Join Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon for a weekly dose of the smartest commentary and the best analysis from the Guardian's cricket experts in both England and Australia throughout the Ashes series
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How can England rise again from the Ashes? – Ashes Weekly podcast
After a humbling 4-1 defeat in Australia, England’s approach to the series and Test cricket itself has been under the microscope. Max Rushden is joined by Barney Ronay, Emma John and Ali Martin for a look back on the 2025-26 series
28 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
England bounce back in madcap Melbourne Test – Ashes Weekly podcast
England came out on top in another two-day Test match as the tourists chased down 175 at the MCG. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss England’s first Test win in Australia for nearly 15 years
22 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Over in 11 days: how England lost the Ashes – Ashes Weekly podcast
England travelled to Australia with high hopes of regaining the Ashes. But defeat in Adelaide consigned them to an insurmountable 3-0 deficit and a lot of tough questions about how it went so wrong. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss it all
15 Dec 2025
Adelaide or bust: should England ditch Bazball? – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Taha Hashim to preview the third Test in Adelaide. Do England rip up their Bazball gameplan or double down against Australia?
8 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Starc shines for Australia as England slump again – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and James Wallace to discuss another humbling defeat for England as Australia took full control of the series in Brisbane, with Mitchell Starc starring
3 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Can England bounce back in Brisbane? – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Emma John and Sam Perry to preview the second Test, a day-night affair at the Gabba, with England looking to recover from their embarrassing defeat in Perth
23 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
England collapse and Travis Head steals the show – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Jim Wallace to discuss a humbling defeat for England in the first Test in Perth that ended three days early
20 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
Will England capitalise against a weakened Australia? – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon are joined by Ali Martin and Andy Bull to look ahead to the hotly-anticipated first Ashes Test in Perth
14 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
Who are the 100 greatest men’s Ashes cricketers? – Ashes Weekly podcast
Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon are joined by Emma John and Ali Martin to discuss the Guardian’s top 100 Ashes cricketers and debate the merits of the top 10 Find the full top 100 list here
10 Nov 2025
Coming soon: The Guardian Ashes Weekly podcast with Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon
As England head down under to try to regain cricket’s oldest prize, Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon will bring you all the best analysis of the Ashes test series with regular episodes in the coming weeks
5 Jan 2022
New year, new Ashes goals – The Final Word podcast
Emma John offers her thoughts on day one of the fourth Test before Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon share their views from Sydney
27 Dec 2021
Victory in sight for Australia as England crumble again – The Final Word podcast
Emma John offers her thoughts on day two of the third Test before Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon share their views from Melbourne How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know
26 Dec 2021
England’s batters fail once again in Australia – The Final Word podcast
Emma John offers her thoughts on day one of the third Test before Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon share their views from Melbourne
26 Aug 2013
The Ashes podcast: a controversial conclusion at The Oval
Dave Farrar and co discuss the final Test, their Series XIs and the highlights and lowlights from England's success
14 Aug 2013
The Ashes podcast: Australia collapse as England win series
Dave Farrar, Rob Smyth, Geoff Lemon and Lizzy Ammon reflect on the fourth Test as England took a 3-0 series lead
6 Aug 2013
The Ashes podcast: England retain the Ashes … unsatisfactorily
Australia came back fighting, but England hold on to the tiny trophy after drawing the third Test
23 Jul 2013
The Ashes podcast: Australia humiliated at Lord's
England trounce Australia in the second Test. Have the tourists hit rock bottom? Is Joe Root the real deal? And more
15 Jul 2013
The Ashes podcast: England take the first Test - just
Australia impress but it's advantage England as the hosts emerge victorious at Trent Bridge
9 Jul 2013
The Ashes podcast: coming soon!
Join Dave Farrar and the Guardian's top team of cricket experts as they analyse all the action from the 2013 Ashes series between England and Australia. Starts Monday 15 July
Inside a recent episode
England bounce back in madcap Melbourne Test – Ashes Weekly podcast
Published 28 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I think they need to look at what we're asking these people to do. Now it's time to play Wimbledon. Now we're going to have this very serious thing happen. But nobody's ready for it. I think that there's maybe something to that with the fact that longer formats are played less. Although I'd say there are plenty of players in both these teams who do play a lot of long form cricket because they're in the test. So once you get there, then that's the opportunity you have to play it. Sorry, just to be clear, those England players haven't played any Red Bull cricket since July. They've played the 100. […]
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