As a 19 year old growing up in the UK, i can tell you this was bigger than any world cup in Football, Rugby or Cricket. I've never seen an entire nation so engulfed in Cricket as I saw that summer. Every pub was full, every damn tram and bus had people glued to the radio listening to scores and every house had a tele where the match was being shown. It's almost as if for 2 months, the nation forgot about everything else going on and just focused on the cricket. I've seen the hype created in the nation when we came to the semis in football world cup in 18 or when we were in Euro finals last year. I remember the 03 world cup victory or our victory over all blacks in 2019. I remember our bloody brilliant victory in 2019 at Lords and Stokseys heroics at Headingly. But nothing quite captured the hearts and minds of English folks like this series in 05. Freddie was a household name and Warnie a household obsession. We loved to loathe him but so wished he was one of ours. I doubt I'll ever see such atmosphere for any sport ever again in the UK.
It was the same in India as well. 2005 Ashes is one of the most watched sporting events ever. Ponting's centurty at that Old Trafford test was the most amazing century I have ever seen
Agreed. Barely did any work that summer. People came into the hop industry was working in were a big disruption to my viewing 😂. Maybe cricket is better able to bypass the (dumb) social structure of English society than some other sports. Maybe we don’t hate the players as much as some other sports…. Maybe we don’t expect to beat the Ozzies too… Whichever reason it was or a mix of them (plus some decent weather helps), it was a great series and a great summer.
Australia had bigger legends (like they always do) but England had a united team with players playing to their maximum potential. Flintoff and Simon Jones had the best series of their lives. And they won.
RIP Warney, came back to watch the highlights because he was such an incredible player. Nearly singlehandedly won this game and terrified English cricket fans every time he came on to bowl.
Freddy was a beast, Even though he acts too much sometimes. His talent,confidence and fighting spirit is exceptional. Great to watch the way he plays , players like him gives life to the game.
Thanks for uploading these, great stuff. I remember watching with my Dad when Geraint Jones skied it and we both yelling "oh no!" we thought we were going to lose the Ashes.
Ricky ponting and Mark waugh were two all time best catchers.. . They could just pluck the miracle catches.. And they almost never dropped any easier ones.
I remember those days as if they were just a week ago....just got my first laptop, didn't care about that....had my first year at uni, didn't care about that...the best Ashes series of all time....bring it on.
@@KaranSharma-lm6eh sorry..never watch live match...but in news paper every day I read..I was 9 years old that time..nd u know parents .. but I followed every day ashes..I love cricket.. especially Australia cricket..they r king...today...India dominant..
@@dksaran4215 India dominant ? What you are talking about. India is still struggling to win overseas. Don't argue about India winning in Australia 7 months ago, you know that team had missing all the key players !!
Classy Aussie team the second it was over, shook hands, collected stumps for England players, the current Aussie team could learn a lot from this great team,
capio78 Garbage. This 2005 Australian team was considered "arrogant" as well if you remember correctly, just like the team 10 years earlier. And guess what, the Australian team of 2025 will also be considered "arrogant" so long as they're as good as the current team is.
I have never been as tense watching cricket as i was on the last afternoon of this Test. I felt sure we'd blow it. If we'd needed another 25 runs I think Australia would have won. Lee's ball to get Freddie absolutely sublime, and supreme skill and competitiveness from Warne.
still remember watching this very late back in Australia. Vivid memories of Warne and Lee ripping up the England order and being excited thinking that they might pull off a miracle. What a match. What a series.
Just because England won by 2-1. For me the best Ashes happened in 2006-07 and 2013-14, complete dominance 5-0, taking english players into depression, some even into coma.
That's the only reason I love australian's ..rutheless game at high level...they are not lost until they think...though they lost this match but look at their intensity on the ground
I was at a county match at Northamptonshire during the fourth day of this test, yet everyone was gathered around a TV in the clubhouse as it went on. After Hoggard hit that four to take England within touching distance, people were chanting "Hoggard for opener! Hoggard for opener!" :)
Several examples of good sportsmanship in this. Tait acknowledging a good shot, Freddies ton being congratulated by Warne. Shame about Punters little radge but this was two great teams well matched and i'll be enjoying the youtube repeats every now and then for the rest of my days i expect.
