All language subtitles for The Test A New Era For Australias Team S01E03 (The Test A New Era For Australias Team S01E03) (ENGLISH)

So, before we start this song, I
just want to say a couple of words.

They're a good
side, we know that.

We're a young side, we're
learning, we're getting better.

But we know how to
play here in Australia.

You know that, I know
that, they know that.

So on the count of three, for
Payne, for JL, for Finchie, for Hedy,

for Marcus, let's make
this loud and proud.

One, two, three.

In Australia, cricket is summer.

Cricket at the beach, cricket on
Christmas Day, backyard, in the street.

As soon as the weather
turns, the stumps come out.

Kids everywhere are picking
up baths, taping tennis balls.

One half.

There are cricket
balls starting into Willow

at your local school,
at your local park.

And on a Saturday afternoon, you
can be quietly wandering the streets,

and from somewhere
there'll be a... How's that?

Cricket was summer for us.

I just remember, I'd be waiting for my
older brothers to come home from school,

and we'd just play
in the backyard.

Every Saturday morning,
the first thing I'd do, I'd run out

and open the windows to make
sure that there was sunlight.

Every time I smell the cut grass, it takes
me way back to my first games of cricket.

We had a lot of kids in
our neighbourhood that we

always played out in the
street with with Weely bins.

No-one was ever out with
no batting, that's for sure.

I would field most weeks, bat
at 11, wouldn't bowl, but loved it.

It's the sound, it's the sight, it's
the heart of summer in Australia.

Game Dating Are we rolling?

Are we good to go?

OK.

Chris Mitchell, BBC Sport.

Given everything that's happened to
Australia over recent months and post Cape

Town, are you expecting to meet a different
sort of side that play differently?

And do you think for that
reason they could be vulnerable?

I personally don't think any
Australian side is vulnerable at home.

Whatever happened,
regardless of all the things

that have gone by, the
skill level is still there.

We're definitely not
taking anything for granted.

We're not even expecting
them to play in a certain manner.

Our focus is purely on our team.

Obviously there are going to be times when
you have to put the batsmen under pressure.

Not necessarily crossing the
line, but just get into their heads,

which you expect from any side
in the world, not just Australia.

But I think a bit of banter
there is not harmful at all.

Thank you very much.

Virat Kohli,
superstar of the game.

He averages above 50 in
every single form of the game.

Nobody is that good across
all three forms as Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli is at the pinnacle
of his form and the last

two years at the pinnacle
of world cricket as well.

And he's done
everything that's needed to

become arguably the
best player in the world.

India is such a big country.

He's so popular over there that he's
become a bit of a global superstar.

Wherever he goes, there's just
people, they're just around him.

Outstanding player.

Probably the best player
in the world at the moment.

Well, I just remember
watching him in the nets.

They put that footage out pre-series
and he was absolutely smacking them.

And I was sort of sitting there thinking,
how are we going to get this bloke out?

And mum being mum, she
said, oh, he's only another person.

And I said, oh, OK, mum, thanks.

That's good advice.

It's going to help us
get him out, isn't it?

Have you seen A
Star Is Born yet?

Oh, my God.

It is like my new
favourite movie and it's the

saddest, most beautiful
movie I've ever seen.

All right, bring it in, boys.

All right, boys.

So we start our warm-up, two hours
proper Australian-level standard training,

OK?

So you're ready
for the first morning.

Good catching, Finch.

Oh, that's a good catch.

My view was that Australia would
be up against it, against India.

India was as strong
as they've ever been.

World-class fast bowlers, quality
spinners, tremendous batting depth.

Confident, bullish team.

Under Virat Kohli.

This was India's best chance.

India never won in Australia.

And for India to come
and win a series in Australia

was for a long time
beyond our imagination.

It's the first time I've come to
Australia thinking, you know what?

India could win the series here.

India are a really
good cricket side.

Australia didn't really
know what its test side was.

Hey, mate.

Hey, mate.

How are you going?

I'm all right.

How are you doing?

What do you reckon
about the team?

When do you want to finalise it?

As soon as possible.

Now?

If it comes to me, I don't
know, Mitch Marsh or Hentz.

At five or six, that
would be my feeling.

