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The Ashes is just
sport's greatest rivalry.

England, Australia, I
think there's more intensity

now about the Ashes than
possibly there's ever been.

We love to hate them,
they love to hate us.

Once I knew that I wanted to play
cricket, the Ashes was always the pinnacle.

It's the ultimate
test as a player.

Hey!

How you doing mate?

I'm very good.

How are you?

Good to meet you mate.

Very nice to meet you.

You alright?

Very good, very good, yes.

Hey mate.

How are you mate?

How are you?

Good to see you.

You going well?

It's an unprecedented
period, isn't it?

World Cup and now Ashes.

It's never happened before.

We've got a lift, we've got
some new guys coming.

We're having this
game here at Hampshire.

It's... It's... very
exciting time.

It's great to have
everyone here.

It's an exciting time.

It's certainly a different time but it's
great to have so many of us in the room.

Welcome Tugger.

Thanks mate.

It's great to have
you here mate.

Thanks mate, appreciate it.

I know with everything
that you have done in

Australian cricket, we're
pumped to have you here.

Your eyes on this group,
on Australian cricket over

the next few weeks is
going to be brilliant mate.

Thanks mate.

It's great to have
you here mate.

From my point of view, I
mean, it's great to be here.

I think it's a huge opportunity.

It's a privilege to be
back in Inner Sanctum.

It's been a long time.

I think this Ashers, to
get through and win a

series like this, you've
got to be tight as a group.

The crowd's going to be pretty
vocal in the first Test match.

You've got guys coming
back from 12 months ago.

There's going to be a
lot of talk around that.

So you want to have a really
solid, connected, tight group.

Tough arses who aren't
going to be fazed by anything.

They can mix up
with the best out there.

I know we can win the Ashers,
but we've got to all believe that.

And you've got to pick the right
personnel with the right temperament.

Steve Waugh was an
unbelievable captain for Australia.

He's been one of my
great mentors, great counsel

for me since I've had this
job and well before that.

So if Steve Waugh asked
me right now to run through

that brick wall, I would
run as hard as I could.

Because Steve Waugh, the
great leader, wouldn't ask me to

go through it unless he
thought I could get through it.

Two, he wouldn't ask me to go through
it unless he'd go through it himself.

Yes!

For our boys, to have the
opportunity to rub shoulders

with Steve Waugh is like
reading 100 self-help books.

And for me personally,
to have guys who I know

have got my back, my
gosh, it's like gold for me.

Firstly, congratulations
everyone for being here.

We go down to 25 Australian
cricketers and you're

one step closer to being
picked in the Ashers' squad.

But what's this week all about?

25 best players in Australia
are playing against each other.

If you go really well in this game, it
doesn't guarantee you get selected,

but it's certainly...

it's in your interest to do as
well as you can in this game.

It takes courage to be creative.

It's nice to be comfortable.

The philosophy is
you've got to be...

you've got to be pretty
tough to play Test cricket.

And the more opportunities we get to
expose people to that, then that's good.

I can't remember ever having...
a squad together that... that big.

Everyone can talk a good game.

Everyone will tell you
what you want to hear.

No doubt.

Let's just see what they do.

The competitiveness, the battle,
the challenge of the best cricketers in

Australia playing against each other,
it was a high-quality game of cricket on

what was actually a
pretty difficult wicket.

No-one was holding
back with battle ball and

in the end of the day,
it was pretty cutthroat.

It was like a play-off
of all play-offs.

It was the bad-off
of all bad-offs.

After the first few hours
of play, everyone sort of

knew that it wasn't going
to be a high-scoring game.

It was hard to sort of enjoy that week,
knowing that you could be told that you're

staying on for an Ashes
trip or you're on a plane.

Thanks for everyone's
efforts this last few days.

Tomorrow morning, we'll let you
know if you're in or out of the squad,

OK?

Our 17 for the Qantas Ashes Tour is
Tim Payne, captain, Cameron Bancroft,

Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris,
Josh Hazelwood, Travis Head, Osman

Khawaja, Manas Labhashain, Nathan
Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Nessa,

James Pattinson, Peter Siddle,
Stephen Smith, Mitchell Stark,

Matthew Wade and David Warner.

I wasn't expecting to be in.

I was ready-made
plans for a holiday.

You know, inside, it's
like a firecracker's gone off.

You're so excited.

You're like, wow, like,
this is actually happening.

Like, I'm there.

But, like, you don't want to be the guy
that just got picked in the squad, do you?

You want to be the guy
that wins Australia the Ashes.

That's what you
dream of as a kid.

I probably thought my international
career was slowly slipping away.

An email popped through that said,
players of interest for the Australia A

trip, and I was on that and I just
thought, well, I'm just going to say no.

