook's 2020 runner-up Tim Williams and the Rugby League Guru together to help you nail your NRL Supercoach teams heading into the 2025 season.

They run through the entire hooking position to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into round 1.

00:00 Kat's new kicks

08:30 Guns: Set-and-forget Grant?

18:30 Mid-rangers: Marshall-King on the up

27:00 Cheapies: Mozer's time to shine at Broncos

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Nicho Hynes had one of his lowest scoring NRL Supercoach seasons in recent years in 2024, will he bounce back to his best at enticing value to start 2025?

In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2019 champion Dezzy Creek, Max Bryden and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the second episode of the 2025 pre-season.

The crew discuss their strategy in managing their team, whether it's going hard early on trades and points or playing the long game and focusing on cash generation.

They also begin their team previews, starting with the Penrith Panthers, Brisbane Broncos, Cronulla Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons.

00:00 Dezzy and Max make their 2025 debuts

08:30 Short-term v long-term strategy

23:30 Penrith preview: Is Cleary a must after off-season surgery?

35:00 Sharks preview: Can Nicho bounce back to NRL Supercoach best?

48:00 Broncos preview: Walsh the fullback super POD

01:02:00 Dragons preview: Will Val fire at Red V?

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The final round of the Supercoach Big Bash season has arrived, so who are the Hail Mary targets to push for a final jump up the overall rankings?

193rd placed Tim Williams, BBL09 champion Thommo Aitken and Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 9, the last of the season.

06:00 What we learned from Supercoach BBL14

30:00 Hail Mary targets for final rankings push

41:30 Trade and skipper plans: Target Marvel minefield

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Tino Fa'asuamaleaui is currently the most owned player heading into the 2025 NRL Supercoach season, but there's a few red flags on the star forward on return from injury.

Returning for the first show of the year, Beers & Breakevens pits SC Playbook's 2020 runner-up Tim Williams and the Rugby League Guru together to help you nail your NRL Supercoach teams heading into the 2025 season.

The boys analyse the top 10 most owned players among current teams and breakdown the new 'Flex' rule introduced this season.

00:00 The Jack

10:30 What we learned from 2024 season

20:30 The 'Flex' rule explained

32:30 Top 10 most owned analysis

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We're back for the NRL Supercoach 2025 pre-season, from Tino to Terrell, we look at the players that have caught our eye early and explain the brand new 'Flex' rule introduced for the new season.

In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2021's 91st placed finisher the SC Spy and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the first episode of the 2025 pre-season.

The crew take a look at the brand new 'Flex' rule that'll change NRL Supercoach this year, and they identify the players that have caught their eye for their round 1 teams.

00:00 We're back on deck

02:30 What's in store at SC Playbook in 2025

04:30 Explaining the 'Flex' rule and how to exploit it

11:30 Eye catchers: Terrell the Tiger, Papali'i to fire at Penrith

39:20 What we learned from the 2024 NRL Supercoach season

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Centurians Steve Smith and Matt Short go head-to-head this week in Adelaide, both obvious major trade targets, who's the priority if you can only have one?

142nd placed Tim Williams and the SC Spy are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 8.

06:00 Smith v Short: Pick one

13:50 Hurricanes double game week: Top five targets ranked

25:00 Single game week targets: Top five ranked

29:00 Trade and skipper plans: Chaudhary hits the radar

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Attention turns to the Hobart Hurricanes who have the final double game week of the Supercoach season, with plenty questioning which of Matty Wade or Ben McDermott is the better play ahead of a likely rain impacted round 7.

In our question and answer podcast, 124th ranked overall Tim Williams gives his thoughts on all the major subscriber dilemmas heading into Supercoach Big Bash round 7 and drops his trade and captaincy plans.

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