I was driving my girlfriends car at the time when that final wicket fell. The celebrations almost caused a crash and she said to me "Why are you getting so excited, it's only cricket." It was at this point I knew breaking up was inevitable.
From 137/7 to 175/8 to finally reaching to 279 and falling short of just by 2 runs. This Australian team was absolutely brutal. Have never seen a team as savage as this one. If there batsmen scored 130 they’d make sure to get you out well below that. You could never rest assured against this team unless you took that last 10th wicket or hit that last winning run.
To be fair they failed to chase 130 a few times themselves, but yeah they never give up. Australia can win from anywhere, look at Adelaide 2006 and Hobart 1999, both from equal world record Test winning streaks. Don't forget Melbourne 1982 for heartbreak. Can also lose from anywhere as Headingley 1981 and Eden Gardens 2001. Even the mighty West Indies never got close to winning 16 in a row; hard to believe Australia actually did it twice and India stopped them both times.
As an Australian, this doesn’t get any less painful each time you watch it. You know the outcome, you know exactly whats gonna happen. But still every time you come back and watch you get tempted into thinking we’re gonna win it this time. It is definitely the greatest test match ever.
This, and the 2019 Headingley test. Seen them a million times and still I bite my nails with my toes curled and heart beat to the roof. You cannot write a script like this.
@@jaideepraj1965 but bro had india been in that situation the tail wouldve given up that australian team was in a league of its own it was almost impossible to beat them even their number 11 batsman showed some fight
@@jaideepraj1965 this match was between aus and eng. so everyone is congratulating either of the two teams and here you are talking abt Indian team. Shud every comment praise India before they praise theirs. Can’t you guys just shut up!
I wasn't even watching when the final wicket fell, I couldn't watch. My tv was on in my room and i was pacing the floor, desporate for an English roar. The pressure was too much, the tension too much, everything hinged on this. And then an explosive delivery flicked into the hands of Jones, the roar went up, OUT!!! I danced and celebrated like my country had just won the world cup, but they had just won a test match. The most incredible test match. England won by the slenderest of margins, we won the Ashes that series, and I'll never forget it. Forget football, cricket is where there is tension.
My friend you've misconceived my reply! I was speaking to Sean there. RUclips's flawed comment system doesn't allow you to directly tag people anymore :(
This is why test cricket should live! Players enduring the test of time, a mind game and a mental battle for both the captains and lots of emotions and dramas running around which you can't really expect in one dayers!
I agree.5 day matches are fantastic,but not very many people go anymore,certainly not at county matches.ive been lancashire many times and its such a shame to see a famous old ground with just a smattering of fans.BWFC.
@@Abhishek60071 England its been a very lucky team forever .....we r all much more aware about world cup 2019 .........its not need to descibe this, what happened at that time..and how ENG won that match...
Test Cricket lived it's best days in that series. Just have a look at the way English crowd cheered both the teams as they were neutral. This gave me goosebumps. Bring 50 tied t20 matches but the thrill of this test match will still be unmatched.
As an Englishman who's favourite sport (play and watch) is baseball but who also loves cricket. I just have to say, why does there have to be such competition? Why can't both be good? Why can't people enjoy both? Or one? Or neither? It doesnt matter. You like cricket more? And hate baseball? Great, that's amaizng for you, but that doesn't mean cricket is a better sport. Equally just because people like baseball more doesn't mean it's any better or worse. Why does everything have to be a competition? It's pretty pathetic tbh
I almost died that morning. I was only 23 but my heart was doing all kinds of crazy stuff. Pure emotion. I was a wreck on the floor by the end. Dripping in sweat. Unreal sport
the first time i ever sat and watched cricket i was on holiday with my dad and he wanted to watch it was 2005 when England won the ashes.. ive been watching ever since..enthralling
I'm guessing that was the most excited and happy you have ever seen your dad am I right? Test match cricket does strange things to grown men, especially when it comes to the Ashes, they will find a way to tune in no matter what country they are in, no matter what time it is, no matter what.
He looked better than he really was, have a look at his averages, bowling average is probably higher than batting average. Incredible on his day though that's what everyone remembers :/ a bit like Stokes being hugely overrated for the rare match-winning performances. Inconsistent.
Oh the Ashes of 2005, this series was one of the most intense sporting series i have ever watched, virtually unbeatable Australian team against in form England at home and the buildup and then the level of matches ❤️
Gilchrist was playing at no. 7 godddd imagine the kind of batting line up Australian team had at that time.......... Claps for England team performance (Indian).
