Shane Warne vs Alastair Cook | 1st Test 2006/07 Ashes

[@wanderer-2006]

A bowling legend who ruled the cricket for more than a decade meets a batting legend who is going to rule the test cricket for the next decade.

[@JaiMcAllisterBoxingMMA]

Takes you back! The nastalgia , the commentary. What a time.

[@cal6599]

yeah i miss channel 9 cricket commentary for sure

[@bustingatdaseems]

Channel 7 has absolutely nothing on channel 9 of years gone by. I miss it so much

[@JaiMcAllisterBoxingMMA]

@@bustingatdaseems set the scene for summer. Every household you went to would have the cricket on in the background

[@tybaltyrant1]

Channel 7 commentary is trash. It's corporate commentary basically, no banter between mates, always a random token woman on the panel. It is what it is.

[@Iamjulez27]

Yeah corporatism and PC has destroyed authenticity and the culture of not just the game of cricket, but the spirit of individuality. But they sold the ticket and we (collectively) took the bait. Who’s really to blame.

[@MorningThief_]

i was there -- day 3 & 4.... i was already living in the country for almost 5 years. had moved from the Philippines to study & work...i grew to love the game...i am honoured to have seen the likes of McGrath, Warne, Clarke, Ponting, Gilchrist & my favourite -- Hussey...on the field, in person...

[@SeeASquaRE]

It takes something special to be a world-class leg-spinner in a nation that's known for producing world-class pacers, having decks with extra bounce and little to offer for spin bowlers.

[@stephenwright1476]

No.... we produced the best leg spinners..... bar one

[@raasputin]

Ian Salisbury is the best leg spinner ever

[@bensantowski467]

The extra pace and bounce actually helps leg spin bowlers especially Warne who used to love using top spin. It is however notoriously hard to bowl offspin in Australia which is why the goat should be held in very high regard.

[@valueinvestor77]

I think Bill O’Reilly and Richie Benaud were regarded as the best leg spinners of their time. Both Aussies.

[@rana1561]

@@stephenwright1476 which one, oh wise one?

[@adityag7124]

Miss you legend..! RIP Warne💔

[@MK-ki1wg]

Great clip. Warne, the master, working over the talented rookie. Glimpses of Cook's ability before Warne gets him. Who would have predicted the mountain of runs the young batsman would produce over the next decade.

[@dr.sunnysharma8017]

Shane warne was an institution in himself, no other bowler will ever be able to match his charm,his charisma.His extraordinary skills mesmerised a whole generation of cricket lovers.Love from India.What goes unnoticed is his ability and performances with the bat....especially in ashes 2005 England

[@gregforse2563]

well said sir. I would say one of the best batsman without a test hundred. 2005 he was incredible.

[@fgcp2964]

Charm 😂 Don't get me wrong, one of the all time greats (and I agree about his batting) but he always was, and still remains an absolute twat.

[@Lightscribe721]

Look, I get that y'all are speaking a second language, but my God do Indian cricket fans spout some absolute fucking drivel.

[@fgcp2964]

@@Lightscribe721 fun fact: for most Indians, English is not their second language. It's more likely to be their fourth or fifth.

[@MrGrumbleguts]

haha Charm... good one.

[@kashyapavijit7392]

What an artist at work.❤️ Shane Warne 🇦🇺💓.

[@anupdujari]

Test cricket is just so special..

[@shanewilson199]

Nothing better. I can’t get enthusiastic about 20 20… I’m even nostalgic for 50 overs games. Nothing like a battle between bat and ball where holding on to your wicket is more important than the run rate.

[@dubya85]

@@shanewilson199 20 20 is just not cricket

[@shanewilson199]

@@dubya85 I actually prefer baseball to 20 20.

[@sumitkhan8134]

Cook is one of the best test opener I have ever seen ..... he has the class ....

[@Cam-jx4drgh]

Target 648 with Warnie bowling. The Australian team of this era was special.

