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Steve Smith or Joe Root? Stokes or Flintoff? Picking An All Time Ashes XI

Steve Smith or Joe Root? Stokes or Flintoff? Picking An All Time Ashes XI

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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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