MINI: The Ashes

The anticipation is palpable with "Ashes Fever" at a perfect ten. What started as positive anticipation has transformed into terror for our lone Englishman, who suddenly feels "behind enemy lines" in Australia during this intense five test cricket battle.

 

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
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Speaker 3 (00:16):
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell show podcast. I don't
know if it's because The Ashes starts today, but supports
guy Alice Connen. I can see dancing to this song
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Speaker 1 (00:41):
I'm pumped ten for.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
You two right now? How what is it? What is
your championship right now? About Ashes Fever? I get the
feeling it's out eight or nine with you two.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
One hundred and ten, ten, ten, And I forgot because
it's in stupid perth. We have normally be on it,
like you know, ten thirty or eleven, the first ball
you've got to wait till one thirty.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, I don't feel like an agonize him weight today?
Doesn't it such a pain? Also, you know this week
I was actually in a really positive frame of mind.
Now it's actually I'm terrified of the next couple of days.
If only wasn't the only English guy on the radio
in this country. Suddenly this is a very very lonely.
Next couple of weeks, five tests, five days, it's the

(01:21):
loneliest time to be in this country. I suddenly feel
like I can behind enemy lines.

Speaker 4 (01:26):
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Speaker 2 (01:31):
Now guys talk about the ashes. Okay for four today's show.
I thought, you know what, let's talk about our ashes
high nights.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
And I didn't.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Realize how far I had to go back in a
time machine, which is why I'm now very nervous about
the ashes. I was like, oh my god, the highlights
for the Indian team in Australia are well. I remember
one Michael Vaughan and that, but that was like two
thousand and one, and I remember I was like, that's
twenty four to twenty five years ago. That's that's a

(02:03):
burned in highlight. Twenty twenty five, there was there must
be all recent one. Then it was two thousand. I
think it was twenty ten, twenty eleven. Jimmy Anderson at
the mcg and the England team just blowing the Australians away.
I think Australia will all out for ninety eight by
tea on day one.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Wow that oh yeah, you guys remember that? Stop that
I remember that well, so we've.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Got that's twenty ten, twenty eleven on the fourth Test, Ria,
what's your what's your one highlight that you really remember
about the amazing series an insurance and sport that is the.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Ashes, definitely the most recent series in Australia twenty twenty two.
Mitchell Stark the very first ball of the series, standing
at the top of his mark at the Gabba. Joe Burns,
the new England opener, waiting for him, very first ball
of the series. Nation holds his bread charges in cleansing
up around his legs.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Here we go, first ball of the Estra series, Day
one in Brisbane and Stark he's got the brand new
cooko bar Rory Burns to face another noise.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
You can just hear it in that audio.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
You can just hear that wicket flying, can't It looks
like he just snapped it and storm That is page
I didn't. This is already you guys are cheating your
sampaper in the audio. I've not been allowed any Where'd
the audio with Jimmy Anderson?

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Oh no, I couldn't find. I couldn't find. It doesn't exist.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Mus have been an old beat of Max that we
got light around Jimmy twenty eleven, Alex, what's it for you, mate?

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Oh? Mitch, Mitch, Mitch Johnson. Though he took nine wickets
for the match twenty thirteen to twenty four and this
was sorry your twenty thirteen at the Gabba. He was
player of the series. He took five wickets for forty
two in the first innings, four wickets in the second innings.
Let's hear a couple of the wickets. Now we have
to getting fending all to go for the steps.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
Crowned with Johnson, this is like the days of William Thompson.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Incomes Mitchell Johnson. Now, what hell on your mind?

Speaker 2 (04:17):
This is hard, hardgoing, Yes, struggling to find any briek
Friday energy right now? The series so glad we start
talking about the ashes highlights, it's just it's highlights for
you guys, just low lights.

Speaker 1 (04:30):
It's pretty more where they come from.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
We will see, we will see.

Speaker 1 (04:35):
I hope it's I really hope it's a great series.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Actually.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
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