There was one player that everyone feared. No matter how you tried to hide it or deal with it, I’m pretty sure all that faced the *GOAT* got butterflies. The team v Australia e.g Warnie could be 150/2 needing 49 to win and before you knew it 177/7. That was Australia too to be fair, but with Warnie, you’re convinced as are their team and fans that they will win…… As an England fan it was/is a pleasure to have watched him and still shall be.. Sure everyone liked him too..Rip fella, you’ll be remembered by all that saw you and I for one will show vids of you to those that love cricket 🏏 I’m sure they’ll be in awe of how Mr Warne made the ball jump, spin up to 90°! As for the ball that *BALL OF THE CENTURY* *Baffled* as the batsman they’ll *BE*.
you dont get this tension in any other sport, not even in the short forms of cricket. its still nail-biting to watch the highlights almost 20 years later, knowing how it all played out, but watching a close, dramatic test match unfold in real time over 5 days is just magic.
Watching this is still awful cos I think we will lose!! It was that visceral and painful and puts me right back! But of course we did win and all in the world was well!
Yes, although Hoggard did swing the ball, but Simon Jones had that raw pace with his swinging deliveries. I really felt sorry for him when I heard of his injury.
The 2005 ashes is one of the best series ever. Vaughan,pieterson ,hoggard ,harmison and many others. On the other hand aus had lee,mcgrath,ponting and warne. 💛🧡❤️🔥
I think you've missed the context a bit. England hadn't had a sniff of an ashes win in a long time. They outplayed them in the 3rd test but only drew the match and now England were on top again, they had to make them follow on, they had to make the aggressive decision almost as a show of strength and a belief in themselves.
Shane warne, what a legend. What a talent. 15 during these, so as a young boy In previous, and this ashes series, he struck absolute fear into me every time he came on. Then when he joined sky on comms us brits got to know the real warney as well. Legend Rip
I’m sure this was the game when Australia had to follow on. They nearly did a Kolkata 2001 on us. Michael Vaughan nearly paid a massive penalty for perhaps being over-confident!. If we’d have lost that game he would have never have been able to forget it. Thankfully Giles and Hoggard got us home and the rest is history.
As a 19 year old growing up in the UK, i can tell you this was bigger than any world cup in Football, Rugby or Cricket. I've never seen an entire nation so engulfed in Cricket as I saw that summer. Every pub was full, every damn tram and bus had people glued to the radio listening to scores and every house had a tele where the match was being shown. It's almost as if for 2 months, the nation forgot about everything else going on and just focused on the cricket. I've seen the hype created in the nation when we came to the semis in football world cup in 18 or when we were in Euro finals last year. I remember the 03 world cup victory or our victory over all blacks in 2019. I remember our bloody brilliant victory in 2019 at Lords and Stokseys heroics at Headingly. But nothing quite captured the hearts and minds of English folks like this series in 05. Freddie was a household name and Warnie a household obsession. We loved to loathe him but so wished he was one of ours. I doubt I'll ever see such atmosphere for any sport ever again in the UK.
It was the same in India as well. 2005 Ashes is one of the most watched sporting events ever. Ponting's centurty at that Old Trafford test was the most amazing century I have ever seen
Agreed. Barely did any work that summer. People came into the hop industry was working in were a big disruption to my viewing 😂.
Maybe cricket is better able to bypass the (dumb) social structure of English society than some other sports. Maybe we don’t hate the players as much as some other sports…. Maybe we don’t expect to beat the Ozzies too…
Whichever reason it was or a mix of them (plus some decent weather helps), it was a great series and a great summer.
the 2005 ashes series will be forever remembered as one of the closest series ever contested with wonderful sportsmanship shown by both teams
Atmosphere of the whole series was unbelievable
Boy this series ❤️
The whole country was watching it. Amazing it was.
