England Win By 2 Runs In An All Time Classic | England v Australia Full Test HIGHLIGHTS - 2005 Ashes

The greatest Test match of all time! Relive the amazing Edgbaston 2005 ashes test! Who was your man of the match? ⬇️
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#TheAshes

[@suyashtiwari8036]

Commentary was more classic than anything else in this match

[@ravimusicuk]

"Jones! Bowden!"

[@shoaibbibi1781]

Exceptional commentary

[@laurencewinter9728]

Watched the Sky documentary with sky commentary. Rubbish commentary This was Channel 4. Richie Benaud's well chosen words- pure and utter class

[@scsutton1]

"Bowled him! How about that!" "Oh, hello, massive! MASSIVE!" "Beauty, yes!" "Oh, Stephen Harmison! With a slower ball, one of the great balls!" "Jones... Bowden!"

[@aniketkhurjekar3811]

All summer you would say 👌👌

[@SushantKumar-xr3fc]

Anyone noticed the enthusiasm in the crowd.... mind boggling.... u won’t see such crowd in a T20 too..... Test matches rock 👌

[@vishalsharma-pb4pj]

It's not any test match, it's ashes

[@SushantKumar-xr3fc]

vishal sharma obviously thtsy

[@brucemendis2952]

Test match is the best match.

[@Hypersp4ce]

I've seen plenty of crowds like this in the Big Bash series

[@SushantKumar-xr3fc]

@@Hypersp4ce is big bash a test match ?

[@anubratamukherjee7226]

The ability of Andrew Flintoff to inspire England against all odds, is what made him such a genius cricketer

[@RustyPeng]

I met him, arrived in a yellow camper van to one of his cricket acadamies. Dodnt seem arsed with us kids sadly. Top player though and we were probably annoying.

[@tomvaughan669]

This series made a whole generation fall in love with cricket.

[@MarkHiew]

Those Warne wickets, those Ponting drives, and Freddy’s incredible contributions with the bat and ball. Thank You England Cricket for letting us relive such a memorable match.

[@mohammedfarhat9151]

Can't imagine cricket without this, no other format can replace TEST CRICKET

[@subhasgram]

Test cricket has best endings as it has too many permutations and combinations for win-loss-draw

[@sriramramanathan895]

Yep

[@stevebrindle1724]

Agreed Mohammed! True cricket fans love all forms of the game but for sure Test match cricket is the best! I, like I am guessing you, can watch a maiden over and enjoy the skills of bowler and batsman all the same!

[@jamesbrooke5507]

Definitely agree with that. ODIs and T20s are good. But love test match cricket. This is one of best matches I've seen

[@sugs1191]

It can also be very boring

[@dhruvkhanna5767]

These players are absolute legends and deserve much praise. They shaped modern cricket!

[@ledge1984]

Khush Sheth the king of Spain

[@sumitdewase7073]

Dhruv, with all due respect, the modern cricket does not produce this magic anymore. This was way back in 2005.

[@shevankinlock9192]

Expect eng capt

[@rastamouse3624]

@@khushsheth9396 you are joking right

[@scottfletcher9134]

How many test and first class matches did you play then.

[@fjbills]

The two straight drives Ponting player in his first innings, a class above

[@acerusher4859]

True

[@yimnon]

I rewound the video to watch those again

[@sumitdewase7073]

As they say, straight as a ramrod.

[@sunilkolhe9326]

Good luck

[@brendanmurphy4866]

Ponting was a wonderful test batsman. His 150 at Old Trafford in this series was mind-bogglingly good.

[@shourjyadiptasen7115]

Probably the greatest Test Series of all time...every match was a classic in this series....2005- miss u soooooooooo much

[@sugs1191]

Yes probably. I think Australia Vs India in 03 runs it close too.

[@mrkipling2201]

It is the greatest series ever for me because you had two great teams at the top of their game which made it such a close and exciting contest. India v Australia in 2001 follows. Then Australia v India in 2021.

[@KshitijBhambri1]

@@mrkipling2201 West Indies vs Australia 1960 Australia vs England(Ashes) 2005

[@graemestarkey7524]

Easily the best series of all time. Three games in a row that went to the last ball - and the final game had plenty of tension.

[@kaushikchopra7831]

2005 ashes means flintoff 2013-14 ashes means johnson incredible performanse of both

[@jitendrakaler2448]

And 2019 ashes means ben stokes

[@hrishi6693]

And 2019 Ashes means Smith and Stokes.