Naimath Khan because he is a wicket keeper so he can't bat top order……because wiket keepers always tired so team management choosing them in low order....u can check all wicket keeper bat low order number 7 or 6
i am vineeth but he did open as well with astonishing average and strike rate. But what I was trying to say was. Inspite of being destructive batsmen he was playing at no. 7 so imagine the other 6 and the batting line up of aussies had. No wonder y aussies were 3 time wc champions continuously..
i am vineeth What will u say about Rahul Dravid? Gilly was a a fantastic batsman no doubt...but u always need something extra to bat up the order in test.. Nd sorry if offended...
still as an aussie supporter the semifinal loss edgbaston to england in world cup hurts me somehow kangaroos should destroy poms in the upcoming ashes revenge series.
What a wonderful this match was, I was watching live at that time. Beating Australia was most difficult. When England won the match, I became so happy 😊
you gotta feel the aussies deserved to win, 175-8 and to make another 104/107 with only 2 wickets on a final day of a test is unheard of ESPECIALLY in those days and insane.
@@samward1317 Kasprowicz did hit it, the question was whether his hand was on the bat handle or not. However Warne and Kasprowicz should've both been out LBW earlier on so you win some lose some.
What a fight.... No team ever, ever had that fighting spirit like the aussies... The Lees and the Warnes... Legends ... It's sad that they are nowhere close to it now, especially in the ongoing series vs India
Ben Stokes was hammered 4 consecutive 6s in his last over of 20-20 World Cup final and that costed England the World Cup. Now he won World cup for England and an an impossible Ashes test. Truely inspiring
eating sugar no papa funnily enough yes I did, I watched both. That is why I saw England lift the trophy after they won the World Cup due to hitting more boundaries than New Zealand after scores were tied. I also watched Stokes be given not out by umpire Wilson, admittedly the wrong call, and therefore went on to score the winning run. If Mr Paine hadn’t wasted his review on a clearly not out call then Australia would’ve won. Perhaps watching stokes pulverise his sides bowling attack and knock them all around the park got to the skipper
Those sixes were not Ben stokes's fault...When the west indians are mad like they were in that final then no one can get in their way.....It could have happened to anyone that day......
Best test matches I've ever seen Australia vs India, Kolkata 2001 England vs Australia, Headingley 1981 Australia vs West Indies, Barbados 1999 England vs Australia, Edgbaston 2005 India vs Australia, Gabba 2021
@@StuTheDon17 exactly what I thought too. Obv for Indians it’s huge to penetrate the impregnable fortress. However, as a game itself it was an okay test.
I was at Edgbaston on the final day of this test with my brother. Don't remember much after the final wicket, except waking up the next day with top of my head burned from falling alseep under a patio heater outside a pub in Leicester!
I was there, too. Didn't think I would see much entertainment and that we'd comfortably bowl them out. I was hugging complete strangers when the final wicket went. Ended up going an all dayer in Brum city centre after. Brilliant.
Greatest test series ever. I don't remember any test series played after Ashes 2005 came even closer to such competitiveness. Test cricket was at its best.
What a series and what a summer. I had the privilege of being in England for it. The entire office was swept up in it, and the banter was top shelf. I can recall watching the end of this game with my flatmates like it was yesterday. A gutsy chase, Flintoff’s iconic sporting gesture, and the first of a series of epic test matches. This was sport doing what sport does at its best.. bringing people together and creating lifelong memories.
I'm here to refresh the Ashes memory once again after recently concluded Border Gavaskar 2021 where India beat Aussies 2-1 with 4-5 youngsters under one of the skillful underrated captain Ajinkya Rahane.
Because this was special. The crowd during Australia, India games are usually lively. But this was a game that decided whether the ashes was alive or dead, on the 5th day.
you give me 5 days X 90 overs of this game, I will take a 5 days leave from office and will see it. like what I did for many test matches involving Aus,Eng and RSA. proud to say that I watched this match live, ball by ball of last day.
Literally, cricket peaked here. This level of perfection and excitement will never happen in Cricket ever! As a 13-year-old, I remember watching this series from my ancestral house in India.
I remember this ashes series: it was quite simply the best test cricket I'd ever watched. Looking back the thing that strikes me the most is the sheer joy in this group of players, working hard for each other, but enjoying themselves. Is this why England have gone off the rails in recent years in test cricket? They've lost that joie de vivre, that sheer exuberance and belief that they can give the best teams in the world a real run for their money. I hope England can take a step back and recapture that sheer joy again. Free spirits like Flintoff and Pietersen, combined with the other wonderful players in this great team. Sometimes you just have to let talent play without coaching that talent out of them. The current England side have some great potential, just like this team did back in 2005. Perhaps the trick is to let it blossom rather than stifle it.