I think this was the best ashes series so far ❤
Absolutely correct maybe the best test series
Ys brother.i watched this series live on TV.I was supporting Australia
Best series in the history of the game
I loved how Mark sarcastically made that statement at 6:41
*Just a 119 tests ago*
Explains the Australian dominance of that era
Remarkable stat.
2005 ashes series is the all time best ashes i have ever seen...
Because in both teams, there were legends in both teams..
Australia had bigger legends (like they always do) but England had a united team with players playing to their maximum potential. Flintoff and Simon Jones had the best series of their lives. And they won.
When they had flintoff, piterson, and harmison you could see the real emotion of the english team- so great to watch
RIP Warney, came back to watch the highlights because he was such an incredible player. Nearly singlehandedly won this game and terrified English cricket fans every time he came on to bowl.
Freddy was a beast,
Even though he acts too much sometimes.
His talent,confidence and fighting spirit is exceptional.
Great to watch the way he plays , players like him gives life to the game.
I used to watch all Matches Ball by ball, it was wonderful to see these Matches
The best ashes series ,, all on edge of their seat ,, test match at its best 👏👏
Thanks for uploading these, great stuff. I remember watching with my Dad when Geraint Jones skied it and we both yelling "oh no!" we thought we were going to lose the Ashes.
Credit to England. Australia of that era was arguably the greatest team ever. Truly once in a lifetime
12:45 Ricky Ponting at silly point without any protective gears took that catch. Man that was some class of fielding.
Ricky ponting and Mark waugh were two all time best catchers.. . They could just pluck the miracle catches.. And they almost never dropped any easier ones.
@@docsan009 You forgot Mark Taylor mate
@@cricket023 Oh that dropper
Great sportsmanship throwing Hoggard the stump at the end - and generally from the Australian team.
I remember those days as if they were just a week ago....just got my first laptop, didn't care about that....had my first year at uni, didn't care about that...the best Ashes series of all time....bring it on.
How can somebody dislike any moment of this greatest series
6:05 that six can even make Mr universal boss go "ohhh that's huge " 😂😂😂😂
no, mr singh; it be UNIVERSE BOSS. ( quote 'im )
One of the best ashes series ever.. superb played
You liked 2006-07 Ashes too ?
@@KaranSharma-lm6eh sorry..never watch live match...but in news paper every day I read..I was 9 years old that time..nd u know parents .. but I followed every day ashes..I love cricket.. especially Australia cricket..they r king...today...India dominant..
@@dksaran4215 India dominant ? What you are talking about. India is still struggling to win overseas. Don't argue about India winning in Australia 7 months ago, you know that team had missing all the key players !!
@@dksaran4215 Indian cricket team is best and dominant when it comes to advertisement, commercials, corruption !!
What a bowling performance by AUS. Simply lion-hearted. This is what defined the then Aussie team. They don't make them anymore.
Pointing standing without helmet and pad in forward.. What a fearless cricketer
Classy Aussie team the second it was over, shook hands, collected stumps for England players, the current Aussie team could learn a lot from this great team,
capio78 Garbage. This 2005 Australian team was considered "arrogant" as well if you remember correctly, just like the team 10 years earlier. And guess what, the Australian team of 2025 will also be considered "arrogant" so long as they're as good as the current team is.
it's not arrogance it's competitiveness
James O'Brien
capio78
I look at that Australian team and say gr8 competitors on field.. next min it is over they would come arnd and say well played
the gloomy ambiance, the superstars, the challengers: what memories!!
3:26 EA Sports Cricket 07 cover
ea sports scenarios too
I have never been as tense watching cricket as i was on the last afternoon of this Test. I felt sure we'd blow it. If we'd needed another 25 runs I think Australia would have won. Lee's ball to get Freddie absolutely sublime, and supreme skill and competitiveness from Warne.
still remember watching this very late back in Australia. Vivid memories of Warne and Lee ripping up the England order and being excited thinking that they might pull off a miracle. What a match. What a series.
