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🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Rob Key discusses preparation, performance and the trip to Noosa as the fallout of the Ashes defeat begins. Plus, we talk through it all with Stephan Shemilt and George Dobell.
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| 0:05.0 | Ellis, our podcast is over 500 episodes old. |
| 0:10.0 | But what have we learnt? |
| 0:11.0 | Ellis James and John Robbins. |
| 0:13.0 | I've learnt that when you're doing live radio, if somebody texts in in block capitals, it's very really a good sign. |
| 0:18.0 | We've had a confused text and it says, I want to listen to this rubbish. |
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| 0:28.4 | Oh dear, oh dear. |
| 0:31.1 | Ellis James and John Robbins, |
| 0:32.7 | 500 not out. |
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| 0:42.8 | Hello and welcome to the Test Match special podcast from the Melbourne Cricket Ground. |
| 0:47.6 | The ashes may have gone from England's dreams, but there are still games to be played for and indeed futures on the line. |
| 0:55.7 | In this edition, we'll be hearing an extended interview with the man responsible for English |
| 1:00.4 | men's cricket managing director Rob Key. Strap yourselves in for a chat that leaves no stone |
| 1:06.2 | unturn as the inquiry as to where it's all gone wrong begins. TMS at the Ashes. |
| 1:13.9 | So two days on from the Adelaide defeat that saw England go 3-0 down in the Ashes series, |
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