I was due in June.

I didn't want him
to have regret.

She was pretty firm
on getting me over

there and to leave
them there was difficult.

Matt left when Goldie
was four days old.

Seeing him go was a tough one, but I
knew he had to go and I wanted him to go.

They're the sacrifices.

Not many people see it.

When it comes to affairs
of the heart, it's hard.

And that's one of the
sacrifices you make.

The great lesson that I'm learning over
the last time is be ruthless in selection.

We need people who are going to buy
into the team, which has its challenges,

because they all want
to play every game.

The reality is there's
only three of you fast

bowlers with Lion-O who
are going to play, right?

And there's six of you here.

Every single game, there's Edgbaston,
the Lords, Leeds, Old Trafford, the Oval.

We're going to be really
specific how we pick the team on

who we think is going to win
that specific test match, OK?

Those guys on the bench who aren't
playing, they're going to be so crucial.

The we, not me is when we're
working together, when we've

got our body language,
everything we think about is...

And it takes pressure
off you, because if you

think about how you can
help us win the Ashes.

For us to have a squad mentality, it
takes more than just the 11 blokes.

Whilst I knew I wasn't exactly going
to be a part of the first few games,

my goal for the tour was to be the
best team man that I could possibly be.

Whatever happens, we've got to make sure
if you're not playing the first test or

the second test, that you stay ready,
you get yourself fit, you get your skills

right, you stay ready and
committed to the brotherhood, OK?

I knew we had a very
good bowling attack.

I knew we had great
depth in our bowling.

I knew that the team that
batted best would win the Ashes.

Let's get those feet dancing.

Get those feet dancing.

Like a boxer.

Like a boxer.

Come on, you might not be dancing,
but you're coming and you're going to play.

Feet moving.

Feet moving.

You're all over.

That's why you're so dangerous.

Loose hands, baby.

Feet dancing.

That's the boy.

Yeah, baby.

Hands, mate.

Great, Watson.

Good shot, buddy.

That's the best I've seen
your bat since Brisbane.

Phone's off.

We'll just silent, please, guys.

Yeah.

Cameras, are you all rolling?

Tim, when you realised that Edgbaston was
the first venue for the first Test match,

did Australia hearts
sink a little bit?

It doesn't affect us.

We know.

We've got our
plans individually.

We've got our plans as a team.

Um...

And it's about us going out there
on Thursday and executing that skill.

And if we believe, if we do that, it
doesn't matter if we played Edgbaston,

the Gabba or on the moon.

Is there a more intimidating
ground in world cricket?

Than this?

I could name you 15.

That's it.

What's there to be
done without Edgbaston?

We'll find out in
the next five days.

There'll be... We'll play
against the ground, mate.

That's a good point you make.

Good morning Birmingham.

Welcome to Edgbaston.

This is day one.

We all know it's going to
be a fantastic game and

we all know what
brilliant cricket we're in for.

Edgbaston, that will be rough.

I think Messrs Smith
and Warner and Bancroft

might have to fasten
their seatbelts for that one.

Five matches in
six and a half weeks.

Will decide the Ashes 2019.

I wouldn't say that was quite the
traditional welcome to a touring team.

And I would hope for more
respect over the next few weeks.

It was so loud.

You get to a point I reckon
sometimes with volume,

it's like you can
actually physically feel it.

It was unbelievable.

I think until we got out there, we didn't
realise how vocal that stand would be.

Australia winning
the toss batting first.

Dave and I walking out to
bat at Edgbaston and you've

got 50,000 people booing
you at the top of their lungs.

I knew that I'd had millions
of people around the world

hating me for my mistake
that I made in South Africa.

To walk out and, I mean, I even
underestimated myself how like,

how huge that was.

I don't reckon I did block it
out as well as I could have done.

I remember Jimmy
buying his first ball to me.

Swung in, nipped away and
I've just gone, you cannot hit that.

I was like, okay, this is it.

This is, we're on here.

I'm fired up.

I'm going to have to be sharp.

I'm going to have
to be watchful.

Watch Clawson.

In fact, out.

Warwick Warner.

First casualty.

Goals for two.

Australia two for one.

I practice that every
fucking day of training.

Every fucking day!

Australia just having to get through what
is a tricky period for them at the moment.

Carrington.

Rooted is at first slip.

Broder's got Warner.

Now he's got Bancroft.

And England off to a
very good start here.

Bancroft's gone for
eight and it's 17 for two.

I just wanted to do really well.

I wanted the perfect story.

The perfect gap.

The perfect outcome.

I wanted to walk off with two
hundreds next to my name.

Be like, welcome back.

You know, I wanted that.

Similar reception for Steve
Smith as for David Warner.

This is a big moment
for Australia now.

Already two down.

