1 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,520 Alright, you keep thinking about - not just for this test match, 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,640 but every time you play for Australia - remember who you're representing. 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,000 You're not just representing us, you're representing the whole country. 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,840 When you get to that moment when you're thinking 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,120 it's getting a bit hard here, I want you to think of a few other things. 6 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,560 Not just the country, I want you to think about your mum and dad. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,280 I want you to think about your brothers or your sisters. 8 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,440 I want you to think about your own little kids. 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,320 I want you to think about your mates. 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,520 Because that moment when the pressure comes on, 11 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,680 that's when the steel is gonna come, OK? 12 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,680 When you've got that steel, you'll be OK. 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,320 Think who you're representing. 14 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,200 Smudge. 15 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,960 Um, so, today I had a proper catch-up with him when we got here to Leeds. 16 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,360 He was feeling a bit better this morning, 17 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,000 he said he's actually feeling much better this afternoon. 18 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,080 So, symptom-wise, he's feeling good. 19 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,320 Coach, you're often asking, "What's your gut feel?" 20 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,080 And I occasionally give you an answer. 21 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,840 Most of the time I sit on the fence and go, "Oh, could be this, could be this. 22 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,800 "We'll wait for a scan." 23 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,480 My thoughts were pretty clear after thinking about it for some time. 24 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,520 I don't think Steve Smith should play the next test. 25 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,440 I don't think it would be the right thing to do for him. 26 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,720 I don't think you have enough time to prepare him properly. 27 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,320 I don't see how he could be in the right state to play 28 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,880 and perform in that short a time frame. 29 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,320 I was kind of like, "Well, what if I make, like, a quick recovery and I'm OK?" 30 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,880 You know, as the time sort of went on, I still wasn't feeling any better. 31 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,440 The likelihood was that I was going to get ruled out. 32 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Doc and I just had a conversation and we just said I wasn't ready to go out and play. 33 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,280 The doc didn't think I was ready to go out and play, 34 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,760 and I think the right decision was made. 35 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,320 If Steve Smith's saying, "I'm not feeling too good," 36 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,280 someone who loves batting more than anyone I know, 37 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,360 you probably respect that. 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,600 I'd rather than going around in circles and, "No, no, no," 39 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,840 OK, decision made, now we've gotta move on. 40 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,960 Righto, boys, first thing, Smudgie's out of this test. Bad luck, Smudgie. 41 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,840 We saw how brutal it was the other day, so Smudgie's out of this test. Decision's made. 42 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,400 There's obviously gonna be some changes to the 11 because of it. 43 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,120 But that's OK. We talked from day one - squad mentality. 44 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,920 Be ready, be ready, be ready. Shit's gonna happen. 45 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,320 Let's think about how you're going to help us win this test match. Nothing else. 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,480 We knew he wasn't gonna be right. 47 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,920 Obviously, from the team point of view, "Oh, what? No Smudge?" 48 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,320 Someone's gonna have to step up. 49 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,440 So lucky we've got great teams behind us now, 50 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,240 we've got great data analysts back home. 51 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,280 We had a lot of people behind the scenes doing a lot of the research 52 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,840 and the planning and the preparation. 53 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,160 We actually employed a mathematician. 54 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,000 What we've got here, to start off with, 55 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,440 is all the information from test matches in England since 2009. 56 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,400 Our data team had come together and looked at, you know, 57 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,440 what had we done over the last five to ten years? 58 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,280 "How do you get a wicket in England? You know, what's the best time to bowl? 59 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,440 "You know, what works in England? What didn't work in England?" 60 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,240 The data showed you hit the top of off with the occasional bouncer, 61 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,200 and here's the length that we need to bowl. 62 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,640 If you can start with six metres as your key point, 63 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,800 so you're not searching for it, we're gonna hit six 64 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,760 and then we're going to adjust from there. 65 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,200 You know, one of the things we've really looked at has been just that six-metre length. 66 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,120 - Let's own that. Let's just own that first up. - Yeah, yeah. 67 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,000 And then after that, we start to adjust. 68 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,720 We knew if we could suffocate England's batting, 69 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,120 that would give us the best chance of winning the Ashes. 70 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,800 - Is this a change of philosophy? - A little bit, yes. 71 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:36,800 Because to be part of it over here, 72 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,680 particularly an Ashes series in England, 73 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,360 we've come over here and tried to swing the ball. 74 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,240 You get off to a flyer, it's hard to pull it back, 75 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,360 rather than get it in that six to eight to start 76 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,200 and be able to adjust from there. 77 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,000 And as long as we're all really clear and we know what we're doing, perfect. 78 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,160 To have all the fast bowlers ready, 79 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,520 that was pretty special. 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,360 And it just looked like a bit of a perfect storm was about to happen. 81 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,240 Day one, perfect bowling conditions. 82 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,040 Gloomy, real low cloud. 83 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,080 Cloudy sky still, and that's why Joe Root looked up 84 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,600 and decided when he won the toss, "We will have a bowl." 85 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,920 They won the toss and sent us in and it was dark. So dark. 86 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,480 Usually at Headingley, it just does a bit when it's cloudy. 87 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,000 It was all like an old-fashioned Headingley - 88 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,960 batsman's nightmare. 89 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:35,880 Oh, has he nicked that? He has! 90 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,840 I mean, that ball was just going all over the place. 91 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,080 Yes! And gone! 92 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,640 Bowled him! 93 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,360 That is unplayable. 94 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,320 So, the first innings at Headingley is the sum of all fears. 95 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,400 Smith is not there and the batting collapses. 96 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,000 Gone! 97 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,920 Archer has six. 98 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,760 He's not there, and there's no-one... there's no-one to make good. 99 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,280 What a fight-back from England. 100 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,880 We knew that we were behind the game. 101 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,040 You're not going to win many test matches when you get bowled out for 180 on day one. 102 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:26,080 There were some... A very poor last session. Shit happens. 103 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,680 Let's make sure tomorrow night we're sitting in this change room 104 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,360 and we're still...we're feeling better than we are now. 105 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,960 They're gonna bat last, alright? 106 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,480 Let's make sure they're chasing plenty for us to win the test match, OK? 107 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,280 Let's go home, alright? Let's go. 108 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,920 Turned up the next morning and it is bright sunshine. 109 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,680 And you think, "Oh, here we go. This is great." 