[@johnmiceter]

The thing I liked about Shane Warne was, before he bowled, he took his time and was constantly thinking what ball to bowl as he had so many different variations of speed and different amounts of spin and once he has it in his mind he bowls it on the spot 99% of the time and thats very rare for a leg spinner to do. I barely watched test cricket that much before and I rarely used to like watching Australia bowl, but for some reason when Warne was bowling it kept me glued to the TV because you always thought its possible for him to get someone out with each ball. A very rare talent indeed.

[@omkarupadhyay406]

Yep you made a good point here mate bowlers like McGrath are appreciated for their line and length as a pacer but it's even more difficult to have a much needed accuracy as a wrist spinner... Truly a runaway match winner for OZ...

[@MaximusOwen1]

Even as an Englishman I absolutely love watching Warne bowl. Just the casual walk up and round arm action. Could watch it all day. Murali was obviously class as well but much preferred watching Shane.

[@RatelHBadger]

Wasn't a walk it was more a saunter.

[@hawkers94]

Murali threw it

[@HYroglif]

@@hawkers94 no he didn’t! His elbow had a natural bend which he couldn’t straighten!

[@hawkers94]

@@HYroglif a throw by any definition

[@HYroglif]

@@hawkers94 nope! A throw would imply he bent the elbow and straightened it, which he is unable to do, also the bend in his elbow is under the 15 degree allowance in IC.

[@thatsbollox]

Lovely surface. Goes from having plenty of zip for seamers to a virtual batting paradise, gradually becoming a challenge for batsmen as it wears and also takes some wicked spin later in the game. A result pitch as they all should be....one that challenges every member of both teams at some point over 5 days in changing conditions. A young Cook batting well waiting for the rare bad ball that will always happen with leggies, but Warne is constantly turning the screws and testing every aspect of Cook's game. Ashes cricket is the holy grail. Bring on 2021/22

[@HahaDamn]

Lol 2021-22 Ashes is over

[@nitiniimcal]

2021-22 what a fall of English Test Cricket

[@edwardfearan5708]

This was when I loved watching the cricket.

[@nishurocks2010]

I was thinking why Warney wasn’t bowling around the wicket into the rough and when he did its game over . Cooked ..!

[@_thamaan_1991]

U r crrt

[@NITISHKUMAR-lk1um]

No you are saying wrong if cook do cover drive edge can come into the play for ball that does not spin.

[@AvikHalder27]

Yes.. and that's why I love test cricket

[@woopimagpie]

It's been a while since we had a bowler in world cricket who commanded the utmost attention from both batters and spectators alike. He looked like he could take a wicket with every ball. The plans he hatched, the ability he had to be able to read the game, and the skill he had with the ball were just excellent. Very few batters were able to dominate him, and those who could didn't get to do it for long, he eventually out-thought them. Say what you like about him as a person, we each have our views, some less complimentary than others, but no one can argue he's right up there with the very best when it came to ability. Arguably in the top three greatest players of all time in terms of the impact he had on the game.

[@mirmuneer7032]

I miss those days of cricket.... Players and commentators..what a joy it was to witness the live telecast of the era

[@Plal04]

He was a spinner who had a agrression of a fast bowler. Absolute legend. I used to bowl with his action but didn't got to turn the ball as much he does 😅😅

[@orkoprobhobhaduri7344]

For that's where the real challenge lies

[@vishaljoshi3348]

I also tried to copy his bowling action in childhood but then other teammates used to say ..ye anil kumble kha se aa gya😂😂😂

[@orkoprobhobhaduri7344]

@@vishaljoshi3348 🤣😂😅😆

[@vishaljoshi3348]

@@orkoprobhobhaduri7344 😂😂😂

[@michaelangelo2980]

i tried to copy him but later i found the ball outside of the pitch 🙄

[@z3ak999]

What a summer this was, thanks for taking me back!!

