From The Ashes: Ryan Harris

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The BBC’s Chief Cricket Reporter Stephan Shemilt speaks to Ryan Harris about his explosive Ashes career.

From his own 'ball of the century' dismissing Sir Alastair Cook, being the perfect sidekick to Mitchell Johnson, his injury woes which limited the amount of Tests he played, and whether he'd ever have played for England with his dad being from Leicester.

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0:55.8	His broad comes in, bowls, carries edge, it is out!
1:00.3	And Stuart Broad takes the final wicket in a dream finale.
1:04.5	Broad comes in and bowls to Agar.
1:06.2	Agar swings the short ball away.
1:08.0	He could be caught.
1:08.9	He's out.
1:09.7	He's caught in the dead.
1:12.6	He's out for 98.
1:16.6	A wonderful Dubu comes to an end.
1:21.2	In goes big cup dashing up and bowls outside the off stump. He laces it through the offside. He won't go for four.
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