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SportEpisode 56·Long-form interview

Will Bosisto - The Cricketer Everyone Compared to Ricky Ponting, Then Almost Disappeared

Will Bosisto captained Australia's Under-19 side to the 2012 World Cup final, averaging 276 runs and drawing comparisons to Ricky Ponting before he'd played a single first-class match. What followed was a far harder road: a Sheffield Shield career across two states, a devastating delisting from Western Australia, and a rebuild that took him through South Australia and into franchise cricket around the world. In this episode, Will opens up on the mental game behind that comeback, the coaching that changed how he thinks under pressure, and why he believes the best years of his career are still ahead.

1:32:02
July 14, 2026
Will Bosisto

Guest

Will Bosisto

Australian Professional Cricketer

Will Bosisto is an Australian professional cricketer who captained the Australian Under-19 side to the final of the 2012 ICC Cricket World Cup, averaging 276 runs in the tournament and being named Player of the Tournament - a campaign that included future Australian internationals Travis Head, Cameron Bancroft, and Ashton Turner. He went on to play first-class cricket for Western Australia and South Australia across eight Sheffield Shield seasons, before rebuilding his career through franchise cricket, including stints with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League and the Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League. Will's journey - from teenage prodigy compared to Ricky Ponting, through a state delisting, to a hard-won comeback on the global T20 circuit - is a study in resilience, mental discipline, and the long, unglamorous work of staying in the game.

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In this episode

Will Bosisto captained Australia's Under-19 side to the 2012 World Cup final, averaging 276 runs and drawing comparisons to Ricky Ponting before he'd played a single first-class match. What followed was a far harder road: a Sheffield Shield career across two states, a devastating delisting from Western Australia, and a rebuild that took him through South Australia and into franchise cricket around the world. In this episode, Will opens up on the mental game behind that comeback, the coaching that changed how he thinks under pressure, and why he believes the best years of his career are still ahead.

Sachin and Will go deep on the moments that shaped the work - the visible wins, the invisible costs, and the frameworks that survived the experience.

Key topics

Australian cricketFranchise cricketMental resilienceComeback story