One of the greatest test series ever played by two of the best teams to ever play the game.
Australia had a powerful side but this was one of the best England teams ever.
This was really the best ashes series #2005 ashes
Just because England won by 2-1. For me the best Ashes happened in 2006-07 and 2013-14, complete dominance 5-0, taking english players into depression, some even into coma.
Gilly's smile at england's winning shot 👌true sportsmanship 😍 #legend
That's test cricket for you ladies and gentlemen.
The eyes on Hoggy batting in the 4th. That's steel man.
Simply loved crowd's reaction @5:31
That's the only reason I love australian's ..rutheless game at high level...they are not lost until they think...though they lost this match but look at their intensity on the ground
Mate you have to leave India if you like them. Haha
Absolutely.. . They never felt that they were down and out.. . They never looked down and out. A few more runs and they could have win it.
@vernon dan care to explain why or just hurt?
Mark Nicholas is one of the best orator of cricket game
Yaa right
No way, not a chance
There had to be someone out there.
That o5 ashes :A moment 2 savour for a lifetime 😍
Great game.....and great camerawork.
Love them or hate them, you can't deny that Australia are true fighters and never give up to the very end.
This series is seriously series of the cricket....
Will never be another series like this. Was 19 and lost my on-call job being up late back in Australia watching this series.
I was at a county match at Northamptonshire during the fourth day of this test, yet everyone was gathered around a TV in the clubhouse as it went on. After Hoggard hit that four to take England within touching distance, people were chanting "Hoggard for opener! Hoggard for opener!" :)
15:10 = The best post-wicket celebration I have ever seen. :)
The Strauss catch to get Giily, is the best I've ever seen
Great camera angles!
best ashes ever
Several examples of good sportsmanship in this. Tait acknowledging a good shot, Freddies ton being congratulated by Warne. Shame about Punters little radge but this was two great teams well matched and i'll be enjoying the youtube repeats every now and then for the rest of my days i expect.
This was an epic ashes series
Man this aus side given follow on after a long time from the era of miandad . Hell they were 3 time champion
1 of the best n best series ever 💞💞👌👍
Ian Bell: Ashes passenger.
King of Spain and King of Yorkshire see England home.
Legend has it that Ponting is still moaning about Gary Pratt.
Ian Bell has won more Ashes series than any other England player
There was one player that everyone feared. No matter how you tried to hide it or deal with it, I’m pretty sure all that faced the *GOAT* got butterflies. The team v Australia e.g Warnie could be 150/2 needing 49 to win and before you knew it 177/7. That was Australia too to be fair, but with Warnie, you’re convinced as are their team and fans that they will win…… As an England fan it was/is a pleasure to have watched him and still shall be.. Sure everyone liked him too..Rip fella, you’ll be remembered by all that saw you and I for one will show vids of you to those that love cricket 🏏 I’m sure they’ll be in awe of how Mr Warne made the ball jump, spin up to 90°! As for the ball that *BALL OF THE CENTURY* *Baffled* as the batsman they’ll *BE*.
you dont get this tension in any other sport, not even in the short forms of cricket. its still nail-biting to watch the highlights almost 20 years later, knowing how it all played out, but watching a close, dramatic test match unfold in real time over 5 days is just magic.
Wow! what a match.
Haydn deliberately ignored Giles who was going to shake his hand. What a t***!
Langer, Lee, Kasprowicz, Gilchrist, Gillespie. Australia had some classy guys. Shame the rest couldnt match them. Still, that's almost half of them.
Cricket that we'll never saw again.
Hope we will
Dramatic victory for England. Hoggard and Ashley Giles played well. Great, finish by Hoggard & Giles. ❤ 👍.
Mccgrath would have ripped England's batting line up single handedly lucky England.