[@arghadipdas6260]

@@jitendrakaler2448 it was Steve Smith's dominance

[@cricket023]

@@jitendrakaler2448 Stokes ? C'mon man it was Steve Smith's Ashes

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

*performance

[@dhruvshah8310]

1:55 Omg I miss the gameplay of Cricket 07 so much ! :(

[@parasb6485]

hello and welcome, you are warmest welcome, I am Mark Nicholas ,Richie benaud will be here too along with two top class teams to witness what promises to be an entertaining game. the exact commentary i remember

[@dhruvshah8310]

@@parasb6485 oh man that's excellent, truly nostalgic now

[@dhruvshah8310]

@Harsh oh yes that was magnificent, I used to play as Australia cause I used to love how much spin Shane Warne was allowed to do in the game while bowling xD.

[@knowyourdamnrole1]

That Flintoff over is the greatest over i have ever seen.

[@peeyushk13]

True

[@thunderhammer593]

Absolutely not.....wasim akram in the 92 world cup final is far far greater

[@serviceattitude]

those inswinging Yorkers 🙏

[@gokulpadmalochan18]

He was the impact player for England those days.

[@michaelhalliday395]

As an Australian I can say without doubt

[@ismailmadni1896]

One of the best Test Match in the history of Test Cricket.

[@jayyadav1610]

Back when cricket was great, T20 has ruined the game

[@edwardjarvis5429]

Gp we in my mail

[@Karthikarthi-ze2ej]

@KL Rahul - Sanctioned w

[@connorism69]

@@jayyadav1610 Couldn't agree more. Very few Test players have the temperament needed to be great. Smith, Kohli and Stokes (who recently seems to have found great patience to go with his class and strength) know what they're doing, but there aren't too many others among the batting ranks.

[@anbee8127]

Also One of the best series ever

[@stellarossaCPCU]

In the context of the game - maybe even series - Harmison's slow ball to Michael Clarke must rank as most significant wicket. If Clarke had been there the next morning with Warne at the crease, way more likely an Australian victory.

[@saaaaa222]

Not really bro. England would still have been the favourites to win it. What brought Australia back into the game was Lee's partnership with Warne and then Kasprovicz.

[@pratimchakraborty1926]

That was some ball

[@nehashaikh8230]

Yup bro

[@billybank2012]

The awesome voices of Greig and Benaud added to the drama that unfolded ... it was 2 extremes in those final moments ... the stress of potentially losing and then the euphoria upon winning ... hasnt been repeated since... never will be i dont think ... great series

[@prathamprakash6098]

2019 Headingley???

[@rahulgarg6069]

Don’t forget Mark Nicholas…so energetic

[@Crudmonkey211]

2023 Edgbaston, Aussies just had an equally epic win at the same ground!

[@kaleemjan7799]

1 minute silence fr legendary shane warn😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Sam-jf8hj]

Fighting spirit of England in the 2005 ashes is something I have never seen by any team till now. Beating Australia of 2000s was really tough.

[@aasemahsan]

1:33 14:20 Two brilliant balls by Warne to dismiss Strauss. Specially the one in the second innings was absolutely magical.

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

Yes I agree. Both unplayable. The look on the face of Andrew Strauss.

[@mrkipling2201]

I get goosebumps every time I watch that over from Flintoff. The reaction from the crowd was electric.

[@ribhumba]

What a team for England,,,,gives goosebumps while watching it over n over...the enthusiasm be it Freddi, Pieterson, Straus, Vaughan, etc... Plus awesome crowd

[@matargashti4475]

22:44 That Damien Martyn cover drive 😍

[@Fitguyunder40]

Benaud and Tony is what made this test match so thrilling. Miss them.

[@sachinnadal2021]

Sachin also

[@vergil1238]

All the greatest test matches are against that Australian team 😂😂. Ashes '05, Eden '01,Barbados '99.😂😂😂.

[@abhisheksomani1496]

You can't have the greatest matches without the greatest team.

[@hitanshsharmanf]

What a damn series 😍😍😍 Also EA Sports Cricket 07 footage 😍😂

[@MJBrabantNZL]

Even now, 17 years later, I'll never forget this test match, and I was only listening to it on the radio in NZ. Games like these are what make cricket great.

[@dandecastro51]

15 years on. And still Aussies feel the pain, Poms the joy. The tension leading to the final wicket, no other sport has it that intense, for such a long stretch of play.

[@jitendersharma6419]

I got goosebumps from that Flintoff over..