[@mrkipling2201]

It was horrible!! 🤣🤣👍👍

[@mag9604]

@@mrkipling2201 Why lol

[@mrkipling2201]

@@mag9604 it was as an England fan!!

[@mag9604]

@@mrkipling2201 Oh yes lets not go into that I remember the footy now.

[@shardulpilankar1406]

Look at that target 😮 That's Ponting's mighty Australia for you. 🐐Goat

[@jamesgarner9507]

The great Australian side, and best Aussie bowler anyone alive has seen!

[@floodwaters8887]

Funking Hell it feels like yesterday we were watching this gun Aussie side, 15 years ago now!

[@gokulpadmalochan18]

The way he just bowls both ways. One coming in and then one going away, those wrong uns and those flippers and sliders. isn't it wonderful to watch the magician. Difficult to play

[@SandeshMotoVlogs]

@@dandiojhymin2000 exactly😂

[@SandeshMotoVlogs]

@@dandiojhymin2000 true

[@ayushmanbhalla8737]

Miss you great Shane..... you were a wizard man

[@mangeshinde]

ball by ball test cricket stuff from down under 👌🏼😍

[@PK_entertainment29m]

Look at the players of that era. In Australian camp. World class match winners

[@simonscott1121]

Cook was all class, but one tiny lapse in concentration is all Warne needs.

[@ayoungperson3408]

This is a fantastic battle.

[@agentsmith3594]

TARGET of 648! LoL....England up against one of the all-time best cricket teams to ever take the field. Good luck getting those runs.

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

I could watch Warne bowl all day.

[@mverick5444]

RIP to Shane Warne

[@southpaw1122]

RIP legend!!

[@maalijedda2156]

The second best Australian spinner is Sharon Strzelecki, Kim's second best friend. She mastered the flipper.

[@chicklechives]

Confused by early career Cook actually hitting the ball, by the end of his England career his only shot was the slide off the face to second slip

[@mikeyraad568]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Rko11148]

648 with the bat, McGrath lee and Warne bowling, this Australian team was the living embodiment of overpowered

[@LemmiAU]

Thanks for sharing and editing this. What a classic.

[@anweshmahapatra9384]

"He has learned playing against shoaib asif kaneria" those were days the sub continent was known by these names.. now India goes there and destroys their team from within. Siraj Bumrah and shami.. good luck facing them.

[@amansingh0674]

Siraj and shami are not of the same level as Mohammad asif or akhtar.

[@anweshmahapatra9384]

@@amansingh0674 Akhtar is overrated bro. Only because of random pace and wayward action it troubled batsmen when they were new to crease. He never caused regular problems the way shami creates. If you have seen wi vs ind test matches, the series where Tendulkar retired... then you have seen that shami reverses the ball way more than akhtar... and the pace is also the same late in the day

[@Nothing-nr6pv]

@@anweshmahapatra9384 I can say that shami is the king of reverse swing now...

[@sandeshreddy5347]

@@amansingh0674 Akhtar has only pace nothing else. He can only trouble the batsmen with his bouncers only But Shami can trouble the batsmen with Seam, Bounce, reverse swing, Line and Length etc. Doesn't matter at how much pace you bowl.

[@ailaaaishapath9823]

relax,siraj has just debuted, shami and bumrah are good but they don't 'destroys their team from within'. the bowling attack overall has done well and englands batting was relatively weak

[@MrAnperm]

Whenever I think of the 2005 Ashes series in Australia I think of the Chicane song "Offshore". The Channel 9 coverage in Australia used it during transitions while showing slow-mo action.

[@mattturner8823]

this was a proper series - miss these days

[@gauravyadav8454]

Target 648 😂 can only be achieved in EA sports 2007 Cricket 😂

[@sarveshsivakumar6993]

Correct bro 😂😂😂😂

[@hrwedsash]

Not when you play on green top with overcast conditions

[@priyankashukla4735]

chup bey soaps

[@AamirKhanPathaan]

Ya with 48 balls to spare....