110 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,280 So different to yesterday. Ideal batting conditions. 111 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,600 Josh Hazlewood will be sharing this new ball with Cummins. 112 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,160 JL actually pulled us aside in the warm-up, the three of us, and said, 113 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,360 "I've been waiting for this moment since I became coach - the three boys together," 114 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,560 and it kind of reminded us, you know, we've been eight or nine years now 115 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,840 and we haven't played a game together. 116 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,400 I remember Smithy saying it, and sort of I was already thinking a little bit, 117 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,840 he goes, "Oh, a bit less movement today, they'll nick them all." 118 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,800 Edged and gone. 119 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,000 Come on! 120 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,600 Edged and gone. 121 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,960 Another good catch. 122 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,360 So, Joe Root departs without troubling the scorers. It's 10/2. 123 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,040 Is that gone? I think it is! 124 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,480 Yeah! 125 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,800 England three down. 126 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,880 I can imagine Friday night in Australia at the moment. 127 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,280 Sitting on your couch, in front of your fire, or at the pub with your mates. 128 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:54,680 Aussie have got them 3/20. 129 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,800 It was just consistent pressure. 130 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,720 We just did not let them get a boundary here or there. 131 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,040 Just stayed very patient. 132 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,360 Beautifully bowled by Josh Hazlewood. 133 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,560 There was no loose balls. Like, not one. 134 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Oh! 135 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,360 This is superb fast bowling. 136 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,600 James Pattinson comes into the attack. 137 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:20,480 Catch! 138 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,680 Edged and gone. 139 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,560 And England reeling at 34/4. 140 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,760 Another single-figure dismissal for England. 141 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,240 This is turmoil. 142 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:39,360 Probably the best couple of hours I've bowled, as a bowling group, my whole test career. 143 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,600 You're gone! It's another one. 144 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,720 Good partnership bowling. 145 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,320 Everything just went our way and Davy took four magnificent catches. 146 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,520 Oh, nicked. Gone! What a catch! Warner takes another screamer at slip. 147 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,280 Just one of those things where everything just stuck 148 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,040 and it was just finally we're sitting there going, "We finally got one of those days." 149 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,280 Australia are on fire. 150 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,160 What a cataclysmic collapse that was. 151 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,640 Patrick Cummins. 152 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,160 Is there glove?! There is glove! 153 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,520 54/7. 154 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,000 Here's Hazlewood. 155 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,600 Gone! Brilliant! 156 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,480 And England's woes continue. 157 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,080 56/8. 158 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,320 Only one man in double figures. 159 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,600 That ain't good if you're an England fan. 160 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,520 That lunchtime, we did a very serious discussion on the radio 161 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,520 about we have just witnessed 162 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,520 possibly the beginning of the end of test cricket in this country. 163 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,400 Yes! Yeah! Good boy! 164 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,760 And Australia have bowled England out for 67. 165 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,640 Outstanding, Josh Hazlewood - 5/30. 166 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,960 It's England's lowest score against Australia since 1948. 167 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,400 The deficit on first innings is 112. 168 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,840 That's test cricket. 169 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,040 It was just one of those days, wasn't it? 170 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,360 Did you tell him to do that? 171 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,720 No, he said to me...he goes, "I'm gonna bowl him leg peg here." 172 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,880 Well done, big boy. 173 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,640 Bottom edge onto the stumps just finishes things off. 174 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,720 But the final figures of this Australian second innings, bowled out for 246. 175 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,080 The honest assessment of the situation is this - 176 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,440 the odds are almost 100% in favour of Australia. 177 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,760 England to chase 359. 178 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,200 A batting line-up that's just made 67? 179 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,880 It's preposterous to think that it might happen. 180 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,640 Of all England's highest successful run chases in history, 181 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,480 the highest is three 332. 182 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,320 What an opportunity for us to retain the Ashes then. 183 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,000 England are up a creek without a paddle. 184 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,480 Right here is the moment. Seize the day, son. 185 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,880 - Yeah! - Come on! 186 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,800 And again it's David Warner. 187 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,680 Rory Burns the first to go in the second innings 188 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,520 An absolute beauty from Pat Cummins. 189 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,600 Has that come off the glove? He's been given. 190 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,920 - Yes! - Yes! 191 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,760 It's now three down. 192 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:34,160 141/3. 193 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,320 The biggest cheers of the day 194 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,120 greeted the arrival of Ben Stokes at the crease. 195 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,000 They want something special from him here. 196 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,920 Come on, boys. Come on. 197 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,360 Ding-dong. Come on, Stokes, straight up. 198 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,840 He'll have to start against Lyon, which won't be easy. 199 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,640 Come on, lads. Two more tonight, eh? 200 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:04,160 Keep this pressure on, we'll get two more tonight, boys. 201 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,160 New ball in the morning. Come on! 202 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,480 Perfect, Gazza! 203 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,880 There was no way Australia were not going to win that match. 204 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,080 Stokes has one ball to survive. 205 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,520 England were going to lose and the Ashes would be gone. 206 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,840 203 England need, seven wickets Australia need. 207 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,600 Opportunities don't come around in life like that very often. 208 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,760 I was nervous because you still need to get the job done. 209 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,480 I'm not a good watcher of cricket. 210 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:45,600 I don't like to not be able to go out and help or being able to do something. 211 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,440 So I was struggling, particularly that last day. 212 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,760 Come on, Garry. 213 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,200 Trap him. 214 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,480 Catch it! 215 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:56,840 What a catch that is! 216 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,480 You champion. 217 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,560 When Joe Root goes, there's the collective exhale. 218 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,960 "We've got that wicket. 219 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 "Now just to methodically work through the rest." 220 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,040 The only way for England to stay in the series is to score these runs. 221 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,800 198 required. 222 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,320 Beautiful shot. Full face and punched down the ground from Bairstow. 223 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,360 Wait! 224 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,880 That is for Stokes his first boundary. 225 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,920 The roar that came up here at Leeds. 226 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,440 They want a hero. Will it be that man Ben Stokes? 227 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:40,800 Got to get Stokes out. 228 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,920 Well, first signs of naked aggression from Ben Stokes. 229 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,120 He's hit it hard enough. 