Nothing's that simple
at the moment, is it?

Or is it always like that?

How are you going, gents?

All good?

Good.

All good?

We're going to do a
couple of things here.

We'll go through the
players' interviews.

We'll talk to them individually.

And then we'll start talking about
how we're going to beat India after that.

So we'll worry about us.

And before we go to
anyone, I don't reckon we're

really 100% set on
our batting line-up yet.

Why's that?

Well, to be honest,
mate, because I can tell

you hand on heart, I've
been going round lots.

And is that a positive thing?

No, it's probably a
really negative thing.

But that's just the truth.

In Test cricket, you have your six
best batters, in my opinion, and your wiki.

Wiki is a bonus if
you can bat a bit.

But you've got to be
your best wiki and you've

got to get your four
wicket-taking bowlers.

So it's pretty simple stuff.

Is Finch a certainty?

He got 50-1 or duck
or something last game.

Is he a certainty?

The problem is then
who's going to open?

I think if Finch plays, the only
way he can play is opening.

That's my gut feeling.

With the team we've
got, the only way he can...

Because we've got enough
guys in about the middle order.

So it was his right to go?

We're grading it.

We're grading it.

That's good.

He took a bloody
screamer, a gully.

Did you see that the other day?

He's been catching well.

It's just where we use him.

Hanskin's been in good form.

Played spin pretty well.

Does he come into
the middle order?

Harry.

Has anyone got
anything on Harry?

Debut.

He's obviously
going to be nervous.

Travis Head.

My view on Travis is that we all
know he's a great young bloke.

He's been working so hard.

And he played two tests.

He did a pretty good job.

My honest feeling is
we've got to pick him.

That's my gut feeling.

We've got to stick to
some of the young blokes

who we think are good
people and good cricketers.

14 into 11 doesn't go.

The great thing about Australian
cricket is every time you pick 11, there's

probably 14 or 15 guys
who could be in the 11.

You can't win.

So all you can do is
what you think's right.

If it works, you're a genius.

If you don't, you're a dud.

Clearly selection was
difficult and imprecise.

Australia's batting had been
gutted, but its bowling unit,

which was held up as the
world's best, it was intact.

That was Australia's chance.

Take 20 wickets in each
test and compensate for

what might have been
missing on the batting front.

We're going to need our
senior players to stand up.

It's going to be a tough series.

But equally, India are
under the pump as well.

They haven't won
a test series yet.

They think this is their time.

This is their time.

So let's start with
Justin Langer.

Justin, welcome to 11.16 SEN.

Morning, Jarrod.

What are the rhythms of
the final day of preparation?

What's in store today?

Very relaxed.

We almost feel, to be completely
honest, like we're cherry ripe.

Have you made your
decisions on the top six?

Yeah, they always keep me up.

Pretty sure Marcus Harris will make
his debut, which is very exciting for him.

He's a terrific young player and he's
looked very good against some of the most

competitive net sessions I've seen
for a long time in Australian cricket.

So we'll have our final
strategy meeting in half an

hour's time and then we'll
be firing for tomorrow morning.

The number one
ranked team in the world.

They've lost their last two Hawaii
series in England and South Africa.

Indian batting, he's their man.

He's the one we need to get or
put pressure on everyone else.

The big thing he wants to do is put his
presence on us, on his game straight away.

He wants to show I'm
here to dominate Australia.

That's his mindset coming out.

He's either going
to go two ways.

He's either going to come
out and look for a fight or he's

going to go to blokes he knows
and try and be all mates with.

So either way, I want
him completely ignored.

I don't want anyone
engaged with him.

We just flat out ignore him.

Test series program here now.

Don't miss out.

We've been waiting and finally
we're here for the first test series.

Test of the Australian summer.

I can tell you it's going
to get to around 40

degrees here today and
almost the same tomorrow.

The opening six, the top
six batsmen are the least

experienced since World
Series cricket for an Aussie side.

This is the most
exciting test series I can

remember on Australian
soil for a long time.

So the news from the middle is that
India have won the toss and will bat first.

A

big blow for India and that's
the first wicket of the summer.

I remember staying
mid-off and as soon as they

started driving one it
was one nick, one for two.