[@oldisgold6137]

14:20 Shane Warne Most Popular Wicket Round the wicket warne was very dangerous

[@sumitdewase7073]

There lived just one fox. His name is Shane.... Shane Warne.

[@jahanmehdi]

I Love England people ❣️❣️ Test cricket is alive due to their passion towards test cricket ❣️❣️❣️

[@Hypersp4ce]

As an Aussie i do agree. I thank India too for bringing back such great Test matches... Cheers

[@chiraggupta1457]

@@Hypersp4ce yes indian test crowd is also good 😃

[@adityadeshpande8823]

Warne was an anomaly, almost an unfair advantage. How the English team grouped together, spearheaded by Flintoff to counter the Aussie juggernaut! I remember watching this series live with my dad & brothers - unforgettable experience.

[@harrychattaway5499]

One of the best if not the best test match ever played

[@tahamalik5073]

One of the greatest test matches of all time no doubt

[@manjunathgobbani]

That delivery by Shane Warne at 1:33... incredible spin😍😍

[@sureshchandra5597]

Fast spin from rough..very difficult to play a cut shot ..

[@kishormewati8300]

Shane warne did it soooo mant times

[@mohanrajkandan]

Compare to sachin bowling to moin khan... That wicket is the marvelous one... Compared to this

[@zerogravity4749]

Ashes 2005 was a pure master class

[@amitvikramdasyugal8744]

Ben Stokes is a superb player,no doubt. But Andrew Flintoff was something else altogether;his brutish batting,incredible fielding and those thunder like reverse swinging yorkers,wow! He had been thoroughly an astonishing player!!

[@Crudmonkey211]

His form was only ever this good in this series, though. Peak performance but unfortunately shortlived for England.

[@tahamalik5073]

Jones , Bowden , Kaspovich the man to go and Harmison My God richie is the greatest commentator ever

[@abhishektoshniwal7631]

In my opinion Richie made an absolute meal out of this defining moment. He just named people involved, bizarrely even the umpire. Richie is a legend but this was quite mediocre. Nasser hussein did a way better job at calling the Headingley Victory. Ian Smith was terrific at calling the World Cup Victory last year.

[@tahamalik5073]

@@abhishektoshniwal7631 you can have your opinion

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

Harmison slower ball to dismiss Clarke in 2nd innings, absolutely magnificent..!!

[@harivenkat1435]

15 yr ago England and Australians with great legends, With Legend commentator Bill lawry, Riche Benard, M Slater Nail biting trilling climax by Australia, England won by 2 runs.

[@jatindersinghwinnipegcanada]

The mother of all test series.

[@kamleshchaudhari4728]

How about india vs australia in 2001...

[@jatindersinghwinnipegcanada]

This was a bigger series in terms of matches hence the excitement carried on for longer.

[@prathamprakash6098]

Even Ashes 2019 would be pretty iconic!!

[@artofwords7479]

But now bg trophy takes place of it

[@anitej1097]

@@artofwords7479 no

[@neerajgautam12jan]

2005 Ashes Test Series I Can Never Forget

[@amantripathi9771]

Mera pagal beta ranga suyar asle naam bata kaha rahta hai

[@DevanshRathore-zx7wo]

Ashes-- 2005: edgbaston flintoff motm 2019: headingly stokes motm (Both all-rounder) History do repeat itself!!

[@kantiyelavaluri7751]

Can't agree more. Both were phenomenal performances. Coincidence enough.. both times eng getting lucky.. courtesy umpires. Well 2019 Aus got themselves to blame wasting the review. But a bad call is a bad call.

[@hughmungusisalegend3234]

16:23 Rare occasion where Rudi raises his finger quickly! 😂

[@mytube225]

RIP Mr Bernaud, Mr Warne. This test match brings back good memories.

[@navek1878]

They should make a movie out of this test match. Shane warne truly a legend

[@leefoster8015]

Yes it often gets lost how good Warney played in this match. Man of the match if Australia win.

[@AjeetKumar-yn7qc]

Aus Eng test Matches more interesting than any ind pak game. Look at the crowd and classic commentary. Superb

[@user-fq3id1wb7d]

Wt a summer that was 2005 ,cant forget shane Warne on very very prime

[@KamalTalukderCaptainNemo]

Timeless Classic! Classy Shane Warne, Ponting, Flintof and Kevin Pietersen! My childhood!

[@ameykanitkar9536]

This test match and the one at Eden Garden in 2001, the best I have ever seen.

[@mattchapman6807]

Fond memories, perhaps the greatest Test Match in the greatest Test series of all time!

