{"id":30431,"date":"2026-06-04T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/weather-curtails-englands-strong-start-in-sydney-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-1\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:18:51","slug":"weather-curtails-englands-strong-start-in-sydney-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/weather-curtails-englands-strong-start-in-sydney-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather curtails England&#8217;s strong start in Sydney | TMS Daily Debrief | Ashes Fifth Test &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1r55_hlRT_g?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Rain cuts play short at the SCG, but England finish strongly at 211-3 thanks to a brilliant partnership between Joe Root and Harry Brook. Alex Hartley is joined by Phil Tufnell and Isa Guha to discuss England\u2019s batting revival, the future of spin bowling, and why pitches have dominated the Ashes conversation. Plus, what does this mean for England\u2019s approach and the curator under pressure?<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Welcome &#038; rain stops play<br \/>\n00:32 England\u2019s day: 211-3 after early scare<br \/>\n01:08 Root &#038; Brook partnership explained<br \/>\n02:42 Where has spin gone?<br \/>\n03:54 First time in 125 years \u2013 no frontline spinner!<br \/>\n05:06 Is this the death of spin bowling?<br \/>\n06:01 Who takes wickets in the fourth innings?<br \/>\n07:09 Pressure on the curator after pitch drama<br \/>\n08:39 Root 72*, Brook 78* \u2013 England\u2019s positives<br \/>\n09:00 Phil Tufnell\u2019s SCG memories<br \/>\n09:53 Alex Hartley on her MBE honor<br \/>\n11:13 Ask Me Anything \u2013 Performance bonuses in cricket<br \/>\n12:32 Wrap-up <\/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=1r55_hlRT_g\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain cuts play short at the SCG, but England finish strongly at 211-3 thanks to a brilliant partnership between Joe Root and Harry Brook. Alex Hartley is joined by Phil Tufnell and Isa Guha to discuss England\u2019s batting revival, the future of spin bowling, and why pitches have dominated the Ashes conversation. Plus, what does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30431","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\/30431","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=30431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30433,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30431\/revisions\/30433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}