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The first day of the series proved disappointingly that TNT have spared every expense, says Alan Tyers.
Cricket Australia sold the UK radio rights for Tests to BBC Sport, who are covering the series with ball-by-ball commentary on Test Match Special.
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After taking two stunning slips catches at Adelaide Oval to hasten England’s Ashes defeat, Marnus Labuschagne did not miss the chance to stick it to Stuart Broad for a pre-series jibe about the quality of the Australian team.
Former England quick Broad had said on his podcast in October that Pat Cummins’s side were “probably the worst Australian team since 2010 when England last won”.
Ben Stokes’ side, meanwhile, were the best English team since 2010. England last won an Ashes series Down Under in 2010/2011.
“So those things match up to the fact it’s going to be a brilliant Ashes series,” added Broad.
On Sunday, Australia beat England by 82 runs at Adelaide Oval to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
“Being called the worst Australian team in 15 years … it’s nice to be sitting where we are now, three-nil up,” Labuschagne told ABC radio.
The Australian number three missed out with the bat in Adelaide, scoring 19 and 13, but emerged as a hero in the field in the fourth innings as England tried to chase down 435 for victory.
He flew for a fantastic one-handed catch on day four to dismiss number three Ollie Pope, and repeated the trick on day five to have Will Jacks caught for 47 nicking Mitchell Starc.
The dismissal of all-rounder Jacks left England 337 for eight, effectively ending their hopes of pulling off a miracle win.
“TNT Sports’s coverage of the Ashes has begun and it is as bad as fans had feared,” Alan Tyers wrote after day one of the first Test.
TNT Sports’ lead commentators are Alastair Eykyn, best known as a key plank of the channel’s rugby coverage, and Rob Hatch, an award-winning cycling commentator.