Five, 13 in a row.

And Australia are 35 for three.

Oh, that's a big shot.

England have got the fourth.

This is everything
we didn't want.

It's edge-bastard.

Media are going to start writing
that the pressures got to us.

And basically the series
hasn't even started yet.

Tim Tain has hit it
straight down his throat.

122 for eight.

Australia get bowled
out for 140, 150.

They're just an
England bat half-time.

It's game over.

Day one, we're
in a bit of strife.

And the crowd was rowdy.

The boys were feeling it.

And I was actually
pretty relaxed.

I knew we weren't
in a great situation.

And Peter Siddall
comes to the crease.

And he's got some work to do.

122 for eight.

It's no kind of score to start
an Ashes series, that's for sure.

Just at the start, it was just
about building a little partnership,

get something going.

Steve Smith, like out in the middle
in Test cricket, fighting for his team.

I was in a bit of a bubble.

So, you know, guys booing me and stuff,
it didn't really bother me or get to me.

Steve Smith goes on to 50.

He's worked hard for that.

If anything, it probably
did the opposite.

Made me concentrate
that little bit more.

And, you know, if you reach
those levels of sort of concentration,

then I guess you can sort
of achieve anything in a way.

No, he's not running for that.

He knows that's four.

Nicely played.

Next side, there's two
men out but in the gap.

Eight.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

10.

11.

18.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

43.

44.

46.

47.

48.

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

57.

58.

60.

61.

64.

62.

63.

58.

64.

75.

68.

87.

68.

75.

6.

65.

68.

68.

67.

69.

70.

71.

81.

81.

82.

82.

83.

I probably shouldn't say this, but
he goes shut the fuck up, let me bat,

I'll get it up to 300.

I was like, okay.

Just over Joe Root and
that's 250 up for Australia.

Smith against Monelly again.

Smith on 92.

Got upped, upped and over there.

Beautifully struck
by Steve Smith.

That takes him to 98.

I like it when I get in
my bubble and know that

I've got that level of
concentration going.

That it's going to take
something good to get rid of me.

Through the covers.

Steve Smith is back.

100 number 24.

His first test back after the ban
and it's normal service resumes.

With others falling around
him, he has been defiant.

As ever.

That was like you
little beauty, mate.

Well done.

You talk about spine tingling
moments, there's one right there.

Gets 100 in.

Probably no more
important time for Australian

cricket than that first test
because it sets the tone.

I was just like,
this is pretty epic.

Australia needed someone to stand
up and it's that man again, Steve Smith.

He's done it.

And you can see there.

It meant a lot to him.

Out of the game for a
period of time back there.

First test match back makes
100 an emotional one for him too.

Thoughts of my wife who'd been
through that sort of journey with me.

My family and everyone
that had sort of been by my

side and helping me in
sort of the difficult times.

It was almost like a
feeling of pride being able

to get back and perform
and score another 100.

It needed to be done so I think it gave
me confidence for the rest of the series to

know that I was back
and able to do my thing.

And that ends a remarkable innings from
Steve Smith who has taken Australia to 284.

It was us as a team being
dragged out of an awful

situation and the belief
started to come back.

As a team mate and as a friend
you just have to be proud of him.

He's been through so much
more than people probably know.

And for him to put that to
the side and just step straight

back into it and just get
the job done was amazing.

We all make mistakes and I reckon it was
almost like a great metaphor for the fact

that we have a choice whether we want
to live in the suffering of what that is.

Or if we want to move past
that and be better and be great.

Steve Smith did that and I think that
was the proudest thing about watching that.

First, can't go past what was an
unbelievable performance from Asa Smudgy.

The best

thing we can do is get him
back into the field as quick

as we possibly can because
you guys know what it's like.

So the sooner we get him back in the field
the sooner we'll be on top of this game.

Okay?

Alright?

Good job.

Good job.

Let's be ready for tomorrow.

Good stuff.

First bus.

There's the booing.

But the worst thing was when we got
on the bus at the end of each day's play.

Just the abuse.

At the end of it.

We tried to laugh
in the face of it.

And that takes immense courage.

Oh I wish they could see him.

That was just all part
of trying to embrace it.

We just sort of went with it.

People were
everywhere on the street.

That's just how Edgbaston was.

It was a really
aggressive place.

They are all grown men.

I know.

They're such children.

I had no idea what was going on.

Oh!

Oh, my God!

I think everyone
handled it pretty well.

And it seemed that the whole way home
there was people hurling abuse at the bus.

It was actually
really brilliant.

Some of the things we
were looking at, it was

good to get some
comedy like that on the bus.

Look at these
blokes still going.

He's still going.

Look at him.

He's down the floor.

It was vital for England that England
had a batsman who was going to stand up.