The greatest test match to me was the one at Calcutta when India was forced to follow on, but Laxman scored 281 and Dravid scored 180, to win the match against Australia. It was so inspirational and reaffirmed the essence of any competitive sport: never give up!
there is no other sport in the world that can match the level of skill, tactics, strategy, tension and drama you get in test cricket
yeme idont know, i guess family ludo is pretty intense as well😝
@@cr9842 😂😂😂
Cricket is the best game that world could ever had
Football ⚽
Football is levels ahead
I was driving my girlfriends car at the time when that final wicket fell. The celebrations almost caused a crash and she said to me "Why are you getting so excited, it's only cricket." It was at this point I knew breaking up was inevitable.
True😂
Best!!! LOL!
Did you?
@@murtazashabbir4587 we did, not over the cricket, she shagged someone on a hen party.
Even as an Australian, I say you made the right call
This game was that good even my Mum put on the TV and started watching. She's only watched one game since, last year's World Cup final.
Damn let me know when ur mum switches on the telly again, need to make sure i dont miss it bwahahs
Hey Mr. Scott what you're gonna do..what you're gonna to make our dreams come true..
@@chodsterfam3418 lmfao
Give my respects to you mum
Great
It's a tradition to come back once in a while and revisit this classic. Epic
Yes
so true
I was there and remember that big Harmison Yorker so clearly. Rest of it is a bit blurry mind…🍻
True
@@adamwest1222 it was a full toss outside the off stump that really should of been put away, luckily for England it was hit straight to the fielder.
This is Test Cricket at its thrilling best
Anthony Kernich what do you think about the odi yesterday mate?
what a disaster lol
Anthony Kernich its a good match in history
Anthony Kernich what was experience to watch it
I am big fan of ashes only due to their perception till end. no one from both side give up till the last breathe of game.
beating australia those days was like beating zeus !!
@@anuragbhatlawande9916 No, hez a wannabe
@@anuragbhatlawande9916 No he is fan of hollywood..
This means that england was kratos of that time huh ?
Atom vs Zeus
zeus vs krisna.
This!!!! This series is what made me fall in love with cricket!!!!
That's the beauty of cricket
What nationality are you..?
This!!!! This comment is what made me fall in love with you!!!!
It's nice👻
Love is a myth
From 137/7 to 175/8 to finally reaching to 279 and falling short of just by 2 runs. This Australian team was absolutely brutal. Have never seen a team as savage as this one. If there batsmen scored 130 they’d make sure to get you out well below that. You could never rest assured against this team unless you took that last 10th wicket or hit that last winning run.
To be fair they failed to chase 130 a few times themselves, but yeah they never give up. Australia can win from anywhere, look at Adelaide 2006 and Hobart 1999, both from equal world record Test winning streaks. Don't forget Melbourne 1982 for heartbreak. Can also lose from anywhere as Headingley 1981 and Eden Gardens 2001. Even the mighty West Indies never got close to winning 16 in a row; hard to believe Australia actually did it twice and India stopped them both times.
This Australian team under Ponting has been the best cricket side in my lifetime. The most dominant side in the history maybe
@@janishhasheer5548 yes they ticked every box
Feilding,bowling,batting,captaincy,number of players who can single handedly win games
@@janishhasheer5548 I want this Australian test side against Graeme Smith's 2008 South African side.
@@sawedoffshotgun8462 yeah even that team is legendary
As an Australian, this doesn’t get any less painful each time you watch it. You know the outcome, you know exactly whats gonna happen. But still every time you come back and watch you get tempted into thinking we’re gonna win it this time.
It is definitely the greatest test match ever.
You should be proud.
Australia had a brilliant team and played in such a magnificent series
@@randyborstol2491yeah I agree, thank you for Participating with us Australia, one for the ages
This, and the 2019 Headingley test. Seen them a million times and still I bite my nails with my toes curled and heart beat to the roof. You cannot write a script like this.
You came so close to snatching what would have been an epic win. It hurts. Well played, both teams.
I honestly think matches like these surpass winners & losers.
Even English were struggling to win at home. Hats off to the Aussies. They literally Never gave up.
But lost.
