Steve Smith or Joe Root? Stokes or Flintoff? Picking An All Time Ashes XI

Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Adil Rashid, Nubaid Haroon and special guest Chris Woakes! In this episode the boys discuss try to build the greatest Ashes XI including debates around choosing between Smith, Root, Ponting and whether it would be Stokes or Flintoff and the debate around the bowlers gets tense! 00:00 Intro and Ashes XI format discussion 02:00 Rash & Woakes pick their opening batters 04:28 The boys fight over who gets an iconic Australian batter as their #3 05:55 Smith, Root or Ponting? 08:57 Kevin Pietersen, Ashes Legend 11:18 The boys build out their middle order 13:27 Picking wicket keepers 15:30 The boys discuss their lower batting order 17:23 Rash & Woakes debate their bowling attack 18:10 40 wickets in one Ashes series!? 19:23 Discussion on pace bowlers 21:22 Picking number 10 for their ultimate Ashes XI 23:12 Broad vs Cummins 24:13 Do Brett Lee and Starc make the cut? 26:20 Ponting vs Smith 29:40 Final squads 30:16 Final Questions on the two teams Available on ALL podcast networks & YouTube! FOLLOW BEARD BEFORE WICKET ON SOCIAL 👇🏏 Instagram @beardbeforewicket TikTok @beardbeforewicket #cricket #theashes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.