Glenn McGrath: “if England go to Adelaide 2-0 down it's game over”

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Michael Vaughan, Glenn McGrath and Melinda Farrell join Mark Chapman to preview the second Test of the Ashes in Brisbane. Is this now or never for bazball? Can England adapt to the pink ball? How do both sides bowling attacks look? Could England turn to a spinner? Australia have had staggering pink ball success but their only day-night loss came at the Gabba. Plus, Mitchell Starc is just three wickets away from surpassing Wasim Akram as the most successful left-arm quick in the history of the game.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kayeard and me, Kelly Somers,
0:12.4	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.5	Coming to the Premier League, he's shown one called Play, he isn't.
0:18.2	He's been probably the sound of the season.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:23.7	I had two seasons when I played as the number nine and scored 34 goals in both the seasons.
0:28.1	But I was bored.
0:30.3	The Wayne Rooney Show.
0:31.5	It's what everybody's talking about.
0:33.8	Watch an eye player, listen on sounds.
0:37.5	You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:42.9	Hello and welcome to the Test Match Special pod.
0:45.5	The second Ashes test gets underway 4.30am on Thursday morning.
0:51.2	So Wednesday night, into Thursday morning,
0:53.7	ball by ball commentary with the TMS team on Sports Extra
0:56.3	and on BBC Sound.
0:58.0	It's a day-night test in Brisbane.
1:00.6	As I said this the other day,
1:01.7	from our point of view in the UK is brilliant
1:03.5	because you get, I mean, if you're getting up sort of for breakfast,
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