Mammoth innings from Rory Burns.

First Test 100,
the first Ashes 100.

Day 2 belongs to England.

It's been a very good
day's Test cricket.

Australia lead by 34.

Steve Smith once
again on 46 not out.

Boys, we said at the start
of the day's play we're going

to have to work so hard to
stay in the game tonight, right?

And we are so in
this game, mate.

Brilliant effort.

We've set ourselves
up to win this Test match.

Tomorrow we've got one goal.

Just bat and bat and bat and bat
and give them absolutely nothing, OK?

The lead is 34.

Two days left.

Still England's game
at this stage, isn't it?

Can England find a way
to get Steve Smith out?

In, in ancient times.

Walk upon England's path.

May he be mine.

I was actually more nervous when
he was batting than anyone else.

I loved watching him bat,
but I was nervous because

I knew how important it
was for us to win the game.

I remember Justin Langer
actually said, are you on?

I said, yeah.

Good to go.

And when he says
that, you go, oh, yes.

Well, an interesting start.

Tight one, but he comes through.

Smith to 50.

It's been an incredible
comeback test for Steve Smith,

backing up a century in
the first innings with 50 here.

It looks like
he's just starting.

It's a little bit more aggressive,
I think, in the second inning.

He can get in a rhythm against
bowlers sometimes as well.

I've got in a good rhythm against
guys like Wokes and Broad.

Oh, just easily run down.

That'll be four.

Shot again.

He's beaten the field.

This will be four more.

Excellent stuff
from Steve Smith.

And that lead now is worth 96.

He's a fascinating
batsman to watch.

He's unorthodox,
but he's very effective.

He has his own
style, Steve Smith.

I do some weird stuff.

I don't try and do it, it
just kind of happens.

He's a real twitcher,
this Steve Smith.

He can't stand still.

A number of times he needs to
adjust his pads and everything

around his body before he's
ready and set to play a delivery.

I think it's left pad, right pad, box,
one tap in the middle, two behind my

foot, look up, two
behind my foot, look up.

Look up, one, good to go.

Every ball.

Yeah, the leaving's
always the fun stuff.

Now he's starting to jump up.

He's at the university
a lot more of it.

He says every time
he does it, he's on.

He gets his wife to
feed him balls overnight.

Bowling machine.

He moved closer to the SCG so he
could spend days on end training there.

He just loves cricket.

Even away from the game, he's
shadow batting in his bedroom.

Very often there'll be a message in
the group WhatsApp just being like,

Steve, are you batting?

Because you hear a tap,
tap, tap in the hallway.

He's always batting
or shadow batting.

It's unbelievable to
be at the other end

because you're thinking,
this bloke is so good.

It's ridiculous.

But then 10 seconds
later you're on strike and

you're thinking, Jesus
Christ, this is hard.

That's a good shot.

How do you get Steve Smith out?

Are you listening to us?

You've got a brown cap on.

Here you go.

How do you get Steve Smith out?

Good shot.

The Australian team will be
feeling quite confident here.

Steve Smith hasn't
even raised a sweat.

Smith's 94.

95.

Smith moves to 98.

And he'll go to 99.

Steve Smith's still in.

Camera's ready.

Broad will have to be spot
on with his lengths here.

Steve Smith's
just looking for one.

In

the same test match
for Steven Smith, he joins

an elite group of Australians
who have done that.

Only four others in Ash's test.

Redemption is well
and truly complete.

And now Australia in
a very strong position.

Not afraid to be aggressive with
that platform set from Steve Smith.

Well, you can't score runs
if there's no partnership

at the other end or
there's no one to bat with.

It was great batting with him.

You feel like all the
pressure sort of goes off.

You sort of go under the radar because
there's so much spotlight, I guess, on him.

Shot from Travis Head.

That'll be four.

And that's 50 for Travis Head.

Well played.

It's punishing
stuff from Australia.

That lead continues to extend.

When I walked out to bat with him in the
second, he was just in complete control.

Just pat him on the bum
and say, keep going, mate.

I'll roll with you.

Oh, big one from Wade.

He's got all of it.

I knew that this was a
chance that I had to take.

He was umming and ahhing
about whether to come over here.

The birth of his
daughter, Goldie.

His wife persuaded him to do it.

That's smashed away.

That's the 50 for Matthew Wade.

I thought this could be the last chance
I'm ever going to get to show Julia the

appreciation that I had for
the sacrifices that she made.

Yeah, luckily
enough, I kept going.

There you go.

Fantastic shot.

What a way to go to your 100.

First 100 for six and a half years,
it seems, to his Australian friends.

And teammates.

More importantly, what
it would mean to him.

It's more of a relief than
anything and just a good reward.

And it would be nice for me
to be home with my family.

