We're about to join 5 lives commentary all day for the 4th Test at the m.c.g. In Australia. As the traditional displays Ingle do this but the failed. To stop in the falls into trouble for dogs to force Tara and some big cement side of the house down and it was a little close to the area which had worn applying any missed the same delivery they go about with in the 1st sentence just a nothing shot from Warner it's quite wide to play a defensive stroke. On the massive amount through the air just a little bit of same away from water from around the wicket off the pitch. Above a coach as well Jimmy and so with those 2 catches a back to cover catch it and short of a point and balls to want to touch the ball away it is time for a single to midwicket there was more in of the line of these stumps and his body and the newest neatly to the on side and moves along to 26 and his trailer at 153 now on strike. Looked. A little. A little bit less than the player we saw but so well against South Africa or in Adelaide last year looked like a good Test batsman but so far in this series he's looked mediocre Yeah he has I think. You can you put yourself in the mind of of 2 those were Khwaja just to play overseas gets dropped because Mark Australia conditions must feel and managed forward to a ball on the stumps and keep So that to cover and that's the end of the other you can't feel so badly a huge member of the Save the money's is out with that they're going to win with it it's down to Selfridge because it keeps getting out as big balls but. They've got a game on it that we have will see the best of it this series yet strata trailing 564150 3 and will pick up the action again in a few moments time 5 live 2 minutes past 1 in the morning if you're just joining us through the B.B.C.'s local radio network around the country we welcome you to Melbourne to the 4th day of the 4th Ashes Test match Australia trying to reduce the deficit but England with a breakthrough in the last half hour and how important could that prove to be here's the latest 5 Live news with Kevin McGrath. From the league football anyone else this is b.b.c. 5 Live Police believe a woman whose body was found in Finsbury Park in North London on Wednesday was murdered on Christmas Eve 22 year old you Leon it was stabbed in the abdomen and suffered a head injury temperatures are expected to fall to around minus 13 Celsius in parts of rural Scotland overnight making it the coldest nights of the s. 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Wonderful hit through the offside bio's been off the bowling of Mowen alley almost went for 6 I just landed inside the rope there but it was a beautiful off drive us from 08 Allie who is having a disappointing Test match here back to Test Match Special Ebony rain from Brett now alongside chip Maxwell and is now prodding away. Stoneman who's under the nose there on the off side it's early mid off. It's got 2 in his eye line. Just thinking more decent hit and that might move the field edges clear a bit of space. And down the pitch he goes again what of it out there is going to be for instance got there Alpha excellence drive from the word. Well to words or as have been a little under the pump in this series of questions about his quality as a Test cricket. Number 3 and he's kind of answered some trick critics with a couple of shots and that over for a 6 and a 4 and all of a sudden he's 10 minutes one for 60 for the end of the he's played them both quite nicely I think whereas we saw me nearly come in yesterday and he looked a bit frantic even the shots it just looked a bit desperate those were quite controlled good for live that got to the pitch and looked very clear about what he was doing he's an interesting that's a cautious he looks talented but in some ways in this t.v. Feels a bit like a ghost I don't know you don't quite know him that much doesn't quite bring anything that stands out as such a presence doesn't have a presence in that's true. Yes Well there's there's just. A name permanency it seems about some of these a strollin players but that's the challenge as Anderson draws Warner forward stretching and driving the broad. Fame and. Warning here he doesn't like being dried up and goes against the grain to be defending That's why you'll seem just fishing at the ball. Every now and then because he just loves to be in the rhythm of hitting the ball and with this 7 to field and the. Line of traffic he's letting go outside the stand for and why he ignores that So a little bit of pressure on a stroll is a distinguished BET's been here to find a way of getting through this is in the 1st innings after he got that 100 I think there's a 25 doubles it was and this and current bowling in a little partnership and that's when the wicket came you know he's somebody that if you can tie him down. To. This attack and the field placing And it's and balls to him again accurately and the the body language in this in Come on I'm going to get over the ball and watch it carefully. Get too many freebies from this fella and just go to white to the gets a bit closer on sides beginning big gap between made on and deep square but for the most but Anderson is at the 5th stump for the 4th. He bowls are going to want to want to go outside the off stump. So the cheers laying out take me. One the experience bowlers apply surfaces like this which don't give them much just as we saw with their delivery that dismissed Bancroft just went a bit off the same from works inside edge to pad and stumps. Skill is and is just finding a way to get something out of it. Jimmy Anderson I think he's been effective here gets warning look for a little bit of movement he moves into pitch rod up in. The off stump and a warning on another occasion tried to hit that hard but instead he waited and pushed a timely mid off and you recall a warning had to be patient and he's actually ground ground and innings are easy tend. Not for long not for long. But it is against the grain he likes to dominate and he is not dominating here is defending straight back down the pitch and that's another very good Jimmy Anderson on the money on an ad. And. The moment he's 27 and the scores one for 64 as we