How much difference does a good/bad opening spell make for setting the tone for the entire series? Compare this to Harmisson's first ball of the 2006-07 Ashes. Here England lost the first Test, but the fiery bowling was a sign of things to come.
Indeed, KP was a big storm when he arrived to international cricket, stats can't define the impact of the player. I also believe that nowadays cricket lacks competitiveness.
What a bowler McGrath was. Even though James Anderson has surpassed him, he will never be close to what McGrath was. A fast bowler who was pinpoint accurate in all conditions and extremely successful in Asia as well. His match-ups with Sachin and Lara were just a treat to test cricket lovers. Salute Legend!
Anderson is not even 10% of what mcgrath was. Mcgrath was deadly in all sorts of conditions . His home and away records were equally great unlike anderson's. Anderson's 65% of his total test wickets came in england itself.
The way mmc graht was bowling, i say england were lucky that in the second test match he was out injured and england scored 400+ without him and won by just 2 runs.
Only now, has Joe Root elevated his strokeplay to be KP's equivalent. But by God, the only equivalent of KP in batting dominance were Brian Lara......and perhaps Richards and Sobers before him.
We still have the classic wooden stumps (with the little mikes and cameras) and they make the same sound when hit. Earlier this week, I was driving back home during the post lunch session of the 5th day of the 4th Test of the England vs India series. Put the commentary on. Very very clearly heard Hameed, and especially Pope and Bairstow's stumps rattle. Didn't even pay attention to what the commentators were saying then, the stumps rattling and crowd roar was enough to tell me a wicket had fallen.
What a team australia had.. you have 7 batsman and 4 bowlers... And you keep winning and winning .. and they had a equal backup for every player.. for Glenn they had kasporwicz for Lee they had tait.. it was a great team... And after being bundled down for 190 they won by 239 runs which speaks volume... Amazing team..
England were all over Australia in the first innings.....and then came Glenn McGrath. Man took out England's top five batsmen all by himself. What an absolute legend!
I remember watching how KP laid into Australia’s all time greats in his first test in what turned out to be a losing cause, almost toying with them. I just knew he was destined for greatness.
This is why cricket makes life worth living.. watching that 1st half hour Live as it happened.. & the beauty of it all - not 1 stat to show for it, capture it's intensity & beauty.. every ball an event, whether the ball that hit Langer's elbow, Hayden's helmet or bled Ponting & so much that can't be relived with Highlights or Replays.. even writing about it after so many years is an exhilaration..
The Australian Team in the 2000s was an absolute peak of a team. Hayden, Langer, Ponting, Martyn, Symonds, Gilchrist, Clarke, Warne, Lee, McGrath, Gillespie. How to defeat when everyone is an absolute match winner?!!?! 🙌🛐
"Bowlers era",of cricket. I lv this type of cricket. Sadly today there's no cricket left to play like this. Back then test cricket also is like thriller movies. What a fantastic era miss this era so much
Watching McGrath at the near end of his career was no surprise. But didn’t realise for a second that KP was playing his first test innings. Coming in for the first time and smashing the star studded Australian side when others were failing. That’s something unbelievable. That’s the most experienced looking debut to me ever.
If harmison had been injured we would have lost ! If I'd picked the right lottery numbers I'd be not working tomorrow! If If If! We won deal with it ..
Correct. Even though I like and admire Virat Kohli however I'm not enjoying today's cricket and those days cricket was fun but it was the real challenge. Those days beating Australian team was a mission impossible task. Cricket those days was so hard and tough unlike today's cricket games.
This was such a mighty team of Australia: Hayden, Ponting, Langer, Clarke, Martyn, Gilchrist, McGrath, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Flemming... Oh my goodness!!!
This series is what got me into cricket as a kid and I still play to this day. This was only possible because it was on free to air TV, we didn't have sky sports.
Every time I watch Simon Jones bowl, I get so pissed off! We were robbed of such an amazing talent. How cruel to cut short a bowling phenomenon like him. His reverse swing was unrivaled. And if you watch a close up of his face during his deliveries, it all looks so effortless. Just wow. Thankfully he did play a massive part in the 2005 Ashes.