[@douglasporter3865]

MCC once got within 45 of chasing down 696 to win in Durban 1939. They had five wickets in hand and supposedly no time limit, but rain stopped play for a couple of days and the touring side had a train to catch in order to get the boat home. True story.

[@brijbhushansharma5021]

Everywhere in every field only need is accuracy and command over it

[@jolopones]

Yes

[@rohiljain6772]

RIP legend 😣😣

[@LyallFrankLush]

"Cookaburra mate, normal Size." What a nostalgic sledge by Gilly to Cook. 😆

[@LilliputianKitchen100]

What a genius Warnie was ❣️❣️

[@tanmoydas5704]

Warne's bowling and Sachin's Batting are the two most enthralling and captivating gifts I received from cricket untill now. Warne was a magician like the pied piper of Hamlin, We all glued to watch his wizadry with the ball. He mastered the most difficult art of cricket and became the best ever to bowl legspin.

[@camerondistributors8447]

Brian Lara anytime your life is average clearly.

[@thatsbollox]

Nice battle. Teasing with some slightly short of a length deliveries first, happy to give some runs away to set him up. Didnt work and maybe his patience ran out before finally coming around the wicket. 2:35 perfect but no edge. Pointless wondering why he didnt start around the wicket to him, coz we know he would have weighed it up. What a weapon to have with 650 on the board....who cares if Cook hits you for a few boundaries.

[@jbosco3970]

wonderful explanation. The art of great spin bowling is to lay a trap for the batsman. Make them think they have you covered and then sneak one through. Warne was a master of that. It was not just about skill which he did have in plenty. Playing against him meant playing chess. Thinking three / four moves ahead.

[@jacobcuntington2540]

The amount of drift Warne gets, is absolutely ridiculous

[@vishaldhar420]

Rip legend

[@ashwatthama2596]

Cook played really well ❤️

[@skollybob]

Look at that target, we had no chance when we went down Oz

[@malnadgowda_inusa3734]

Being Indian, I can say that Australian cricketers were role models to many young ones during 2000s

[@dylanole8496]

Please upload more warne spells

[@alaapsarkar]

People are underrating Cook here, he has faced 146 deliveries from Warne in test cricket, scored 71 runs and he got out only once. 146 deliveries isn't that much but he played well. Cook: vs Warne: 71 runs, 146 balls, 1 dismissal, average: 71 vs Kumble: 86 runs, 195 balls, 2 dismissals, average: 43 vs Muralitharan: 152 runs, 450 balls, 2 dismissals, average: 76 vs Lyon: 201 runs, 541 balls, 8 dismissals, average: 25.125 vs Ashwin: 330 runs, 819 balls, 9 dismissals, average: 36.667 Cook has struggled the most vs Lyon based on average, even if you break up the stats year wise Lyon has always been good vs Cook. Cook has faced Ashwin in 4 test series, he was very good vs Ashwin earlier in his career but towards the end Ashwin gained the upper hand.

[@brotinbhattacharjee7934]

I think Cook mainly struggled against Lyon because Lyon played against him in last phase of his career(Cook's career)

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@brotinbhattacharjee7934 He struggled against ashwin as well throughout his career except for 2012 series when ashwin was a new in test cricket.

[@brotinbhattacharjee7934]

@@vatsalsingh1555 but he also played well against Ashwin despite of struggling against Ashwin.

[@vatsalsingh1555]

@@brotinbhattacharjee7934 No he struggled a lot against both ashwin and lyon after 2012, and that has nothing to do with age, he was still young, those two bowlers just picked his weak spot and used to dismiss him.

[@TabishAli-hq1kn]

A champion bowler

[@jobiaaaas]

Shane Warne, the greatest to ever do it.

[@kerravon7545]

awesome vid, thanks for the upload

[@rutabfarooque26]

No one plays back foot cut better than cook.