Josh Hazelwood and it's like, boys,
I'm in the huddle going, we're on.

They're driving
the ball, we are on.

Big time here.

Ooh, he's at an edge, it is.

Two down for India.

The big left, he's got one.

Just what Australia
needed, a good start.

Two for 15, India.

Here he is, the number one
batsman in the world, Virat Kohli.

And it's exactly what
the Australians wanted.

They wanted to get the number
one batsman in the world out early.

Exciting, Paddy Cummins gets
ready to swing into the attack.

This is a man that does have
the ability to get the big wicket.

Yeah, pretty stock
standard, innit?

Summer like Aussie,
it was not easy.

Not just about the catch.

To do that really early on in the morning,
day one, I thought really set the tone.

And Virat Kohli doesn't
get better than that.

And the king is gone.

They're three for 19.

Brilliant from the
Australians, all going to plan.

Is this a chance?

This is it.

What a way to finish
for the Australians.

That'll have their tails up.

250, there was action
aplenty, particularly early.

If at the start of the day we had said
we'd have Indian 250 after losing the

toss, we'd all be saying,
what a great day, OK?

I thought the
catching was brilliant.

The run-out at the
end was brilliant.

The energy was brilliant.

Overall, the bowling
was fantastic.

I said to Aussie, he won.

He forgot a thousand reasons.

His catch is one of my favourite
memories of my whole Test career, mate.

That was just like gold.

See the boys get around you.

Take the screamer.

Mate, it was awesome.

But today's day one of
a four Test match series.

We know it's going
to be a bit of a wrestle.

We'd expect them to fight back.

OK, let's not settle for it.

The dream is, as any young boy
or girl now, is to play for Australia.

So it's easy to have a
dream and, you know, think

it's there, but sometimes
it's not always attainable.

When it actually happens,
it's something pretty special.

Marcus Harris, number 456.

Wow, who would have thought?

Cheeky little kid
from Scarborough.

It's a good number
to have, isn't it?

14456 for Marcus Harris.

The West Australian, now Victorian-based
young man gets his opportunity.

The first thing I did
was ring my dad.

Driving down our driveway, the
phone rings and I know it's Marcus.

He goes, I'm in the team!

And he's fighting back
tears, trying to yell it out.

You little beauty.

Thanks, mate.

Congratulations, pal.

I can tell you there
are about 30 to 40

Harris's here at the
Adelaide Oval watching.

If it wasn't for my mum and
dad, I wouldn't be where I am now.

And the great thing is for them is when you
do well is to see how much they love it.

I think they ride the
bumps more than I do.

Untried openers
are at the top there.

Harris and Finch have
never opened together

because, of course,
it is Harris's Dibouin.

This is Aaron Finch's first ever test on
Aussie soil after his two tests in the UAE.

Aaron Finch.

Australia lose that first one.

India have fired back.

Aaron Finch, he
has to go for a duck.

Disappointment for him.

It's a horrible
start for Australia.

They're one for none.

It's Marcus Harris.

He'll be so nervous
and he'll be thinking, I

just want to get that
first run under my belt.

I just said, look, you've
earned this, buddy.

You've absolutely earned this.

You've worked hard.

You've sacrificed everything.

You've done the first part.

Now that's the bit that
you've always wanted to do.

Show people how
good you really are.

Don't you love that?

The parents, the family.

You get to that time as a dad,
you've got to say hands off now.

You can only do so much.

Harris flirts with
the short one.

And he plays it really nicely.

Brings up his first
boundary in test cricket.

This didn't start last week.

It's been a long road and
it's been a hard one to hose.

So that's what means
so much more to us.

It's been amazing to be able to
come with him on this journey.

Promising start though.

Marcus Harris is out for 26.

Harris has played
very, very well.

Test cricket has
so many stories.

There's so many little narrative lines
that run through each batsman's innings.

Where they are in life.

Where they are in their career.

Where they are in the contest.

I like many things
about test match cricket.

I like words like
resilience and defiance.

And the fact that you play time.

We go through
difficult phases in life.

Maybe financially
you're not that well off.

Oh!

Oh!

Or maybe the mortgage
has suddenly gone up.

But you ride the difficult times in
search of the better times thereafter.

