Ashes Tour Tales Ep 3: Magic memories and countdown to ball 1.
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by Ashes tour veteran Jonathan Agnew, 3 time Ashes winner Steven Finn, TMS commentator Simon Mann and statistician Andy Zaltzman to share first memories of following England tours down under.
Plus we hear how the very first ball of the series has often set the tone.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:06.0 | Before you get stuck into your podcast, I'm Jonathan Agnew talking you through a very |
| 0:10.6 | new mini-series hitting Tess Mat Special. It's called Project Ashes. |
| 0:15.0 | I know that! I think that's the one! |
| 0:17.0 | Over the last year I've been speaking to the people who are in charge of England's attempt |
| 0:21.4 | to win down under. |
| 0:22.4 | It's loud. They let you know that they don't like you. |
| 0:24.6 | You've got to try and embrace it if you can. |
| 0:26.4 | We don't know illusions. |
| 0:27.4 | You know, not last ten tests, but nine no down. |
| 0:29.2 | England have only won once in Australia in the last 34 years, but could that change this |
| 0:34.6 | winter? |
| 0:35.6 | And incomes, tax, and the far-ready bolsters, do two hammers! |
| 0:38.6 | Come on, for youngsters, buggy green thing, I'll keep talking about, and I'd love to |
| 0:42.4 | stick one up. |
| 0:43.4 | This is Project Ashes Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:47.6 | Now, back to your podcast. |
| 0:49.6 | You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:54.6 | I'm Eleanor Altroyd, and welcome to another bonus TMS Podcast. It's the third part in |
| 1:00.4 | our series of Ashes Tour Tales from the Test Match Special team out here in Australia. |
| 1:05.6 | We are here bringing you full commentary on the series from the evening of December the |
| 1:09.6 | 7th. |
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