Old Trafford Day 4: England left needing another miracle
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Michael Vaughan says England will need a 'Michael Atherton in Johannesburg type innings' (185 not out off 492 balls having occupied the crease for over 10 hours) to secure a draw and keep their Ashes hopes alive heading into the final Test at The Oval.
Coach Trevor Bayliss says his side can pull off another incredible escape, and we hear from Australia's team mentor Steve Waugh on Steve Smith’s monumental performances.
Away from the cricket, we catch up with James Pattinson about his love of English football and in particular Grimsby Town!
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:06.8 | The TMS podcast at the Ashes, |
| 0:09.2 | download and subscribe via the BBC Sounds app. |
| 0:13.4 | What is out first, Paul? |
| 0:14.8 | LBW England 1 for none. |
| 0:16.6 | What a sensation. |
| 0:17.6 | Nasser Asain has won the task and inserted Australia |
| 0:21.0 | in what you'd have to say, very good conditions here, |
| 0:23.8 | but there's a tinge of green on the pitch. |
| 0:25.6 | Both of them swings again, hits the... |
| 0:26.8 | It's six runs, it's six runs, that's his 100th. |
| 0:30.0 | Palmerston from the far end, bowls the first ball of the series. |
| 0:32.4 | Oh, my word is gone, speak a second slip. |
| 0:34.2 | What a horrible start. |
| 0:40.2 | Welcome to Old Trafford, where not for the first time this summer, |
| 0:43.2 | Australia are within touching distance of retaining the ashes. |
| 0:47.0 | They need eight wickets on the final day to secure their first series win here |
| 0:51.0 | since 2001, with England having to bat out the day |
| 0:54.2 | to get to the oval with something to play for. |
| 0:56.8 | A little bit later in the podcast, |
| 0:58.6 | we'll hear from the Aussie Boiler James Pattinson |
| 1:00.8 | on his love of English football and Grimsby Town. |
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