230 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,120 Momentum's definitely starting to shift in England's favour here. 231 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,320 This Australian bowling group has got to do something about it. 232 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,080 Catch! 233 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,160 Gone now! 234 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,440 Partnership of 86 between Stokes and Bairstow has been broken. 235 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,640 Jonny Bairstow is gone. 236 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,640 245/5. 237 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:25,840 Come on! 238 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,960 Trouble! Ooh, gone! 239 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,880 Brilliant from Travis Head at mid wicket. 240 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:35,760 Buttler's failed to make his ground. 241 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,680 - A massive moment. - Huge. 242 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,120 England six down. 243 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Catch! 244 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,160 Top edge. 245 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,400 Man there, Western Terrace behind him. 246 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,000 286/8. 247 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,320 It hits the boot. It's out. 248 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,360 Yes! 249 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,840 286/9. 250 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,760 Delight for Australia. 251 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,840 They're one wicket away from retaining the Ashes. 252 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,120 We're home. We're 2-nil up in the Ashes. 253 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,200 The last man is Jack Leach. 254 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,040 England still 73 away. 255 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:29,760 This is the man though who stands between and almost certain victory. 256 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,440 Ben Stokes had an absolute golden summer. 257 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,360 70 or 80 runs, they're gonna hit one up, we're gonna get a wicket here. 258 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,560 Catch! 259 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,480 Straight down the ground Stokes goes. 260 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,800 He's hit it sweetly. 261 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,960 Stokesy's closer and closer to doing something stupid. 262 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,760 62 runs away, England. 263 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,240 One wicket for the Australians. 264 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,400 Oh, what a shot that is! 265 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,920 England need 50 to win. 266 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,040 And the crowd - listen to it, they're going off. 267 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,960 Pressure is the biggest man in the game. 268 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,280 Don't worry about Ben Stokes, the biggest man on the ground is pressure. 269 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,880 Gotta keep a clear mind here, Tim Paine. 270 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,360 Is this the last ball? 271 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,800 Bring them all in, bring them all in. 272 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,480 This is where Tim Paine, I would have thought, 273 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,120 would have brought the field up, with only one ball left. 274 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:42,520 So there's no single. 275 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,600 Have to. 276 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,960 You've gotta bring everyone in, surely! Everyone. 277 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,560 If he hits a four, so what? 278 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,400 You've got a guy out there who can bat 279 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,080 and you've got a guy out there who can't bat. 280 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,480 On the last ball of the over, they had to stop Stokes getting off strike. 281 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,600 Yeah! 282 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,920 Does get the single. 283 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,320 No! 284 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,200 Stokes keeps the strike. 285 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,320 Well, you want to ball as many overs as you can to the number 11. 286 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,920 I would have rather Ben Stokes hit a six that ball 287 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,080 and we still get six balls at Leach. 288 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,240 There wasn't really any pace or bounce. 289 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,080 If you were just a little bit off, he's gonna put it away. 290 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,440 How can I bowl where he doesn't want it? 291 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,800 - - That's gone all the way! 292 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,320 43 now required for England. 293 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,280 The Aussies, they'd gone. They were scrambled. 294 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,960 Whereas Stokes, clinical. 295 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,640 Slower ball. Dragged leg side. 296 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,000 Dragged to the boundary. 100 for Ben Stokes. 297 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,240 The whole of Headingley, the whole of England rise to Ben Stokes. 298 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,560 You know, fielding on the boundary, you just thought, 299 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,800 "You know, he's going to hit one up in the air eventually here 300 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,160 "and we're gonna win the game." 301 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,000 Up in the air! 302 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,560 That's all the way, isn't it?! It is all the way! 303 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,160 27 needed! 304 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,640 Everything was sort of going his way. 305 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,280 Like, he's just...he's gonna hit one down someone's throat, surely. 306 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,480 In the air, a big cry of "Catch." 307 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,640 Catch it. 308 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:25,720 Catch it, Harry! 309 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,480 Doesn't carry! 310 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,400 It landed right in the middle of my hand, 311 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,320 then I hit the ground and it went straight out. 312 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,760 That split second you're going, "I've just dropped the Ashes." 313 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,800 That's the worst feeling I've ever had. 314 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,560 Oh, no. 315 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,160 Nine to win. 316 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,560 The Ashes are on the line right here and right now for both these teams. 317 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:07,880 Don't forget the reviews. One left for England, one left for Australia. 318 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,320 No, it pitched outside leg. Pitched outside leg. 319 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,560 I knew that it had pitched outside. 320 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,040 Painey was a bit like, "Oh, you know, 321 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,320 "you'd be kicking yourself if it was, even if it's a 1% chance." 322 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,560 They're going to use the review. 323 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,800 No way in the world could it be out. 324 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,640 Go to the ball tracking. 325 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,200 Chris, no bat at all. 326 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,040 Pitch outside of leg. 327 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,080 Who does Tim Paine turn to? 328 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,200 He's going to turn to Nathan Lyon. 329 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,640 - Catch! - It's down the ground. Mid-off is there! 330 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,400 It's long enough! It's six! 331 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,800 One to tie, two to win. 332 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,760 It's not over till it's over. The hardest thing in the world is hitting the winning run. 333 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,800 Reverse sweep. They run! 334 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,160 Take him! 335 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,400 Could be a run-out! 336 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,200 Oh, he's fumbled! 337 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,680 He's fumbled! Lyon has fumbled! 338 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,080 Pretty well sums us up, boys. 339 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,280 Wow. What have we just witnessed there? 340 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,680 I was absolutely gutted, thinking, "I've lost the Ashes." 341 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:12,440 But I knew I couldn't dwell on it. I had to... had to get up to bowl this last ball. 342 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:18,320 And at the top of my mind I'm thinking, "OK, what type of shot is he likely to play? 343 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,400 "What type of shot do I want him to play? How am I going to get him to play that shot?" 344 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,080 It comes back down to me bowling my best ball. 345 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,880 - - Oh, now...now everyone looks. 346 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,440 They needed that review. They needed that review. 347 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,280 Did it straighten enough? Did it straighten enough? 348 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,720 It did straighten enough. 349 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,400 There was no way in the world that that Pat Cummins one could possibly be out. 350 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,040 They burnt that one and it's cost them the test match. 351 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,320 Cut away! Cut away for four! 352 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,320 What an innings, what a player. 