[@hughjackson218]

Hey mate, how did you source this footage? by the way great content, subscribed !

[@ozzycricket1]

Cheers! I get this footage by trading and swapping stuff, it took about 2 years of searching to get these files and some even rarer but if you try hard enough and long enough you’ll eventually get it from someone or another

[@nishaadjoshi1793]

@@ozzycricket1 Really nice work buddy

[@RatelHBadger]

He probably stole it from Robelinda

[@zeeshanali3544]

Brilliant 👍

[@dimplesharma3979]

Well ball sir you are my hero 😘 i wish mai bhi apki tarha ball kru🙌❤️

[@alexkoefman]

Test cricket in its natural environment, soon to be extinct. Glad to have lived through the 90’s and 00’s

[@MrSamrobz]

You forget how much Warne used to turn the ball. Don't blame Cook for getting out that way, some of those balls were just about unplayable.

[@kab_bi5068]

Cook the best ever opener in test I had ever seen 🤗 .. Share warne the complete spin legend ♥️

[@nm6538]

Commentary is so important. I never rated Mark Nicholas, seemed a bit contrived to me, Taylor is a gem, of course Ian Chappel. It comes down to quality over quantity. Today there is a dearth and gap, channel 7 hasnt really filled the gap so to speak. I only really rate Ponting in the new breed, Gilchrist holds his own, I dont mind a woman commentator Alison Mitchell has the right mix, Lisa Stellakor is painful, seems to get a free pass, but i dont rate her at all. Nothing really compares to Benaud, Lawry and Tony Greig though. If i put my life on one today though, current, its gotta be Ponting.

[@amaymankad121]

I agree Those trio were amazing!

[@thatsbollox]

At 2:35 WOW...makes all of us wonder if WE could have picked it. Cook concentrating so hard and doing well, but Warne would use his top spinner and wrongun very rarely as a strike weapon. So hard to read out of his hand unless you have seen it many times before. No edge this time, but that was a wicket taking ball. Magnificent. Easy to forget this guy could also bat, AND one of the best pair of hands in the slips we ever saw and a superb attacking cricket brain....AND a showman. He made crowds turn up everywhere around the world.

[@ayfj4572]

If Warne had have had DRS he would have easily got another 100 wickets.

[@nurjahanbegam999]

No. Then it would be pitching outside off and impact outside off for left handers And Pitching outside leg for right handers. Because of too much spin 😂

[@ayfj4572]

@@nurjahanbegam999 There were hundreds and hundreds of times left-handers would pad him away not playing a shot. I've probably watched 1/3 of all Warnes deliveries in tests and I reckon DRS if used wisely would have substantially added to his cause. They then would have been forced to play him which would have given him further wickets. I have seen one umpire alone rob him of at least 20-30 wickets.

[@benmjt]

Average of over 50 for a young English opener. Good god we could do with that now. Seems a million miles away.

[@David_7171]

I still can’t believe. Don’t think I ever will 🏏😢

[@aminrashid2469]

You could expect wicket on every ball he bowled and always dominated except on few occasions ,the rest of the time he was a night terror for even the best of that time

[@elliottwatson8752]

Drop in pitches have killed Aussie cricket...how good do those pitches look.

[@BinaryRex18]

He can score as many runs against murli and kaneria as he likes, doesn't mean he'll be able to deal with the King of Spin!

[@christov4202]

How good is the commentary

[@roshanpatil3078]

thank you sir 🙏🙏💓💓

[@TheEdge3003]

Great to watch, some good play all round. Would’ve been interesting to see if Cook had played it better, if Warne was still playing later in his career.

[@kachua810]

Never missed this series as Australia whitewashed England 5-0 taking revenge of their drubbing at hands of English side in 2005/06 ashes in England. What a wonderful series was this with a full fletched Australian side.

