The Ashes Review: Australia seal 4-1 win as England vow to evolve and change
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What a start that is from Crawley. Chris Wokes nails it for four. The Ash is alive. And Test cricket alive. Ice in his veins. Pat Cummins has led his team to a famous victory. He gets his fairytale ending. England's captain, Ben Stokes, well, he is there.
Put the beer away, put the champagne on ice. 24 years of pain in Australia. Finally, they're beaten at home by England.
Okay, it's an hour and 45 after the last ball of the 2025-26 Ashes here at the Sydney Creek at Ground. Our producer routinely likes us to put us in the windiest place possible for these post-match wraps, so we're high up in the members' stand. Looking down behind us, actually, it's quite a nice scene. The players and families out on the SCG just enjoying a bit of a kick around and a bit of a hit. at the end of another series. Australia, of course, regained the Ashes earlier in the series, but they finished the game here with a five-wicket victory and a deserved 4-1 series win, Nas.
Absolutely. They've played the better cricket. They've been the more consistent side. England have had their moments, but not been able to capitalise on those moments. Australia with the ball relentless and with the bat, two or three cricketers that were just superb. You think of Travis Head, you think of Steve Smith here, and you think of Alex Carey, and then you throw in Stark with 31 wickets. So Australia, the better side and deserved winners. And in fact, for all the hype of this Ashes series, really, it's pretty much gone as every other Ashes series recently in Australia since the Strauss tour, England flattered to deceive.
Well, let's just rake over the calls of today. First of all, Mitchell Stark, as you say, it was fitting that the final two wickets went to him. He finished off Jacob Bethel, but not before Bethel became the second youngest England batsman to pass 150 in a test match. And Stark, as you say, 31 wickets. And rightly, I think the player of the series. I'm glad they gave it to him because his contributions in those decisive early games. I mean, it must have been touch and go between him and Travis Head, but I think he probably deserved it.
Yeah, I'm not sure it's the sort of thing you can share. That's a bit sitting on the fence. And I don't think actually either of them would care that much. You know, as an Australian, we know they just want to win, win the Ashes and win and end well. Because if it had gone 3-2, then they'd be like, oh, did we let them back in? And were we not as ruthless as we'd like to be? And especially here, with it being the Sydney Cricket Ground and Kawarja's last game and the crowds. I mean, I saw a figure was about 860,000 throughout the Ashes. If you'd got... Five days at Melbourne and Perth, it had been well over a million. So when you've had such a high-profile series, you want to end well. And you're right, it was fitting.
Stark got the final wickets and Carey got the winning runs as well because his contribution with the bat and with the glove, standing up to the likes of Boland and Nisa and the catches he took, standing back.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:16
2
What were the highlights of the final Test match in the 2025/26 Ashes?
5:16–8:40
3
How did Australia secure their 4-1 series victory over England?
8:40–13:17
4
What were the critical moments that shaped the Ashes series?
13:17–18:41
5
How did the players' performances impact the series outcome?
18:41–44:24
Speakers
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