head toward with the deficit exactly a 100 if you want to know what happened 1st ball of the Short Rib player and Jimmy Anderson he pushed it spread to Bancroft at short leg I was to cope didn't get another hit as a result and he finished with the highest score by anyone ever carrying the bat in a Test match and certainly the 1st carrying a bag at the m.c.g. In a test and Richard's name with $208.00 next to it has been taken down in the by and there was to cook with $244.00 not replaces it would be nice isn't it and I think that eventually they really mean much to place now but it is when he can settle in down the line and look back at these milestones. Impact as if he'd get taken off. Maybe you should have tried to milk it. Instead of bad ways just not to you know could see here they're trying to fight the attack. And I think this is a good move in the 20 minutes up to lunch get the best bowlers on and broad. Had a pretty good game with the bat and the ball so here it is around the wicket from a normal in and wonder is going back and leaving the ball alone and. He's made 10 with 2 scoring shots a 6 out of 4 and Warner has moved towards him again. And reaffirmation the councilman on strike doesn't say anything just so the heads in his direction to say are army here I'm with you just keep the game going get the ball selection right with this 63 field employed by a broader slip in a gully a backward point a short Charon extra cover and a mid off with a mid on I mean wicket and a deep back would square. Stuart Broad. Refreshing Li in attaining innings yesterday 56 from 63 balls and. You just pushed. And it went past the edge of the bat. Yet bowling there wasn't necessarily that much movement as such but what it did is the angle that is coming in there the team up quarter pushing at it. Is Tough it worked for the keepers actually best as had to take a lot just dying on him so he's he's held on to that well it's one of those do you come up or tear. Up a little bit. Years you're always worried batsmen defend carry broad goes in. By. To watch a backward square and 1st single He's $111.00 for $65.00 and. Then Bancroft playing on 2 works for 26 now I want to back on strike. Again that would pick your nose tackle whatever it is going off the bed. Or is it is it just some someone's toy or is it 3 why would you know in the ground of all things you bring. Well it's not a Segall looking for lunch. But someone's little toy. And gets quite annoying. To get up in the affects my I can hear it as broad. A wide open. So. Not nearly as many bands in here today as the previous 3 days which probably breaking some records for this Test match. I mentioned here tomorrow. Which like England is a day when you have to turn up and feel you haven't got a unallocated ticket and buy one. Tickets for the 5th day. You have to queue up and buy one thing you could you can buy 50 tickets. For. Their friends family towards mid-off you can yeah you can get but then I think what happens is there's a lot of refund if the game is. Limited it's a bit of a. We're listening to the Tannoy this morning as I came into the ground. For tickets tomorrow will be disclosed to the light of day when we know the position of the match and all that sort of stuff so yeah certainly in the in this area where there's members there is a lot of people turning up. And brought his bowling and was living again the line of the of star Ok it's time for a change I lived with him and he ran for Brant and Smith's coming in with a stride 65 for one. But it is kind of in the balance at the moment supposing it would have hoped they could have maybe next 2 quick ones out. All just didn't get enough movement with that new ball for England because workers had that early break through which is important to Bancroft has got it to shape back a little bit Bancroft playing on the 4th play and we've seen in this whole series a good over there from brought it. To come in after mentally got attacked is really not found is full now they've got to let analysts to to try and just before lunch after the opening morning everyone and some rather work at both a co-author who ages that is God to put through every job down a certain. Coersion is disappointing series continues the fame started outside off stump a hint of reverse from Anderson round the wicket taking the ball away from the left hand quarter drawing to the shot and England have their 2nd wicket Australia $65.00 for 2 because you'll be disappointed with that. He was kind of in the middle of nowhere just probing at one which actually he could've quite comfortably left their bodies. Is just go into model and what you are listening to is shaping and it's a good shape from him to sort of go away Stipe probing at it but again like to say we're just not really stopped as Mark in this series told he he let's bring out a bit of intent it gets Mo in alley 1st couple play some lovely shots but really 2 boundaries is not going to cut it so for England we set that 2nd week it will be what they need. To go on for 11 and Stephen Smith will be out of 4 for Australia and it's actually not been a surprise the way the pattern of the poll of polls is golden. The new ball was actually the hardest of all which was the way it was pretty much straight up and down and now there's just a little bit more movement of interest as the ball gets scuffed up with a bit rough and reverse swing comes into play. And includes expert exploiters of reverse swing a bowling broad and and an ascent one for 11 from 6 almost just feel no one will work it full for lunch here these are the 2 critical bats is this just that little window isn't there. That a fantastic test so far that she would see Anderson was hiding the ball with his left hand in it with delivery stride and also the angle of the c. If you measured perfectly perpendicular 12 o'clock would be with the balls swinging in England and then it was more the wacko Eunice style slinging finger position which creates the reverse would. Be showing skill and soon. To. Be the poles that are fueling the fans part of that as well respectful of Stephen Smith has had a wonderful series wonderful spot it's true captain is about to face his 1st born's of. 