Have you heared about indian cricket team ? They have beaten Aussie2 times in row 😍 2018-19, 2020-21
@@jaideepraj1965 but bro had india been in that situation the tail wouldve given up that australian team was in a league of its own it was almost impossible to beat them even their number 11 batsman showed some fight
@@jaideepraj1965 this match was between aus and eng. so everyone is congratulating either of the two teams and here you are talking abt Indian team. Shud every comment praise India before they praise theirs. Can’t you guys just shut up!
@@niranjanr8075 ^^
Whenever I watch this I have these nerves feeling like the Aussies are always going to win, even though I know the result. Unbelievable test match.
cricket at its best
Cricket Hotstar i have subscribed..watch kkrvs rcb on my channel
Couldn't have said it better, i feel exactly the same even after all these years.
Double Dash Motorsport Media haha me 2
Same feeling bro
Even after watched it over 1000 times over a span of 17 years the tension still sticks with us when kasprovich played that bouncer
Edgbaston 2005 and Headingly 2019 it may excite me forever...
@@YashovardhanSinghParihar that was the best bcz India is the greatest
@@Ahmed-kc4hr gabba 2021 was brilliant but headingley 2019 is pure beauty. And edgbaston 2005 is a classic.
@@cross5025 and Eden Gardens 2001 is an EPIC 🔥
that wasnt a good match its not even in the best 100 of all time
Kabhi gaba 2021 suna hai
I wasn't even watching when the final wicket fell, I couldn't watch. My tv was on in my room and i was pacing the floor, desporate for an English roar. The pressure was too much, the tension too much, everything hinged on this. And then an explosive delivery flicked into the hands of Jones, the roar went up, OUT!!! I danced and celebrated like my country had just won the world cup, but they had just won a test match. The most incredible test match. England won by the slenderest of margins, we won the Ashes that series, and I'll never forget it. Forget football, cricket is where there is tension.
This beats winning a World Cup. And beats football any day.
Are you talking about which roar
I was imagining myself in your position.
Shut up you lucky pom
@@alexleman3256 shut up you cheating convict
My parents made me go birdwatching with them on that final day. For as long as we all will live, I will never, ever forgive them for it.
Sean Sutton u missed a wow match
How boring!
Derp O'herp hehe so go watch shitty football ...
My friend you've misconceived my reply! I was speaking to Sean there. RUclips's flawed comment system doesn't allow you to directly tag people anymore :(
dont be silly. be proud to have obeyed ur parents.
First time watching Australian head coach Justin Langer playing. He was hell of a player. His drives are impeccable
I saw him get 250 at the MCG then sledge the barmy army.
A bigger cheater as well 😂😂😂
@@shubhambajpai8782what
Cheater
@@shubhambajpai8782 And who are you? Well don't care. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who is here after Stokesy's fabulous match winning knock at Headingley ?
i am
I am
Srinivasa Sowmithri V B Me xD
The Aussies always get the backend 😂
Me - had to remind myself - which was the more dramatic!!
That slower ball by Harmison to get Clarke was utter perfection 5:36
None of us will ever forget that. Ever.
Absolute beauty
yes ...it was a superb one..
Michael vaughan reveal that his slower ball too obvious hahaha but it worked
❤
Got the dvd of this whole series in a newspaper for free! Fell in love with the sport forever after!
James Eh that’s cricket
the 2005 ashes series will be remembered for that moment between Andrew Flintoff and Brett Lee, wonderful show of sportsmanship.
The best ashes series . This match intensified me to watch ashes forever. Andrew Flintoff . Wonderful all rounder 💪🏻
Ditto
It was his time wasn't it
From an Aussie. Freddy was a man beast.
Nightmare on Elm Street for the green & gold. 😂..
No man, the best series of the 21st century so far!
This is why test cricket should live! Players enduring the test of time, a mind game and a mental battle for both the captains and lots of emotions and dramas running around which you can't really expect in one dayers!
100 percent agreed. No match to test cricket.
I agree.5 day matches are fantastic,but not very many people go anymore,certainly not at county matches.ive been lancashire many times and its such a shame to see a famous old ground with just a smattering of fans.BWFC.
@@llcooljane846 wow
Best ever test match...
2005 Ashes edgbaston.
2021 Gabba Fort Fallen.
2019 Ashes Headingly.
Funfact all were against mighty Australia 😅
@@sameernadaf4783 Nope, cause it's the most arrogant.
