1 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:21,800 [Rachel] We got them a couple of months after we got back from the UK. 2 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,480 So I guess end of 2019. 3 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,680 We hung up the World Cup one, 4 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,560 and then I was like, "Oh, I think this one will look really nice here." 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Usman was like, "Nah. 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,680 I don't wanna to put that one up." 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,840 [Usman] I've played 44 Test matches for Australia. 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,200 At the end of the Ashes, I got dropped out 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,720 from the Headingley Game. 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,040 It was just like a knife to my heart. 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,760 [commentator] Grim-looking Usman Khawaja 12 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,400 leaves the field today. 13 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:46,560 After he'd been dropped, I've tried to say to him 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,200 you're not gonna look back and think, 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:49,480 "Oh, that was my last Test match." 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,520 But I guess I didn't realize how hard it hit him 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,920 at the time. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,240 It's tough. No one sees that side of cricket, 19 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,960 they only see the good stuff. 20 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,040 When you're away and you get dropped and you've got nothing to do, 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,080 you're just waiting to really get home. 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,960 I kind of considered that that was my last Test. 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,360 So, this was the full stop. 24 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,960 He's extremely humble 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,440 and sometimes I think he forgets what he's already achieved. 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,080 [Usman] It was just-- it felt really dark at that moment. 27 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,040 My window, when I could have played for Australia again, 28 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:22,080 just gone. 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,240 - [David] You hold that thought. - [man] Ooh. What have you got there? 30 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,720 - [David] Okay. Ready. - [man] Stop. 31 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,280 - [David] Set. And... - [Indi Rae] Pull. 32 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,320 [David] ...pull. Oh! 33 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,080 [Indi Rae] Can I see that? 34 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,480 That week leading into the Boxing Day Test is awesome. 35 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,960 It's a great build-up. 36 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,720 Just the festive spirit. 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Hello. 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,080 [David] The sort of nerves that you get quickly just go away. 39 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,080 It's that time of the year, just sit down, 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,960 have some ham and a beer, enjoy family time. 41 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,960 [man] Hello to you, hello. 42 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,120 [Marnus] It's a special time. 43 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,240 It's something that when I first came into that side 44 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,440 and I was involved in, you know, home summer, 45 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:03,680 it was awesome. 46 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,160 - It's snowing everywhere. - [laughs] 47 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,960 [Marnus] And I mean, the cricket all runs up 48 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,240 to that big MCG Test. 49 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,840 Ninety thousand coming out to watch day one. 50 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,120 The seriousness of the locker room spots, 51 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,440 if you stood next to Marnus, basically you're, you're screwed. 52 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,000 Khawajy, you took five minutes. 53 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,360 - It's already my spot. - [Khawaja] All right. You got it. Yes. 54 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,040 [Mitchell Starc] He's one of the messiest blokes in our group. 55 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,240 His mess just expands. 56 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,440 [Marnus] Well, I--I'm not saying I'm not messy, 57 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,200 but I'm certainly not the messiest. 58 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,640 I mean, Steve Smith has to have a whole--like, 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,360 well, he's got four spots. 60 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,680 [Mitchell Starc] The bad ones are the batters. 61 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,520 Us bowlers, we save our energy for the field, 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,880 because as soon as you get out the change room, 63 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,120 the batters don't talk. [laughs] 64 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,080 [man] Don't laugh, you did it on purpose. 65 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,560 [Mitchell Swepson] I mean, that's what makes a cricket team 66 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:07,000 so enjoyable to be around. 67 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,920 It's the different characters, the different personalities. 68 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,600 [Josh] It's something we speak about creating an environment 69 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,600 where not just training and playing wise, 70 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,880 where it's up to you to prepare your own way 71 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,160 and get what you need. 72 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,680 But it's also you as a person 73 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,960 creating an atmosphere where you can be yourself. 74 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,720 [Steve] Wear a nice shirt, man. 75 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,440 - You're not well. - [laughs] 76 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,760 - Put a shirt on, you [indistinct] - [man] Not well? 77 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,400 [Nathan] The relationship between Marnus and Steve, 78 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,480 well, I actually don't even know what to say about it. 79 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,560 I am the Iron Man. 80 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,920 [Steve] You're the idiot. 81 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,320 I actually got no idea because it's so strange. 82 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,000 [Steve] You've got to take the piss out of him for sure. 83 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,480 You've got to let him know... 84 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,920 who's the boss essentially. [laughs] 85 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,840 [Usman] Big brother, little brother. 86 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,960 That is the relationship I see. 87 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,040 Marnus, yeah. 88 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,960 Number one batsman in the world. 89 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,040 But he's not the big dog in that relationship. 90 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,800 You got one of the greatest of all time right there next to you. 91 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,400 - Yeah. You look good. - Yes. 92 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,600 Obviously, the closer we've gotten, there is more banter. 93 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,240 - Yeah, you're horrible at tennis sport. - [Steve] No. 94 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,560 - [Marnus] You--no. - [Steve] Oh, you blockhead. 95 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,360 - [Marnus] That's true. - Don't you throw in my racket. 96 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,600 A lot of chirp, like, you know, "I'm better than you, 97 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,240 you're better than me at table tennis." 98 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,680 And I was two sets up, and he just turned around, 99 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,440 with just a little-- right into the back there. 100 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,560 They're just always bickering at each other. 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,120 Smudge knows how to stir him up. 102 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,800 Marnus knows how to stir Smudge up. 103 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,160 I know how to stir both of them. 104 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,480 So you want the first hit? 105 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:40,880 - No, you want the first. - Oh! 106 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,760 And he came--and that is one of the great comebacks. 107 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,680 - [man] That's a lot. That's a lot. - [Usman] Doesn't know what he did. 108 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,920 Is Steve my favourite person to bat with? 109 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,240 Um, see, no. 110 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,040 And he'll understand why. 111 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,560 It's like batting with a chalkboard. 112 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,040 He just stays on his own. 113 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,800 You get nothing. 114 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,000 Well, I actually think Steve loves Marnus 115 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,800 more than what Marnus loves Steve. 116 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,480 [Marnus] I feel like you were going wide. 117 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,600 - [Steve] Double. - [Marnus] You went to double? 