So if I'm going to be away and put Julia
through looking after two kids by herself,

then I want to make
every toast a winner.

All the way, six.

And off they come.

The lead is 397.

The danger of days like today, we
start getting too far ahead of ourselves.

Even if, hopefully, we're
bowling out by lunchtime, right?

But even if they're two down at tee,
we're still in the game on this wicket.

All right?

So we're just going
to hang in all day.

Just keep thinking about the processes
of every batter we're going to bowl to.

Just how we're
going to get them out.

Just keep sticking to that
and everything will be okay.

Blue skies.

Clear blue skies.

Nathan Lyon will have a real
job to do for Australia here.

It's like 80 test matches.

And he's the best
off spinner of all time.

Gaz, the most nervous
bloke I've ever met in my life.

It's like he's playing his
debut every single game.

He gets so nervous that, you
know, we used to try and put

our arm around him and kind
of mollycoddle him a little bit.

Now it's the opposite.

We find it so funny.

He talks to everyone that's
on the field and they all

just say, oh, you know,
big day for you today, mate.

And it just makes it worse
and worse and worse.

He'll be a little bit anxious.

He'll be a bit nervous.

He'll be a bit excited.

He's just got to not rush, but
really take his time and be patient.

Obviously I don't have the pace
to bump or intimidate people.

I won't take wickets
in my first few overs.

I'll more than likely be able
to slowly work guys over and

over and hopefully take
wickets in overs 17, 18, 19, 20.

Give up the bank, Gaz.

Oh, yeah, Gary.

It's an art.

It's a unique one.

Yeah!

Hold him now, though.

A little bit of patience
from Nathan Lyon.

It'll take them a while to strike,
but he's got one in the bag now.

I didn't realise how good Nathan
Lyon was until I started being the coach.

Mate, I just love
watching him bowl.

Now is there anything on that?

Is there anything on that?

Yup!

Nice.

It's going to take a monumental effort
now for England to survive through the

afternoon and evening sessions, but we'll
see what happens of course in due course.

Boys, you should be
on the dance bar now.

I remember a few times a blokes going,
hey listen to that, can you hear that boys?

That's silence.

Day one, two, three
and four, it was a battle to

hear David and Steve
at first and second slid.

And then we got them fired down on day
five and I could talk to Wadey at mid off

and we could hear each other as clear
as bell, so that was incredibly satisfying.

Oh, got him.

Terrific stuff from Layton.

350 as the test match
wicket for Nathan Layton.

He's the most important
bowler in our line up, by a mile.

First Test of the Ashes
series he showed his class.

We were in trouble at
the start and then we still

fought back and we ended
up winning the test match.

It was a great match.

A great feeling.

Oh, in the air, you've gone.

The world's Steve
Smith at second slip.

And Fortress Edgbaston has
been breached by the Australians.

Their first win here since 2001.

And what a comeback.

Yes!

My first win here
at the Fortress.

The Fortress.

They call it the Fortress.

Woo-hoo!

Yeah, good.

I've obviously been missing
for the last 12 months.

But to welcome Steve back, the way you've
gone out there and faced the whole world,

all England against
you, and the way you've

turned up and scored
back-to-back centuries.

The fourth guy to
do it here in England.

Smudger, welcome back, mate.

Your fucking
comeback is cold, mate.

Quick!

Quick!

Just before we get into the song,
I would like to point out one thing.

Yes, we had an
unbelievable win, and I

don't want to dampen
the moment or anything.

But we're here for one reason.

We're here to win the Ashes.

So, yes, enjoy tonight, but
realise what we're here for.

Two.

One, two.

58.

49.

36.

When you put your cards
down, you say, I have.

I didn't even look.

I was like, there's
a lot of red hearts.

That's enough for me.

Marnus is... he's a
different character.

A two's got more
numeric value than a joke.

I agree.

I agree.

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

To me.

I just did the same
thing as quiet.

He's kept too many cards.

I really enjoy Marnus' company,
but he is the whipping boy.

There's always a
catch with you guys.

Who said you're spelling
his next level now?

I want to see his
next level spelling.

You just spell lawn then.

I don't.

Mow my lawn.

L-A-W-N.

Shall we go and spell lawn?

Spell lawn.

Spell lawn.

He's just got this sort
of different energy.

It's just, he doesn't stop.

As soon as he's going to
cricket, it's like Christmas day.

Marnus is certainly
hanging around Smithy and,

we say friendship, or
bromance maybe brewing.

But I'm not sure if it's
just Marnus sort of chasing

Smithy, Smithy and
Smithy's just putting up with it.

I've loved watching him play
over, you know, the last ten years.

Smudge, need to wick it up.

Squat leg back.

