Old Trafford Preview: Can England capitalise on Stokes’ heroics?

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew and ABC’s Geoff Lemon look ahead to the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford where England will look to capitalise on Ben Stokes' heroics at Headingley with the five-match series tied at 1-1.

You’ll hear from England captain Joe Root on why Craig Overton has replaced Chris Woakes.

Australia captain Tim Paine also comes on to the TMS podcast to talk about how Steve Waugh is helping them to prepare for the fourth test and the return Steve Smith which also means the return of his battle with England pace bowler Jofra Archer.

We also get an update from England bowler James Anderson now he's out for the rest of the Test series with his calf injury, as well as hearing from his opening partner Stuart Broad on his longevity in Test cricket.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:06.6	The TMS podcast at the Ashes,
0:09.2	downloading, subscribe via the BBC Sounds app.
0:12.3	It's going to be called an Englander by the Air.
0:15.0	Stress is bold.
0:16.6	Oh, bold via beauty, pitched in the rough and turned a mile.
0:22.3	Both of them swings again, hits the...
0:23.6	It's six runs, it's six runs, that's his hand, bro.
0:27.0	That's it all over.
0:28.2	England have been dismissed for 67.
0:31.4	Get out of that if you can.
0:32.7	And you're bold to stoke, who hammers it for four!
0:34.8	CHEERING
0:40.0	Hello, welcome to Old Trafford.
0:41.6	I'm Jonathan Agnew.
0:42.4	It's just nine days on from that incredible day at Headingly.
0:45.5	Ben Stokes has been on the front and back pages of all the papers.
0:48.9	The series is beautifully poised at one all.
0:51.4	Steve Smith is back in Australia inside.
0:53.6	This is Ashes Cricket at its best.
0:56.4	Coming up, we'll hear from Joe Root and the Australian Captain Tim Payne.
1:00.9	And we'll also hear from Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad on their futures.
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