You don't give up
in the difficult times.

Test cricket is
exactly like that.

If the bowlers are doing well.

You respect the bowler and say I
know it's your time at the moment.

But it won't be
your time forever.

There's so many ups and downs and ebbs
and flows and momentum shifts and changes.

You've just got to believe that.

At any stage the game can turn.

For good or for bad.

Fight.

You've got to be resilient.

You've got to be tough.

When you talk to someone
who doesn't know the game.

What you can get a
draw after five days?

That doesn't make sense.

But that's the
uniqueness of test cricket.

Win this battle guys.

Win this battle guys.

Come on.

It's a roller coaster ride.

One day you go up.

Touch.

Yeah.

It's a big wicket.

Very cold.

One day you go down.

The way I look at cricket.

It's more problem
solving than anything.

Touch.

Take it.

That's what they
want in Australia.

It's about being able
to work over someone.

One over to two overs to
ten overs to seventeen overs.

Oh.

I know.

Love this.

I know.

Australians you've got
to get back into this game.

Catch.

Catch.

There you go.

First ball.

Up in the air.

He's got six.

Nathan Lyons 622
reward for perseverance.

Just kept at it.

Kept at it.

And eventually the
tight turn for him.

It's nice to be a hero.

It's nice to be a hero.

My boys at first.

Gaz.

Awesome man.

Really good mate.

Awesome.

Got us back in the game.

Yeah.

And we're still in
the game mate.

We said at the very start, we're going to
be prepared to take it to the last session

of day five.

That's what's going
to happen tomorrow.

We're going to be prepared
to take it to the last session.

Don't worry about it mate.

Just two test matches ago, a lot of guys
in this room did something pretty special.

So we can do it.

We've done it before.

Anything is possible.

So believe that because it is.

Game on here.

There's a buzz
around the ground.

323 to win this first test
match of the summer.

And for India, they'll be
thinking about 10 wickets.

That's dashing from Harris.

That's good from Finch.

I felt

something in my glove.

I didn't know whether it was
ball on glove, glove on pad.

Now, what will
the Australians do?

You've generally
got about 15 seconds.

By the time you process
it and get down to your...

your partner, that's
not a real lot of time left.

And when I went down to Harry at the other
end, he said, oh, I couldn't really tell.

So I'm sitting there
going, shit, I don't...

I don't want to waste a review
because I got a duck in the first innings.

I want a handful here.

I want to get a good
start and get away.

And I just couldn't be sure.

He looks like he's
going Aaron Finch.

He is the first
Australian wicket falls.

He came down.

He was almost begging his
batting partner to say yes, refer it.

It should be very interesting
to see if it caught some glove.

We'll have to have a look at it.

That's like my dog.

Oh.

We saw some uncertainty
from Aaron Finch, but he's gone.

He chose not to refer.

You feel anything at first?

Oh, my...

Glove went next to
my pad, so I don't know.

That's what I was saying.

I felt something, but I
don't know what it was.

Oh, it was armless.

Glove in your pad.

Fuck!

Fuck me.

It's difficult.

Even as a captain, I
found it really challenging

because you don't
want to make a mistake.

You don't want to not
refer it and it be out,

but you also don't
want to be wasting them.

I didn't know if it was my gloves
hitting my pad there or the ball flipping.

We were sort of having a
bit of a conversation about it.

And JL walked in and we sort of
went pretty quiet and scurried off.

What happened?

I...

Because my pads...
My gloves are here.

I wasn't sure if it was my... The glove...
The ball's flipping my... I thought...

My gloves... My gloves
were on my pads.

What did he say?

He said if you... If you
can feel anything, reveal it.

But I felt something
on my gloves.

And I didn't know
if it was my pad or...

So it's just one of
those things that looking

back, you go, yeah,
he's a review idiot.

On the flip side of the coin, Virat
Kohli addressing his Indian troops.

A wonderful breakthrough
for them and they

are in a wonderful
position in this testament.

Harris edges.

Over the top.

What a fill in the gap.

It won't.

It's taken.

And it's Kapoor with no power.

And goes.

Marsh goes.

The skipper goes.

Big, big problems
for the Aussies now.