[@dandecastro51]

The joy for poms.. and oh the pain on kasprovich face both unforgettable.

[@mattinterweb]

I love sport and in my time I've witnessed some truly amazing spectacles but this Ashes Series tops them all. It was simply incredible.

[@michaelmansini2307]

Same

[@MohammadMohammad-di7wg]

World 🌎 might not see such a cricket again Teams packed with stars 🌟

[@sohamingulkar2489]

Actually very true missing those day bro🥹🥹

[@PrakashChandra766]

Can England ever produce a batsman like Kevin Pietersen ??? I wonder..The way he dominated world class spin attack in India, Sri Lanka and Australia makes him incomparable with current batsmen of England.

[@ahmertareen0]

South africa produced him.

[@PrakashChandra766]

@@ahmertareen0 He he true 😂😂

[@hugoullmann2442]

Maybe cook gets up top with him

[@rahulchoudhury3681]

@@hugoullmann2442 are u crazy. joe root can come close to him

[@oneedirection3504]

Harry brook 😍

[@leefoster8015]

Shane Warne was magnificent this match. It was his 2nd inning performance with bat and ball that would've dragged Australia over the line but we had Flintoff. Hard luck Warney and RIP fellah.

[@LoneWolf-yp9qw]

We dont get to see such matches. Miss the 90s and 2000s

[@MuhammadAwais-vi8de]

those straight drives from Ponting and What SIXESSSSSS mannn from Flintoff

[@vintage2396]

24:46 what a delivery!

[@gandalfthegrey2290]

"Jones" "Bowden" Miss you, Richie

[@darkspark525]

Hurts me too brother.

[@threebeautifulprincess9053]

Yup well said miss them all

[@stepshazy9150]

I hadn’t thought of Richie in ages, watched this and all my childhood years came flooding back instantly

[@chandrajitjoshi3281]

As a child I never liked Richie benuad.

[@mrkipling2201]

Spot on. Richie was the best.

[@Ignatius7778]

Mother of all test cricket. Especially if you look at the Australian Line up, Langer, Hayden, Ponting, Martin, Gilchrist, Warne, Lee, Gelispe

[@cinemalover8712]

The best match in cricket amazing flintoff

[@itsLalit03]

When this happened i was 7 years old.. if I were 17.. i would've had a great story to tell to my children

[@SamExplains88]

I was 17 at that time...😂😂😂😂... I had watched this match live and man, I am telling you, watching such matches live at that time with such legends, would give anyone goosebumps.

[@AlisonBryen]

I was 20 when this happened. That last morning was stressful viewing I can tell you!

[@thegreenday8050]

I was born that year🤣🤣

[@cricketisagentlemangame8768]

One of the best match of test cricket history. I'm watching in 2020!

[@alexatkinson4956]

This was released a month ago this video

[@64offsuiter]

The overall quality of both sides. Awesome

[@akhileshmalya1628]

#BenStokes is the Modern time Flintoff, Aggression+Attitude+matchwinner.....

[@kingvkronaldo.9273]

Far better than him. Stokes hs won a WC.

[@sureshchandra5597]

Much better than him..he will become modern day greats like Kallis🔥

[@satyaprakashpradhan8834]

Ri8 bro

[@yasirimran238]

I don't think so friend.stokes is a very good batsman but an ordinary bowler and flintoff was a very good batsman and also very dangerous economical and extra ordinary bowler.and flintoff also played against world class players rather than today's players.he was a genuine all_rounder.

[@sarveshs3244]

@@yasirimran238 so yor's are saying that the likes of boult , stark , cummins , bumrah are not world class?

[@ahmedrehankhan1207]

I still remember this test match. It was very interesting and eventful.

[@Sathish_12]

Bowleres: bowl short at ponting Comm : ponting one of the best pullers in world cricket Bowlers : then bowls full Ponting : puches down the ground 😎

[@piyushsumera1433]

This should be in theatre...What an atmosphere...

[@jitendraprasad9268]

This is why *Test* Cricket should be saved !!!

[@shamimahmed7597]

What a match that was!!

[@ArunD-24]

I have seen lots of fiery test cricket series played between two nations but this particular ashes test series was absolutely spectacular.

[@sonnyvictor3584]

Simon Jones being the unsung hero Injuries halted his career, but his effect was long lasting

[@misterkhan2253]

What a Great spell from the Great Flintoff👍

[@yasirimran238]

Yes brother flintoff is one of the best all_rounder of world cricket.

