Why is it so hard to win the Ashes in Australia?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Steven Finn, Jim Maxwell and Jack Leach join Mark Chapman to continue build-up to the Ashes series down under. How bad is Pat Cummins injury? Is Ollie Pope secure at three? Has Marnus Labuschagne played himself into the Australia side? Plus, why is it so hard to win down under and Alice Davidson-Richards on ICC Women's World Cup Semi-Finals.

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1:02.7	semi-final at the Women's Cricket World Cup. That's against South Africa. Wednesday morning from
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