England v India: What comes next?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Henry Moeran, Jonathan Agnew, Steven Finn and Deep Dasgupta analyse England and India’s thrilling series, which ended in a 2-2 draw after a tense climax at The Oval. Do the panel think it was the best Test series since the 2005 Ashes? And should England have won the deciding Test? They also discussion Chris Woakes’ extraordinary one-armed effort, coming out to bat at the end of England’s second innings. We also hear from Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Shubman Gill and Harry Brook on the series. And with the Ashes next up, there’s a look at the shape England are in ahead of the series this Winter against Australia.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.4	This is Five Live Sport.
0:08.1	Five Live Crickets on BBC Sounds.
0:13.0	Hello, this is Henry Moran.
0:15.2	After that incredible fifth and final day of the fifth and final test between England and India at the Oval.
0:23.1	You could barely have scripted
0:25.1	how the drama played out
0:26.7	under leaden skies in South London.
0:30.1	Saraj moves in, bowls to Atkins.
0:32.7	He's bowling! He's off-stubs out of the ground.
0:41.3	And India have won. One of the great test matches.
0:45.3	At the end of one of the great test series, they've won by six runs.
0:51.3	The series ends 2-2.
0:55.3	Goodness me.
0:56.2	England started the day needing 35 runs to win,
0:59.4	four wickets in hand,
1:00.4	eventually falling just six runs short of what India had made,
1:05.4	and they grew the series 2-2.
1:07.9	Chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew, who's with us,
1:10.5	as is
1:10.8	Ashes winner Stephen Finn and the
1:12.7	former India wicketkeeper Deep Das Gupta.
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