Again, Shammy gets
the big breakthrough.

India take one step
closer to victory.

Now, the job is handed
over to the bowlers.

The truth is, it's not the
bowler's job to get the ball.

It's the batter's
job to get the runs.

India one wicket away.

A victory in the first
test of the summer.

Much more pressure batting because with
the ball in hand, I'm very confident with

my skill set to get the job
done against anyone in the

world where I've struggled
with belief with the bat.

And it hits Nathan Lyon.

Yeah, I'm going to get ducks here
and there playing against good bowlers.

But if I can play my role, I can
get to five, get to 10, get to 15.

And just tick it off slowly
and try and enjoy it as well.

That's hit hard for a point.

First boundary for Nathan Lyon.

Pulled wide a bit on.

Out of the middle of
the bat, Nathan Lyon.

And another boundary.

I've got the belief in any side I walk
out with that we can win any game.

And my role had to be
with the bat that inning.

The edges are
wide and the slips.

It goes to the rope.

40 to win for Australia.

The beautiful thing about cricket
is that you've always got a partner.

You're never by yourself.

Partnership 24.

You've got to
hand it to Australia.

They just haven't given up.

They fought right to the end.

You really see the panic
start to set in on the other team.

You forget that as a bowler going
out there and batting that, you know,

if I actually get a few runs
here, they'll start to panic

because they're expecting
to get me out pretty cheaply.

Oh.

An incredible win.

I guess it nearly
goes the other way.

You get close and the batters start
to think, we can get these runs here.

We can do it.

And then, you know, you're trying
to force yourself not to think like that.

But as soon as it happens, it's
just, it's hard to put out of your mind.

Gutted.

Absolutely gutted at Adelaide.

No one really rated us as
an Australian cricket side.

I hate losing.

And you've just got
to sit back and reflect.

Cricket's about learning.

And I've always said each and every day
I'll go out and get better, whether that's

fitness, bowling, fielding,
batting, mental side of the game.

I'll never conquer this game.

In that first test, Australians
saw the character of the

team, that they were willing
to fight for as long as it took.

Australia went down a test match, but they
gave a glimpse of how they would compete.

And I think it's a glimpse
that resonated with its public.

What did we do really well in the
first session that we stopped doing?

When we get in a position at
the moment where we're about

to go massively ahead of
the game, I feel a bit of a shit.

From, not from everyone,
but from the majority.

The three numbers going
up the graph, that's the total

number of sessions we've
had after the last three tests.

That'll be 14.

The red means lost seven.

The orange at the top
means we've drawn three.

And then you move
into the second session.

Out of the 14 sessions that we've
played during the last three test matches,

we've won one.

The red means we've lost eight.

I would have thought the biggest
worry there is 19 sessions that we've lost.

We're losing too many sessions.

Simple.

Simple as that.

We're losing too many sessions
for us to win test matches.

We're going to get better at
100% attention to every single one.

Single ball.

How's our team look?

We've sort of just
talked a bit about that.

If you go with Finch in the
middle, what happens at the top?

What happens?

Is he open?

Well, this is their shit, mate.

Finch, you can't
play at the top.

Not in Australia.

Well, he can't play then, mate.

Well...

At the moment, who
else are we going to pick?

What about if we just put
Uzi up one and Finch to three?

The openers do a job.

He comes in when the
ball's not doing as much.

That's a simple fix.

And the vibe in the group?

Even though we lost, I'm sensing
there's actually a bit more confidence.

I think now we've seen
them, I think blokes are

thinking, yeah, we lost that,
but I think we can beat it.

And we will beat it.

Go well.

Good luck, Buddha.

That's our good luck.

See you, China.

I'm a bit nervous.

I've had a really good
morning today, though.

It's always nice for me
back in Perth to come home.

And I love my mornings.

Had a swim in the ocean, did my
meditation, had a nice breakfast.

And now I'm back into it.

One of the reasons I'm
nervous about today is that...

..it's at the new stadium.

It's a drop-in wicket.

And when I was opening the batting with
Haydos, there was no better feeling than

if you get there, it's a green wicket,
and everyone's all nervous about it.

And Steve Waugh, the captain,
would say, we know it's green.