353 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,920 The Ashes well and truly alive because of one cricketer. 354 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,360 That is one of the best innings I've ever seen. 355 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,800 His team was gone. They were down and out, they were buried. 356 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,240 The Australians will be gutted. 357 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,880 It is as difficult a loss to swallow 358 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,640 as Australian sport has seen in a generation. 359 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,800 I'll go and do media now, boys, but I just want to say, 360 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,160 fuck, that's gonna fucking hurt a lot, no doubt, for the next couple of days. 361 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,680 However, as I said to a few of you out there, we've still got two test matches. 362 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,360 So let this fucking sting. 363 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,360 We had our chances to win that game and we fucked it up - shit happens. 364 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,200 We can talk about that another time. 365 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,640 We've got two test matches, we've got a bit of time off. 366 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,640 Let's take time, stick together. 367 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,480 Keep knowing that the process we've got in place to beat these blokes is going to work. 368 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,120 So it's not game over, it's not toys out of the cot, it's a game of cricket. 369 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,160 Shit fucking happens. Yeah, it was fucking important and we wanted it. 370 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,520 And we should have fucking won it. 371 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,800 Let's move on and start getting our head around winning the next two fucking tests. 372 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,640 Yeah, it's... ..disappointing. 373 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Yeah, that one hurt a lot. It still does. Doesn't sit very well. 374 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,680 I remember getting back to my hotel room, I didn't know what to do. 375 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,440 I just felt like a physical, emotional wreck. 376 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,840 I was on FaceTime to my wife, and she goes, "What's that in your hand?" 377 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,200 I said, "Oh, it's a scotch. 378 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,240 She goes, "What?" She goes, "Scotch? You don't drink Scotch." 379 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,880 I go, "I do tonight, baby." 380 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,560 I was, like...I felt sick then. 381 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,280 I was just sitting in my room by myself and I'm just going, "Oh, go to sleep." 382 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,360 Did not sleep. And that's when I realised we gotta do something about it. 383 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,320 I texted Dene Hills, I just said, "Mate, can you set up 384 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:32,360 "the last partnership between Leach and Stokes in the boardroom?" 385 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,160 He goes, "Yeah, I can do that." 386 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,880 Grab a seat, boys, please. 387 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:36,920 Grab a seat. 388 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,080 The truth is, this could easily break us. 389 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,560 That's what everyone else, the whole rest of the world will be saying. 390 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,760 But it's our choice. 391 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,520 So, what we're gonna do, we're gonna watch what happened yesterday. 392 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,120 And for no other reason except we're gonna learn. 393 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,000 It's gonna give us the shits, watching it, but we're going to learn from it. 394 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,640 We're gonna shake ourselves off and we're gonna get up 395 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,600 to be ready for the next test match. 396 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,520 I wasn't overly impressed with going there 397 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,320 and rewatching that last 15 overs or whatever it was. 398 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:16,600 I already did that in my head over and over and over, I didn't need to do it again. 399 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,800 Just roll it, Deno, please, mate. 400 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,920 Sure. 401 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,920 62 runs away, England. 402 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,280 That is an unbelievable shot from Ben Stokes! 403 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,600 - - No, pitched outside leg. 404 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,240 Pitched outside leg. 405 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,600 Is that the referral? 406 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,360 They've got a review. They're going to use the review. 407 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,080 No way in the world could it be out. 408 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:48,840 Obviously, but opportunity, opportunity, opportunity. 409 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,560 One to tie, two to win. 410 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,040 Reverse sweep. They run! Non-striker's end! 411 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,080 Could be a run-out! Oh, he's fumbled! 412 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,360 He's fumbled! Lyon has fumbled! 413 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,040 Cut away for four! 414 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,360 The Ashes well and truly alive because of one cricketer! 415 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,640 Hard to watch, hard to watch, but it is what it is. 416 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,480 The only thing I will say, there was an opportunity in my opinion 417 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:23,280 with 71 to go, last bowl of the over. 418 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,680 If we're reading the play, there is no way there can be a run there. 419 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,240 We've got six balls at Leach, right, 420 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,400 and we've gotta squeeze him, squeeze in on him. 421 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,320 We can't give an easy run like that. 422 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,040 He wanted to sweep from wide, out of rough. 423 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,240 We thought it was actually a chance to get him out. 424 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,360 Were our plans clear enough to Stokes, do you reckon? 425 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,000 We know we could have changed the fields. 426 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,560 We could have bowled more bouncers. 427 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,400 We had guys coming on saying, "Bowl slower balls." 428 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,440 Hoff bowled him three slower balls and he hit him for three sixes. 429 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,920 So, 100% we can do things slightly differently. We didn't panic. 430 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,960 We didn't shit ourselves. 431 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,160 We tried our best. We had a crack, a guy had a day out. 432 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,440 Yeah, absolutely I've been awake all night. 433 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,200 I would have changed the field a hundred times. I think we all would have. 434 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,640 But we didn't. 435 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,280 The question is, when we're under that pressure, we know that, 436 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,400 were we really clear what the plan was? 437 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,240 The plans were clear. Painey came up at the start of the over, said, 438 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,400 "Let's try some slower balls," and we tried to go wide. 439 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,080 It probably wasn't wide enough on occasions. 440 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,200 And I tried the yorker, just missed. 441 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,280 So, he's faced 220 by then, 442 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,960 and we've got Leach who's come in. 443 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,680 We want Patto to have six balls at Leach, surely. 444 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,320 The opportunity missed there is that we let him have a single. 445 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,240 - Yeah. Yeah. - That's just intent. 446 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,280 That's just game awareness, which we all talk about. 447 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,040 Yeah. 448 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,120 I was sort of umming and aahing, "Well, fuck, if we get one or two at Leach, 449 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,240 "I'm gonna hit him on the toe or get some glove." 450 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:52,840 But the percentage play would now be to bring the field up. 451 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,280 Balls five and six we should have had the field up when we had 60 percenters. 452 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,000 Play at a simple seamer. 453 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,040 Got it wrong. 454 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,720 No-one wants to ever have that feeling again that you had yesterday 455 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,000 or last night when you're lying in your bed. 456 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,880 We're gonna stay together, we're gonna stick together, we're gonna work hard together. 457 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,400 We're gonna get ready together 458 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,440 to be ready for Old Trafford together, to win the fourth test match, OK? 459 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,800 After it, Painey says to me, 460 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:27,400 "I found that really confronting 'cause I had to admit that I made some mistakes." 461 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,200 And I said, "It's not a weakness, mate, that's a strength." 