Yes
Yes..but india beat AUS in AUS.....so this was the most historical win as compare to 2005,2019 Eng beat AUS in England
@@Abhishek60071 England its been a very lucky team forever .....we r all much more aware about world cup 2019 .........its not need to descibe this, what happened at that time..and how ENG won that match...
2001 kolkata test also
That is 2005 match and I still got nervous and excited and getting goosebumps
This show how nail-biting this match is 😍
Whole series was on a knife edge. I remember staying up late to watch it, didn't miss a ball of the 5 tests. Never seen better cricket.
Best Ashes EVER PERIOD.
That ball to Clarke ... Harmisson you beauty !!
Now a days it just a facade
@Windex Oh Yeah Yeah Clearly you know nothing about cricket.
Harmission break
Test Cricket lived it's best days in that series.
Just have a look at the way English crowd cheered both the teams as they were neutral.
This gave me goosebumps.
Bring 50 tied t20 matches but the thrill of this test match will still be unmatched.
u r just over excited
There were fans of both teams in the crowd lol, not many neutrals
Naaaaahhh.. DK's last ball six was equally good
No the t20 world cup final between India vs Pakistan had the same feel..
SYED JAFFER IMAM no neutrals here in England mate 😂😂
And then some Americans say baseball is better than cricket.
Crickets kind of an imperial sport so you can’t expect them to like it. That being said, baseball isn’t better.
@6a Plus It doesn't help that each team plays 162 games in a season too. The enjoyment you get from a win is minimal.
@@alsy23 no it isn't. That's just some made up bollocks you tell yourself.
As an Englishman who's favourite sport (play and watch) is baseball but who also loves cricket. I just have to say, why does there have to be such competition? Why can't both be good? Why can't people enjoy both? Or one? Or neither? It doesnt matter. You like cricket more? And hate baseball? Great, that's amaizng for you, but that doesn't mean cricket is a better sport. Equally just because people like baseball more doesn't mean it's any better or worse. Why does everything have to be a competition? It's pretty pathetic tbh
All Americans says cause it's their game
I almost died that morning. I was only 23 but my heart was doing all kinds of crazy stuff. Pure emotion. I was a wreck on the floor by the end. Dripping in sweat. Unreal sport
I was 25. Feels like a lifetime ago.
the first time i ever sat and watched cricket i was on holiday with my dad and he wanted to watch it was 2005 when England won the ashes.. ive been watching ever since..enthralling
I'm guessing that was the most excited and happy you have ever seen your dad am I right? Test match cricket does strange things to grown men, especially when it comes to the Ashes, they will find a way to tune in no matter what country they are in, no matter what time it is, no matter what.
This is the most fantastic test match i have ever seen in my life...
Yusuf Ali I hope you watched the headingley match this summer
Don't forget the Ump's Brown envelope.
Flintoff was world class. I was big fan of how He came up every time and made it count. Best cricketer of that decade for England I think.
Injury prone all the time , wasted half of his career in fighting the injury !!
He looked better than he really was, have a look at his averages, bowling average is probably higher than batting average. Incredible on his day though that's what everyone remembers :/ a bit like Stokes being hugely overrated for the rare match-winning performances. Inconsistent.
I saw this match live..I know the result before hand...yet my stomach was still knotted with suspense ...that's what a great test match should be
2005 - Edgbaston
2019 - Headingley
Both the times that final wicket plays the huge part 🔥
Test cricket at its best 🖤
Ashes at its best
1982 - MCG
Test cricket sucks it should be banned bring back T10
@@vincentkennedymcmahon50 🤡
@@mikespearwood3914 I think it was sarcasm, nobody could be that stupid, surely?! 😂
Was only 12 at the time but was still captivated, wish I could have been there. The noise when the 7th wicket fell, WOW!
Andrew Powell I was also 12 that time ... watched it live ... I am a Aussie fan ... heartbroken
Andrew Powell I was just 9 at that time...but still I have a lot of memories of this series....wowow
crowd was like a footy crowd! never before or since has it been the same
I was there, the noise was incredible when Clarke got bowled.
I was there. In the Hollies stand. Amazing.
My hearts pounding after watching that and I already knew the result 😂
Not enough likes for this comment.
True
Same! At 11:55 I thought that was 4 runs (even though I knew the final score) haha. I was like wtf Aussies won?!
Brilliant Test Match. My Stepfather, my Brother and I went to Day One of this Test Match, it was incredible. A never to be forgotten life experience.
Aussie's tailenders are a tough nut to crack. Their resistance against Eng was great. One of the best series in the post millenium..
