Adam Peacock: Australian Correspondent on Australia's performance in the Women's Ashes

The Australian Women's cricket team have absolutely dominated England in the Women's Ashes. 

They claimed the win 3-0 in the T20s, 3-0 in the ODIs, and they're on the verge of a huge test victory.  

Our Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock recaps what has been a fantastic series for Australia. 

“These are the type of tours that at the end of it, one team celebrates, and the other one goes home and has an independent review.” 

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
You Across the Tasman our regular Australian correspondent Adam Peacock
as whether as Adam, I know it's been done and dusted,
but with the benefit of a few days hindsight after
the Australian Tennis Open that you were deeply involved in
the coverage of, how do you regard the twenty twenty
five edition.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Awesome fining. Yeah, I really enjoyed it. It didn't have
thinking about it didn't have the incredible, amazing viral moments
if you like, throughout and you know, in part towards
the fact that Niicurious lost in the first round and
he didn't play the doubles, and yeah, various other reasons
that the crescendo on the weekend for two different reasons.
The women's final was just an epic contest and Madison

(00:51):
Keys really heartwarming story that she got it done. And
then the performance of the Annix Sinner goes down as
one of the great Grand Snam Final performances of all time.
To not even face a break point against the second
best player in the world, it's just it's insane tennis,
so for very reasons that the final weekend was bloody
enjoyable in terms of watching high level sports.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Great stuff. Loved your coverage of that. Let's move to
the other big summer sport in both of our country's cricket.
Both of your men's and women's teams are in action
at the moment, are both absolutely dominating their opposition. Let's
start and gaul Australia six hundred and fifty four for
six to clear Sri Lanka one hundred and thirty six
for five. Goodness me, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
A bit of a gap between the two suys. Unfortunately,
though the weather looks to kind of help the Srilankans
yesterday and who knows what the weather's going to serve
up in the next two days, So Australia basically have
two days to take fifteen wickets. I can't imagine that
we've bat again unless something extraordinary happens, but yeah, it's
a tough ass. They're well rested, I guess though the

(01:54):
bowl was after missing out for most of Day three,
but yeah, total domination. Didn't expect this. The way that
we batted was so impressive and that wicket probably didn't
suit the Srilankans well as it might have, and I
dare say I think they're going to play in the
same deck in the second Test, so who knows what
they're going to serve up in that one could be
one of those loftteries that we've seen in Pakistan in

(02:14):
the last couple of years, where they put all kinds
of things on the pitch to dry it out and
make it turn from ball one on day one. But
at the moment Australia in a commanding position and bat
it so well. It was mccawajhor the best of them
with two hundred plus.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
His opening partner Travis Head. Sam Constace of course, turned
plenty of heads at the back end of the series
against India. A surprise to you he wasn't selected to
open here.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
A little bit like if we're looking at it and
saying that, okay, we want Sam Plastas to be part
of a test set up for the next fifteen years
and essentially a dead rubber test because it doesn't mean
anything for making World Test Championships, Why don't we give
him a go? But then you pointed back to Australia
just wanting to win every test and picking the best
possible team available at that moment, and you can't argue

(03:02):
with Josh English the man to come in. They push
Travis Head up to the top of the order and
they put Joshings in at five. Really gives him an
opportunity to impress on turning decks and he did that
with a Runnaball century. So the selectors over here they
have over the journey and be saying over there they
picked someone who's against the grain or it's not with

(03:24):
public opinion, and that kind of everyone blows up. But
the selectors in the last few years they've made right
choice after right choice and they've got it right against you.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
And closer to home, the women's Ashes is happening in Australia.
This has been utterly lopsided. There were three One day
Internationals or one by Australia, three T twenty internationals or
one by Australia, and in the sold teest a Dane
eighter in Melbourne, England all out one seventy Australia four
twenty two for five.

Speaker 3 (03:51):
Yeah, these are the top of tours that at the
end of it, one team celebrates and the other one
goes home and has an independent review, not so much
just like a heart to heart chat in the dressing
room after, like we're talking board level, what the hell
is going on? And I think that's going to happen
with England out of the back of this one. This
has been a complete disaster from their perspective, and it

(04:13):
shouldn't happen because they've got a really strong domestic set
up on paper and they've got a competition which is
attracting players from all around the world called the Hundred
that they have every year, so their cricket should be
better and it just hasn't been. In Australia, who were
just prodded into action after missing out at the last
World Cup, they've come back and just absolutely given it

(04:35):
to the English. So it's good from an Australian perspective,
but yeah, England have a lot a lot to consider
when they may get home after this tour.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Have people been checking this out? Have they been turning
up to watch or watching on TV?

Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah? Yeah, good ratings on TV. And look that they've
held this one at the ENCG. They've taken a bit
of a throw at the stumps and when it was
raining yesterday it got all the cricketing viewers on the
eyes of the ashes, and I think a lot of
people realize that why they're having this at the end.
They had the Test at the end of the multi
format series. It kind of feels like like a bit

(05:08):
of a dead rubber.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
Now.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
Conversely, if you've end up with all the play for
and it's eighty six in terms of points going into
the last Test, which is worth four points, it's a
complete opposite. But I kind of agree with the summation
that maybe the Test match should be at the front
if we're going to prioritize that. But whatever the case,
Yeah it is. It is getting really good viewership on
television and pretty handy crowds throughout.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
Although it does.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
Look a bit empty they're having a game on this
at the MCG, there's still some healthy crowds coming through
the gate, which is good to see.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
Yeah, good to hear. I believe today might have been
your first day off all year, So thank you for
taking at least ten minutes out of a jet to us. Mate.
I'm sorry to disturb you. Will get you back on
next Saturday.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
Suits sounds good, mate, sounds good.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
Cheers man, that's ten peaclock our Australian correspondent even on
his day off, joining us here on news Talk ZEDB
with all of the big sports stories from across the Tasman.

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