462 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,880 Because we're all human, 463 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:36,120 and it's good to admit weakness or vulnerability in front of your mates 464 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,760 because then they'll go, "Oh, yeah, OK, we actually did make some mistakes." 465 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,040 Usually on an Ashes tour, we have five guys go away and have a rest and go to London. 466 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,000 I said, "You know what? Everyone's going to Derbyshire. We're all going together." 467 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,880 It was a hard time, and I think initially that probably annoyed a few blokes. 468 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,040 But he was adamant. "No, we're gonna stay together as a team." 469 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,920 It was the first time that this group had come back together and been tested again. 470 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:10,160 When you're under pressure, you need - whether it's in life or it's on a cricket field - 471 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:14,240 you need to have your friends or your family to help you through it. 472 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:21,280 Guys, we're just going to introduce ourselves to the morning. 473 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:26,640 It's a great opportunity to bring some connection to your breathing. 474 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,520 The reason we're all together is because for the next three weeks, 475 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,600 we're gonna have to stick together big-time if we're gonna win the Ashes, right? 476 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,560 OK, today we're just gonna have a game of touch footy. 477 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,840 Run around, have a sweat up, ready for tomorrow, OK? 478 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,600 It gave us a time to actually relax and not think about cricket. 479 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,680 It started a bit sluggishly, and then within sort of two or three minutes, 480 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,960 there's a bit of stick flying around and it gets competitive. 481 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,080 Whoo! 482 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,160 Nathan Lyon sprained his ankle playing touch footy. 483 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,440 That's OK. There was competitive instinct. 484 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,600 We needed to get that fight back in, otherwise, like I say, series over. 485 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,920 Painey was really good at just making sure everyone stuck together. 486 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,200 We thought let's get everyone there, let's have a really relaxed week. 487 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,960 One thing I know is about teams. 488 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,960 We do things together, it has a big impact. 489 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,560 It was one of our early meetings. 490 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,320 Mitch Marsh stood up in front of the boys, he just said, 491 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,760 "Every morning of this tour I'm going to be walking and we'll get a coffee." 492 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,360 On a tour like this, 493 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,680 I know there's gonna be times where we're all feeling pressure 494 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,720 or falling a bit down, missing home. 495 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,880 And if some guys wanna join me at any time I'll be there. 496 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,120 I just wanted to get the ball rolling about having care for your mates 497 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,520 and looking after each other on tour, 498 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,240 and it just sort of grew. 499 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,840 And I was like, "Wow, this is actually pretty cool." 500 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,720 All those little things are so important. 501 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,560 What happens is you build camaraderie together. 502 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,640 You can't fake it, you gotta build it over time. 503 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,640 When the pressure comes on, it's like the glue that keeps everything together. 504 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,200 What happened next was also really important. 505 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,520 That time we went to Derbyshire, we're going to win in Derbyshire. 506 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,440 We're not gonna play it as a three-day practice game, 507 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,520 we are going to get back into the attitude of winning this game. 508 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,560 From where we were probably a week earlier, 509 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,800 it was a different group. 510 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,560 And we beat them in two days and an hour. 511 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,480 We've worked hard for 12 months, boys, to win the prize. 512 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,720 We're one test match off retaining the Ashes. 513 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,080 But they're not gonna give it to us. We saw that last week. 514 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,320 They're not gonna give it to you. 515 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,560 You're not gonna get great prizes in your life, you're not going to just get it given to you. 516 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:50,840 It's not how life works. 517 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,680 If you really want it - and it sounds like a cliche, but I truly believe this - 518 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,800 the team who wants it more will win this Ashes. 519 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,600 And only you guys can answer that. 520 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,720 Australia had Steve Smith back. 521 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,360 If there's any possible counter to Ben Stokes, it is Steve Smith. 522 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,200 Get your Ben Stokes scarves now! 523 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,840 Cheap at 50! £8 each now! 524 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,600 Get your Ben Stokes scarves! 525 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:39,600 This is the fourth test match and the teams are locked in at one each. 526 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,320 There will be some scars, whatever debrief you've done. 527 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:48,520 At some stage, Australia will think, "Crikey, we had that opportunity." 528 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,000 And that's the key for England. 529 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,720 If they start well here, some of those lads in the Australian dressing-room 530 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:59,200 will be walking away thinking, "Crikey, Headingley's hurting that little bit more." 531 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,280 I know this week, since this happened, 532 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,560 I know it's been the best coaching week of my life, eh? 533 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,680 Because I had...because I knew we're going to lift 534 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,880 or we get flat and let them steamroll us. 535 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:09,920 And it's been awesome. 536 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,040 How you come back from adversity is what really counts. 537 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:13,480 Absolutely, mate. Absolutely. 538 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,560 True colours come out. 539 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:15,680 Absolutely, mate. 540 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,160 Gotta keep an eye on Painey. 541 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,160 Yeah, I just had a word to him there, you know. 542 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,920 Did you? I said to him last night, "Make sure you wake up tomorrow morning. 543 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,040 "I promise you'll have that much fun, no matter what." 544 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,680 The game is hard enough without carrying the world on your shoulders. 545 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,160 What a series we're witnessing at the moment. 546 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,840 Ashes 1-all. Nothing like it. 547 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,960 There's so many battles. This is one of them. 548 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,800 Marcus Harris has gotta go. 549 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,640 Australia 28/2. 550 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,280 Here he is, the man back into the Australian team. 551 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,640 Steven Smith makes his way out to the middle of Old Trafford, 552 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,160 Australia in trouble. 553 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,440 Once again, Australia going to need something very special from him today. 554 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,520 Both Archer and Steve Smith no doubt have been thinking about this battle. 555 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:05,160 That's got to be in the back of your mind, having taken a blow like that from Archer. 556 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,320 I did read a lot of the reports after that game. 557 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:14,160 People saying that Archer had had the wood on me. It actually said it in the media. 558 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,040 Yeah, he hit me, but didn't get me out. 559 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,960 Great contest. Archer fired up, Smith an absolute immovable force. 560 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,080 I was like, "I just need to do more 561 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,040 "just to kind of prove people wrong." I like doing that. 562 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,360 Full, wide and driven for four. 563 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,760 Ooh, four more. Twatted. 564 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:53,080 Well, we've got two eccentrics at the crease right now. It should be fun. 565 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,120 I was waiting to bat with him. 566 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,040 You know, it was an exciting moment. 567 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,560 Well, here we go, let's get in the contest. 