I get teased all the time
about, you know, being, you

know, his little sidekick
or whatever you call it.

Um, but I don't care.

Yeah, they're starting to
become, like, B1 and B2.

Like, they're both strange and they both
love batting and they both love cricket.

So, match made
in heaven, I guess.

I'd say Marnus and myself are two that
probably just could go on about cricket

all day and that's what I
really enjoyed about Marnus is

his willingness to want to
learn and get better as a player.

I really enjoy learning from
him and learning how he goes

about the game and learning
what he thinks about the game.

Smithy's notoriously quite
messy in the changing room.

He's got gear
sort of everywhere.

So, Smithy promised him if he
packed up his kit after every test match,

Smithy gave him the bat.

And again, Marnus just
thought it was Christmas Day.

It's one of the best
deals of the summer.

As a team, we're here
trying to make history.

To become the first
Australian men's team to

win a series in this
country for over 18 years.

We've made a great start
by winning at Edgbaston

last week, but
that's all it is, a start.

Edgbaston was a terrific
advertisement for Test

cricket and the way we want
to play the game as a team.

Tough but fair.

With smiles on our faces.

Enjoying each other's company.

And the fact that we're living the
dream of being on an Ashes tour.

Right, there's our game
plan, just to confirm that.

There was a lot of good things that were
ticked off during this first Test match.

There's the England
squad for this game.

And obviously we've read a
lot about Archer coming back in.

We all know about that.

I've played with him.

I haven't seen him by a
whole heap in Red Bull cricket,

but it suggests to me that
he'll hunt for wickets a lot.

His load-up is the same.

He can come out 130,
he can come out 145.

You've just got to
watch the ball and react.

You can't pick
anything up on that.

If it's swinging, he slows it down
a fraction and tries to swing it in.

And then bowls, obviously, a
quicker bouncer and a quicker Yorker.

But if it isn't swinging,
then I think he'll try and

bowl quite quick and try
and get the seam as well.

Lourdes is... it is
the home of cricket.

You can just reach out
and you can just touch

the history and the
tradition of the place.

Whether they're Australians, Indians,
Pakistanis or whatever, they're all

brought up dreaming one day
as a kid of playing at Lourdes.

When you go to Lourdes,
you're walking in the long run.

It's like your grandfather giving you a
hug and saying, welcome home, son.

It's not every day you get a
snack with the best in the world.

Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to Lourdes.

We're asking all ticket holders
to have your tickets ready.

Day one of this Lourdes
test, the second of a series

in this Ashes series between
England and Australia.

It is hosing down, so it
means another long wait.

You're sitting around, you're
lounging around in the change rooms.

No matter how you're
feeling, you are buzzing.

You're ready to go.

It's a test match.

You're at Lourdes.

It's like the Ashes.

But you sort of get a little bit
lethargic and you're a bit flat.

Sometimes it's hard
to actually get going.

Don't stop before JL, Mitch.

Don't stop before him.

He's biting me.

Here you go now.

Hey, it's all mental, mate.

You just do whatever
you can to get by.

I think because we were 1-0
up in the series as well, you

probably take a day like
that a little bit differently.

It's a reshuffle.

Rain delays can send you into a state
of mind where you just do random shit.

Mitch is... He's like
that every day, to be fair.

I get a buzz out of
making people happy.

Well, day four here at Lourdes.

The good news is the sun
is out, there's a bit of cloud

cover, but there's a sense
of excitement in the air.

England have got
Australia 80 for 4.

Australia 178 runs behind.

And a lot rests on
Steve Smith's shoulders.

St John's Wood tube station
is just up the road from here.

And the announcer, the station announcer,
he said, for everybody getting off here,

do you know how to
get Steve Smith out?

Shot.

Steve Smith says,
thank you very much.

And that's his 50.

He just keeps going, does deep.

England have decided that
its answer was Joffre Archer.

When Archer hits Lourdes,
the whole series changes.

Tim Payne, he's gone.

An Australian in a bit
of trouble at 162 for 6.

What?!

It was a hostile spell of bowling,
and the wicket itself was a bit tricky.

It was hard to judge
whether to duck or whether

to sway out of the way
or whether to take it on.

I didn't feel like I necessarily
was going to score

too many runs, but just
get through it, survive.

He bowled some
quick balls in that spell.

But would Archer's pace
sort out Steve Smith?

Well, there's been a lot of talk ahead of
this game about this particular contest.

Australia's best player
against the debutant

and quickest England
bowler, Joffre Archer.

It was quite tough
at that point in time.

The wicket had started to play a few more
tricks, and he was bowling some good pace.

When you're playing, you're relying
on instinct and just your ability to bat.

But when you're not playing, and
you're watching, and you're like, whew,

this is quick, and I remember looking
at the scoreboard, and it was like 96.2.

