Our Take | The Ashes 2023 | Behind-The-Scenes of The Men's Series 

Respect.

The Ashes is the ultimate sporting competition. 2 sides going at it, playing hard, some needle but afterwards handshakes and a few beers.

​@@mkrbrtsn1only if played in England otherwise it would be a straight forward series

Douglas Robert Jardine and Harold Larwood are back to nuke you pitches.

Couldn't agree more, this is fantastic.

The fact that you used the root sign for it 🗿

Maturity is when you realize King babar >>> sachin, SteveSmith and Lara, Viv Richards,kohli ,Nikolas puran 🤡 Shaheen Afridi>>>> overrated,Mitchell starc,bumrah,Anderson 🤡 Azam khan >> Adam Gilchrist, Josh buttler, Matthew Wade🤣 We don't care we will won 2025 t20 wc under babar azam"s captaincy 🏆🏆 Pak gdp >>>>> england

@@Umar_Akmal_pak69only thing pakistan was good at was pakistan now you are even rubbish at that

Wait for border gavaskar trophy.

@@sumbdi Sorry but it can't match the quality of Ashes. The rivalry can't be matched.

@@Shoaiblone50 just wait and watch we can bet on it.

Yes, village is the right word - plus too much kool aid - and who ever gave Ben Stokes his talking points should be very embarrassed. I hope he doesn't actually believe the rubbish he was sprouting. If he does, the self-delusion is incredible. The Ashes is about winning. Everything else is usually secondary. A lot of the cricket in 1970-71 was tedious, however Ray Illingworth justifiably returned as a hero for winning the Ashes back, same with Hutton in 1954-55. Except for Old Trafford, almost everything possible went in England's favour and they still couldn't manage a series win. They might want to start with picking a team that will stay together for a decent period. The results and turnover of players over the 2 years under this leadership group has shown that the batting is good on flat wickets and small grounds against mediocre bowling and that the seam bowling needs favourable home conditions to be a chance against good batsmen. I hope for England's sake, the have found a wicketkeeper they will stick with. YJB should not have been selected as keeper over Foakes after Edgbaston. Foakes was excellent in India, however Jamie Smith looks good so far in that role and will probably make more runs.

Maturity is when you realize King babar >>> sachin, SteveSmith and Lara, Viv Richards,kohli ,Nikolas puran 🤡 Shaheen Afridi>>>> overrated,Mitchell starc,bumrah,Anderson 🤡 Azam khan >> Adam Gilchrist, Josh buttler, Matthew Wade🤣 We don't care we will won 2025 t20 wc under babar azam"s captaincy 🏆🏆 Pak gdp >>>>> england

@@Umar_Akmal_pak69 Tremendous trollery from Umar. All players with surname Akmal have been absolutely trash in Test Cricket

You guys were Def gaining on Australia. The 4th test was def yours but yeah the weather and just general luck got in your way.

Manchester was unfortunate, however the impending weather was well telegraphed. As distinct from Edgbaston, Ben Stokes forgot the team and this time waited too long at Old Trafford to declare on a very flat pitch. He wanted YJB to get a hundred to make up for his problems earlier in the series. As well as YJB played, England was racing against the closk in good batting conditions. The team comes first and this, plus the hundred partnership between Marnus and MM, plus average bowling from Jimmy and Stuart Broad, cost England any chance of winning within the time allowed. Wood and Woakes were both relatively fresh and it showed, as England were almost entirely reliant on them for wickets. Stuart Broad bowled very well in this series. I really rate his performance as one of the best of his career, as the problem with Bazball and Stokes are that they require flat pitches on small grounds. That did not help Jimmy and Stuart Broad when they were mostly bowling at less than 85 mph. He managed to get some swing and seam movement at critical times for England. To his credit, SB knew that his time had come. Tours to India and Australia were going to be a bridge too far.

Maturity is when you realize King babar >>> sachin, SteveSmith and Lara, Viv Richards,kohli ,Nikolas puran 🤡 Shaheen Afridi>>>> overrated,Mitchell starc,bumrah,Anderson 🤡 Azam khan >> Adam Gilchrist, Josh buttler, Matthew Wade🤣 We don't care we will won 2025 t20 wc under babar azam"s captaincy 🏆🏆 Pak gdp >>>>> england

​@@Umar_Akmal_pak69my broo is everywhere lol

@@Umar_Akmal_pak69 Ok dude we get it

Wait bro, it's not even been a day yet

@arbazfarse3474 Maturity is when you realize King babar >>> sachin, SteveSmith and Lara, Viv Richards,kohli ,Nikolas puran 🤡 Shaheen Afridi>>>> overrated,Mitchell starc,bumrah,Anderson 🤡 Azam khan >> Adam Gilchrist, Josh buttler, Matthew Wade🤣 We don't care we will won 2025 t20 wc under babar azam"s captaincy 🏆🏆 Pak gdp >>>>> england

​@@Umar_Akmal_pak69Trolling Pak or england. I am confused

10 million for this loser team's documentary. No way mate.

