2005 ASHES Episode 6: ECSTASY

The Analyst Inside Cricket

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4.5 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The climax to the greatest Test series of all time - the Oval Test of 2005. England, who hadn't held the Ashes for 18 years, went into this final Test 2-1 up, knowing that if the Australians managed to sneak a victory they would retain the Ashes urn again. The last Test to be broadcast live on terrestrial TV in the UK (on Channel 4) it was regarded as the biggest sporting event in Britain since the 1966 football World Cup final. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann take you through the gripping action from England's strong start, to Australia's inevitable fightback, Freddie Flintoff's titanic spell and Kevin Pietersen's extraordinary last day hundred. With contributions from Michael Vaughan, Freddie Flintoff, Andrew Strauss, Simon Jones, Ashley Giles, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee. #ashes #englandcricket #australia #greatestseries #theanalyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:28.6	Hello, welcome to the sixth and final episode of the greatest ashes 2005.
1:33.9	This episode is called Ecstasy about the Oval Tests of September 2005.
1:39.6	I'm Simon Hughes.
1:40.5	And I'm Simon Mann.
1:41.7	And you can watch this, of course, on video as well.
1:44.0	If you Google the analyst podcast YouTube channel, you can enjoy those great moments from the
1:49.9	Oval of England lifting the Earn, etc. We'll come to that in due course. Just to give you a sense,
1:55.8	actually, of how the nation was engaged and captivated by this series. Even the commentators had become famous.
2:03.2	So there were two articles in the papers, the real dream team in the independent.
2:10.3	You didn't get into that, though, yours.
2:11.6	Did he the real dream team?
2:12.6	And the big hitters behind the mic in the times.
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