I was like, whew, that's quick.

Oh, there you go.

For once, for once, a little bit of a blow
and a pain, and he looks uncomfortable.

Just lift it.

You need golf?

Well, this could be an important
moment in the series, this.

A blow from Joffre
Archer on the arm.

I was worried.

I thought he'd break his arm.

What's the story, lads?

Thank you.

Yeah, it was a good hit.

I was kind of
struggling a bit with that.

It was a good hit.

Tell you what...

There's nothing worse than seeing your
brain just better than the ball get hit.

Oh, that was...

It was Sid's and I batting next,
so it wasn't the best feeling.

I also know with him, he's gotta have
exactly the right shoes, he's gotta have

exactly the right gloves,
and I'm thinking, well, hey,

if he can't hold the bat, oh,
no, that's gonna worry him.

You could feel it
from a long way away.

The ball was so close.

Brooding clouds built, the whole atmosphere
sort of descended around the two of them.

I wouldn't say it changed my focus or
concentration, it was more the limited

things that I was able to do.

Australia trail by 72, but this is a key
moment not only in the game but the series.

Steve Smith, how
is he with that arm?

Up

and straight, it was
proving difficult, so I was

kind of trying to find
another way to score runs.

Head someone out there big time.

I think we were all in shock.

I think the worst was
when he was laying there.

That was probably the
scariest moment for us all.

When I saw him go down we
were all like, pshhh, not again.

Please, it can't happen.

We never thought it would
happen, we never thought

you could get hit in
the head and die from it.

And that never crossed my mind growing up,
playing cricket until it actually happened

to Husey.

The point where I got hit
wasn't too far from where he did

and yeah, just at that point
in time, I was just the first...

The first thing that came into
my mind was, it's just not fair.

Like, I'm okay.

Like, it's not fair.

The doc was out there and
asking me questions and

yeah, he was like, you're
going to get taken off.

I was like, I want
to keep going.

Like, I feel okay.

I didn't want to see
what was happening.

So I went to the corner of the
room and just started preparing.

Like I was, I had to
go out there and bat.

It's pretty daunting to be fair.

Free bone, free bone.

Give him a bit of space here.

Give him a bit of space here.

JL, what's the rule there?

Do, because he's been brought off the
ground, does he need to lose weight or can

he just go back in and
see if he comes out?

Inside the change
room, with the new

concussion rules, it's
like, who replaces him?

It's just, I don't care
what anyone says, it

was panic stations there
for about five minutes.

I'd sort of spoken to him when
he came off and he seemed... OK.

I was actually at the time was
more worried about his arm.

If he breaks his arm,
he's out of the ashes.

There's a lot of
discussion after being hit.

One, the concussion
protocols now are so strict.

Two, he was adamant,
I'm ready to go.

All the protocols were met.

But it's a fine line that
you want to win the test

match, but you've got to
look after your boys as well.

It's going to be
interesting now, yeah?

It is Steve Smith.

He's going to come back out.

This is very courageous
and brave from Steve Smith.

Interesting
reception, wasn't it?

What are you thinking
about, you reckon?

I'm just about to
be a national hero.

Wow.

What a response that is.

That is an incredible shot,
having just come back in.

I came out and slogged
my first ball over mid-wicket.

Defending was just
the hardest thing to do.

This time through the offside.

Second boundary, consecutive
boundaries for Steve Smith.

Yes, Smudgy, get it in there.

My mind is saying work hard and defend,
but I was kind of like, couldn't do it.

Close shot, yes!

That's tough, Smudgy boy.

I don't think any of the
guys wanted to bombard him.

I think everyone was
pretty sensitive of that.

But also...

I think behind all of that was just
this hope that, gee, I hope he's alright.

Today was an ugly incident.

Thankfully, Steve's
come through it okay.

He went through all the concussion
protocols and he passed all that.

He'll have another test in the morning
so there's no residual concussion.

But he'll have that test and I
suspect he'll play the game out now.

Time for the final act of this
second test match here at Lord's.

Well, the news is that
Australia are going to be

lodging an application
for a concussion substitute.

Test cricket, to its credit,
the administrators have

recognised the uncertainties
surrounding concussion.

So they make a change to the
laws of the game to allow a player

who is medically concussed
to be substituted like for like.

I actually spoke to JL and I said,
you know, I mean, it's up to you guys,

but I'd personally, I'd
put in a right-hander.

Through my head, I'm rolling
around in bed going, there's a chance.

There's a chance
that I could play.

And then the next morning,
we had a training session.

So Payne rocked up
and yelled over and

said, and he's like, I
think you're playing.

And I was sort of
like, I don't know.

And we told Martinus, he's got
this massive smile on his face.

I said, you sure?

