ABC Cricket Podcast

England Talk a Big Game, Australia Play One

Published: December 8, 2025

Duration: 42:22

While Australia sit 2-0 up in the series, the guys dig into whether England have fallen into an “exaggerated sense of their own ability” as they enjoy their “reset in Noosa” ahead of the third test.

It took Stokes and Jacks finally “playing properly” on the last day for England to show any real fight, and Corbin and Ed explore whether that flicker of resistance tells us anything or simply exposes a team that is, in Ed’s words, “just not very good”.

Selection changes feel inevitable for England, with Archer’s effort labelled “a pathetic test”, Jacks...