{"id":24191,"date":"2026-01-03T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/australia-retain-ashes-as-england-fight-back-too-late-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-third-test-day-5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:03:16","slug":"australia-retain-ashes-as-england-fight-back-too-late-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-third-test-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/australia-retain-ashes-as-england-fight-back-too-late-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-third-test-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia retain Ashes as England fight back too late | TMS Daily Debrief | Ashes Third Test &#8211; Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9l8UxRkg4pg?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Australia seal the Ashes at the earliest opportunity despite England\u2019s late fightback in Adelaide. Jonathan Agnew and Glenn McGrath join Alex Hartley on the TMS Daily Debrief to discuss England\u2019s improved approach, McCullum\u2019s admission on preparation, lessons learned, and what changes are needed for the Boxing Day Test. Plus, who should bat at number three?<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Welcome<br \/>\n00:28 Australia retain the Ashes<br \/>\n00:47 England\u2019s improved approach<br \/>\n01:26 Positives from the fightback<br \/>\n02:26 McCullum admits prep was wrong<br \/>\n03:39 Why preparation matters<br \/>\n04:11 Future of McCullum &#038; Stokes<br \/>\n04:59 England\u2019s one-dimensional approach<br \/>\n05:37 Lessons learned too late<br \/>\n06:21 Was it wishful thinking?<br \/>\n07:24 Missed opportunity vs weakened Aussies<br \/>\n08:19 Australia\u2019s adaptability praised<br \/>\n09:10 Bazball attitude questioned<br \/>\n10:07 Lyon injury and spin options<br \/>\n11:04 What changes for England now?<br \/>\n12:09 Number three debate<br \/>\n13:03 Ask Me Anything<br \/>\n14:10 Who should bat at 3?<br \/>\n15:23 Wrap-up &#038; highlights info<\/p>\n<p>Follow more of The Ashes on the BBC Sport app, iPlayer and Sounds.<br \/>\n=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/www.x.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#bbcsport #TheAshes #bbccricket<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9l8UxRkg4pg\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia seal the Ashes at the earliest opportunity despite England\u2019s late fightback in Adelaide. Jonathan Agnew and Glenn McGrath join Alex Hartley on the TMS Daily Debrief to discuss England\u2019s improved approach, McCullum\u2019s admission on preparation, lessons learned, and what changes are needed for the Boxing Day Test. Plus, who should bat at number three? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24193,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191\/revisions\/24193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}