2 slips in place of 6 failed to save you want Allison just wants a slight changes in negotiations with. Cook and root just to make sure things absolutely right he's bringing in. Square leg to catch position Smith's 1st ball and the city bowls. With target exactly where field position for the pro. Safety because she to open her fist with. Andrea help down as all of it is in any sort of last say 1012. Had much to work with. Most is a good run of lost in both. Of the 3 of those $27.00 and again Smith up on his toes pushing to beat off. Just shows that he's so excellent bowling here for many of the actually the states he's come in all are still going to be feeling the pressure right now. Just had confirmation that attendance is 22230 at the most just because pretty good crowds can say we take that in english pretty much over could be compressed in most crowds or above. The city in the game bowls just with the cover drives and get it through the infield that. Throws from current to Bairstow style $65.00 to $1.00 Smalls now is it $28.00 around $2526.00 innings and. There's a lot talk of expansion going head between 2 rounds but. Still I think it is it looks at 34 maybe less but it's a good number in. The opening up of the gods mostly of the. Closest terraces to the pitch is Anderson water the crease possibly if it leaves a lot of doing it for bog stumps but perfectly safe leave. The gym. Completely throw be part of this is the build of it as I would say it was so maybe Andrew could give us a definitive. Answer Ellen is the Great Southern Stand so. I'll just check and as always local knowledge and send exhibits with the cross systems all the time. Anderson throws the ball to being a passenger a 2nd sit very warm of course of the Bobby army and England's fire for excellence over the sort of wicket made with his 1st ball pace was up all the way through 130 s. Australia $65.00 for 2 it's interesting all the seen senior players have come good at the same time he just is weak as it is and I seem to place full in an hour for we get that but the fact that they will just kind of have this crescendo at this moment. Whether they had to. Find that spot they all really seemed to be slimy Jimmy Anderson. For way through probably exempted from that but it's just it's all come together really I mean the test is now in a finish but it is brilliant to see. Broad's going to bowl round the wicket slipping a gully Warner who's been slightly put his $27.00 not out brought it in and Wallace late into a full defensive shot put decently timed to shortish extra cover. Members and officially. We go. To give Jim Millet a dead really. Is one more going to be. Taking on Jim about knowledge of a strain Stathis in all the all the many years he's commentating on cricket this ground and football to schools. Are catching extra covers coming Bester taps his bat. Whites for broad. Cheer stick to those going to be joining to shop there then wisely decided against it but it got through to their start. Having been looking out there this Test match. Since both figures more easily as always 6 so it was one for 11. Brought. To his 4th suit just one for swaps matching one for 9 from 6. Tags really slotted into rhythm on the pitch slowed a low balance brought a good water takes all the drive doesn't time it if. This is probably on say alien territory for warm up and though his preferred circumstance is a long way behind in the batch should be so interested to hear today about that that voice on the shoulder or whatever that I'd love to compare cooks in all is because cooks obviously will be much more about staying and you know hearing those ladies or no love to hear what he's saying to himself right now. Look at you next time if you're here he. Brought him down warrant just pushes hard have. 2 extra pounds. To ring field and table. If you do for the Pats from general strike we'll be once again full voice. Stamina of the balmy army is it credible is it to do it when they go home at $630.00 is to say yeah you know they've got free a few sort of throat lozenges to recover and that just very disciplined maybe that recovery session which is yeah. I think they have a theory. Except for the brought it down more towards wars feeling for the ball boy entirely convincing broad field officer you must have a few people you know we talk about leaders on the field they must have a couple in that. Environment like right come on guys event 5 minutes off he. Let's go again. Certainly been amazing support throughout this Test match for England and maybe that's been part of the whole say. Much better in the performance continues today day 4 of the Boxing Day Test match at the m.c.g. The straightest. Too broad and rather work it falls will relieve some bit of kidology from August and so it was a long way wide across stuff into the 23rd over. Broad backing up the work it made of and this never made how many dots in a row Andrew Sampson. More than 12. More than 12 or 15. Adding up what are your thoughts on pulled around versus over the one it's better I mean you know the left hand is a particular Yes of course and when what is cut is come into play with the pitch grips a little bit a lot of people think people do more about bowling technique than I do that all of bowling is down to left handers and so trying to take it away from them was inhibited his broad ability to bowl the way swing it and. Green with that probably also say that one of the striking things about successful balls on seeing the pitches see it but it's devastating spelter the $61.00 allowed Trent Bridge is the policy of don't swing who swing the ball to come to this in the 2nd is and this is ball around the wicket to the right added Smith who works it off his hip and gets off the ground to find the field I found everywhere with because of the hardest pose to face with the ball seam are actually straight and then either way off the pitch with swing bowlers you almost got a bit of a read and it leaves more off the same course if it changes direction and it looks like they were stronger then it nips good luck into it but a lot of those balls at Trent Bridge in that famous pop are broad he actually got the ball to go straight and then