One of the best? It was the best
You only knew you had beaten this Aussie side when they were all back in the pavilion!
still remember this like it was yesterday. what an epic test match!.
This era.... these two teams... these players... this crowd....
Cricket will never be the same again 😢
Right 😢
Oh the Ashes of 2005, this series was one of the most intense sporting series i have ever watched, virtually unbeatable Australian team against in form England at home and the buildup and then the level of matches ❤️
That was the greatest Ashes series of all time.... Still remember that magical over of Flintoff against Ponting
Gilchrist was playing at no. 7 godddd imagine the kind of batting line up Australian team had at that time.......... Claps for England team performance (Indian).
Naimath Khan because he is a wicket keeper so he can't bat top order……because wiket keepers always tired so team management choosing them in low order....u can check all wicket keeper bat low order number 7 or 6
i am vineeth but he did open as well with astonishing average and strike rate.
But what I was trying to say was. Inspite of being destructive batsmen he was playing at no. 7 so imagine the other 6 and the batting line up of aussies had. No wonder y aussies were 3 time wc champions continuously..
i am vineeth What will u say about Rahul Dravid?
Gilly was a a fantastic batsman no doubt...but u always need something extra to bat up the order in test..
Nd sorry if offended...
Shrey Tripathi rahul dravid harldy kept in test crickets. India always went for another wicket keeper in tests.
They had so many good batsmen who weren't even in the team too like Law, Lehman, Symonds, Hussey
Incredible... That was the time when the Ashes cricket was at it's peak because both teams were much strong...
Australia was unbeatable at home. England barely won the Ashes that year.
Iii&gyy4th 4th GB jg GB Jm
still as an aussie supporter the semifinal loss edgbaston to england in world cup hurts me somehow kangaroos should destroy poms in the upcoming ashes revenge series.
@@kingvkronaldo.9273 lol, what are you saying? Australians are the children of Britishers
T 20 for kid's
One day for men's
Test for legend's
Unnecessary apostrophes for idiots.
Hundred is for babies
Yes
t10 for namard 😅
T5 For ???
This series definitely remains in sporting history forever.....
Here after the crushing defeat of england in the ashes '19 , Edgbaston...
The redemption of steve smith!!!!
What a wonderful this match was, I was watching live at that time. Beating Australia was most difficult. When England won the match, I became so happy 😊
History repeated.
But different result.
Aussies chase 281 and win by 2 wickets.
2005 it was 282.
2023 it is 281.
Both matches great to watch.
Good luck sir
Ashes 2005 was the one of the best test series which I ever seen forever ❤️❤️
It was the best ever.
Second would be Australia v West Indies 1960/61
Yes
Beginning of my love affair with Test cricket, and dare I say, for many others too.
Yeah me too
Couldn’t agree more
for me too
welcome to the gang
Are you homosexual?
English crowds are the best!! They got great appreciation for different types of shots.
This same scenario happend today but fate changed. The greatest rivalry of all time indeed 🔥long line the ashes
Not a rivalry when aus owns england
you gotta feel the aussies deserved to win, 175-8 and to make another 104/107 with only 2 wickets on a final day of a test is unheard of ESPECIALLY in those days and insane.
Yes
not to mention kasprovich didn't hit it. If they had DRS Australian won.
@@samward1317 Kasprowicz did hit it, the question was whether his hand was on the bat handle or not. However Warne and Kasprowicz should've both been out LBW earlier on so you win some lose some.
What a fight.... No team ever, ever had that fighting spirit like the aussies... The Lees and the Warnes... Legends ... It's sad that they are nowhere close to it now, especially in the ongoing series vs India
@sam i agree mate
aus won 3-2 from 2-0
LOL this I’m didn’t age well
India won 2-1 again
India did it once again
Ben Stokes was hammered 4 consecutive 6s in his last over of 20-20 World Cup final and that costed England the World Cup.
Now he won World cup for England and an an impossible Ashes test.
Truely inspiring
@eating sugar no papa actually technically though... no he didn't and no he wasn't
These things are part of the game. Main thing is he took his team from disaster to victory. True player.
eating sugar no papa funnily enough yes I did, I watched both. That is why I saw England lift the trophy after they won the World Cup due to hitting more boundaries than New Zealand after scores were tied. I also watched Stokes be given not out by umpire Wilson, admittedly the wrong call, and therefore went on to score the winning run. If Mr Paine hadn’t wasted his review on a clearly not out call then Australia would’ve won. Perhaps watching stokes pulverise his sides bowling attack and knock them all around the park got to the skipper
Those sixes were not Ben stokes's fault...When the west indians are mad like they were in that final then no one can get in their way.....It could have happened to anyone that day......
eating sugar no papa...You are talking shit....Grow up and start using a Toilet paper instead of a SAND PAPER.....that will make you feel better...