118 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,040 [Travis] Yeah. I think at the start it was more Marnus with Smithy, 119 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,760 but I think it sort of turned because Smithy sort of found someone else 120 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,040 who loves cricket as much as he does. 121 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:19,800 [Marnus] I like it when it's [indistinct] 122 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:20,920 [Steve] We love the game. 123 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,920 We love talking about the game, 124 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,120 trying to find ways to improve 125 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,160 and get each other better. 126 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,640 [Marnus] Yes, Smudger. That's delightful. 127 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,880 I knew Smudger before he became "besties" with Marnus. 128 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,120 He was a very different person. 129 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,400 [Marnus] Yes. My goodness, that's delightful. 130 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,080 [Usman] I said to Smudge, "I love playing with you 131 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:41,520 so much more now," 132 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,600 and I feel like it's because of Marnus. 133 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,400 I reckon Marnus had really just relaxed him. 134 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,280 That's junk. 135 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,520 [laughs] 136 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,800 [Usman] Whatever it may be, Smudge is very different now 137 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,840 than he used to be too, which I love. 138 00:05:58,560 --> 00:05:59,920 [reporter] And now to sport, the future 139 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,880 of Australian men's cricket coach, Justin Langer, 140 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,640 remains up in the air. 141 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:07,920 [Gerard] The tensions around Justin Langer's position 142 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,840 as coach were inescapable. 143 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,200 [reporter] Justin Langer is chasing a new contract 144 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:15,720 to continue coaching the Australian team. 145 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,160 [reporter] He's out of contract at the conclusion of this summer. 146 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,360 So, the question is whether he's going to look to re-sign. 147 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,360 So, interesting to see how that one plays out. 148 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,920 No matter what had happened on the field, 149 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,400 this undercurrent continued. 150 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,600 [reporter] Would you like to continue steering the ship in, 151 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,280 - in all forms of the game? - [Justin] Yes. 152 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,600 I've never thought differently, to be honest. 153 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,160 Heading into the Boxing Day Test, 154 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,880 Australia is 2-0 up and intent 155 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,840 on taking England by the throat. 156 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,920 Pat Cummins is returning from the COVID protocols, 157 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,200 but Josh Hazlewood is injured 158 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,400 and doesn't appear likely to play. 159 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,640 What does Australia do with its bowling stocks? 160 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,120 [indistinct] you go take out there. 161 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,000 - [man 1] Yeah. - [man 2] It's pretty big, big dogs. 162 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,200 [Steve] Have you got [indistinct] on the phone or... 163 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,360 [man] [indistinct] is coming down. 164 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,480 [Mitchell Starc] I was saying to Starcy, I said, 165 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,080 "What, another three or four overs you reckon? 166 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,840 - He goes, "Own your space skipper." - [Andrew] Really? 167 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,680 [Mitchell Starc] He's gone, "I'll stop when I want to stop." 168 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,240 - I'm just like, yep, cool. - [man] Own your space. 169 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Gold, I love it. Own your space is that good. 170 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,280 [laughs] 171 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,800 All right. Here we go. 172 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,120 Any thoughts on selection? 173 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,040 Is Boland the right person 174 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,280 on this surface versus Neser? 175 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,120 That to me becomes the question. 176 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,840 Yeah, it is that question. 177 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,080 [Pat] On the one hand, you had Michael Neser just debuted, 178 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,040 pink-ball, swing bowling. 179 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,720 That's kind of his forte. 180 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,720 Or you got Scott Boland, MCG's home, 181 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:48,880 flat wicket. 182 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,520 You just know what you're gonna get. 183 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,160 [Pat Cummins] I reckon Boland really. 184 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,360 And that's what I'm saying, Boland is so jumpy. 185 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,840 And they communicate that to be consistent with Neser 186 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,200 while ten years prior to his career, 187 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,240 plays a Test, does a pretty good job. 188 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,320 We actually haven't been jumped, 189 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,720 so that's what we've got to be-- guys got to be consistent with, 190 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,600 and you've got to be careful with. 191 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,680 [Gerard] Michael Neser becomes your perennial reserve. 192 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,680 Everybody knows he's good enough to play, 193 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,240 but there's no support within the team for him. 194 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,720 [Michael] Get given the go and then not have another chance 195 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,160 to prove yourself. 196 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,040 Yeah, I was definitely shattered. 197 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,400 But they wanted somebody with experience at MCG, 198 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,040 and Boland is gonna be selected. 199 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,960 It's a tricky one because you're all mates 200 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,520 and then you're all fighting for the same spot. 201 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,520 But I was so happy for Scotty. 202 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,400 [Isabelle] Who is Scott Boland? 203 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,640 That was a good question. 204 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,640 I knew very little about Scott Boland 205 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,040 and I don't think many of the-- of my colleagues did either. 206 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,360 He could have comfortably walked down the main thoroughfare 207 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,640 pretty well anonymous. 208 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,520 It's-- Scotty was sitting here 209 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,080 and Ussie walked in, and it was just like 210 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,160 [indistinct] over near the coffee machine 211 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,080 instead of--instead of where he was, 212 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,640 full mental Balboni and Ussie is not even playing. 213 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,880 Standard Usman really. 214 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,120 [Usman] Yeah, how is he gonna earn his turf? 215 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,240 - He's gotta... - [man] Ussie, you're such a prick. 216 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,640 [laughs] 217 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,520 [Mitchell Swepson] Scotty's such an oddball too. 218 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,320 In my defence, I did ask him to watch movies, he said no. 219 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,600 That's all I can do. That's all I can do. 220 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,480 [Scott] I remember where I sat in the room 221 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,040 and it's not where I usually sit for Victoria. 222 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:47,520 I was next to the fridges 223 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,880 and the catering table and the coffee machine. 224 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,440 [Steve] Scott Boland really deserved this opportunity. 225 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,840 He's been a stalwart for the Victorian team for years. 226 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,840 [Pat] He's been a professional cricketer for probably 12 years. 227 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,320 And this is his first time playing for Australia. 228 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,640 Might not ever get that chance again. 229 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,080 My goal going into the start of this year 230 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,440 was to try and get into a Test squad, 231 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,520 but it's pretty hard to get selected. 