deviate more which is unreadable you know that maybe that's part of it so I guess what I'm saying is you don't get everything and sometimes in working in developing a new strain to your strategy you lose something else and. The show would take the ball away from the right hand the through the airport. His and the stain round the wicket bone to remember who pushes operationally but. Diving effort short extra cover was never going to affect the catch and in the singles board loose around his right hand side $67.00 to yet agree with you about the the swing of course is that you can try to track him can't you just see it come out the hand and you can react and you just know it's going further it's the ones that deviate when they go to say about when he go into his 1st it ways to picking up wickets is he got some bowling over but he seemed to start getting through his action when he was coming around and there's something about the angle that when I saw he just to throw himself down the line and he saw it start to find his rhythm that way and then and I just seem to be a little bit more effective in this 1st innings a ball. And surround him with opposed to Smith who is across his stumps and saying No rather than for a characteristic way 1st before beginning a whole series of fiddly rituals with his pad flaps. If you have any did there with. It the move it move. It's a bit we had a whole series of routines that a lot of us would do where to see habit come superstition it's a. Gray area. Smith now flexing his nice top spot wait for Anderson Smith plays that really well it was even stronger from where the wickets with waiting for turn the cards Grosvenor and so on top a couple Smith moved to 3 Australia $64.00 to reply to humans $491.00 of them. Had lost their father with that 1st ball attack today James and. I asked Alex to the other day about his bat twiddle you know East Coast is keep 2 and I use I try to employ is he kept up in the bat. Realised it's a very unique basically just do you read thing spun it quite far did yeah he said he played in charity games would have to put that on the back they'd have bets on it. But in the scenario that Alan Smith opens the face finds the gap between would offer to cover a beautiful place where they post his trailer attached to scamper through for a single. Day said it got such a have it that they put money on whether we could actually back that said have to just write about the floor until it was ready to head. I mean that on the what had you could say was. Elite Athlete waste emotional energy and you know all these silly movements of the other hand so maybe sports would do have 18 or ritual. Rafael Nadal this is endless 3 serve rituals. And the saloon water checks his drive turns into a distance it shortly comes out the extra cup and of what I think will be the pole took over before large pretty good session from the pool to Australia with kids. 72. Broads going to continue is not going to be the token over spin which of those for a bit of a mystery in. England to go to work in that session 70 rounds I mean there's only a little phase where they're more never really cashing in picked up a few nice boundaries but like I say once that ball started getting a bit older it's allowed England to get into it. Borders enjoying an excellent test match has the chance to one more go at the Australian captain who's standing as he always does outside leg stump before moving across his stumps now. Standing was playing French pretty cricket. Pushing the ball to middle. He has this funny thing worth as part of his. Call of then turns the back over so it's having been perfectly perpendicular and straight and faces about face down towards the pitch. His method is all his own even after it's born. To hit a high pitched tap of the baton this baked him c.g. Smith was about waits for broad. Daylight outside the often do you think there is someone with his his technique would have got through i.e. Cysts a very good question or would have been in heavy inverted commas Yeah sometimes framed is there around the lingo as one of people like that. I think they had a good go it altering it here I think the. Trend would Hill who's who worked with there's an outstanding batting coach in Australia a very good coach cricket generally had a hand you know alongside other coaches in the development Stephen Smith as borders is there now it's a full bore that Smith pushes to straight to Schmidt on routes conference across to his left field is there. I thinks. Trent would have his comment was that it demonstrated Smith's exceptional resilience that he didn't allow people to miss it you know and I think probably having come through those. All the pressure that was exerted on him you know just constantly powered by building the opportunities the wood was educated to change the diff backed himself and it was almost a good training ground for the for the contest out of the middle. Now Smith stands tall I mean it's as he said to me and this is another one because he's bowling action and early in his career they try to remember his head used to fall away a lot try to straighten up he had a bit of a struggle I remember quite early in his career he said I'm going back to what I do best I'm just not going to change it. And he's obviously settled into a very rhythm that works for him Well I think it goes as much as it did in his early career No it doesn't I remember seeing him have an interview wait I was going to go back to what works because. It felt right for but it was just more that the coaches said you know you should keep your head up all the way to. Broader. People. Or a rare. Moment that is in the series it was their way so you're from border from good saying it doesn't have any more we did that tell of running away from the right handed smithy chase to drive on the up something he's been very reluctant to do. And it up being a pretty firm wristed risky shot. Slow called would be an extremely interested Smithies for 14 the last ball of the ball session coming up another good. Session for them straight out there with the ball after so it was our 1st ball don't we get them now brawl hunting for the 3rd wicket in balls and Smith prevents that from happening that pushes the ball back to the ball and grabs the bat by the plate and one of those purposefully back to it's a brilliant. Move essentially 72 Australia still trailing by 94. Thank you very much indeed Ed so will rejoin Test Match Special for the afternoon session hair but also for lunchtime conversation and their own inimitable style Glenn McGrath will be joining us on 5 I had a taking your questions as well so are the Australian legendary bowler will be with you very shortly after the latest 5 Live news it's 132 Here's Kevin McGrath. 