2: Australian Ashes Team Struggles with Injuries Ahead of Cricket Series Jeremy Zakis The conversation revolves around the upcoming Ashes cricket contest in Perth between Australia and England. Jeremy Zakis expresses anxiety over the increasing injury list
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🗓️ 19 October 2025
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The conversation revolves around the upcoming Ashes cricket contest in Perth between Australia and England. Jeremy Zakis expresses anxiety over the increasing injury list plaguing the Australian side, noting that key all-rounder Cameron Green sustained a back injury and may miss the first Test. Captain Pat Cummins is also likely to miss the first, and possibly the second, game due to shoulder injuries. John Batchelor suggests the Australian team might be "too old" and relying on a conservative style of cricket, contrasting with England's aggressive "Bazball" approach. Although early betting suggested England was favored, updated odds now show Australia as the clear favorite (1.71 odds) due to the advantage of hosting the games in their familiar hot summer environment.
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| 0:48.2 | and he plunges into deep summer. It's warm there now. But everything is all eyes on Perth. In several weeks' time, the All |
| 0:57.4 | England team will appear in their beautiful uniforms to defeat the Aussies, to defeat them badly, |
| 1:04.6 | to overwhelm them, to power again and again, 600, 700, 800, they don't care how many they score. It won't be enough. |
| 1:13.6 | They're going to get back for the last two ashes, one by Australia. I think we'd have to say that |
| 1:21.8 | the English trash talk, those two losses, making them seem tainted. This one, however, is on Australia territory in Perth, |
| 1:32.5 | and there'll be five matches or contests over several weeks, and we've been watching the |
| 1:39.4 | preparation. We've been watching trash talking. But it turns out there's more than trash talking this year. |
| 1:45.2 | There's a theme in the Australian side, which is everybody's injured. |
| 1:49.6 | Jeremy, who's injured now? |
| 1:52.2 | Well, John, unfortunately, now one of our great all-rounders, |
| 1:56.2 | so somebody who can both bat and bowl very, very well, Cameron Green, |
| 2:02.8 | he is one of our best players. |
| 2:05.0 | He too is now on the injury list. |
| 2:08.0 | And what actually happened was during a Sheffield Shield game. |
| 2:11.1 | And Sheffield Shield games are basically one-day test. |
| 2:13.4 | So it's a game that's completed within a day. |
| 2:15.1 | It's a state-based team. So it's state to state here in Australia, a national competition. |
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