232 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Maybe a few hundred professional male cricketers in Australia 233 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,280 all want to be in a Test squad or a One Day squad, 234 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,640 so everyone's got the same goal. 235 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,520 [applause] 236 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,040 [Gideon] There was a lot of significance coming into this Test Match. 237 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,280 Scott Boland, only the fourth indigenous person 238 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,280 to play for Australia, only the second indigenous male. 239 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,400 And our record really of promoting indigenous cricketers 240 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,200 in Australia is a shameful one. 241 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,080 Australia's fallen well short of where it should be. 242 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,080 [reporter] The MCG, starting to fill up. 243 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,640 Such a great atmosphere at this famous ground. 244 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,080 [Ashton] Boxing Day is such a great event. 245 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,680 You're nervous for the players as a supporter. 246 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,120 [reporter] It is one of the biggest sporting days 247 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,120 on the calendar in Australia. 248 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,360 [Ashton] I think all teams around the world know 249 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,960 that Boxing Day Test is peak, let alone an Ashes Boxing Day Test. 250 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,000 [commentator] What a time for Scott Boland too, 32 years of age, 251 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,360 you might not have thought he was ever gonna play for Australia. 252 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,240 [commentator] If you could now, please, be up standing 253 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,760 as we welcome Senior Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy 254 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,560 who will conduct the Welcome to Country. 255 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,120 [Aunty Joy] Today, we're very honoured and we congratulate 256 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,080 our own Scott Boland for his debut Test match. 257 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,640 [applause] 258 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,600 [Marnus] Leading up to that Test, we were 2-0 up. 259 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:43,720 I think once you're 2-0 up, it just gives you so much confidence. 260 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,480 You just go out there, you go, "Okay. We've got them on the ropes here. 261 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,760 We just got to keep jabbing, keep putting them under the pressure 262 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,040 and they're gonna crack." 263 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,120 [commentator] Australia, 2-0 up in the series. 264 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,280 Pat Cummins back in, wins the toss, elects to bowl. 265 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,360 [commentator] Is there noise? There it is. 266 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,120 I like it, the Australians, it's Captain Pat. 267 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,040 That's bowling perfection from the Australian Captain. 268 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,120 It's taken by Green. 269 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,080 Australia wants to be as ruthless as possible. 270 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,680 And they could smell blood. 271 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,320 [Scott] This bloke is platinum balls. 272 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,600 We've had a few golden balls come through, 273 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:27,440 but this bloke is something else. 274 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,200 [commentator] And a pretty big moment 275 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,080 is about to arrive for the Victorian. 276 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,600 Gets his chance on Boxing Day. 277 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,320 Leading up to the game was a bit of a blur so... 278 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,600 I can't remember any of that. But I remember 279 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,400 I was, like, really shaken and pretty nervous. 280 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,840 [commentator 1] Debut in an Ashes Game 281 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,080 - [commentator 1] at the MCG. - [commentator 2] Not easy to lose. 282 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,760 [commentator 1] Boland, is it his first Test wicket? 283 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,520 It is his first Test wicket! 284 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,000 I've been always-- I always got one wicket, 285 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,800 and they couldn't take that away from me. 286 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,280 [commentator] Well, he's connected to this one, Ollie Robinson. 287 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,720 But it's fallen into the hands 288 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,400 of Scott Boland. 289 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,320 And Australia wrap up the innings 185. 290 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,920 Job well done from the bowlers. 291 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,080 England obviously out cheaply, 292 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,080 but then James Anderson proving 293 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,920 why he is one of the best bowlers in the world. 294 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,480 [commentator] Squeezed away and there it is. 295 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,720 Jimmy Anderson gets the massive wicket. 296 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,080 Warner goes and that's the wicket England needed. 297 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,080 - [man] Yeah! - [commentator] Got him. 298 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,760 James Anderson breaks through. 299 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,720 [Marnus] It was just such a strange Test match. 300 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,160 That was so many wickets. 301 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,840 [commentator 1] England are sneaking themselves 302 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,520 back in the Test match. 303 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,520 In the end Jimmy Anderson with his fourth. 304 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,440 Got 'em. 305 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,320 What a great effort from the England side. 306 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,640 They showed some character. 307 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,080 [commentator 2] It's been a great contest today. 308 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,280 England have got themselves brought back in the Test match. 309 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,320 Heading into that second innings, England are only 80 runs behind. 310 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,800 They weren't out of this game. 311 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,280 [natives singing foreign language] 312 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,360 [dramatic music playing] 313 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,320 [Scott] We're from Gulidjan tribe, at like the Colac area up in Victoria. 314 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,080 And my granddad was originally from there. 315 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,280 He sort of got taken away from that area. 316 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,800 He was adopted when he was young, 317 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,640 and it was always sort of a bit 318 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,040 of an untold story there. 319 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,120 We found out about our indigenous heritage 320 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,360 after granddad passed away, 321 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,160 which was probably ten, 15 years ago now. 322 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,760 How old are these ones? 323 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,040 [man speaking foreign language] 324 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,480 [Scott] I think growing up not knowing about our family heritage 325 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,520 and then wanting to learn more about it now 326 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,520 me and my brother have gotten a bit older, 327 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,320 I think it's really helped we've had people 328 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,000 to lean on and talk to, 329 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,960 and they can teach us stuff about our aboriginal history 330 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,840 that well we once would have known. 331 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,680 [woman] I understand. Oh, we're gonna just walk out 332 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:33,800 for a second. 333 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,760 Okay [indistinct] 334 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,280 [man] [indistinct] 335 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,680 - [woman] Go, go, go. Yeah! - [man] Oh, strike. 336 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,040 [Scott] So I'm the second male aboriginal Test cricketer. 337 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,800 At the moment, I've got a great opportunity to come out 338 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,360 to remote areas of Australia 339 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,280 and try and help promote cricket to these communities. 340 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,400 And hopefully over time that we can get more indigenous-- 341 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,600 like, young indigenous boys and girls to play more cricket 342 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,920 and for cricket to be a bit more mainstream. 343 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,240 The best way for me to be a role model is to keep playing cricket. 344 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,080 [man] He hit it. [laughs] 345 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,280 [Scott] Keep going. 