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So quite an interesting morning session here at the m.c.g. The 4th day of the 4th Test match England just carried on for one ball this morning Jimmie absent dismissed the 1st. All of the decor by camera Bancroft short leg of pack of it and so on were all out for their overnight score 491 healthy lead of 164 but it did allow Anderson and broad to run in early using the overcast conditions but 50 put on by Bancroft and water for the 1st work it back off then out to Woakes and just a few minutes ago out to Addison caught behind 2 wickets to really give in and hope air after the legend of Australia 70 for 2 still trailing over all of England now I know the big challenge is to dismiss one or preferably both of David Warner and Steve Smith their star batsman who will be going into lunch at the crease and defeated Warner has 28 Smith has for just beaten outside off stump by that excellent delivery by Stuart Broad in the last over before lunch there that were giving him the bit of hope Smith we understand who had a bit of a bit of an upset tummy yesterday a little bit of a bug going around the Australian dressing room apparently because part Cummins was suffering the day before that. So here we are 5 live at the m.c.g. Difficult ashes breakfast with you from 7 o'clock in the morning with reaction and analysis to the day's play and if we need this Test match we will bring that to you live as well tomorrow night at this time here on 5 Live did expecting up all night with Rod or or Dawson somewhat similar there we'll bring you cricket for the duration of this 4th Test match in Melbourne no action of the moment but the outfield covered with young enthusiastic Australian kits it's lovely to say ready is with their cricket sets and all lovely clean bowl but the red bare guy had no hope at all but they look about 6 to 6 to 8 years of age and really fears he has of the sport. To watch right Glenn McGrath joining us shortly as we rejoin Test match Paschal that's hand over for the lunch interval Ebony rain for Brett currently alongside Simon that after lunch I think you'll be lucky to just make those early breakthroughs but this sets up really nicely. And I guess I'll hand over to you Simon thanks very much Abbi they never had a good enough morning definitely Australia 742 they're still 94 runs behind the chip a couple they've still got the big 2 in front of them or 28 the tight Smith for tight on an overcast day at the m.c.g. Perfect warm enough for watching cricket joyously and lots of youngsters right there on the ground at the moment multi colored shirts playing at a form of a quick cricket and it's good to see them at their last a big crowd in today's On the 1st 3 days of the attendance of this m.c.g. Test matches been absolutely magnificent and it were around 220000 people for this game and perhaps even a few more of come in since I saw the last figure at the moment England they're a very good position taking a 1st innings lead of 164 in Australia are 70 the 2 at lunch Bancroft a 27 to Woakes and dismissed by and the 411-514-1652 extension 2 that after and this was like the 1st ball the day leaving cook 244 not out. So during this lunch interval they had to take the chance to ask Glenn we asked Len a lot of difficult Chris questions on the 1st. Straightforward for you hopefully about your views and your life and your experience and your career and we're going to start off with a question from Ricardo because I've always wanted to ask Glenn this question is very simple do you believe like I always have that he hadn't stayed on the ball you would have won the Ashes into. Now I would never go that far and say that we would have won it because just thinking them applying some very good cricket then they had a it's a sign tame together they've been winning that we're confident that we're playing so well together and it think back to that 1st day of the ashes in at Lord's and I came at these try it's came at us really hard for 190 so there are a quality team and you know whether anything what a changed yeah who knows but you know I think it's a very good cricket series and played us and probably deserved to win even as much as it kills me to say it and I probably deserved to win out of it but it's amazing those moments in games and series that if Shane want to take that catch of Kevin Pietersen the final day I mean it would one would know it would have been it would have been pretty top you know k.p. Went on to get a 100 plus and took the gamble why. But yeah it's funny and you know a member going to the hospital off to training on that bulk getting skids and finding out that a fully fully ruptured to ligaments on the outside of bankroll and bit by damage on the inside not just a rock back at the ground and I Here are the payer system weather but now it's that on out of the team and that gee that went up around age but never got a chair like that a deal and it's the best you have ever had you know this. Wall would set a positive but. We love you. Just knew how dangerous us was the reason because everybody's in wrecks and then in that series but play if a player Australia had the better team I think that one freak injury tipped the scale so slightly into anyone's favor and the rest as they say is history plenty of questions for Glenn McGrath is one from Joseph Parry your bowling was characterized by a tight top of the off stump line this meant that almost all 5747 percent I should say also Google says you're dismissals came through l b w or call behind do you think you'd have had more wickets or few wickets if d.r.s. Has been in play