[@BoBz013]

who else here is looking for some real cricket after that disaster of a boxing day test match

[@Goabnb94]

Still scoring better than the Poms right now.

[@Zonday88]

the state of the aussie pitches back then.......geez

[@neone4759]

Those foot print were perfect for warne

[@donedoneundone1]

Rough patchs makes it spinners game from day 3 onwards...

[@gigsz2982]

Buckner aussie friend betrays them this time

[@nurjahanbegam999]

Was surprised Bucknor not giving out to Aussies 😂

[@11398666]

It's easier to give out against weak Indian batting.

[@nurjahanbegam999]

@@11398666 did the same WEAK indian batting won the series against Australia in 2001?

[@11398666]

@@nurjahanbegam999 lol who cares about 2001 this is 06/07 epic fail

[@nurjahanbegam999]

@@11398666 Then why didn't the Aussies won any test series in India. The last time they won was in 2004 😂

[@AyushKumar-vm2cg]

@@11398666 just Nonsense🤣🤣🤣

[@smallik81]

3:00 That placard literally says "GO CHAVS" haha

[@Life_Is_LearningA1]

First time isaw steve buckner don't give out on an appeal 😂

[@UjjwalKumar-kb8tt]

Warne is no more

[@Sigma_nation_]

Goat 🐐 Vs Goat 🐐

[@MonkwithQuotes]

Pure Class

[@sumantpandhari7118]

5:18 warne- 'its Kookaburra mate normal size......'

[@adityaraghunath1910]

who are the commentators?

[@Wonmanbanned]

Warne transcends nationality.

[@SPOOKSTR]

Who remembers Dillip Doshi? That bloke couldn't catch a ball to save his life.

[@mrkipling2201]

If Australia had played the same England team that won in 2005, and that England team were fit and firing, I think the final score would have been 3-2 to Australia. Australia would have still won the series because they were angry and had a real point to prove, but it wouldn’t have been 5-0. Saying that, if the actual England team that played in that series had won in Adelaide, I’m not sure what the final score would have been. Australia would have probably won 3-1 with one test match drawn. England losing that Adelaide test meant the 5-0 score was pretty much inevitable in my opinion.

[@amansingh0674]

If McGrath had played all matches in ashes 2005 then Australian would had won the series 3-2.

[@kanwarpreetsinghbrar5450]

If McGrath played all 5 in 2005 then scoreline would have been 4-1

[@mrkipling2201]

It wouldn’t have been 4-1. We were a much better team than that. I think it would have been a drawn series or 3-2 to England. We played very well and just that bit better than Australia. I say that because Gilchrist had a very bad series and didn’t make many runs, Gillespie bowled poorly and Hayden and Langer didn’t turn up until the last test match at the Oval.

[@ravikumarsrivastava9838]

@@mrkipling2201 if if if ifs are just ifs mate

[@mrkipling2201]

@@ravikumarsrivastava9838 that’s what makes sport. The conversation with your friends. “ if only so and so had scored a few more runs or taken that last wicket we would have won “. All part of the fun. Everyone does it who is a cricket fan or a fan of most sports actually. Yeah, you can quote stats and stuff like that but that’s boring.

[@TheThetechnician]

Good battle

[@nisaldesilva9011]

2:30 waiting for potential drs review..... wait it pre 2008 hahaha

[@PuruRaj-lx7uf]

Best spiner ni any pitch, Murali is only good in home and spinning condition, Pr warne get bounce and turn and zip ni any condition

[@ozpilot8083]

Shame Shane could not handle going bald, Such is life.

[@juz882010]

whenever a team gets really good adidas sponsor them lol

[@apkman3669]

Sorry, but Cook had neither the technique nor the necessary footwork to play Warne, who was nearing retirement then.

[@shikhargovil9579]

cook was really new at that point. he was a good player of spin bowling, it was just that in a career just started, he faced shane warne.

[@mehboobshaikh6409]

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