346 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:07,720 And keep being seen, 347 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,680 because you can't be what you can't see. 348 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,520 [Gerard] Australia doesn't have an overwhelming ascendancy 349 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,760 in the test match after two innings, 350 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,880 and the Ashes are on the line. 351 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,000 [commentator 1] We've got about an hour's cricket left. 352 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,200 Australia lead by 82. 353 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,880 [commentator 2] England clinging on with their fingertips at the moment. 354 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,320 [commentator 1] There's the edge. It didn't take long. 355 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,080 [commentator 2] That poorly, out to 5, 1-7. 356 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,880 And you can hear the noise now. 357 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,680 [commentator 1] Oh. That's close. They like an Australian confirmation. 358 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,040 And it has given England the worst 359 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,080 possible start to the second innings. 360 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,760 They are 2-7. 361 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,440 [commentator] Got 25 minutes of play 362 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,480 remaining for the day. 363 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,560 They just can't afford to lose any more wickets tonight. 364 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,720 I think we had about ten overs to bowl that night 365 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,560 and I was hoping to try and get an over to win. 366 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,560 I only bowled 13 overs in the first innings. 367 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,560 I remember going off the ground once we bowl them out 368 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,800 being like, "Oh, jeez, I'm tired." 369 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,760 I think it was just a build-up of the nerves. 370 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,880 I just fatigued a bit quicker than I normally do. 371 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,160 [commentator 1] And Scott Boland must jag a wicket here 372 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,000 in front of his home crowd with ten minutes to go. 373 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,720 [commentator 2] So much tension in the air. 374 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:29,640 [Scott] Something I dreamed of as a kid. 375 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,640 I didn't think it was gonna happen and now I was living it out, 376 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,800 so, yeah, I was very nervous. 377 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:35,320 My hands are really sweaty 378 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,800 and gripping the ball even firmer than normal. 379 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,200 [commentator] England survived another delivery. 380 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,560 That's what it's come to. 381 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,480 [Scott] Don't stress too hard. Don't grip the ball too hard. 382 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,480 Just try and bowl it that fast, to not be as safe. 383 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,680 You'll be comfortable enough to do that stuff. 384 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,320 [commentator] Eight minutes to go. 385 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,400 He doesn't want to make any mistakes. 386 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,160 [commentator 1] Oh, and it brings the MCG to its feet. 387 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,960 England, another blow, 3-22. 388 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,160 [commentator 2] Wow, there's another jackpot from the pink Victorian, 389 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,880 he came steaming in. 390 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,440 [commentator 1] Jack Leach, he's got six minutes to survive. 391 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,280 Running in from around the wicket to a left hander, 392 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,880 I can still, sort of, see all the stumps. 393 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,880 I was like, go on, it's yours, man. I've got all the stumps here. 394 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,560 [commentator] Bowling again. Look at that cordon behind him. 395 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:35,920 Oh, man! 396 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,800 Boland's on fire on the G, 397 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,040 and England they are crashing down. 398 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,920 [commentator 2] Listen to the noise, Healy. 399 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 [commentator 1] Banging the seats of the MCG. 400 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,480 Their local man's up 2 in the over. 401 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,320 ENGLAND 4-23 402 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,240 Extraordinary era of Test cricket is. 403 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,080 [commentator 2] Wow. England in all sorts of trouble with. 404 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,000 Boy, that's how you handle cricket right there. 405 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:00,440 Fuck that was loud. 406 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,560 [commentator 1] England thought they clawed their way back into the series, 407 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,520 but then Australia just stamped their authority. 408 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,040 [commentator 2] They did. 409 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,280 [Pat] All right. Today just--it's not gonna happen that quickly most likely. 410 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,560 They might take a couple of sessions, 411 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,640 they might battle it out, just hang in there. 412 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,080 Have another great day. 413 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,960 [commentator 1] They trail by 51 at the moment. 414 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,160 [commentator 2] Can they manufacturer over a 150, 200 run lead 415 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,640 to put Australia under pressure? 416 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,920 [commentator] It was one of the most intoxicating passages 417 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,400 of the play last night late. 418 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,320 Scott Boland featured 2-1 in 1 over. 419 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,160 [Scott] I'm feeling pretty good. 420 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,240 I got two wickets for no runs. 421 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,200 And I also was thinking how much it would be wonderful 422 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,440 to get another wicket. 423 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,240 [commentator] Baits him again. 424 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,720 And he's given in! 425 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,200 Boland continuing on 426 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,720 from last night's heroics. 427 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,720 Scotty Boland, 428 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,440 1.5 overs, 429 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:58,800 3 for 5. 430 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,960 Scotty Boland can do no wrong. 431 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,560 I was feeling pretty good, like, the ball was coming out 432 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,080 where it was going where I want it to go. 433 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,040 Like, I held the ball a little bit differently to where I usually hold, 434 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,960 just try and get the ball to go the other way, 435 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,080 try and get an edge. 436 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,040 [commentator] It's taken, Boland. 437 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,520 Unbelievable. 438 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,520 Knocks over the England Skipper. 439 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,080 Scotty Boland is living out his dreams 440 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,800 at the MCG. 441 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,160 Boland just got in that corner, like, it was absolutely ridiculous. 442 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:29,920 I've never seen anything like it. 443 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,720 [commentator] Boland now 4, beaten the 5 runs. 444 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,320 [Scott] You got 4 for [indistinct]. 445 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,080 They're gonna be pretty happy. 446 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,720 Just had bowls coming out to-- 447 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,920 ask me to, yeah, keep bowling. 448 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,160 [commentator] Boland is now one away from the 5 for here at the G. 449 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,400 [commentator] Strike [indistinct] 450 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,240 Scotty Boland has taken 5. 451 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,760 The man can do no wrong in front of his home crowd. 452 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,160 5-5. 453 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,920 "I was at the MCG the day Scotty Boland went 5-5," 454 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,760 is what everyone will be saying about him here tonight. 455 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,080 [Scott] I still can't believe what happened. 456 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,240 The whole morning just happened so fast. 457 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,400 I probably didn't have enough time to take a leak. 458 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,480 I've never seen anything like it. 459 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,240 It, it was just--it was-- it was unbelievable. 460 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,240 [Scott] Dad was working that morning. 