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Test Match Special

The Ashes: England on the brink in Brisbane

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

All the reaction to a dominant day for Australia in Brisbane as England stare at a 2-0 series deficit. Coach Marcus Trescothick talks to the pod, and defends England’s approach and preparation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:11.1

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0:14.0

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0:14.3

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0:17.5

I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems.

0:20.4

Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay?

0:23.7

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0:26.4

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0:28.6

Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland.

0:30.9

Get all kinds of Christmassy.

0:32.6

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0:35.8

This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. Start staying round the wicket. Root. Oh, what has he got an edge of that? He's driven at it, but I think the bat's on the ground. And, oh, he's gone straight up here. Yeah. He's in here. Okay, there's a clear spike. When I see Snicko If there's a clear spike.

0:56.6

When we see Snicko, there's a big spike.

0:57.8

And Root has to go.

1:04.2

England's most likely man to be able to withstand this onslaught this evening has gone.

1:15.3

So after three days of this test match, Australia are closing in on victory with England, 134 for six.

1:17.3

Stokes and Jacks are at the crease.

1:21.5

And England losing six wickets under the lights in that final session.

1:29.1

After they made a good start to their second innings, 45 for no wicket in a small session just before the second break of the day.

1:40.7

But after that, Australia continued their dominance and they batted so well and so sensibly and so carefully in the first part of the day, taking their first inning score to 511.

1:47.4

Mitchell Stark, their leading scorer with 77 of 141 balls and he got really good support.

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