“It’s what Test cricket does. It sort of brings all your emotions out and it was that period of commentary where we lost 4 in the blink of an eye. And when Rooty chopped on, it was just a natural reaction for me was to close my eyes and just pray that it wasn’t actually happening. If I close them, maybe it wasn’t actually happening. Can we just soak up a little bit of pressure somehow,” Broad opened up on Sky Cricket about the moment after England were thrashed by the hosts by 8 wickets.
“I have been there loads of time before in Australia, we all would have been where they just opened that door slightly and then when you talk about you are not just playing against the Australian cricket team, you are playing against Australia, it’s that moment where that comes in because suddenly the crowd was erupting, everyone celebrating with their mates in the crowd and you just see Jamie Smith walking out to bat and you think, you have never been in this situation like this before. You have never felt what’s going on. And credit to Australia, they were absolutely superb. But England just opened that door,” he added.
England were absolutely savaged by critics when they failed to take advantage of a 40-run lead after Australia had been skittled out for 132, chasing the 172-run 1st innings target set by Ben Stokes and Co.
Hoping to build on that lead, the England batting combusted in the second innings and they were wiped out by Mitchell Starc, Brendan Doggett and Scott Boland, managing to score just 164, giving their bowlers 205 runs to defend.
Travis Head slammed a brutal 123 while Marnus Labuschagne chipped in with a half century as Australia easily chased down the target in just the second day, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
Stuart Broad on his viral moment in the commentary box in the 1st Ashes Test: ‘Close my eyes and just pray that it wasn’t actually happening’
Coming out of the 1st Test at Perth, the Ashes found its first noteworthy viral moment from the commentary box where former England pacer Stuart Broad had closed his eyes as the Three Lions kept losing wickets against Australia. Broad had an expression of disbelief and closed his eyes and prayed that the England collapse turned out to be a bad dream.
“It’s what Test cricket does. It sort of brings all your emotions out and it was that period of commentary where we lost 4 in the blink of an eye. And when Rooty chopped on, it was just a natural reaction for me was to close my eyes and just pray that it wasn’t actually happening. If I close them, maybe it wasn’t actually happening. Can we just soak up a little bit of pressure somehow,” Broad opened up on Sky Cricket about the moment after England were thrashed by the hosts by 8 wickets.
“I have been there loads of time before in Australia, we all would have been where they just opened that door slightly and then when you talk about you are not just playing against the Australian cricket team, you are playing against Australia, it’s that moment where that comes in because suddenly the crowd was erupting, everyone celebrating with their mates in the crowd and you just see Jamie Smith walking out to bat and you think, you have never been in this situation like this before. You have never felt what’s going on. And credit to Australia, they were absolutely superb. But England just opened that door,” he added.
England were absolutely savaged by critics when they failed to take advantage of a 40-run lead after Australia had been skittled out for 132, chasing the 172-run 1st innings target set by Ben Stokes and Co.
Hoping to build on that lead, the England batting combusted in the second innings and they were wiped out by Mitchell Starc, Brendan Doggett and Scott Boland, managing to score just 164, giving their bowlers 205 runs to defend.
Travis Head slammed a brutal 123 while Marnus Labuschagne chipped in with a half century as Australia easily chased down the target in just the second day, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
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