461 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,080 He was walking to the ground, listening along just fine. 462 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,560 He was hoping to get there before the last wicket happened 463 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:27,960 but he just missed it. 464 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:33,800 - [commentator 1] And another. - [commentator 2] And again, 465 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,440 Boland's got 6 at the G. 466 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,000 Build the man a statue. 467 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,880 Build the man a statue. That was it. 468 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,880 I hear it all the time from people just yelling it out, 469 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,440 like, a lot. 470 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,480 [commentator 1] What is happening here, Howie? 471 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,520 [commentator] Scotty Boland 472 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,320 has got 6-5 at the MCG 473 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,600 and the Ashes are one wicket away. 474 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,400 [commentator 2] Well, I'll tell you what, just retire, 475 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,840 retire after today's play by Scotty Boland, 476 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,040 this will not be surpassed. 477 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:06,080 6-5. 478 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,520 Scotty to become a cult hero 479 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,200 in a matter of, like, an hour or whatever it was, 480 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:12,600 it was amazing. 481 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,680 [cheering] 482 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,720 The second best figures ever in an Ashes Test Match, 483 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,680 I think it was on his debut, it--it's dream world, isn't it? 484 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,200 [man] Six for seven. It's ridiculous. 485 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,960 [crowd cheering] 486 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,760 [commentator] The smallest of thumbs up from the hometown hero. 487 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,000 I was going for ten, I was-- 488 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,400 I was probably a bit embarrassed but I didn't really know 489 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,320 what was going on or how to feel. 490 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,320 [Pat] Scotty is quite a shy guy. 491 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,720 He's never played much cricket in front of big crowds 492 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,480 and then to have suddenly the whole crowd 493 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,080 already cheering for--cheering for you. 494 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,840 I wouldn't say it looked natural for Scotty 495 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,960 because he's just--he's too humble. 496 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,040 [commentator] They're one wicket away. 497 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,240 One wicket away from the Ashes. 498 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,920 [commentator] Boland! There it is. 499 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,960 The Australians up. 500 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,200 They retain the Ashes 501 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,960 on the back of a hometown hero, 502 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,840 destroying England 503 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,360 at innings of 14 runs, 3-0. 504 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Dominance. Dominance from the home side. 505 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,680 [Gerard] Culturally, this is a profound moment. 506 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,880 One man soars above all others. 507 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,320 It's there in the welcome to country. 508 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,120 It's there in the presentation of the Johnny Mullagh Medal. 509 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,480 This is the Cathy Freeman moment. 510 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,720 [commentator] It's been a great honour 511 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,480 that we recognize and celebrate and congratulate you Scott 512 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,560 as one of our very own. 513 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,800 [crowd cheering] 514 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,680 [Scott] From the 1868 tour, that was the aboriginal team 515 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,000 that went over to England with the first Australians born 516 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,920 intending to leave the shores to go play sport in another country. 517 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,240 And Johnny Mullagh was their star all-rounder. 518 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,960 Now he's got the Boxing Day play of the match named after him. 519 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,240 [Isa] I just think it was a huge inspiration to all those 520 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,200 that perhaps didn't feel that cricket was a sport for them. 521 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,640 [Scott] It's a pretty special moment for me personally 522 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,040 and to the aboriginal community. 523 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,960 Yeah. I mean, it made my family proud. 524 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,480 [man] Love you [indistinct] 525 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,160 [Nathan] It's pretty good that Scotty made it to the match and gets that medal. 526 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,160 Seven chances and twenty-four balls at the MCG? 527 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,320 That just doesn't happen. 528 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:36,480 Doesn't happen. 529 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:43,880 Well, it does, Kerry, it just did. 530 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:48,080 [Pat] Just a fairy-tale, not only the Scotty bit, to retain the Ashes. 531 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,560 It's really, um--it's, uh, 532 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,960 I think a really proud moment for Aussie cricket. 533 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,800 [Pat] Normally, MCG is a test match where all the families come for Christmas, 534 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,080 trying to get them into the change room after game. 535 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,440 Our team manager Gav came after and goes, "Mate, COVID protocols, 536 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,320 they're not gonna be able to come in the change room. 537 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,720 I was like, "Oh." But we can get them outside. 538 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,400 I was like, "Oh, like in the park?" 539 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,720 He's like, "No, no, out in the field." I was like, "Oh, awesome." 540 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,920 [acoustic music playing] 541 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,080 [Pat] With the big speaker, everything out into the field 542 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,400 and it was one of those magic afternoons. 543 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,640 [Alex] And that's who we play for and--and who support us the most 544 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,360 is the family, so to have a little fella running around on the G. 545 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,040 Lots of other kids were playing on the pitch we just won the Ashes on. 546 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,320 It's what makes the Australian cricket team so special 547 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,840 is to make it a really family environment. 548 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,320 [Nathan] Clear summer's day, 549 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,360 pretty amazing place to lie around on the grass 550 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,800 and have a few beers. 551 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,720 [David] So much fun. So much fun. 552 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,640 That summer you cherish for the rest of your life. 553 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,560 You should pick up the stumps and put it back in the hole. 554 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,560 [girl] Over there? 555 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,960 [Scott] For me to have my kids out there, 556 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,920 they wouldn't understand what the moment means, 557 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,080 but something that I've dreamed of and always wanted to do to play cricket so. 558 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,280 - [girl] I can do it. - [Scott] I've got to do it. 559 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,080 We've won the Ashes and then we got to celebrate 560 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,160 - with them out on the ground. - [girl] It must be down there. 561 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,560 [Scott] What about monkey? 562 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,080 I'd never change my debut game for anything. 563 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,400 - But you have monkey. - Okay. 564 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,760 [woman singing foreign language] 565 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,680 [Usman] I was born in Pakistan and we moved here when I was four years old. 566 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,040 A lot of the times, the school was only maybe 567 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:57,880 two or three coloured kids... 568 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,160 ...but mostly just white Australian kids around me, so 569 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,280 ...you're very lucky to have lots of multicultural kids around you. 570 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,920 When you were young, did people judge you 571 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,360 on how you were and what you thought about? 572 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,440 [Usman] Yup. 573 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:17,000 You gotta realize I grew up in Australia in 1990s 574 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,880 and people didn't even know what Islam really was back then. 575 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,840 People would automatically just assume I was from India. 