2005 ASHES Episode 5: UNSUNG HEROES

The Analyst Inside Cricket

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4.5 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Trent Bridge Test of 2005 was the first time England had taken a significant lead in the Ashes for 18 years. It was only achieved in a tense finale in fading light by two players - Ashley Giles and Matthew Hoggard - not renowned for their batting. They managed to collect the final 13 runs for victory with Shane Warne wreaking havoc, only two nervous batters left in the pavilion and the nation holding their collective breath. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann tell the tale of a dramatic match which featured a buccanneering century by Freddie Flintoff, England making Australia follow on for the first time in a generation and Ricky Ponting run out by the substitute Gary Pratt. With contributions from Flintoff, Michael Vaughan, Simon Jones, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Strauss and Ashley Giles. #ashes #cricket #englandcricket #australia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.6	Well, then you're hot, you're hot. It's all running England's way.
1:17.6	Welcome to episode five of The Greatest Ashes, inching in front, the Trent Bridge Test
1:23.6	Match, which is the fourth test of that 2005 series.
1:28.2	I'm Simon Hughes.
1:29.4	And I'm Simon Mann.
1:30.8	And we'll take you through the moments from that epic match.
1:35.0	And also, you can watch it in video as well if you go to YouTube and Google the analyst podcast.
1:41.2	So, England now still won all. So many close shaves in that Old Trafford test match,
1:48.3	but still it's won all. So they've got to win at least one of the last two test matches
1:53.0	to regain the ashes. What chances do you think they had at Trent Bridge? Well,
2:00.3	it felt as though, although Australia celebrated the draw,
2:04.1	and Michael Warren pointed it out, and you'll hear about that on our previous episode,
2:09.7	and that was a significant step for Australia because England controlled the match.
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