568 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:02,800 Nicely played. 569 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,280 He times it so well, Steven Smith. 570 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,040 Labuschagne moves on to another half century. 571 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,640 Australia's two best batsmen in the middle at the moment. 572 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,840 Labuschagne has been outstanding in the series. 573 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,360 Smith has got centre stage in these Ashes, 574 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,640 but Marnus is the revelation of this series. 575 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,560 This is the batsman that Australia has been looking for. 576 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,040 115 runs, the partnership, 577 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,120 putting Australia in a pretty strong position. 578 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,760 Oh, yes! Got his wicket. 579 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,880 Got through the gap. 580 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,360 Labuschagne goes for 67. 581 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,320 Frickin' beaten on the inside, you freak! 582 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,440 Australia at 170/3. 583 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:57,000 Day two at Old Trafford - the series tied 1-all, with two to play. 584 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,800 Well, the Australian captain comes in at number seven. 585 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,760 Hasn't got really any score of note in this series so far. 586 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,920 But Australian need him now. 587 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,600 So much talk about Painey's batting. 588 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,880 I know how good a batter he is. I think he just thinks too much about it. He tries too hard. 589 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,920 Batting was Steve Smith, who's on 91. 590 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,680 Good time for him to get some here. 591 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,880 225/5. 592 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:25,160 We knew we needed to get 400, so it was just important to go with him. 593 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,680 Well, he's found a way through. 594 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,640 This time he does find the gap, 595 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,520 and Paine moves into double figures. 596 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,840 That will boost his confidence. 597 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,600 Good shot. 598 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,920 This man is incredible. 599 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,440 Yet another hundred for Steve Smith. 600 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:47,320 I could sense how frustrated they were getting 'cause they couldn't get him out. 601 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,320 What would happen then is they'd get me on strike and they'd probably overattack. 602 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:52,920 Nice shot. 603 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,000 And to bat with him was pleasing. It was what was needed to be done. 604 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,560 Gets to 50, the Australian captain. 605 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,320 His first half century for 11 test matches. 606 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:09,320 The former captain and the present captain have led Australia into a very commanding position. 607 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,400 Ooh, edged to slip. 608 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,320 Edged straight to Stokes, and finally they have their man. 609 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,680 Yes, they're going to check that. 610 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,840 No way. It looks like a no ball to me, that. 611 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,080 - Seriously? - Come on! 612 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:30,160 That is literally a magic moment. Who would have thought? 613 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,200 Nicely played, that. 614 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,640 That's another boundary. 615 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:42,800 Steve Smith makes up for missing the last test by a double century. 616 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,320 A world-class player batting in a world of his own. 617 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:56,400 Being able to come out and do that and just switch back onto beast mode was incredible. 618 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,360 What a freak. 619 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,840 Australia had to put a stamp back on England, 620 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,200 and that was the punch in the nose, 621 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,560 is for all that England had working for them, 622 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,800 they had no clue how to get Steve Smith out. 623 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,680 Call 'em in. 624 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,320 So, Tim Paine makes the gesture 625 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:19,160 that declares this innings closed on 497/8. 626 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,640 Great work, lads. 627 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,520 England have had a tough day. 628 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,560 England 301. 629 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,560 Australia with a lead of 196 runs. 630 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,320 Something of a fight-back from England in the first innings, 631 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,520 but it wasn't enough. 632 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,560 Very powerful from Smith. 633 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,000 Beautiful hands through the ball. 634 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,280 He's doing it again. 635 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:52,160 And when Australia get to 6/186, Tim Paine calls his side in. 636 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,760 Yeah, they're coming off. 637 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,800 A surprise declaration. 638 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,000 Tim Paine, spur of the moment, has said, "Right, that's enough." 639 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,520 186/6. The lead is 382. 640 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,200 And after the drama of Headingley, where they saw a chance for victory 641 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,200 snatched away by the brilliance of Ben Stokes, 642 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,760 are we posing the question, can lightning strike twice? 643 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:15,800 Catch! 644 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,280 And that is the worst possible start for England. 645 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,120 This is where we win the test match. 646 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,960 You know, I wasn't able to do it last game. 647 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,880 Here, I feel I'm more in control of what I'm trying to do. 648 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,160 - Clean bowled! - Bowled him! 649 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,640 This is Pat Cummins, this is Australia absolutely at their best. 650 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,920 And the England captain is gone first ball. 651 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,760 It's 0/2. 652 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,520 To get two early wickets was just like, "Alright, we're on our way." 653 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,480 Morning. Good morning. 654 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,200 The job's not done yet. We've still got eight wickets to get. 655 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,600 But let's just stay nice and patient, stay calm. We talk about it, let's make sure we do it. 656 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,400 If you're tired or struggling as a fielder, 657 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,680 or if the bowling, you're tired and sore, 658 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,480 think about when we were sitting in that changing room last week, push through it. 659 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,640 The crowd now on its feet. The salute is for none other than Ben Stokes. 660 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,320 Brings a tingle to the spine, doesn't it? 661 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,040 To get a welcome like that. 662 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:29,960 Come on, just get a wicket. 663 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,400 Tim Paine is adamant. 664 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,040 And Ben Stokes is walking. 665 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,080 Caught behind! 666 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,400 That is a massive wicket for Australia. 667 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,680 Just six more wickets to retain the Ashes. 668 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,520 Yeah, we were still pretty confident. We knew the wicket was starting to wear. 669 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:55,160 We had foot marks either side, because of my big hoofs, through the middle for Gazza. 670 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,640 And then it was going about our work 671 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,160 and not trying to overdo it, we had plenty of time. 672 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,640 Close. On the angle. The finger goes up! 673 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,120 You can see what it means to this Australian team. 674 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,880 Overs left 41. 675 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,000 Australia need four wickets. 676 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,640 Great sesh. Well done, mate. Great catch. Well done. Great catch. 677 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,920 OK, let's stay nice and calm. 678 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,280 Gaz, when you're bowling out into that... 679 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,640 ..you look like you're getting a wicket every ball. 680 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,000 Gaz, you're the best bowler in the world. Stay calm, alright? 