576 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,440 They thought Hinduism and--and Islam was the same thing. 577 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,240 And they asked me why don't I wear a turban. 578 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,000 Because of that, I felt judged. 579 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,760 I used to be called a lot of names, 580 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,720 curry-muncher, you know, derogatory terms. 581 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,120 I never let them show that it hurt me, but it did. 582 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,800 Particularly if you look slightly different, 583 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,280 you're gonna get people who try to bring you down. 584 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:45,440 And you got to have faith in yourself. 585 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,600 Most of the time, people do that is because 586 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,160 they're afraid of what they don't know. 587 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,400 They're afraid of what they don't understand. 588 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,280 Do we have another question? Beautiful. 589 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,680 What's your favourite part about playing cricket? 590 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,080 [Usman] My favourite part about playing cricket is being in a team. 591 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,680 My brothers will tell you that, when I--they beat me in anything, 592 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,800 I wasn't a very good loser. I--I used to throw things at them. 593 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:07,880 I used to cry. 594 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,880 But when I was in a team with cricket, 595 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,960 I felt like we were all a part of something. 596 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,480 So when we win, we can celebrate together, 597 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,720 but when we lost, we also had each other. 598 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,000 That's the part that I love about team sports 599 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,440 because you actually share something together. 600 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,720 [indistinct chatter] 601 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,000 Don't lose the paper now, all right? Don't lose it. 602 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,240 When I was about ten, I remember going to like this 603 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,960 cricket camp and Allan Border and Matthew Hayden was there. 604 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,960 If it's anything like that, then it makes a big difference, 605 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,360 because I'm 35 now and I still remember it. 606 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,440 - [boy] You still remember? - [Usman] Yeah. 607 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,640 Hopefully, I give same impact to them. 608 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,760 There are no Muslim-Australian role models that I can think of growing up, 609 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,520 so I can share my experience with them, 610 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,720 even if they're hard things to talk about. 611 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,160 It wasn't like I had a poster on the wall and, like, I aim to be 612 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,480 in this dream team again. 613 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,120 It was as far from that as possible. 614 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,000 I resigned to the fact that I was getting older. 615 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,560 I was out of the team. 616 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,600 I was just so grateful for the journey up to that point. 617 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,720 Thank you God for giving me 44 games. 618 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,560 At the end of the day, the biggest thing 619 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,320 for me is just trusting God's plan. 620 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,240 I think a lot of the bad things that happen in your life are a blessing. 621 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,720 And when the good things happen, whatever happens, 622 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,080 you just say Alhamdulillah, and then, you just let it go. 623 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,400 - [speaking foreign language] - Yeah [speaking foreign language] 624 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,640 - All right. - I would be [speaking foreign language] 625 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:21,720 - no problem. - Yeah [speaking foreign language] 626 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,240 - nice to meet you. - [man] Likewise. 627 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:24,960 Hello, son, how are you doing? 628 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,240 Oh, you got it. 629 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,240 Life could be way worse, so I was in a really good spot. 630 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,400 You're a lefty, are you? 631 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:31,800 I genuinely thought, 632 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,200 "No, I'm probably not gonna play for Australia again." 633 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,160 [commentator] Breaking news, Australian batsman, Travis Head 634 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,920 has tested positive to COVID-19, 635 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,360 so unavailable for the Test in Sydney. 636 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,600 Reports too that Usman Khawaja will replace him. 637 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,560 "Oh, shit. 638 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,920 I'm actually probably gonna be playing the next match here." 639 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,720 It wasn't even probably. It was like, "Oh, shit. 640 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,440 I'm gonna be playing the next match here." 641 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:02,640 [indistinct chatter] 642 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,040 - Oh [indistinct] - [man] Yeah, yeah [indistinct] 643 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,240 When you're 12th man, you wait for everyone else to battle. 644 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,720 And 13th man, you wait for them then you come right at the end. 645 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,400 I just put my pads on and I remember Andrew McDonald 646 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,560 because I'm in the team already. 647 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,640 I see him, I'm like, "Who else are you gonna pick?" [laughs] 648 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,000 Okay. You must be [indistinct] session, you and I? 649 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,400 - No. It's just--it was just decided. - Decided. 650 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,360 Yeah. Yeah. 651 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,600 Boland's not here. Harry is not here. 652 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,080 I'll just move myself up the pecking order. 653 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,400 I went in and had a hit, had an absolute stink. 654 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,000 I got out of there five or six time. 655 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,800 I'm thinking, "Ooh, this is not a good start." 656 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,640 We're walking back and going back to [indistinct] and I'm like, 657 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,080 "I'm not really batting very good right now." 658 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,720 [David] [indistinct] so is it just [indistinct] 659 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,480 or is it Khawaja should be out there? 660 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,560 [Pat] I didn't [indistinct] says yes. 661 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,880 Yeah. Uzi is straight near five. 662 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,440 [reporter] Have you settled on an eleven? 663 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:52,520 Yes, we have. 664 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,880 Uh, just one change, Uzi Khawaja comes in for Travis Head. 665 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,600 [dramatic music playing] 666 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,880 [Usman] And it hasn't happened for a long time. 667 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,400 But sense of like nerves came and I was like, "Oh, crap, okay." 668 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,680 [commentator] At 35 to get another chance, uh, I'm gonna tell you, that's just... 669 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,720 Unusual for Australia to pick a player in his mid-30s, 670 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,480 but, uh, I think it was a recognition 671 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,240 that you couldn't really deny Khawaja the opportunity. 672 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,880 [commentator 1] It's taken! 673 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,480 [commentator 2] And the breakthrough. 674 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,800 Labuschagne, gone early, and that is a big opening now for England. 675 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,880 [cheers and applause] 676 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,640 [commentator 1] After a couple of years out of Test side, 677 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,960 Usman Khawaja comes in for his 45th test match. 678 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,240 And he's coming in at a very important stage. 679 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,880 Australia's first innings and pushing. 