It gave a feeling of change of era... England have been competitive post 2005
Imagine if all those keepers hadn't missed the stumping chance against Clarke. You can make a compilation video of that.
Watching this is still awful cos I think we will lose!! It was that visceral and painful and puts me right back! But of course we did win and all in the world was well!
I never knew that Fernando Torres is a cricket fan.. :P
'Shot boy, eurrghhhhhh'
Flintoff and Jones.
Stokes and Butler
Shame Simon Jones never came back from injury.
He did come back in 2006,got injured again and didnt play again
Yes, although Hoggard did swing the ball, but Simon Jones had that raw pace with his swinging deliveries. I really felt sorry for him when I heard of his injury.
greatest tragedy of the modern game (bar phil hughes obviously)
Thought Simon Jones the best of the four quicks.
@@paulbrewis7278 certainly the most exciting
The 2005 ashes is one of the best series ever. Vaughan,pieterson ,hoggard ,harmison and many others. On the other hand aus had lee,mcgrath,ponting and warne. 💛🧡❤️🔥
Warne could alone change the game upside down...what if McGrath was there?
"Hey Freddie...I'll have whatever you're having."
It was poor decision to put Australia to follow on by Vaughn. It's too dangerous to bat in fourth innings when Great Warne is on the other side.
Very easy to say years later. At the time of course you'd put them in. Even with Warne 129 shouldn't have been that difficult
@@Alec30indsight yes, but with Warne in that kind of form 29 would've been difficult if he could bowl from both ends.
I think you've missed the context a bit. England hadn't had a sniff of an ashes win in a long time.
They outplayed them in the 3rd test but only drew the match and now England were on top again, they had to make them follow on, they had to make the aggressive decision almost as a show of strength and a belief in themselves.
that binga celebration at 15:09! taking the piss out of flintoff's up-himself celebrations the whole series
It's a great celebration, but he's not taking the piss of off Flintoff.
I love that series kp is one the shinning star of England whata player
I was SO pleased for Ashley Giles. Something of the underdog in that side. The 👑 of 🇪🇸 could bat a bit.
Flintoff was main player for England team who played in vital situation in batting and bowling was like throwing fire 🔥 crackers on Australian batsman
I can give my life to ashes series big fan of epic ashes series
Wat a sportsmanship at the end of the match .....👍👍👍
Look a that old cricket
This was really nail biting
warne should have opened the bowling England's 2nd innings
So sorry for Simon Jones. It marred the series win. 🏴 🏴 Together we’re stronger. 🏏
Shane warne, what a legend. What a talent. 15 during these, so as a young boy In previous, and this ashes series, he struck absolute fear into me every time he came on.
Then when he joined sky on comms us brits got to know the real warney as well. Legend
Rip
Now that South Africa are not playing cricket anymore all we have here is old game but great momories
3:27 ea sports cricket 07 video game cover
Yes we know
now watching Ashes 2019
Our 4th innings was literally as shaking as much as that last session at Edgbaston. WHAT. A. SERIES. God Warne was on fire here.
I’m sure this was the game when Australia had to follow on. They nearly did a Kolkata 2001 on us. Michael Vaughan nearly paid a massive penalty for perhaps being over-confident!. If we’d have lost that game he would have never have been able to forget it. Thankfully Giles and Hoggard got us home and the rest is history.
Players of this England and Australian team are legends
This is match 😍
Aussies always fights that was the greatness of Australia
Such a great test
any time beast 💜💜💜
I would have opened with shane warne also 😂
RIP WARNIE 😪
My favourite ashes test series
Geraint Jones came good at Old Trafford as well
pieterson the rockstar...
Saifrockstar007 ua-cam.com/video/wi23mNDKwW8/v-deo.html
Gretest ashes i have seen
THE BIGGEST CROWED IN TEST CRICKET HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15:07 = My favourite cricket delivery in all the time the game has been played!! Bloody amazing post-wicket celebration to match as well haha XD(:D
Missing McGrath and Hoggard Decision at the end..... Steve Buckner
What a great March