Yeah that's interesting one that one because I know. It is the old truck and it's always. It has good balance at Bull track evolved flat slow wickets so it's yeah it's interesting I think I modified a few other ones that I didn't get and probably a few that I get I did get on a been going of a so it's a tough one you know guess we'll never know but always only ever looking to get batsmen at one of 3 Weiss bowled l.b.w. On sort of keep it slips that was pretty much the main why I was looking to get better by now so it was all about just keeping that top on to hit the pitch top of off stop just it saw it and just building up pressure having a good control and balance was one of my weapons you know it spoke to batsmen you know lawyers tend to focus all the all the top batsmen around the world they said it was always harder to face someone who got pants off that someone who skated the ball long so maybe that bats worked for me in a lot of. Respects to hitting the top of the bat getting Copa hauling coal slips and yeah whether it would have worked against me a little bit with the. You just have to pitch it up a little bit further so yeah it's an interesting question a lot to say 600 Test wickets. With a days when you had an l.b.w. Siege in your favor you thought that was nice but implies give it to me would you know quite a few dollars and you create a few of those and you only sort of watching a reply where I thought all that motivate just a bit harder or what have you there's all the ones where a member there is some footage on You Tube where a bowling ball travels to. Pakistan and they're both the 1st 3 how full these basically because it always came out half asleep and running the 1st one in. Didn't even come forward middle of the hit even the Pat was only hitting middle stop nothing else probably about a foot from the base down at exactly the same thought out 3rd ball exactly the same he threw the covers for full sun is there's times there where you think it would work in my favor but just watching how it's used to you know everyone says off the head day or a sandwich but if you put it to you as it would have been a bubble you think back to Stuart brought it up so that Trent Bridge and. I think he's corrupt never lived it down since but. That's a white guys it was dry had but the terraces they would have been over the years at the end so yeah it's. That would work for me Loftus said others but with no great tappin says who is the best kept in the playground and why Yeah that's a tough one because I think h. Captain took the team over to a different team and lifted in a better position was my 1st kept it and he had and build a sorry Alan Ball it was my 1st captain I hate took these trades him from a fairly ordinary team up to a fairly decent team and I think used to get the team into a position to win before going for a win so you know when you're working rebuilding a team that's pretty much the attitude I took over a quite a good team and had a different attitude he was now saying let's go for weed from ball one little bit more aggressive way to play the guy had to buy a lot to play it and then when he pasta it's a steeple it was a very good team and then Steve not only wanted us to win for bowl one he wanted just to crush the opposition from ball one like not even give him half a chance and then Paul Rick Ricky Ponting What do you take the team from there but I thought Rick did a great job on in India for the 1st on a couple World Cups and had 7 saying it plays for taller over the over 2 you period and still kept the team together pretty well. All that I've always been and always struggled to say who is the best kept. Last year what makes a good captain for a foothold fastball it makes a good captain doing well just someone who knows. The State of the game and can adjust and cycle we need to do this here. We need to do that they we need to sort of a little bit more of course if we need to sort of like a top things down a bit but just be aware of the game situation to be out a change to have the support of the senior players to use you senior players to help make decisions. And Kate big young guys involved and feel like they're part of the whole process that everyone's got out a ship over but ultimately it relies with the. Up to a few years ago I was sort of at least a boy. Astride said I played with a pick 12 and out of that 3 of the captains are played in played with. And kept and that's probably more out of respect than anything else and I know if you all stay over Ricky Ponting added the full captains who should have been kept the border so that's more out of respect but just think all that kept played on took the team ever different target on Joy. You know playing up to the captaincy and that the goal is that. I think Ricky Ponting made a comment that was the hottest part of kept that will you he reckons and I'll think while I walk I think was tongue in cheek a said it was tongue in cheek he said because he would ask me to rest and say Ok you bold enough and always say I know what one ball and he said he found it so hard getting the ball off me. Than anyone else so it's not things dri a bit of a compliment in a round about why but but yeah they're all quality captains of quality was and yeah I would have you know from a cell phone or a bus for you know well you know we were Captain stream and you really would just want to keep on bowling because there are some bowlers you don't want to bowl all day every day especially in tough conditions pools as I'd like to us. When about to get sick a great school with a bat like Cooke has got in the 1st innings all the Australians all day the opposition genuine in their pulls to such a feat or are they doing it because it's the right thing to do. Is a bit of both really isn't it if. The one thing all of and probably told to let a part of my career and playing a little bit of can occur and also applying in the appeal where all of a sudden you're playing on solid guys you've only ever played against and the one thing you realise his were all very similar does a better way you bowl on who you play full rule of for the game of cricket and when not to different and you know this goes well I