680 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,600 [Usman] I guess at the end of day, Heady getting COVID and me coming in, 681 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,920 was such an unlikely scenario, 682 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,080 and then all I want to do in that Test match, 683 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,640 don't get a duck. 684 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,800 [commentator 1] Khawaja just searching for that first run. 685 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,320 [Usman] [indistinct] 686 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,640 [commentator 1] Still gotta get it. 687 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,480 [Steve] Probably in the back of his mind he's, like, 688 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,120 "I've only got one opportunity here. 689 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,800 If I don't get any runs, I'm probably back out." 690 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,720 [commentator 2] They have sensed a moment here they've kept him on naught. 691 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,600 There are moments in time in a test match 692 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:48,080 where you sometimes wonder about they're all on, they're all ready. 693 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,400 [Usman] I had my heart rate monitor on. 694 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,520 And I think I faced maybe 20 balls that night. 695 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,480 It was just like 180 beats the whole way through. 696 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,040 I could feel my heart just going [makes sounds]. 697 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Yes. 698 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,320 [commentator 1] Khawaja takes it on 699 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,840 and gets things out of the way with a fine boundary. 700 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,400 [Usman] And I hit that first pull shot for four, and I was just like, 701 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,720 "Oh, thank you." I was like, "I'm off the mark." 702 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,720 Now whatever happens, happens, I couldn't give a crap. 703 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,280 [commentator 1] Again. 704 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,280 [Usman] Every run I got was enjoyment. 705 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,480 Every boundary I got was fine. 706 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,240 [commentator 1] Wow, what a shot by Usman. 707 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:31,440 What a shot. 708 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:32,960 He knows what shots he can play. 709 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,440 He knows when to play them. 710 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:35,800 This is exquisite. 711 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:36,880 [Usman] Yes. 712 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,240 I look up, I got 20. 713 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,080 I'm like, "That's pretty cool." No duck, 20. 714 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,320 Good work. Good work." 715 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,880 Look up again, 40, I'm like, "Ooh, I can get a 50 here." 716 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,480 [commentator] That'll be his 50. 717 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,160 Back to Test Cricket at the SCG, 718 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,880 it's been a while, and it's been a good inning so far. 719 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,800 [Usman] Getting 50 and then I'm thinking, "Okay, all right, it's not bad. 720 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,480 I'll just keep rolling with this and--and if I do it, a 70." 721 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:02,560 Yes. 722 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,240 [commentator] Beautifully put away. 723 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,720 Khawaja is on a roll. 724 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,280 He's got a beautiful rhythm to his innings at the moment. 725 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,640 [Usman] And then I got to 80 and then 90, I'm like, 726 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:14,520 "Ooh, okay. All right. All right." 727 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:21,320 [commentator] Four to Usman Khawaja into the over 99. 728 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:25,160 [Usman] When we get to the last two overs, 729 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:26,560 and I was on 99. 730 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,680 And [indistinct] Paddy just starts blocking in, 731 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,640 I'm like, "What are you doing, Paddy? 732 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,480 Get me down the other end." 733 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,880 I don't wanna go in tea break on 99. 734 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,160 [commentator] And this one's Paddy to get off strike. 735 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,360 [man] It's that last pull over and I hit a single up, 736 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,960 my first single, and now the whole crowd booed me. 737 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,440 [commentator] Oh, okay. 738 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,200 [commentator] Oh, Paddy takes the single. 739 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,800 [Usman] I was just happy to get a single. 740 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,840 That's funny. I'm quite [indistinct] of it. 741 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,320 Deep down inside I was, like, "Paddy, you idiot. What are you doing?" 742 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,480 [commentator] Five balls to go before the tea interval. 743 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,640 [commentator] [indistinct] has already two balls in. 744 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,600 [commentator] Works the single. 745 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,760 Crowd enjoys it. Three balls Usman Khawaja. 746 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,600 [Usman] I wasn't expecting to score 100, you just can't. 747 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,760 But it's, it's a [indistinct] no matter what. 748 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,840 Best players in the world will score 30 hundreds in their entire career, 749 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,600 and they're the greats of the game. 750 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:16,840 So it doesn't happen every day. 751 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,920 [commentator] Khawaja on 99. 752 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,320 Back in the test side. 753 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,360 Whips it. And whips it well. 754 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,680 Khawaja the comeback kid. 755 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,120 [crowds cheering] 756 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,800 [commentator] A ninth Test 100 for Usman Khawaja, 757 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,880 of course, he's back and he's being and he's better than ever. 758 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,320 And pumped about it. 759 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,400 [crowds cheering] 760 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,480 [Usman] For everything to pan out at this exact point, 761 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,000 this exact time for me to get 100 at this exact moment 762 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:51,440 is just so... 763 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,040 My wife is up there, Aisha, 764 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,560 I couldn't be more proud. 765 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,640 [crowds cheering] 766 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,600 [Usman] [indistinct] 767 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,080 I still get the tingles thinking about that moment. 768 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,520 [commentator] Beautiful innings from Usman Khawaja, 137. 769 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,480 A standing ovation here at the SCG. 770 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,560 [applause] 771 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,800 - [Neser] [indistinct] - [Usman] That's great. 772 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,840 [Rachel] Aisha, what's daddy doing? 773 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,120 [Usman] She will figure it out. 774 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,160 [Aisha baby talk] 775 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,680 [giggles] 776 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,960 [Usman speaking foreign language] 777 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,680 [Rachel] Aisha [speaking foreign language] 778 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,800 what was Aisha [indistinct] 779 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,200 [Usman] Yeah. Proper moment where his [indistinct] kids 780 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,200 - jump on him when he prayed. - [Rachel] Yeah. 781 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:38,880 So I tell Rachel first time was I was praying with Aisha... 782 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,120 - [Rachel] A lovely show when you guys... - Yeah. 783 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,160 [Rachel] ...prayed, I was, like, "Oh, Aisha, come on, like, out of the room." 784 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,600 And Usman's "Oh no, like, she can stay here." 785 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,000 I don't know how he keeps concentration. 786 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,640 Like, sometimes I'm, like, trying not to, like, wet myself laughing 787 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,880 because she's like, "Oh," like this in his face. 788 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,480 And, like, touching him and he's so concentrated, 789 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,120 like, it's pretty impressive. 790 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,520 - [Usman] Yeah. It's [indistinct] - [Rachel] Yeah. 791 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,480 [commentator] England gathering the depth at 122. 792 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,160 - Can they rip into Australia Vaughny? - [commentator] Probably half. 793 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,600 [commentator] Can they give themselves an opportunity? 794 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,120 [Usman] For me, it was like, well, I still don't think 795 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:22,200 I'm gonna be playing the next game. 796 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,760 Like, if I was the selector, 797 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,640 I'd drop me just from what I think is best for the team. 798 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,760 [Justin] Heading into the second innings, 799 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,520 when Usman walks out there with his bat, 800 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,040 could have gone either way, the game and the rest of Usman's career. 