[@dibakarsutradhar2334]

Those days Bret Lee was in 🔥🔥🔥

[@huzaifashah3808]

And Gil christ

[@prasithoudomvilay8454]

Shane bowling was amazing in this series and also his batting too, he got 42 in this game and topped score with 90 next game! RIP legend!

[@sandaruwanruwan753]

I love tbose memories mis u Shane wane

[@frasergibson5763]

If memory serves me correctly, Warne made more runs than Martyn and GIlchrist in this series. I think he Australia’s 5th highest scorer in the series or something like that

[@ads2686]

think the next game was old Trafford where Ricky ponting scored 150+ in the 2nd innings

[@prasithoudomvilay8454]

@@ads2686 he did well too! Only players did was langer, ponting, warne, lee and mcgrath

[@ads2686]

@prasithoudomvilay8454 who knows what would happened if mcgrath didn't step on a ball on the morning of the 2nd test. I'd say Shane Warne carried that aussie team in 05 ashes, although ponting stepped up to save a draw at Old Trafford. And the England bowling attack made brett lee a better player as well as Australia hired the England bowling coach & 6 months later lee was getting swing & reverse swing.

[@carohitkaushik6842]

Love to watch this ashes again and again

[@azzyshaikh9477]

Wicket keeping at it best by both gilli & Jones 😍

[@syedalam6363]

Australia never gives up!

[@mehrajdin3632]

High class feeling when ever it's ashes💙

[@noshulal]

Greatest Series Ever. And Voice of Cricket Tony Greig

[@vishalsharma-pb4pj]

Flintoff and pieterson were absolute legends of the English cricket!

[@gauravsp278]

Who is here after india's win at the gabba...

[@dakshpratapsingh8340]

This series can't be matched in game's history. The ashes 0'5 had a lot more thrill offered by T20s. This is the greatest test ever played 🔥

[@authenticssoul]

It's not a matter which team is playing, we the Indian cricket lovers always see the matches and appreciate them.

[@prabhatmishra5667]

EA 07 made this Series Immortal

[@behrozbutt1718]

The day i became the fan of Test Cricket

[@inaamphulpoto8527]

These were the times when dropping a catch was a sin for Austria squad. Something forbidden by God.

[@cupidstunt22]

Australia too

[@maharajakal]

I miss tony Greg. His commentary is perfect. Bring back so much memories

[@kshitijkhanna9942]

Langer, Hayden, Ponting, Clarke, Martyn, Gilchrist, Warne, Lee, Mcgrath, Kasprowicz and Gillespie. What a line-up. Best era of Cricket. Nowadays cricket isnt even half of what it was before.

[@mokshkothari9559]

These are not enough half of west indian cricket team

[@phaniteja3568]

This is the test match where the world witnessed Shane Warne's ball of the century 😃

[@GurjotSingh-ot8xp]

14:20 what a ball 🔥🔥

[@harivenkat1435]

bowled him how about that... MIchael slater

[@sachinnadal2021]

Lunnd ball

[@Rehankhanmohd273]

Was 9 year old at that time and I still remember most of th things like Warne bowling to Straus flintoff at his best and Jones was on another lavl

[@anweshchatterjee7595]

Quite simply one of the best sporting matches ever. And not just because of the finish, but because of the sustained brilliant performenes with bat and ball throughout.

[@mathivanan7331]

28:12 Kevin Pietersen saying the F word 😂😂😂😂

[@surajpatil3639]

I miss Richie Benaud 😞

[@debarshiroy3332]

I am really pleased having got to see Shane Warne's ball of the century. I do not think that the future cricketing world would have the chance of seeing that magnificent ball Warne is an absolute legend and the best leg spinners of all time

[@bhardwajr01]

These umpires are really gods, watch at 16:55 , how can they be so accurate

[@IbrahimKhan-gv6cw]

They are not gods at all. They're doing their job

[@bhardwajr01]

@@IbrahimKhan-gv6cw sachin or ronaldo were also not legends as they were doing there jobs🙄(counter example)

[@brucemendis2952]

@@IbrahimKhan-gv6cw , don't challenge in case of comments regarding God. Understood???

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

@@brucemendis2952 Why ?

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

I thought rudi kirstan was very average. England got a few pretty dodgy lbws

[@pyartunekyakialovepoems21]

Joy of winning a test match .... never repeats

[@LiDAAR]

England almost repeated this But Australia did their homework this time

[@SayanKarmakar]

2:06 and that's why we love watching test cricket..and especially THE ASHES

[@mirzaimran109]

What a match both teams played well