We know it's going to do a bit, but we
need you and Haydos, we need you to

fight your arse off for the first two
hours, because if you get through that

first two hours for us, that will
literally set the game up for us.

If we do win the toss-and-bat,
which would be a risk, because it's so

green, then our top order, who are under
some scrutiny at the moment, they're going

to have to fight their
backsides off, so it's

going to be a good
challenge for them, I reckon.

Days like these, I'm not
really sure whether I'm happy

to be retired or wish I
was out there for the fight.

To see that wicket,
day one, oh, mate.

Welcome to Perth, and the first-ever test
match at this magnificent Optus Stadium,

becoming the tenth test
match venue in Australia.

Now, the talk of the
week has been this pitch.

Just look at the amount
of live green grass is on it.

Expect plenty of movement, plenty of
bounce, so plenty in it for the bowlers.

Overall, I'd rather
be a bowler this week.

To be honest, we had no idea what
to do on that pitch, and we just thought,

well, the Australian way,
traditionally, is to win the toss-and-bat.

That took a fair bit of courage from our
batting group to get their heads around

the fact that if we won the
toss, we were going to bat.

Heads is the call.

It is tails, Australia.

What are you going to do?

We're going to have a match.

We're going to have a bat first.

To their credit,
no-one complained.

They took it on.

And it will be Aaron Finch to
open alongside Marcus Harris.

There was some chat about whether
he should move down the order.

Australia have
stuck to their guns.

The opening
partnership is crucial.

If you can take some of the
oxygen out of the fire early,

it's such a crucially important
part of winning test matches.

Opening partnerships
settle the nerves.

They settle the dressing room.

They give you a chance of
getting on top of the bowling.

And they prevent the
procession of players out to the

middle when the ball is
new and lively and moving.

First change that happened
that game was Harry took first ball.

He'd never done it in his whole
career, which in professional cricket,

as an opening batter,
I find it extraordinary.

I said, you've got
first ball this game.

He's like, why?

I can't do that.

I said, mate, you saw
what happened last test.

Here we go.

We're ready to get underway.

Ishan Sharma.

There's a little feel
for one early on.

Obviously, the
ball moves around.

The ball's new.

It swings.

It's hard.

So you've got to be wary early.

Still yet to score,
Marcus Harris.

Oh, wow, there you go.

With guys that are naturally attacking,
like myself and Finchie, if you can get us

off to a good start, you can get the
ball rolling and the scorebook and start

ticking pretty quickly and it puts
pressure straight back on the ball.

Oh, Hammeh off the
back foot from Finch.

You don't go out to achieve five
runs or 10 runs or 20 runs or 200.

Like, it's just
something that flows.

And both being new to test cricket
as well, we're sort of a bit naive,

a little bit wide-eyed
and just enjoying it.

Well done, Aaron Finch.

He's been under all sorts
of pressure this week.

People have questioned
his position in the side,

whether he should bat
at the top of the order.

A fine 50.

A lovely little milestone for
Marcus Harris, his first Test 50.

In

tough conditions, for the boys to
get a 100-run punch, it lifts everyone,

it lifts the team, but it also sets
you up, sets you up for the game.

It was the first 100-run
partnership we've had in a long time.

Just felt like we kind of continued
off where we'd finished in Adelaide.

We were really in
control of the game.

And, yeah, us bowlers were
chomping to go and have a bowl.

Looks like Mitchell Stark's going
to bowl the first ball for Australia.

Oh, got him.

First goal.

First wicket down.

Australia had two early ones.

And that'll mean
the man, Virat Kohli.

Wow, what pressure
he's under now.

You can just see his attitude.

Look at him striding
out to the crease.

He's up for any challenge.

The fans absolutely love him.

I used to look at Virat and think he's
got, like, the Australian fight in him.

He won't shy away from anything.

But he's going to be
certainly tested against

a fired-up Josh Hazlewood
and Mitchell Stark.

Just from memory, he played
an on-drive to get off the mark.

And great players
play on drives.

It's the hardest shot
in the book to play.

Your balance is
going to be perfect.

You've got to watch the ball.

Punter used to
do it all the time.

Get off the mark
with an on-drive.