681 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,400 Best get Gazza Bon Jovi up singing the song for us, eh? 682 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,440 And let's take the Ashes home, eh? 683 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:35,480 Come on, boys. 684 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,840 Come on, everyone up. Up, let's go. Let's be up. Everyone up. 685 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,800 To bowl from James Anderson End, Nathan Lyon. 686 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,320 Ooh, big appeal, and gone! 687 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,520 We bloody deserve this. 688 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,920 No such thing, Dene. 689 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,680 We've earned the right, however you... 690 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,640 Hard work deserves success. 691 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,120 Leach comes in at 10. 173/8. 692 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,600 29 overs are left. 693 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:12,200 And he's got a defence and he's got character. 694 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,920 It's all about time. Plenty of overs left, but time is ticking away. 695 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,400 The lights are on. It's getting a little darker. 696 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,280 Well, Australia were so close at Headingley, 697 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,040 and they are so close here. 698 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:30,520 Another block, another over goes by. 21 left. 699 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:31,920 194/8. 700 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,360 England hanging on. 701 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,280 The speeds are dropping off a little bit too. I guess they're tired. 702 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,040 Those gloves out the way. And a stare. 703 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,480 That's the first time we've seen real words from Cummins. 704 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,720 It's alright. We're nearly there. 705 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,760 This can't happen again. Not twice in a series. 706 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,720 Another solid block, another over goes by. 707 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:05,800 20 left. 708 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,200 And another one goes by. 709 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,040 Just saying that the glasses had steamed up again. 710 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,520 Oh, for God's sake, he's wiping his glasses again. 711 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:19,960 There's all this shit that's gonna happen for the next hour. 712 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,080 Does it get easier? No, not really. 713 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,920 I've been doing this a long time. It doesn't, no. No, it doesn't get easier. 714 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:33,480 Two wickets away from retaining the Ashes for the first time in 18 years. 715 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,760 Painey just said, "Right, we're gonna give Marnus a go. 716 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,840 You can call it a punt, I guess, in a way. He's a part-time bowler. 717 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,680 What do you think of this change? 718 00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,080 Surprising. 719 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,720 I've always had a lot of faith, probably more faith than others, 720 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:50,360 in Marnus because I played in his first test tour and he bowled unbelievably well. 721 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:53,440 Ashes on the line and fresh bowler at the crease. 722 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,560 Alright, Marnie boy! 723 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,520 Tugger said since this morning, he reckons he'll win the game. 724 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:03,920 Catch! 725 00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,440 Nothing on that, no. 726 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,680 Are you sure? Into the rough, mate. 727 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,840 - Catch! - Oh, yeah, boy. 728 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,760 Come on. Come on, little Marn. 729 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,160 What is he even thinking here? 730 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,840 Bowl into the fucking rough - it's that simple, mate. 731 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,480 Just one good one is all they need. 732 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,040 That's the way they've gotta think about it as well, the Australians. 733 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,960 Just know they're one good ball away. 734 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,560 - He's straight, eh? - Yeah. 735 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:37,040 Is he being stubborn or has he just got his radar off? 736 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,800 It's like, "Righto, just spin it and just try and hit the rough." 737 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,720 They bounce! And he's gone! 738 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,880 Superb captaincy. What a change. 739 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:53,320 Labuschagne with the bat all series, it's Labuschagne with the ball! 740 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,720 Well, there's the breakthrough they were after. 741 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,640 Australia one wicket away. 742 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:00,400 Little Marn! 743 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,120 You beauty, Marnie! 744 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:04,920 Captain's move. 745 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:09,160 Australia need one wicket to retain the Ashes. 746 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,280 Every time the skipper, when they've needed something special, 747 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,680 has gone Cummins-Hazlewood, Cummins-Hazlewood. 748 00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:19,480 Has he got enough in the tank? 749 00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,920 Oh, a big shout, big shout. What's he think? 750 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,640 - Gone! 751 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,400 He'll review it obviously. 752 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,240 But I don't think it will matter. 753 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,520 The end is nigh. A desperate review. 754 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,640 - They've got a review. - They've got a review. 755 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,200 Come on, Dene, tell me something. 756 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:44,040 Come on! 757 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:45,640 That's out. It's definitely out. 758 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,400 Has to be out. 759 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:48,560 Come on. 760 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:52,000 It's a fair delivery. Go to front-on vision please. 761 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:53,400 It's gotta be out. 762 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,240 That's out. That's out. 763 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:58,680 OK. 764 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:01,800 Can you just give me the outrights to see whether any bat involved? 765 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:05,480 Come on, please be out. 766 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,760 OK, roll forward, roll forward, roll forward. 767 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,120 OK. No bat involved. 768 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,240 Flat line when the ball passes the bat. 769 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,160 Give me the whole cover when you're ready, please. Ball tracker. 770 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,520 Please be out. 771 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,400 Here we go. Up on the screen. 772 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,400 Come on, ball tracker coming up. 773 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,680 Impact outside the off, impact in line. 774 00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:33,640 Great joy for Australia. 775 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,760 Whoo! 776 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,400 It's all worth it. It's all worth it. 777 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:25,440 The feeling in that change room was like nothing I've ever experienced in my life. 778 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:26,960 That was unbelievable. 779 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,160 I don't know what to feel like, eh? 780 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:39,360 I'd been to England in 2013 and 2015 and with some pretty good teams. 781 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:43,480 We weren't able to bring that urn home. 782 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,640 Apparently I look like Craig Overton, so... which I was fuming about. 783 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,080 No disrespect to him. 784 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:55,200 But the boys were calling me Overs, so obviously I had to re-enact the decision. 785 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,120 Yeah! 786 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,160 That's why you play. 787 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:20,720 And I just hope that people can relate to us. 788 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,280 We're just normal blokes playing cricket. 789 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,520 It was so much fun in that change room. 790 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,840 But this is what the relentless nature of the job... 791 00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,720 Even if you retain the Ashes, you still go to bed that night 792 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,480 and you know, "Who am I going to select for the next test? 793 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,280 "How am I going to get them back up?" 794 00:49:55,600 --> 00:50:00,120 300-plus for the first innings. Let's be ruthless on our lengths, 'cause we know it works. 795 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:03,840 Skill over emotion. Let's switch back into game mode tomorrow. 796 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,600 I think the moment we get there tomorrow, 797 00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:07,760 the minute we walk out that front door onto the ground, 798 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,360 we show these blokes with our body language and our attitude, we're back. 799 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,200 Nothing better than go home 3-1, 800 00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:14,880 stand on the podium at the end 801 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,600 winning the test match and winning the series outright. 