just thought a lot about all that get out of my skin all of sudden it's a might send the right dog so that was that was that something. Depends on how well that plight is some gauze that somehow make it to 50 or 100 and they look redness they should have it at 20 times and and I somehow get the sort of give them a bit of a pulls because you know it's still a case of fate but if they play really well you want your knowledge it but they're still the opposition and you want to knock them obvious quick as possible but yeah I think you need to have a little bit of respect for the guy a little bit respect for the opposition and if they've brought up 10200 what have you and when Brian Lara got 200 it was just the spectators would love to incredible to watch you know he. Nearly 250 took was at 244 not to. Kochi who offered a lot of respect for all things a great guy yeah it was always easy to clip they hundreds that God sort of just talk out believe that it's annoying me I suppose more genuine nice when players will call for the end of the day when players come over and say oh well played because the bottles of abates doesn't it that in the back of the dressing room and that's why it should be yeah. Here is a question from Michael Hipwell he says I just want to us Glenn as a wish to support what he felt about his time in county cricket was to and Middlesex and how did the stand measure up to playing domestic cricket in Australia as a kind of cricket Sheffield Shield cricket yeah no I absolutely loved it I didn't play a huge man to shield cricket but. Not too different you know attitude with society while I approached it just really enjoyed it the difference is in a strike and we're only you know it's a lot ball talk I mean between games and where is and can it create it was like just on the road the whole top of it all I actually enjoyed that the whole county St and got on really well with the guys there is a brilliant place a country boy love the English country saw it get out of the big cities and and just loved it was to this fades with great the. I would have preferred a bit of pitch where it had a little bit more pants in it sometimes a little bit slow on that short of a light but. Yeah that erode. And it was brilliant. Even at Middlesex even though I'm not a big city person. You know Lloyd's is one of my favorite crabs in the world and to be out to play there and get walk up the top of the stairs that instead of going to the left it to the white dressing room which I found it so hard to go to the rod it's what I got to the left but. Really enjoyed that to play alongside stress Ian and Joyce and 70 other guys. To get to know. By opinion changed of him as well so it's it's a tree I really enjoyed the Kenny saying and yeah I bought it with the 2 cricket ball on looked as well so what would also add that in just a moment why did you live in New Orleans is actually a question here for Jonathan k. Talking about growing up in a way to you but you're not a big city boy Where did you live in London you live right in the city did a. Little bit of wife think it was killed right Ok so I was just a little sort of town house he looking apartment thing there so yeah not too bad I was only there for a month so it was. Just came over. You know I hadn't played much cricket since coming back from a cooperation my family started in Australia and I just came over for a quick month and enjoyed it well here Jonathan Kate and I spent 3 months on a cotton farm in Warren New South Wales and went to Dubbo quite a bit tell us a bit more about where you grew up and how you got into cricket it warrants just a little bit further west from the town I grew up it was born in Dubbo. Even though I was say I'm an Arab on boy now I'm on is a small country town bit $3000.00 people off an hour 40 kilometers west of by sickly the middle of New South Wales. And moved to Maryland when I was a bit to 2 and a half and lived on a. Grew up on a white farm 1200 acres shape went from a bit to 10 kilometers out of town and just grew up there from a young age I enjoyed playing sport I had a brother and a sister my brother just loved to lay and he never wanted to leave the farm with birds my sister was very sporty too so sort of playing tennis when I was 7 played a little bit of competitive tennis. In attains played basketball and played quite a bit of Representative possible for the local area and and a few other things and a bit of golf when I was going through school but cricket was was my sort of my love and what age did you stop playing cricket. Aka remember playing cricket. All the talk growing up in the backyard play cricket there or just buying for the local club just with with your friends at school I don't remember what I just started but it was no different to anyone else and even to the stage where they thought I wasn't a very good bowler. Up until the age of 15 I'd get the odd ball here they always thought I could bowl just my captain. And finally he was too old for it to 16 so I like a little bit more of an opportunity and then I played my 1st representative game for 17 when I was 17 for the phenomenon and and played a bit of representative cricket just in the country area there. And then the following year I played and was called to his country Cup match and it's way 39 players from New South Wales came and played for the a local town and it was Dubbo versus Pops it's a major towns where I grew up and all lived closer to. And in out same we had great Matthews month Tyler and Steve Smith and for the opposition they had Steve small war and it was from that guy that Doug Walters felt I had to get potential mention to Steve Rixon who was kept in coach of the great team in Sydney stable so I played cricket for strivers week and coached Yusef wiles. Using a couple of the teams. Going on saying got the call up didn't want to move to Sydney to give cricket a guy I was just playing said I said Often it's in a small country town of 3000 people and all the ready for a bit of a China but the people in our mine told me all of us why some it's all because it's only just good enough to play there are great so I thought. I always believed I could ball down within 4 years I was