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Steve Smith or Joe Root? Stokes or Flintoff? Picking An All Time Ashes XI
Ep. 34
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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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