Best test matches I've ever seen
Australia vs India, Kolkata 2001
England vs Australia, Headingley 1981
Australia vs West Indies, Barbados 1999
England vs Australia, Edgbaston 2005
India vs Australia, Gabba 2021
You forgot Headingley 2019.
The India v Australia game at the Gabba wasn't even great. It was a big moment for Indians. But the game itself was a bit of a bore.
@@StuTheDon17 exactly what I thought too. Obv for Indians it’s huge to penetrate the impregnable fortress. However, as a game itself it was an okay test.
WHO ELSE WATCHING IN 2019??
ONE OF THE BEST TEST MATCH IN HISTORY.
(WHO CAME HERE AFTER STOCK SUPERB INNINGS AGAINST AUSTRALIA in HEADINGLEY)
I was at Edgbaston on the final day of this test with my brother. Don't remember much after the final wicket, except waking up the next day with top of my head burned from falling alseep under a patio heater outside a pub in Leicester!
I was there, too. Didn't think I would see much entertainment and that we'd comfortably bowl them out. I was hugging complete strangers when the final wicket went. Ended up going an all dayer in Brum city centre after. Brilliant.
I don't know how many times I have seen this video. But I know, I have cried every time.
Watched this over 100 times and still doesn’t get bored . All time classic
Greatest test series ever. I don't remember any test series played after Ashes 2005 came even closer to such competitiveness. Test cricket was at its best.
Flintoff is a heck of a player. He is really something to watch and enjoy.
Who is here after stokes won the match for England in ashes2019..
Hahaha. I really thought we might just fall short like they did in this one. But no. Incredible scenes. Unbelievable.
Lol frome kerala
Steve Smith 211😜😜
Corey Okeeffe Aussies are cheats
What a series and what a summer. I had the privilege of being in England for it. The entire office was swept up in it, and the banter was top shelf.
I can recall watching the end of this game with my flatmates like it was yesterday. A gutsy chase, Flintoff’s iconic sporting gesture, and the first of a series of epic test matches.
This was sport doing what sport does at its best.. bringing people together and creating lifelong memories.
6:10 I thought ENG are gonna review then relised its 2005.
*realised
Shut it n respect the brits
@@mikydees91 he didn't say anything bad wtf
Even with review,it might have been 'Not Out' because of the height.
by reading ur comment i thoght is england players realized that its 2005 review is not available..u knw like timelap..
The greatest test match ever .....and one of the best 10th wicket partnerships by the Aussies....great knock by the tailenders
Anyone here after India's victory at the GABBA..!
Edit : Thanks guys for likes...🤝🏻
Yo
Gabba test match one of the greatest test match ever now 😂😂😂
@@dhritisikdar127 correct
@@dhritisikdar127 Legend says..! Tim Paine is still waiting at the GABBA..!😀
Yaah
The greatest test match of all time ❤️❤️❤️ absolutely mind-blowing ❤️just look out the crowd reaction absolutely amazing test match ❤️❤️❤️
1981 test series.bothams ashes was the best
i was in Paris and made my then girlfriend rush round the Louvre so i could get to a pub to watch!
Ha ha - that’s a good one.
are you , by any chance, brother or Alex Goodwin. I need her number.
Who is here after England beat Aussies, no no it should be, Stokes beat Aussies in 3rd Test of Ashes 2019.😍
Edit : Thnks for the likes guys🙏
1-1 win for both is common in these two matches
It's me
great to see both matches in same day ind should play more matches in eng, aus, sa rather than boring wi match.
Ya stokes beat
awesome display by both sides.. dont you just love the ashes..im English come on England Ben stokes a legend
Whenever I think I lost interest in Cricket, I watch this Highlight and then Goosebumps 🤗🤗
I can watch this match 100 times Without getting bored
Here after CWC 2019 ..Still one of the best test match ever...
As an Australian in 2019 this makes me as mad now as it did then.
perfect
Your Test team is finished. Watch football mate.
@@rushilsharma1636 so humble 😅
I don't care if Australia never win again.
I just like Test cricket
@@rushilsharma1636 I think they're still pretty strong. Just that we were better as a team.
