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S8 Ep334: AUSTRALIA RETAINS ASHES VICTORY AS ENGLAND'S BAZBALL STRATEGY FAILS Colleague Jeremy Zakis. Zakis discusses Australia's humble celebration after winning the 2026 Ashes series 4-1, noting that England's aggressive "Bazball" strategy was deemed fundamentall

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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AUSTRALIA RETAINS ASHES VICTORY AS ENGLAND'S BAZBALL STRATEGY FAILS Colleague Jeremy Zakis. Zakis discusses Australia's humble celebration after winning the 2026 Ashes series 4-1, noting that England'saggressive "Bazball" strategy was deemed fundamentally flawed by cricket chiefs. While Australia's bowling remains a focus for improvement, captain Pat Cummins has recovered from injury to continue leading the team.
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in southern new england and one more time ashes is done 2026 it's in the books and it's in the books

0:49.5

for australia but there's much more to learn jeremy zackis is here. He's not only taught me what I can learn about

0:57.0

cricket in my seniority, having never played the game, but also the attitude I'm supposed to

1:04.6

observe in the English and Australian peoples as they approach ashes each year, as they weather ashes, and as they

1:13.9

remember how it was and look to the next time. That's what's going on right now because

1:19.2

the All-England team lost badly. They were out of the match after three of the tests.

1:27.3

They did take one test, but now it's four to one,

1:30.8

and I was looking for an explanation last week. You will recall during the pandemic, or right

1:37.6

after the pandemic, that ashes. The excuse was they couldn't go drinking at night. It's unusual.

1:45.1

And the second ashes won by Australia in England, the excuse was bad sportsmanship or something like that.

1:51.8

I don't entirely remember it, but it was some disgruntled attitude. And since then, we've had

1:58.7

nothing but basball talk.

2:03.1

And Basball itself is an argument.

2:06.2

And now I'm waiting for an explanation.

2:08.5

Jeremy, there might be an explanation.

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