ABC Cricket Podcast

England arrive in Adelaide facing a must-win Test, but the odds are stacked. Australia have lost just once in their last 11 Tests, and only one team in the 149-year history of Test cricket has ever come back from 2–0 down. Brendon McCullum backs continuity, rejecting “knee-jerk” selection calls. Bashir and Tongue remai

The Bazballers have been re-charging in Noosa and the series is on the line in Adelaide. What levers can Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes pull to keep the tourists alive in the Ashes? Usman Khawaja is available for selection. Will he find a place in the middle order? Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon loom as inclusions, who w

While Australia sit 2-0 up in the series, the guys dig into whether England have fallen into an “exaggerated sense of their own ability” as they enjoy their “reset in Noosa” ahead of the third test. It took Stokes and Jacks finally “playing properly” on the last day for England to show any real fight, and Corbin and Ed

2-0 after two Tests. A commanding performance delivers a clinical win. Neser top five wickets, Smith took a screamer, Stokes was brave but couldn't hold back Australia. Archer clashed with Smith in an odd clash late, but in the end it was Australia with a decisive lead. Join Corbin Middlemas and Ed Cowan as they explor

Mitchell Starc is constructing an Ashes masterpiece. His defiant batting led Australia to a vital lead as England unravelled with the ball. The veteran bowler then turned it on with the pink ball to leave England teetering on the brink. Trent Copeland joins Corbin Middlemas to unpack another eventful day from Brisbane.

Australia in control, but England hangs on. Another rollercoaster day of action as Weatherald arrives, England fights, and the Test hangs in the balance. Dropped catches, botched opportunities and more. Simplification? Probably, yet we enter a crucial day three poised evenly and delicately. Across the 2025-26 Ashes ser