I was in my 11th standard then..... It was like, come back from school, have lunch along with live ashes..... So thumping the action was then. Flintoff, Warne, Mcgrath, Peiterson all made up the day then... 🏏
Man what a lovely action !! Mcgrath you beauty ! What a legend. It just seems like he casually jogs down the ground and bowls but the batsmen have absolutely no clue about the ball. Such a straight smooth silky action !
If ever there was a thriiling legendary test series in the entire cricketing history then it was this and this series especially belonged to the likes of Ricky Ponting , Glenn Mcgrath , Shane Warne , Kevin Pietersen , Brett Lee , Steven Harmison , Freddie.
In 1990s to 2000 this Australian team was perfect in all aspects. Domination... indians used to pray that we should win against them at all. odds... Shane Warne,lee,mcrath,gilly,kaspr9vitz,etc .. batting was 7 batsman lineup which has Gilchrist at no 7 ... likes of ponting,martin ,hayden ,leman ,etc.... they set examples to win repeatedly world cups... until india came back at 2011...
@@joshua51814 no doubt Ambrose is a legendary bowler. But to have ' no real difference ' between his and Ambrose's records in an era dominated by batsmen who get to wear helmets and get shorter boundaries to target is phenomenal. For the same reason I also believe that batsmen of Ambrose's era should be recognised more
I remember the clips in EA Sports Cricket 07. Those were the best days of my life !!!
Nostalgia😌
Sure rite 😀😀
Yea i also notice that... Doing 50 of peterson
100% i spent so much time playing cricket 07
Yes bro pure nostalgia
That opening spell from Harmison is one of the most underrated ever.
Liding Hayden and Ponting and hitting Langer in the Elbow.
How much difference does a good/bad opening spell make for setting the tone for the entire series?
Compare this to Harmisson's first ball of the 2006-07 Ashes.
Here England lost the first Test, but the fiery bowling was a sign of things to come.
What about macgrath spell
Yeah I’d say mcgraths was better
Nah man I’m English but that Glenn McGrath spell was something else
Bro it was cold be drew the blood of Ponting before taking his wicket, that has to be the coldest thing ever.
Can't believe this was KP's first test series. He played like a very experienced batsman and was one of the major reasons for England's victory.
Indeed, KP was a big storm when he arrived to international cricket, stats can't define the impact of the player. I also believe that nowadays cricket lacks competitiveness.
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What a bowler McGrath was. Even though James Anderson has surpassed him, he will never be close to what McGrath was. A fast bowler who was pinpoint accurate in all conditions and extremely successful in Asia as well. His match-ups with Sachin and Lara were just a treat to test cricket lovers. Salute Legend!
Megrath was the True God Of Cricket
Anderson is not even 10% of what mcgrath was. Mcgrath was deadly in all sorts of conditions . His home and away records were equally great unlike anderson's. Anderson's 65% of his total test wickets came in england itself.
Indeed
McGrath >> Clouderson ez
@@manishdas3313 so?
That ball to Flintoff by McGrath simply speaks about the master's ability🔥🔥
The way mmc graht was bowling, i say england were lucky that in the second test match he was out injured and england scored 400+ without him and won by just 2 runs.
@@vatsalsingh1555 yes. McGrath is simply a match winner for Australia 🔥🔥
@@praveens9014 Mcgrath was a one match wrecking crew that guy retired way too early could have had played 2-3 years easily.
@@vatsalsingh1555 he played for 14 years and retired at 38 for a fast bowler that’s a long career
@@theelectriccat171 he look like 25-30
Wonderful series and who remember ea cricket 07 pietersen to the rescue
That's right, "Pietersen to the rescue"! And commentated by Mark Nicholas. 😄
I do
Hold on to your hats!! this is Kevin pietersen
Yes 😍❤️❤️❤️
That six KP hit of McGrath's bowling was humongous
Classic McGrath...What a Legend Bowler🔝
12:09 This is where the EA Cricket 07 challenge of Scoring a century with Micheal Clarke begins . Memories ✨
True ❣️❣️❣️
Spark from Clarke
This is gold and never gets old!
