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Test Match Special

Root hits a century as England declare on day one

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan, Jason Gillespie and Steven Finn react to the first day’s play of the Men’s Ashes at Edgbaston where Joe Root hit a century to pull England to 393. Ben Stokes surprisingly declared to give Australia four overs to bat on the evening of day one. Hear from Jonny Bairstow and Nathan Lyon, plus Andy Zaltzman gives a stat breakdown of England’s batting display in Birmingham.

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0:00.0

Enjoy even more of the ashes

0:03.4

It means everything as a kid's a pinnacle of test cricket find out what it takes to lift the famous earn in how to win the ashes

0:10.4

I already decided how I was gonna go about it if I was going to get out

0:13.5

It was gonna take a great ball or a great catch and the tail enders boys are back

0:17.7

Let's talk about your ashes memories Jimmy. Talk us through your debut in Brisbane in 2006. Yeah, we got battered

0:24.8

Take the ashes with you this summer on radio 5 sports extra and BBC sales

0:31.0

BBC sounds music radio podcasts

0:35.6

The TMS podcast here every ball of every match in the men's and women's ashes live on radio 5 sports extra and

0:44.6

BBC sounds I'm Jonathan Agnew welcome to test match special podcast looking back on an enthralling opening day of the ashes summer

0:52.1

In a get to the handrape the Joe root in the first ashes test of this series

0:59.5

As a herd innings from root a 30th test entry for Joe root helping done to

1:05.7

390 for eight when they declared half centuries also for bestow and

1:09.7

Crawley who hit the first ball of the day for four Nathan lion took four wickets for Australia

1:15.2

Well here from bestow and lion and get the thoughts of Stephen Finn Michael Vaughn Jason Gillespie and Andy Zoltzman

1:22.1

The TMS podcast on BBC sounds

1:26.7

Just a very briefest of run through England winning the toss the first ball was hammered

1:32.6

For four through the covers by Zach Crawley made a very good 61 he got the best ball of the day

1:37.8

From Poland Brook made a nice 32 Pope 31 bestow an excellent 78 that is bristling best

1:45.1

Back in the England side again. He put on 121 the Joe root. He made his 30th 100. He was 118 not out

1:52.5

When Ben Stokes declared with about 20 minutes or so to go they bowl four overs 393 for eight something you just

2:00.3

You just don't see in in test cricket is really was a brave declaration adventurous

2:07.6

Giving us really four overs to bat, but they survived them and

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