He goes, Freddie, man, I
can't wait to get out there.

206 of them runs are what
Australia need to win this test.

England were a test down,
but they grabbed the momentum.

Suddenly Smith was
out of the game and

England were charging
to level up the series.

So for the first time ever in Test match
cricket, we have a concussion replacement.

And when you're Marnus Leveshane coming
in at this stage of your career, and you're

replacing Steve Smith
and you've got Archer up

against you, it's an
interesting time to bat.

You know, walking through
the long room, you're like, wow.

We're getting clapped and people
almost looking at you like, who's this guy?

Can you imagine being
Marnus Leveshane?

All of a sudden you're
called in for the last day.

Face Archer and
Broad, good luck.

I couldn't tell you the
score when I walked out.

Suddenly he finds himself in the firing
line trying to save a game for Australia.

We were the only team that
could lose that Test match

when it got to the final day,
when Marnus went out to bat.

So much pressure.

I think that was the real
time that it sort of happened.

You're playing at Lords
now, this is it, this is game on.

You have to be
ready in Test cricket.

My heart was like,
righto, here we go.

That was a nasty, nasty bounce.

He got straight back up,
looked straight at Joffre in the

eyes and marked centre as if
to say, come on, I'm up for this.

And I think that was a real statement to
not only England but to his own team-mates.

Respect.

You know, you're
not going to be the first

concussion sub to get
ruled out for concussion.

You know, that's not happening.

That was the moment
when I reckon people thought,

you know, this kid's
got something about him.

And we like it.

Lovely shot, that'll do
his confidence some good.

That'll be four.

That's another boundary.

He just went about
it how he does.

He played his game
how he wanted to play it.

He played like a
kid with freedom.

Some people, it suffocates
them and they tighten up.

Not for him.

He was actually
still looking to score.

And the best way to
survive is to look to score.

Driven nicely by Labuschagne.

Oh, look at him.

His bat last minute was...

He was in a good place and
his game was in a good place.

And, yeah, I wasn't surprised
to see him score runs.

I think he's done remarkably
well so far, Labuschagne.

He's just got stuck in.

Then it was just about
me and Travis putting a

partnership together to
try and save that game.

Perhaps he's telling the
selectors, hey, I should be here.

I'm not a substitute.

There was probably a shift in
thought and realise that he can play.

And a lot of us
knew that already.

But then when he went
out and did what he did, I

think he earned a huge
respect within the group.

Not afraid to use his skills.

And that brings
up his half century.

The players, too,
up in the back.

And they know what a
crucial inning this has been.

Australia could have
been in deep, deep trouble.

And Mahana's Labuschagne
has pulled them to safety.

I felt like I was up to it.

You know, I just had that
belief, like, I can do this.

Just diving forward enough
to get the hands underneath it.

That's a great pitch.

Let's move on to your best
angle for the catch, please.

Can you give me a
side angle there, please?

Look at that.

That's 100 per cent bounce.

I have his fingers under the ball
and it's bouncing up into his hands.

I have a decision
for the big screen.

I just don't understand
why the umpire's on the field.

Oh, you can't see that.

You can't see that.

It's really on that screen.

Probably in the back.

But I just... But he's down.

Why is it getting given
out, like, on the field?

Because they don't know.

They can't see.

They should go off the field.

And you know what
it's like on the field.

You think you've caught them.

Every time.

Especially when
it's late at night.

We knew he could play.

But there's been a lot of
blokes that can play and

haven't quite made it at
test level for whatever reason.

And I think when you see someone
growing and succeeding in tough conditions,

I think you can see him growing.

Our team then started to have
some real confidence in him as well.

After that innings, there
was a massive shift.

And this happens.

This is like earning your
stripes or earning respect.

It was a very important innings.

He got through that
little period and he helped

us sometimes with
draws as good as a win.

Despite all the rain over the last
few days, it ends up as a draw.

So Australia still have
the advantage in the series.

Boys, we fought hard today.

Well done to Marnus.

Well done to Hedy.

That could be career
defining innings for both of you.

Really good.

Under pressure.

We all had to crack this game.

But the reality is, if
we're going to win this

Ashes, we've got a lot
of bloody hard work to do.

We're going to be the
best team in the world.

We've got to keep
looking to get better, okay?

Because we're not going to
win this series unless we do.

Next on The Test.

What if I make a quick
recovery and I'm okay?

The Ashes are on the line
right here and right now.

We are renowned as
Australians to keep fighting.

Goal!

Australia are on fire.

They're one wicket away
from retaining the Ashes.

The biggest man on
the ground is pressure.

Don't you hurry.

Doesn't carry.

What are we witnessing
here from Ben Stokes?

They run.

Non-sniper's in.

Could be a run out.