Replace 'and' with 'which'
The best batsman of England has just arrived..Kevin Pietersen..He was the main reason for that historic Ashes victory
Flintoff
Flintoff Jones also mate. Gerraint also and Hoggard kept getting Hayden. Team sport pal
Flintoff and Simon jones.
Flintoff and Michael Vaughan captaincy as well
Real reason was magrah got injured and ruled out of Ashes
500th test wicket on lord's ground. What a moment for a legend.
Loud mouth bowlr
@@irfanbilal-fe7cy 3wc
Go to hell
The Golden Era was those days to watch these two teams fight with my all time fav cricketers
How darn good was Pietersen? Against one of the strongest sides of that era. How could England banish him is beyond me.
Theres no doubt Australia was better than every single team back then
I remember this
Only now, has Joe Root elevated his strokeplay to be KP's equivalent. But by God, the only equivalent of KP in batting dominance were Brian Lara......and perhaps Richards and Sobers before him.
One McGrath was enough for any team.😎
The true God of cricket.
@@drevil5066Salty huh commenting against Sachin in every comment. Won't give you a father.
@@yojnirseejrenab7535 - Sucking Sachin's dick won't give you a dick.
Hold my Laxman 😂
Not India 🔥
Always loved KP he was as special as ABD❣️
Matlabbbbb 😳😳😳
Look at the great Glenn macgrath
Line and lengths perfact
He is a master 🙏🙏🙏
What made Mcgrath actually great was his line and length. You won't have heard him using old or new ball good or reverse swing like others.
I remember this from Cricket ‘07.
Glenn McGrath,Brett Lee,Shane Warne deadly
Josh pat lyon deadly 😏
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Hahaha McGrath just casually destroyed them in the first innings
And only 129KMPH was deadly it that comes from Macgrath 🔥 that man made me fast bowler 💥
That sound of stumps was tremendous.
Best Ashes series ever in history of Ashes
Thanks for manking our childhood memories awesome 🙏 from 🇮🇳
6:21 today's LED stumps can't match the sound of old wooden stumps 6
Right bro
We still have the classic wooden stumps (with the little mikes and cameras) and they make the same sound when hit.
Earlier this week, I was driving back home during the post lunch session of the 5th day of the 4th Test of the England vs India series. Put the commentary on. Very very clearly heard Hameed, and especially Pope and Bairstow's stumps rattle. Didn't even pay attention to what the commentators were saying then, the stumps rattling and crowd roar was enough to tell me a wicket had fallen.
That same clip is used in EA sports 2007
I remember being 7-8 yrs old when i watched this on SBS in Australia and it was so much fun to watch and it certainly kick started my love of cricket.
It's the English crowd.
@@abhirajarora7631 An idiot would realise that he is from Australia and saying he remembers watching this in Australia on T.V.
McGrath is alone enough for any batting order....
Respect the Legend
He is the true God of cricket.
His injury australia lost still they fought actually Warne best performance ever such a great bowler rip legend
This is nostalgic for me as I remember watching these clips in EA Cricket 07 which I used to play a lot back in my childhood days.
Golden days of test cricket.. woow look at the lineups for both teams
What a team australia had.. you have 7 batsman and 4 bowlers... And you keep winning and winning .. and they had a equal backup for every player.. for Glenn they had kasporwicz for Lee they had tait.. it was a great team... And after being bundled down for 190 they won by 239 runs which speaks volume... Amazing team..
That Opening Spell from McGrath 🔥 and Harmison too...
The best cricket season ashes ever the era of 2005 ... missing those days so much and these players too
In this match Australia beaten England but they failed to beat Kevin Pieterson, after this particular match I became instant fan of KP :)
That six against McGrath..
That's how legends arrive, back 2 back 50s on debut
Pietersen: u have always been a treat to watch✌️
One of the best matches ever happened in 2005
Arguably, this was the least interesting match of the series.
