The Ashes: England's belated resistance ends as Australia retain the Ashes.
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
England showed plenty of fight but Australia won the 3rd Test by 82 runs to retain the Ashes with two games to spare, We hear from England coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes as well as Australia skipper Pat Cummins, Player of the match Alex Carey plus Mitchell Starc. Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head. There's also analysis by Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Glenn McGrath, Phil Tufnell and Andy Zaltzman.
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| 0:46.1 | And Asqualia retain the ashes. |
| 0:51.3 | And they're in a group there hugging each other and celebrating |
| 0:56.0 | two-day game four-day game at least this one has gone comfortably into a fifth |
| 1:01.0 | but it's still a handsome victory for Australia by 82 runs |
| 1:06.0 | so at 2.11 on the fifth day of this third test match, Australia have retained the ashes. |
| 1:19.7 | They've beaten England by 82 runs, England resisting, 352 all out. |
| 1:25.6 | Actually, marginally outscoring Australia in the second innings of the match |
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