Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Adil Rashid, Nubaid Haroon and special guest Chris Woakes!

In this episode the boys discuss try to build the greatest Ashes XI including debates around choosing between Smith, Root, Ponting and whether it would be Stokes or Flintoff and the debate around the bowlers gets tense!

00:00 Intro and Ashes XI format discussion

02:00 Rash & Woakes pick their opening batters

04:28 The boys fight over who gets an iconic Australian batter as their #3

05:55 Smith, Root or Ponting?

08:57 Kevin Pietersen, Ashes Legend

11:18 The boys build out their middle order

13:27 Picking wicket keepers

15:30 The boys discuss their lower batting order

17:23 Rash & Woakes debate their bowling attack

18:10 40 wickets in one Ashes series!?

19:23 Discussion on pace bowlers

21:22 Picking number 10 for their ultimate Ashes XI

23:12 Broad vs Cummins

24:13 Do Brett Lee and Starc make the cut?

26:20 Ponting vs Smith

29:40 Final squads

30:16 Final Questions on the two teams

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid & Nubaid Haroon.

In this episode the boys discuss the first test of The Ashes series…Starcs magic & whether he’s among the greats on his day, what happened to England & the trick up Travis Head’s sleeve!

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid & Nubaid Haroon.

In this episode the boys discuss their Ashes predictions, preview some key match ups like Stokes vs Smith, try to predict Joe Roots potential success in Australia and everything in between!

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00:00 Where has Mo been & upcoming episode plans

02:01 Has the Ashes lost its hype this year

04:31 Who will get the most runs this Ashes

08:26 When will Root get his century

11:56 Who’s gonna take the most wickets

16:04 Ashes 2025 Player of the series

21:32 What do England need to look out for this Ashes

23:41 Can Stokes handle the pressure

24:46 How does Mo cope with pressure

26:42 Who’s under the most pressure

28:24 Has Englands preparation been bad

29:46 What’s coming next

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