GREAT ASHES TESTS - Ep2: The Master 1926

The Analyst Inside Cricket

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Sports, Cricket

4.5 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This is the story of the epic Oval Test match of 1926, and the finest hour of Jack Hobbs, England’s greatest batsman - by number of hundreds (199) anyway. Hobbs and his great opening ally Herbert Sutcliffe secure England a huge lead on a treacherous pitch and an opportunity to avenge a series of Australian defeats. Their exploits offer much-needed hope and optimism to a post-war ravaged society. #ashes #england #testcricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.7	Hello and welcome to the Analyst Inside Cricket and the second part of this mini-series looking back at some great Ashes test matches of the past. This is the story of the
1:22.4	epic oval test of 1926 and Jack Hobbs, England's greatest batsman's finest hour. It ended a predictable
1:30.3	sequence of Australian Ash's triumphs and offered much-needed joy to a post-war ravaged society.
1:37.3	This is another extract from my book, Cricket's Greatest Rivalry, a history of the Ashes in 12 matches,
1:42.3	and it begins at the turn of the 20th century before the First World War to set the scene.
1:51.0	Bernard Bosonke was an Oxford undergraduate and also a multi-talented sportsman.
2:00.0	Most significantly, he excelled at the game of Twisty-Twasty,
2:04.9	the back-handed spinning of tennis balls round obstacles.
2:08.7	On the cricket pitch, he had introduced this wristy sleight of hand into his bowling
2:12.4	and bamboozled many county batsmen with it.
2:16.5	Playing for Middlesex, he tried it against the 1902 Australians with instant results.
2:22.3	By propelling a leg break out of the back of his hand, making a ball that appeared to be spinning one way, actually spin the other,
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