Epic ashes series till now
17:06 that six by Pietersen 😍😍😍
McGrath's spell was phenomenal. Brilliant wickets.
Test cricket was an advertisement for cricket lovers during that series & time in particular. Really glued to TV sets
Still to this day the greatest spell of fast bowling from McGrath. God he was an incredible bowler.
The consistent line and length of McGrath will never be matched. And the ease of his bowling action, just wow!
6:55 EA Sports :-Pieterson to the rescue. Score a 50
I was like score the fifty in 2 overs 😂
Man what a outstanding outfield every shot races it in to boundary like an bullet
England were all over Australia in the first innings.....and then came Glenn McGrath. Man took out England's top five batsmen all by himself. What an absolute legend!
I remember watching how KP laid into Australia’s all time greats in his first test in what turned out to be a losing cause, almost toying with them. I just knew he was destined for greatness.
This is why cricket makes life worth living.. watching that 1st half hour Live as it happened.. & the beauty of it all - not 1 stat to show for it, capture it's intensity & beauty.. every ball an event, whether the ball that hit Langer's elbow, Hayden's helmet or bled Ponting & so much that can't be relived with Highlights or Replays.. even writing about it after so many years is an exhilaration..
The Australian Team in the 2000s was an absolute peak of a team. Hayden, Langer, Ponting, Martyn, Symonds, Gilchrist, Clarke, Warne, Lee, McGrath, Gillespie. How to defeat when everyone is an absolute match winner?!!?! 🙌🛐
"Bowlers era",of cricket. I lv this type of cricket. Sadly today there's no cricket left to play like this. Back then test cricket also is like thriller movies. What a fantastic era miss this era so much
Watching McGrath at the near end of his career was no surprise.
But didn’t realise for a second that KP was playing his first test innings. Coming in for the first time and smashing the star studded Australian side when others were failing. That’s something unbelievable. That’s the most experienced looking debut to me ever.
5:06 Brilliant opening spell from McGrath starts.
Had McGrath being not injured Australia would have won that series 😎
Absolutely
If harmison had been injured we would have lost ! If I'd picked the right lottery numbers I'd be not working tomorrow! If If If! We won deal with it ..
@@rickphillips5098 based
Because….
Indeed. The Indians were so lucky not to play him in 2003-04, and then in 2007-08. He made Tendulkar his bi**h, especially in global events.
Absolutely greatest...
Highlights don't give those wibes, it can never match live cricket.
Those who had seen it live knows.
This was the greatest ashes series of all time
I think this opinion has now changed...#IndVsAus
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Tier 2 eng vs aus
@@jatinsoni8059 ind vs aus is not ashes buddy smh
@@jatinsoni8059 no still 2005
@@jatinsoni8059 u know the meaning of ashes
McGrath plays all 5 Tests and this would have been just another Ashes series
Ah cricket! What it was and now what it become! Such a beautiful moment it was. Full of class
Correct. Even though I like and admire Virat Kohli however I'm not enjoying today's cricket and those days cricket was fun but it was the real challenge. Those days beating Australian team was a mission impossible task. Cricket those days was so hard and tough unlike today's cricket games.
16:33 best delivery to shut mouth of vaughan
Those were the days. The real cricket. Best test series ever. ✌️✌️
Pietersen was just a cut above the other English batsmen till Cook and Root came into the side. Just a brilliant competitor.
This was such a mighty team of Australia: Hayden, Ponting, Langer, Clarke, Martyn, Gilchrist, McGrath, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Flemming... Oh my goodness!!!
This match was an absolute thriller match!
Series was, this match was one sided
That's passionate Aggression all around 🔥
Nostalgic for ea sports cricket 07 players 😍🥰🤩
I remember this series.
To many legends players in both teams.
This series is what got me into cricket as a kid and I still play to this day. This was only possible because it was on free to air TV, we didn't have sky sports.
