England’s 2010/11 Ashes win, according to Sir Alastair Cook

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Exactly 15 years on from Sir Alastair Cook’s 235 not-out at the Gabba, the BBC’s Chief Cricket Reporter Stephan Shemilt speaks to Cook about one of his best individual series for England, which saw England win the Ashes in Australia in 2010/11. They discuss Cook’s incredible batting throughout the series, including his 235 not-out at The Gabba, the moments he was speaking to Chris Tremlett before the bowler infamously got Mitchell Johnson for a duck, and his time out in the middle with Sir Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.7	Right, start at the beginning.
0:07.7	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.7	Okay, hello.
0:10.6	And if you're into true crime.
0:12.3	The message was clear.
0:13.7	You might like to investigate BBC sounds.
0:16.1	Somebody must know something.
0:18.0	Because there's a caseload of award-winning podcasts.
0:20.7	Do you think this is actually going to go to trial?
0:22.8	That cast light on shady cyber criminals,
0:24.9	mysterious drownings and unsolved murders,
0:27.4	from Bergen to Belfast.
0:29.0	I didn't know who I could trust.
0:30.8	Search, true crime on BBC sounds.
0:33.3	The only thing left to do now is Ron.
0:37.5	You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:43.3	Hello, I'm Stefan Shemmelt and welcome to the Test Match Special podcast from Brisbane, Australia.
0:50.5	This week, England will look to get back into the Ashes series at the Fearsome Gabba, a ground where they have not won since 1986.
1:00.6	Their most successful visits since then came at the beginning of the victorious tour of 2010-11, when Alistair Cook's epic 235 not out set him on course for a career-defining series
1:16.3	in England's 3-1 win.
1:19.0	Now, 15 years on, I sat down with him to hear the inside story of England's last Ashes triumph
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 11 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.