Sky Sports Cricket Podcast The Ashes Daily: Nas, Ath and Broad react to England's defeat in the second Test, to go 2-0 down in the Ashes
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Dec 7, 2025 Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad joins Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton to analyze England's disappointing loss in the second Test of The Ashes. They discuss the historical challenge of overcoming a 2-0 deficit and praise the resilient partnership between Ben Stokes and Will Jacks. Broad shares insights on the team's bowling struggles, particularly the tendency to bowl short, and recognizes Joe Root’s century amidst the chaos. He emphasizes the importance of situational awareness and urges a renewed focus ahead of the next match in Adelaide.
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Old-Fashioned Test Batting Works
- Ben Stokes and Will Jacks showed disciplined, classical Test batting to frustrate Australia for over three hours.
- That partnership proved England can earn the right to attack by first respecting conditions and situation.
Targeted Technical Conversations
- Sit down with individual batters and address specific technical fixes like driving on the rise or leaving wider balls.
- Emphasise match awareness and small practical adjustments rather than wholesale mid-series technical overhauls.
Earn Aggression By Surviving First
- England's ethos should be to attack, but they must sometimes 'earn' the right by surviving tough periods first.
- Respecting conditions doesn't equal negativity; it creates platforms to be attacking later.