@@rushilsharma1636 one series can't decide
Three types of English
Us ~english
Uk~english
Michale holding
haha well said
Not Michael holding it's West Indian English
@@punittiwari212 totla English 😂
18 years later and still one of the best test matches and series of all time 👍👍👍
I'm here to refresh the Ashes memory once again after recently concluded Border Gavaskar 2021 where India beat Aussies 2-1 with 4-5 youngsters under one of the skillful underrated captain Ajinkya Rahane.
What a champion Andrew Flintoff was! Amazing cricketer.
This is real cricket not the IPL...today's kids watch and learn ....😍
Exactly. T20 are destroying cricket
@@mohammedislam1831 actually not t20 but new rules for bowling,cricket is batsman friendly now..
@@harshsinghaniya9672 Often I wish that ODI and Twenty20 never existed
@@aspiknf ODI is gold..t20 is ok, but both r the main reason behing popularity of cricket,bcoz very few people has time to watch 5day test..
@@aspiknf test match is the most waste of time comparing to odi and t20.
I think this is the highest decibel level in a Test match ever❤
This was one of the greatest ashes series ever which will be remembered by all generations.
Evertime i watch this match it gives me goosebumps
I remember watching this. The way the English fans cheered and clapped when Australia scored runs was just amazing
I'm neither English nor Aussie but this series was the best damn test series I have ever seen in my life!!!
The real test of class, skill and temperament.
This english crowd was awsome. Wtf happened to them now? Just claps after a six
@arwin2004 thenewsensei why?
No they are like same now
@@PIYUSHSINGH-xg7vn somehow cricket has lost its popularity in Europe and Australia
you catch the world cup and ashes crowds atall? us english never lost interest, we just had a sabbatical
Because this was special. The crowd during Australia, India games are usually lively. But this was a game that decided whether the ashes was alive or dead, on the 5th day.
you give me 5 days X 90 overs of this game,
I will take a 5 days leave from office and will see it.
like what I did for many test matches involving Aus,Eng and RSA.
proud to say that I watched this match live, ball by ball of last day.
Wow. So lucky.
Same here bro me also saw this match live in 2005
'greatest match of all time'
2019 World cup final -
'hold my beer...'
2019 Wc was an ODI this is a Test match.
This was better
@@41g28 2019 wc final was way better
@@malabikasur6826 it was not
@@malabikasur6826 that’s coming from a 13 year old English boy
One of the greatest Test series ever played. As an Indian never missed a match.
Dheeraj Shetty good man. It def was
Also ‘95 SA V Eng
This is the flintoff ashes
Yes
What a win for England. What a resistance from Australia. And the crowd charing I have never seen before in English cricket fan's.
Literally, cricket peaked here. This level of perfection and excitement will never happen in Cricket ever! As a 13-year-old, I remember watching this series from my ancestral house in India.
My heart beats fast even watching this highlights 😂😂😂
Damn BOI 🐐
Same 😂
@@olkid 😃😃
2005 ashes is the cricket at its best .... love from Pakistan
I watched it live and I can't describe the state of disbelief I was in... watching Australia loosing like this.
Every couple years I’m back watching these highlights, knowing the end result full well, yet I’m on my toes with each delivery.
I remember this ashes series: it was quite simply the best test cricket I'd ever watched. Looking back the thing that strikes me the most is the sheer joy in this group of players, working hard for each other, but enjoying themselves. Is this why England have gone off the rails in recent years in test cricket? They've lost that joie de vivre, that sheer exuberance and belief that they can give the best teams in the world a real run for their money. I hope England can take a step back and recapture that sheer joy again. Free spirits like Flintoff and Pietersen, combined with the other wonderful players in this great team. Sometimes you just have to let talent play without coaching that talent out of them. The current England side have some great potential, just like this team did back in 2005. Perhaps the trick is to let it blossom rather than stifle it.
The greatest test match to me was the one at Calcutta when India was forced to follow on, but Laxman scored 281 and Dravid scored 180, to win the match against Australia. It was so inspirational and reaffirmed the essence of any competitive sport: never give up!
For indians, it's always about india 😒
@@part-timebrock1126 ikr
@@part-timebrock1126 It's not always about India. But different people have different opinions. And he said according to "me".
Yeah sorry but any Ashes test sounds better than a India test on a dustbowl
@@Brad-lt2re lol so true. 😂
Who else watching it in 2018
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me
I am there
mehfooz ali me
The video only went up in December 2017...
tears in my eyes seeing the catch at the end. the goosebumps. the euphoria that summer.... wow! what a british summer it was.