I used to be batting at the other
end going, mate, you're a freak.

Oh, what a shot.

That is classy stuff
from Virat Kohli early on.

Nicely driven.

I've always felt if there's
11 people get picked out

of a billion and a half,
you've got to be pretty good.

You look at Virat Kohli and
you see energy all the time.

And yet Virat Kohli, when
he's batting, is a different entity.

He's almost lost everything.

He's a different world.

He's a human being
in his own perfection.

When we had Pap Cummins or Josh
Hazewood or Mitchell Stark bowling fast and

swinging the ball, he just made
it look like it wasn't what it was.

That will go all the
way down to the rope.

And that's 50 to Virat Kohli.

At times, as hard as it is when
he's belting you around the

park, you really do just have
to get used to it a little bit.

I have to sit back and sometimes
think that's just amazing.

He's done it!

Virat Kohli!

His 25th Test Match century.

Virat Kohli is the best player
I've ever seen in my life.

I actually broke my own thing.

I absolutely shit myself.

I broke my own code
for engaging with him.

What do you say?

What do you say?

I don't think I'd like to eat as you
were knocking in human balls at home.

But real quiet.

43 run lead.

The Australians will be coming out
shortly to pad up in their second innings.

You can feel the atmosphere around as
Virat Kohli lays down the law to his team.

Very vocal.

Turning up the
heat, the Indians.

He's so desperate.

He desperately
wants to win the series.

And he's looking at that
lead of 43 and saying, right,

we just so need to keep
Australia down to a low score.

It means so much to him.

Good ball!

People think that cricket's
a gentle game, don't they?

Gee, I don't reckon it's a gentle game when
you're out there and they're bowling fast.

I'll tell you what we
underestimate the most.

How hard the cricket ball is.

Oh, gets hit in the helmet.

And he's rocked.

He's down.

To have that coming
at you of 19 yards.

I think sometimes we don't
give batsmen enough credit.

Ouch.

Yeah, that would really hurt.

He could be in trouble
here, Aaron Finch.

Two Australian batsmen hit.

Harris in the head.

Finch has he broken a finger.

Courage is to stick to the
process of watching the ball.

That's what mental toughness is.

That's what concentration is.

Because you know if it hits
you, it's going to hurt you.

Justin Langer's DNA is all
over this side and it tough it out.

Takes them on the body.

You get a pitch like Perth
where you've got cracks,

where you're just not sure
what the ball's going to do.

For you to stand in line with it
and eyeball the bowler isn't easy.

And it takes courage to
face back up to 150 Ks

when it's just hit you
flush in the forehead.

He thought about ducking.

He changed his mind.

I was scared shitless.

Facing that attack
on that wicket.

It might look good on
TV, but it was scary.

A little edge on it from
Barsh and he goes.

Good bowling and Coley
is absolutely packed.

I remember that afternoon
felt a bit like a punching bag.

Well, we can't fight back
because it felt like we had

our hands behind our back
and we just had to take it.

I was just like, hmm.

Just felt a bit double
standards for me.

Imagine if we behaved
two out of ten for that.

Australian captain Tim
Payne strives for the crease.

I was sort of sitting
watching before I went

in and he gave a few
of our guys send-offs.

The plan was not to talk
to him when he was batting.

When we were batting it's kind of up
to the individual what they want to do.

I sort of just had enough
and thought you also have to

stand up for yourselves and
stand up for your teammates.

And yeah, that was one of the
reasons I thought, no, I'm the captain.

It's my turn now.

I have to stand up and show
him that we were here for the fight.

The aggression
continues from the Indians.

So Tim Payne drawing Virat's attention
to the fact that India will bat last.

And what a finish.

The verbal volleys continue.

The Aussies have had to fight
extremely hard in their second innings.

As they've worked their
way to a lead of 175.

I was probably a bit edgy because
we were 1-0 down in the series.

But I just felt, yeah, I thought Virat
that day was getting under our skin.

Well, just to be honest,
I'm pretty emotional tonight.

Because I just think, one, you must
all be feeling the double standards.

The way the captain's carrying on
and we sort of have to be really careful.

With him, what I'm feeling
is he's getting nervous.

He still needs six wickets.

