England’s men win first Ashes Test down under in 15 years

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

England beat Australia by 4 wickets at the MCG to end a run of 18 winless Tests. We hear from Ben Stokes, Josh Tongue, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell and Steve Smith plus Simon Mann is joined by Jonathan Agnew, Phil Tufnell, Glenn McGrath and Andy Zaltzman.

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