Every time I watch Simon Jones bowl, I get so pissed off! We were robbed of such an amazing talent. How cruel to cut short a bowling phenomenon like him. His reverse swing was unrivaled. And if you watch a close up of his face during his deliveries, it all looks so effortless. Just wow. Thankfully he did play a massive part in the 2005 Ashes.
Fully agree, could have been one of out best ever. His performance at Trent Bridge while in agony was incredible.
Kevin Pietersen stole the show with his beautiful performance in both the innings ❤️🙌🏻
McGrath terrific bowler has a good talent and experience in swinging deliveries
Greatest ashes series ever miss you michael vaughan
Is there anybody in the cricketing fraternity who would ever miss vaughn and nasir hussain?
Ashes 2005 is the best ever Test series in the history of Cricket.
The great Glen Mcgrath. Absolute Force of nature.
I was in my 11th standard then..... It was like, come back from school, have lunch along with live ashes..... So thumping the action was then. Flintoff, Warne, Mcgrath, Peiterson all made up the day then... 🏏
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Superb match this was of the era..........Legends vs Legends...............McGrath vs Vaughan🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Amazing game of cricket🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏
Vaughan was a poor batsman.
2:41 that’s the most main character finger raise i’ve ever seen
McGrath was a genius!! Brilliant
Man what a lovely action !! Mcgrath you beauty ! What a legend. It just seems like he casually jogs down the ground and bowls but the batsmen have absolutely no clue about the ball. Such a straight smooth silky action !
If ever there was a thriiling legendary test series in the entire cricketing history then it was this and this series especially belonged to the likes of Ricky Ponting , Glenn Mcgrath , Shane Warne , Kevin Pietersen , Brett Lee , Steven Harmison , Freddie.
Rightly put
The best test series of all time
In 1990s to 2000 this Australian team was perfect in all aspects. Domination... indians used to pray that we should win against them at all. odds... Shane Warne,lee,mcrath,gilly,kaspr9vitz,etc .. batting was 7 batsman lineup which has Gilchrist at no 7 ... likes of ponting,martin ,hayden ,leman ,etc.... they set examples to win repeatedly world cups... until india came back at 2011...
Best ever Ashes series off all time 2005 😊 golden era of world cricket
That opening spell from McGrath was ruddy brilliant
Greatest Ashes Series Ever! Greatest Test Series.
thats why McGrath is the best bowler ever played in cricket history.
Ambrose enters the chat
@@joshua51814 steyn never left the chat
@@sinhajames6302 🤣🤣🤣🤣 u shud check their records..... ull see there is no real difference
@@joshua51814 no doubt Ambrose is a legendary bowler. But to have ' no real difference ' between his and Ambrose's records in an era dominated by batsmen who get to wear helmets and get shorter boundaries to target is phenomenal. For the same reason I also believe that batsmen of Ambrose's era should be recognised more
@@sinhajames6302 when Ambrose play helmet is common 😬 and also short boundaries also there 😏
Aleem Dar is the umpire of that match. What a legend umpire he is.
So good to watch warnie, what a bowler and character.
Ashes series:The greatest rivalry of cricket ⚔️
The finest summer of cricket ever played, what a series, even as a South African neutral living in England.
McGrath..What a leader bowler..
what a spell by McGrath. very dangerous
Macgrath and KP. Watching both like a treat
Just one word for Pietersen: FIGHTER
A young KP smashing the world class McGrath in his prime .
the longevity and legacy of English and Australian players are defined by how their Ashes went.
21-5 EA Cricket '07 I remember
Good Line And Lenth Steve Harmison , Ashes 🏟️🏏🇦🇺🇫🇴
This Australian team was undisputed king of cricket at that time. Almost every player left a legacy when he left the game.
This is called some real cricket, Test cricket! 👍 👌 🏏 ❤ 😊
what a batsman KP was alone playing against the mighty bowling
2 0 0 5 Ashes Series was surely the best in cricket history. And that second Edgbaston Test was simply incredible. Nothing can top that. 🏏🏆
What a bowler Glen McGrath was!! Tormented batsman all through his career..