Because the average cricket fan knows it will be more whinging!

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​@@Umar_Akmal_pak69 Maturity is that you realize that you are not mature

No harm in giving the Aussies a taste of their own medicine. It clearly rattled them as the series went on. The weather saved them at OT, otherwise 3-2 England.

Same

Couldnt agree more absoulurely stunning!❤

Bairstow wouldn’t of done anything anyway

Why? Just more whinging!

Broad summed it up well....petulant theatrics! He's the world's oldest adolescent!

😧😍

Hi

Cricket is the greatest most entertaining sport in the world ❤

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​@@Umar_Akmal_pak69😂😂😂

yep, but still hurts like it was yesterday

@@andrewmcgill6369 3 moments certainly still sting - final session at Edgbaston, Australian gamesmanship with the Bairstow stumping at Lords, sopping wet at Old Trafford. It would have been nice to win. Still, we had the better of the Australians for most of Edgbaston and Old Trafford, and on the whole it was engrossing cricket.

@@alfredjohnson2647 Agree with you conclusion. Yes - Edgbaston was another glorious defeat for England. But a moral victory. England had by far the best of the conditions there and still lost.

Don't worry, australia will rub them properly in the next ashes with margin 4-0 or 5-0

Yeah sadly Australians known to be cheaters - Sandpaper… I wonder how they go home to their wives - no wonder David Warners wife had other service

@@RahulJain-cg5cslet’s see it then

@@RahulJain-cg5csIndian fans are hilarious

Came to type this comment. Unbelievable hypocrisy. I’m an Australian supporter and I’ll accept the Starc “no catch” he DID slide with the ball on the ground- even though it looks worse in slow mo- but you don’t get it both ways. If you want to say “ball hit the ground” then “stay in your crease”

You forgot hypocrisy!

@@user-yl1qt4fp6i oh do I feel sorry for you

om kargil as an aussie!!😂😂 England were better?? I know England were good but Australia was also very good and if not for the freaking ball change in the 5th Test Australia would have won the series regardless of any rain in Manchester! So get your facts right!! So it was shame and injustice for Australia not England that they were not able to win the series outright because of some cheating but nonetheless there was some justice that Australia atleast retained the Ashes!! That was the minimum!!

According to the latest documentary on Amazon Prime, he did.

The difference is that Starc had the option to do things differently but chose not to. Had he tried to keep that hand up he might have rolled onto the rope so was correct. Absolutely no reason to try and 'get revenege'. A very poor take if true.

@jamesosullivan7969 the batsman could've continued walking off the ground, conceding that the catch was completed and he was out.

@@redhead3199 No chance a batter can see a catch 45m behind him with any certainty. Get a grip!

@@jamesosullivan7969 but its not revenge, if rules are rules and the "spirit of cricket" (whatever that means) be damned, then its perfectly valid to ping at the stumps before over is called. Its about making the rules work for you. Australia had it work against them with the catch, it worked for them with the stumping.

ali's religion thing maybe

In Islam it isn't allowed to shake hands with opposite gender. Other than your mother, sister, daughter or wife

Yep. The Aussies were very gracious in not making a bigger stink about it. Unlike the crowd at Lords, they accepted the umpires' decision and got on with it.

That is correct. YJB, Joe Root and Ben Stokes have never played in a test win in Australia.

​@@johnpsalinger173wating 2025 /26 series 💀

No way man!!! I say england and australia are competitive in their own way.

Not cheating at all. Lousey umpiring. Very few batsman walk. It looked worse as the ball deflected off the keeper. Before you complain yes I am English and I think bairstow was 100% out. Only has himself to blame

​@@fredfreg3545but broad is the one who talks about sportsman spirit a lot and yet he is not ready to leave the ground even he knows that he is clear out, Hypocrisy

Likewise, if Australia had bowled better at the tail at Headingly, we would have been up 3-0 and would likely have won at The Oval without the ball change.