He knows how hard
our lower is with that.

And I think in terms
of putting him under

pressure, I thought, I
think we're getting there.

I think we're close.

And you're seeing him starting
to get a bit punchy, a bit aggro.

They're all getting worried.

So if we keep our cool, deliver
our skill, we've got this game.

OK, now, I just want
to remind everyone.

I've said it for
nine months now.

There's a difference
between abuse and banter.

There's no room for abuse.

We don't need to abuse them.

We do not need to
abuse them, right?

Because we've got zero
to gain from it, actually.

But there's banter where
you stick up for your mates.

This is what playing for
your country's about, boys.

Feel it.

And tomorrow's a big day.

We know we're going
to be closely watched.

We know we're probably
going to be harshly dealt with

from a media point of view,
particularly foreign media.

And we know that some of those
people are looking for us to slip up.

It's a loss of air
and taken by Payne.

Commanding straight
from the Australian captain.

He was trying to upset me
with just the part-time captain.

And I sort of went
the opposite with him.

I was sort of telling him how good he was
and that he was the greatest player ever.

You don't want to get right into a fight
with him because that's what he likes.

So I was just trying to
poke him a little bit and

then see if I could get
him to implode a little bit.

Nothing but impressed with
the leadership of Tim Payne.

He's doing this in a really
measured, calculated way.

He's not shying away
from any issue out there.

To be completely honest,
when I first took on the role,

people said, oh, Tim Payne's
going to be the captain.

I sort of went, Tim Payne?

Like, good bloke.

But captain of Australia?

He has been so impressive.

I think Payne won the masses
in the verbal exchanges.

He had the respect of us,
but I think he earned in that

test match the respect of the
country as well and the fans.

He carried himself with
the dignity of a captain, but

was going to stand toe to
toe and stare down Virat Kohli.

And he who laughs
last laughs longest.

That was Perth.

Nathan Lyne bowling
to the Indian captain.

When Virat Kohli got dismissed
in the fourth innings, Tim

Payne was able to stand there
and declare the new Australia.

No!

But he did it with that Anzac banter
and humour, and it was just gold.

And just the boys going, oh,
actually, well, we can be in the fight.

I know he's your captain, but
you can't seriously lie to him.

You couldn't possibly lie.

I thought Tim Payne was
absolutely exceptional.

I think that's done wonders for
him and the Australian cricket side.

Yeah!

From that moment, we were
kind of able to just keep our nose

in your head and keep him
under pressure the whole time.

Yeah, we bowled really
well, fielded really well.

Catch!

You beauty!

I think it was good for us to know that we
could win a test without Smith and Warner.

Boomerer goes high.

Oh, relief.

I reckon more relief
than anything else.

The series is
level to one apiece.

Bring on Boxing Day.

My cussie told me this.

You never know when
your last win's going to

be, so you make sure
you celebrate every win.

So I'm a big one for that.

It's not just us
who are touring.

You know, it's families, your friends,
everyone that kind of comes along on the

journey with you and gives up
their lives to follow you around.

It's not always glamorous,
but those moments when

you win a test, it kind of
makes it all worthwhile.

Everyone in there realises
how much work's gone into it.

Yeah, and then it could be an hour or two,
or five later, Lionel will get us in for

the song and it tends to
go up a notch from there.

It's been a drought.

Let's be honest,
it's been a drought.

But there's a few people I want to
mention before we get into the mighty song.

There's a couple
of first-test wins.

There's obviously
Marcus, Finchie, Hedy.

But there's also a new captain who's
really stood up, taken Vera all the way on.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Oh, yeah, coach.

We haven't seen
Smiley in nine months.

Yeah!

So, on the count of three, for
Paini, for JL, for Finchie, for Hedy,

for Marcus, let's make
this loud and proud.

One, two, three.

Next on The Test.

Boxing day.

Today, everyone in
Australia is watching.

We've talked about it's
going to be an arm wrestle.

Who's going to break first?

Is it going to be us or
is it going to be them?

We can't be flat.

And we can't be not aggressive.

That was a really dark time.

When you're representing
your country, you'd

do anything just to
make everyone proud.

If we think he's in
our best six, you're in.

We can't lose this Test match.