801 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,160 [commentator] I mean, I'd be surprised if the changed the team. 802 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,480 [commentator] They're gonna drop Khawaja, is that what you mean? 803 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:43,640 [commentator] Well, I'm leaving him out. 804 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,640 [commentator] It'll be unfortunate for Usman. 805 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,000 [Usman] That's cricket. I mean, it's a tough game. 806 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,960 You can be on top of the world, everything at your feet, 807 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,200 and then next minute you're, you know, 808 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,960 you're getting scrapped away for someone else. 809 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,880 [commentator] Oh, cops out as well. 810 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,520 I think this way really go to grab a chance here, not going for Khawaja 811 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,160 and suddenly a [indistinct] carry for the balls to come 812 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:06,960 and suddenly it's game on. 813 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,160 I think life is more important than cricket. 814 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,760 Good thing is gonna happen. 815 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,640 Shit's gonna happen. 816 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,160 You can't control any of that. 817 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,640 Just enjoy life for what it is. 818 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,160 [commentator] Takes it on. Very impressively Usman Khawaja. 819 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,160 [Usman] To be a performer in any sport, especially in cricket, 820 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,280 you need to be very even keeled. 821 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,440 The bad times far outweigh the good times. 822 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,760 It's just the nature of the game. The game is hard. 823 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,600 Oh, Momma. 824 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,560 [commentator] This isn't the easiest pitch to bet on. 825 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,480 There is some uneven bounced. 826 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,040 [Usman] If you get too high when you're doing well, 827 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,400 this game will knock you straight back down. 828 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,880 But if you get too low in this game, it knocks you down too. 829 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,120 It's very hard to come back up. 830 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,680 [commentator] Oh, you can see he's a bit nervous Green, 831 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,600 he is a bit short on confidence with the bat Green. 832 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,160 [Usman] It's a game built upon favours, 833 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:03,120 so you need to find a place where you can keep a consistency. 834 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,480 [Marnus] There's not too many people that's better to watch 835 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,320 when they're batting well than Usman Khawaja. 836 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,320 [commentator] Usman Khawaja. 837 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,040 He moves in to the 90s. 838 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,120 Okay. 839 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,440 [applause] 840 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:15,880 [Marnus] And you almost sit back and go, 841 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,680 "How is this bloke not in the team for two years?" 842 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,800 [man] At our age now, you, you play with freedom. 843 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,600 You know, this could be the end, it could be the last game. 844 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,080 You just never know. 845 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,280 [commentator] Khawaja, 98. 846 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,920 [Usman] Yes. Throw. Throw. 847 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,640 [commentator] He wants two. He's coming back. 848 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,960 There it is. 849 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,760 Raised arm, back to back 100s. 850 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,200 He moves into special company. 851 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,840 What a magical moment for Usman Khawaja 852 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,640 here at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 853 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,640 [commentator] Probably the count dropping [indistinct] 854 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:50,920 [commentator laughs] 855 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,200 [crowds cheering] 856 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,840 [Usman] I've always had a saying. The saying Islam called Alhamdulillah, 857 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,360 and it means "praise be to God." 858 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,800 And we say, Alhamdulillah, for when something good happens, 859 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,880 and we say Alhamdulillah for when something bad happens. 860 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,560 Always Alhamdulillah. 861 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,160 If you can look in my last couple of years, 862 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:19,000 you can see how good has come out of something 863 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:20,400 really, really crap for me. 864 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,160 And that cycle will repeat itself again, I'm sure, 865 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,560 but it's something that makes me accept everything that happens 866 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,920 and, and allows me to be a good person. 867 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,520 [commentator] An incredible Test match 868 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,680 that finishes after five days 869 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,200 in the most dramatic of draws. 870 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,360 [Usman] Couple of years ago, the last couple years, 871 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,160 I didn't know if I was able to go back here. 872 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,000 Everything I do now is a bonus. 873 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,680 Um, playing for the Australian Cricket Team is something I cherish 874 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,600 just about as much as anything. 875 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,480 And, you know, I'm very fortunate. 876 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,640 And I talk about a lot my family came out here for Pakistan. 877 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,680 And we live in a beautiful country. 878 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,400 Um, beautiful place. 879 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,680 So every day I spend here with all you great buds 880 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,440 and my family, I appreciate it, so thank you, guys. 881 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,120 - [all] Woo! - [applause] 882 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,000 [commentator] Yup. Oh, and takes it. 883 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,640 Stunning sentry. 884 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,120 It's his fourth test and his second in the series. 885 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,160 Travis Head maturing before our very eyes. 886 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,840 [commentator] Bowled in, that's it. It's all over. 887 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,360 Australia win in Hobart, they win the fifth Test. 888 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:40,040 And more importantly, they win this Ashes Series 4-0. 889 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,480 [commentator] Oh, that's a big win for Australia. 890 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:45,600 [all] Whoa! 891 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:46,960 [Pat] There's a moment as Captain, I thought, 892 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,640 "Okay, this team is something really-- there's something special here." 893 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,920 [crowds cheering] 894 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,960 [Isa] Australia completely dominant 895 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:58,000 and that faith of the Australian Cricket Team 896 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,040 was restored once again after another shaky period 897 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,480 in the build-up. 898 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,680 [commentator] And what special times... 899 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,960 [indistinct chatter] 900 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,080 [Justin] It was almost incongruous. 901 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:19,600 The team was playing powerful, unified, commanding cricket. 902 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,120 But there were rumblings behind the scenes 903 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:27,040 and disaffection between coach and player group. 904 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:29,920 [man laughs] 905 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,200 [man] Yeah. 906 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,320 [Isa] Obviously there was a lot of chat behind the scenes about 907 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,680 a bit of unrest after The Ashes was finished. 908 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,800 It started to all unravel. 909 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,320 [woman] It was pretty much national whitewash. 910 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,640 You don't get rid of a coach after that. 911 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:48,080 [man] Justin Langer, I mean, he's a baggy green. 912 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,680 And of course, now we're gonna find out whose team it is. 913 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,760 [tense music playing]