802 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:24,160 Australia want to become the first team to win here for 18 years. 803 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:25,600 So lots to play for. 804 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,640 There was definitely a little bit of exhaustion, 805 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,240 but at the same time there was still the hunger to win 3-1. 806 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,920 Australia calls heads. 807 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:37,680 And Australia win the toss. 808 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:39,920 - What are you doing? - We're going to have a bowl first, sir. 809 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,440 It looked as though it was a bat-first day. 810 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,640 By looking at the pitch, they should be batting. 811 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:49,400 Painey won the toss and bowled first, it was like, oh, there's a surprise to everyone. 812 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:56,040 All the questions on Australia after winning the toss and electing to bowl. 813 00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,520 I suppose the only way to look at it is, just assume we lost the toss. 814 00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:01,880 Move on. 815 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,240 It's a good shot from Burns. 816 00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:10,840 Shot. That will be four. 817 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,040 Brings up England's hundred. 818 00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:20,720 We just didn't start like we did every other test. 819 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:24,560 We were unbelievable with the ball the whole series, 820 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,760 and we were probably just 1% off, really. 821 00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:30,280 Short. 822 00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,200 - And again. - It's just way too short and way too wide. 823 00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:39,880 This opening spell wasn't what we'd expected from this fast-bowling brigade. 824 00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,280 We just dropped catches, we misfielded. 825 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,240 Oh, down it goes. 826 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,560 We just gave England way too many opportunities. 827 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,600 Oh, down again! Down again. 828 00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:57,560 Sloppy from Australia. 829 00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,280 England 271/8 off 82 overs. 830 00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,040 Do you reckon we were ruthless? 831 00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:10,760 No. 832 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:11,800 What do you reckon? 833 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:14,480 Nah. 834 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,560 I know we got some fatigue, we respect that. 835 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,720 But we've got an opportunity that's not gonna come around very often. 836 00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:22,000 Come on. 837 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:26,760 Maybe it was the emotional high of Manchester. 838 00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:30,840 Edged. Yes, gone. 839 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,720 Australia in all sorts of trouble. 840 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:35,600 So much build-up and so much stress and anxiety 841 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,040 put into retaining the Ashes. 842 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,320 The whole test match, we were just slightly off. 843 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,440 Oh, no. Oh, he's given it. 844 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:47,280 The end of a long tour, 845 00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:50,000 we had some really inexperienced players in there, 846 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:53,880 we had some senior players, but one of them, Steve Smith, was completely cooked. 847 00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:58,800 Ooh, what a catch! 848 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,200 What a great tour this man's had, though. 849 00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:08,560 Appreciation for Steve Smith. 850 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,920 The cricketing public have acknowledged greatness. 851 00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:16,040 You know, it was nice of them to, I guess, stand and applaud. 852 00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:19,640 And, yeah, I guess I'd shifted them perhaps. 853 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,480 Catch! Yeah! 854 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,280 That's it. That finishes the game off. 855 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:32,560 It squares the series 2-all. 856 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:38,760 Australia still haven't won a test series in England for 18 years. 857 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:44,320 Australia nonetheless will take the urn. 858 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:49,680 It certainly put a bit of a downer on it for that day and that test. 859 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:55,560 It was a really strange feeling because we hadn't won the game, 860 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:59,120 but the most interesting thing for me was after the game, 861 00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,160 and my daughter was there. 862 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:04,240 I went down and all the wives and the girlfriends 863 00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:07,400 and they're all giving us, "Oh, well done, it's awesome. 864 00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:10,120 "You know, great stuff. You've retained the Ashes." 865 00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:11,200 Good job. 866 00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:15,840 I thought, "Yeah, we did that last week. We didn't finish it off like we should." 867 00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:22,840 But if you had have said to me before we got on the plane, 868 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,320 "You're gonna make the semifinal of the World Cup 869 00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:27,560 "and then you're gonna retain the Ashes," 870 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:29,400 yeah, I would have taken that. 871 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:34,160 Ladies and gentlemen, to retain the Ashes in 2019, Australia. 872 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,000 I think in a few years' time and for the rest of our lives, 873 00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,160 we're going to remember going to England 874 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,080 and being the first team to bring it home in 20 years. 875 00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:50,920 It's such a difficult thing to do. 876 00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,720 We're a bit closer. Like, we lost it for a long time in England. 877 00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,880 We now drew the series and retained the Ashes, 878 00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:00,720 and then hopefully next time we go there we'll win the Ashes. 879 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:02,800 Be nice, wouldn't it? 880 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,520 What I'm most proud about though is that Australians are proud of us again. 881 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,000 From the deepest scandal 882 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:17,600 where people were repelled by the national cricket team, 883 00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:21,480 to the collective embrace of accomplishment when the Ashes were retained, 884 00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,200 that's the journey of redemption in sport. 885 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:31,120 The defining figure of the 2019 Ashes was Steve Smith. 886 00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:34,640 From the moment where he gets abused everywhere he goes, 887 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,920 to him getting a standing ovation at the end, 888 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:40,120 summed up where Australian cricket, to me, 889 00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,800 where we've been, where we're going. 890 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:50,200 People think it's a war. People think that we all hate each other. 891 00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:51,640 I hate to disappoint... 892 00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:55,280 Sorry, I hate to disappoint you, but it's not a war, it's a game of cricket. 893 00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:04,360 Oh, shit. 894 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,720 A few years back, teams didn't want to drink with the Australians. 895 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:09,520 The Aussies won respect back. 896 00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:12,080 People wanted to have a drink with them again. 897 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:16,600 I just think what we've seen has been a team of respectful Australian cricketers. 898 00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:20,240 And that's actually all that you want of a cricket team, 899 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:23,920 to respect the game and to respect their opponents. 900 00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:27,040 We've definitely played some good cricket. 901 00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:31,040 We haven't played great cricket yet, but we're trending in the right direction. 902 00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:33,000 - Enjoy it? - Yeah, it was good, man. 903 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,200 Cape Town was so traumatic 904 00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:40,920 that it was possible for the game to have really fragmented. 905 00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:45,440 But in some respects I think Australian fans have kind of enjoyed the fight. 906 00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:50,000 We like them more than we used to, 907 00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:53,880 and I think that's almost more important than being proud of them. 908 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,680 It's been a real roller-coaster, but I'm just so lucky 909 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:58,440 to be doing what I'm doing. 910 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:01,080 And, yeah, I'm looking forward to doing it for a little bit longer. 911 00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:04,200 Keep making our country proud of their cricket team. 912 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,320 Now I've gotta start again. I've gotta start again.