playing for Australia so cool with me and I think it's an amazing story it really is 72 here at lunch with 28 and Smith for Australia 164 runs behind on 1st innings bankroll 542741114 whites and one for Anderson's in the good position still at lunchtime the last bit going the 1st full day today when Anderson was called short leg of coming from the 244 play will resume in a round about 17 minutes into the lunch break I'm talking to Glenn McGrath asking Len that's really interesting story and how many players do you think from the I into line districts and that missed by the selectors in the big cities Yeah I think this is a process that goes for always you know always had a standout when I was coming through it was just. Think attitude was what helped me good stead but taught me and when I got my opportunities I really grabbed hold of a skill was so I thought those 70 better balls and what all was but it was just the self belief in the attitude that I think hold me gets to. You know here's one from Bruce Perkins the will be a better place if there was only one type of cricket ball this is endless called that you're talking about the ball the early This is the end and this conflict over the Jew can the cobra I believe they are manufactured by quite different processes the one by hand the other by a machine with a hand processing is this is the jukes in the machine what is the cobra is it impossible for the i.c.c. To agree on a single method of production at least one single ball used in world cricket just to stand it does the the balls around the wall and use the u.s.g.a. Balls in India and the subcontinent as well so. It's a tough one I think certain bowls perform better in certain conditions and always wanted have a juke ball would go out here. I tend to think it probably start favoring the balls a little bit all ball and with that to create a ball it just felt smaller in the hand had a biggest same. With just just the reverse swing a lot better and was hotter than the coke and there was so many positives as a ball to be using a jute ball compared to a Coke but it's just why it is I think you've got to adapt to different conditions around the world you know the quick fancy wickets up got some slow turning wickets you know England sort of slay me as same indexes and what have you so I just think you've got to get used to different pitches different conditions around the world and to be out of depth at different balls I have no issues with saw I have no issues with the Coke are being used here astray even though they trolling the juke bowl in the shoot shoot cricket. In a couple rounds and the juke innit. In England and history or culture in India so no issues with the Bulls and he sometimes just actually we should use Cooper balls in kind of cricket to prepare for actually series and that's another matter Australia is doing that to prepare for coming to mean they're also getting their players to play county cricket as well likes of Cameron Bancroft for example got a contract with Somerset I think that actually helped. A lot of us try and create conditions to go play county cricket all in the leagues at least get used to the conditions and on help i think that helped when we to in England that doesn't happen quite as much anymore and whether that's one of the issues was a straight up play that doesn't play as well overseas or why other countries these days when they tour that I've said to play as well but. On joy that can be seen as I said before Here's one from Mohit if you a playing in this current era what would you do differently in terms of training and preparation knowing what you know now you describe how you grew up in your game and how you developed and play at that state level and play for Australia what will you do different I don't think I do too much different. In respect to preparation always trying to see how to so could I have a Trying to that used to punish me I used to look forward to playing Test match all for the season starting to have a break because and I try to buy the name because he's attitude was trying to be so much harder than anything you'd ever experience in the middle and he did that easily so that was. A training off the field so when I walked on the on the field on you are paid any every single While could just const try to what I wanted to achieve out there and what the team wanted to achieve so trying preparation everything I did I wouldn't change that but I've been doing a bit of coaching in India at the Emirates foundation and over the last 5 years I've learnt some much more about the technical side of ball. And so with my action as I ran in I did have a little jump into the into the the the stumps and ball it but always had a fairly strong core could hold myself and well got Todd Akin sort of fellow why pushable. So maybe that I would have done a little bit more work on just running straight through the pit the crease a little bit more would allowed me to swing the ball a bit all maybe a little bit quicker. But by jumping in it probably bowled well to the left handed . A lot of added to my repertoire going straight through the crease with the new ball getting a little bit more out swing and maybe a little bit more pace but apart from everything else kept it pretty simple. From someone who's taken 560 Test match wickets soon as you know everything about this guy everything about a certain thing it's time to give it away but I have learnt a lot in respects to the coaching sawed the technical side of balding since retaught. And I think of still a lot. McDermott says Did you ever have a match we just knew you were going to have a blind or a stinker and it was play really well play really bad going into the game just didn't feel quite right or you felt so good that you just knew you were going to blow the opposition away never felt going have a stinker never a day where I walk up thought all it's going to be a bad day but those 2 days where I woke up one was a full boards not only 7 and remember getting out a chair and looking in the mirror and I just knew it was going to be an incredible day I just knew I was going to take a bag full of wickets what how I do I don't know is just always so it was.