CRICKET
1993
The Ashes - Australia @ England - A review of the series that launched the international career of Aussie Spin Bowler Shane Warne. The Aussies successfully defended the Ashes with a 4-1-1 series win. Coverage includes interviews with players involved + action from each test, including Warnes' "Ball of the Century" in the 1st Test (10, 50 minutes ESPN Classic re-broadcast, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
2005
Ashes 5th Test - Australia @ England - England needed a win or a draw to win back the Ashes for the 1st time since 1989. England started strong on the 1st day, but were bowled out quickly on the 2nd day. Australia took control on the 2nd day but England, and especially Andrew Flintoff. bowled superbly on the 3rd day. Australia, and especially Shane Warne (in his last Ashes test in the UK) decimated the England 2nd Innings attack during the rain-affected 4th day. England batsman Kevin Pietersen steadied the ship on the decisive 5th day and Australia had no time left to win the game with their 2nd innings batting. Bad light ended play and England had won (9, 21 Discs, CH4 - , PAL)
2009
Ashes 2nd Test - Australia @ England - England took a 1-0 series lead with their 1st win over Australia at Lords for 75 years. The heroes for England were captain Andrew Strauss, who hit 161 runs in the 1st innings to give England the initiative, and bowler Andrew Flintoff who took 5 wickets for 92 runs in the 2nd innings (10, 2 hour hi-lites of all 5 days, 1 Disc, CH5, PAL)
Ashes 5th Test - Australia @ England - On an emotional day at the Oval, England regained the Ashes with a 197-run win over Australia. The Aussies needed 546 runs to win as they started their 2nd innings but on the 4th day England's bowlers finally ended the fight with all 10 wickets. Bowlers Graeme Swann (4 wickets), Steve Harmison (3 wickets) and Stuart Broad (1 wicket) did the damage and Andrew Flintoff contributed with a run-out in his last test match for England. Also includes "How the Ashes was won", a 40 minute look at all 5 tests (10, 3 hour 35 minute hi-lites of all 4 days, 3 Discs, CH5, PAL)
2010
Twenty20 World Cup Final - England v Australia - England finally won their first ever limited-overs competition and did it against their biggest rivals, the Aussies. England were chasing an Australian total of 147-6 and easily reached it with big games from Craig Kieswetter (63 runs) and Kevin Pietersen (47 runs). Ryan Sidebottom did the damage with the ball, taking early Australian wickets and captain Paul Collingwood pulled off a great catch to dismiss Aussie captain Michael Clarke. Coverage includes Pre-Game and Post-Game (10, 1 Disc, SKY - Lloyd/Chappell/Hussain/Shastri/Bishop, PAL)
2010/11
Ashes 2nd Test, 5th Day - England @ Australia - England claimed the opening win of the series with a big final day in Adelaide. Australia started the day 238-4, 137 runs behind England. England needed to bowl out the Aussies to take the win and needed to do it quick as rain was forecast. Led by James Anderson and Graeme Swann, England took the final 5 wickets for 66 runs and claimed the win. The victory for England was their 100th Test victory against Australia, their first win against them by an innings for 24 years, and their first win in Adelaide since 1995 (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of Day 5, 1 Disc, ITV - Benaud/Chappell/Lawry/Grieg/Slater/Warne/Taylor/Nicholas/Healy, PAL)
Ashes 4th Test - England @ Australia - In Melbourne, England inflicted an innings loss on the Aussies to retain the Ashes, their 1st successful defense in Australia for 24 years. On the 1st day, England bowled out the Aussies for 98 runs then posted 157-0 before close of play. Days 2 and 3 saw England take control as they scored 513 runs for a commanding lead. To finish Day 3 the England bowling attack attacked Australia and left them at 169-6 before finishing off the tail-enders on Day 4 to claim the Ashes. The heroes for England were bowlers James Anderson, Chris Tremlett and Graeme Swann and batsmen Jonathan Trott and Alistair Cook (10, 45 minutes hi-lites per day, 2 Discs, ITV - Benaud/Chappell/Lawry/Grieg/Slater/Warne/Taylor/Nicholas/Healy, PAL)
Ashes 5th Test - England @ Australia - England finished off the Ashes series with a comfortable win in Sydney and claimed their 1st series win in Australia for 24 years. Australia started brightly, rolling up 280 runs in their 1st inning but the bowlers had no luck against the English batsmen as the tourists scored a record 644 runs, with 3 different players scoring centuries (Alistair Cook, Ian Bell and Matthew Prior). The demoralised Aussies then folded in their 2nd innings, scoring only 281 runs as James Anderson and Chris Tremlett each bagged 3 wickets, and the English claimed the historic win. The man-of-the-series was English batsmen Alistair Cook who scored 766 runs in the 5 tests (10, 45 minutes hi-lites per day, 3 Discs, ITV - Benaud/Chappell/Lawry/Grieg/Slater/Warne/Taylor/Nicholas/Healy, PAL)
Twenty20 Game 1 - England @ Australia - On a record setting day in Adelaide, England sensationally beat the Aussies with the last ball of the game. Australia set a score of 158 with Shane Watson in great form, scoring 59 runs including 26 runs in 1 over (3 sixes, a 4 and 2 doubles). England countered with big hits of their own from Ian Bell (27 runs) and Eoin Morgan (43 runs) but after a run of wickets, they found themselves needing 4 runs from the final over with no wickets remaining. Chris Woakes, on debut, finally hit the game winning run with the final ball to extend England's unbeaten streak in Twenty20 matchplay to a record 8 games (10, 45 minutes hi-lites on the same disc as Day 5 of the 5th Test, 1 Disc, ITV - Benaud/Chappell/Lawry/Grieg/Slater/Warne/Taylor/Nicholas/Healy, PAL)
2011
ICC World Cup - Hi-Lites of all the England matches + both Semi-Finals and the Final (10, 4 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Disc 1
Group B - England beat Netherlands - 296/4 to 292/6 (30 mins hi-lites)
Group B - England tied India - 338 runs each (1 hour hi-lites)
Group B - England lost to Ireland - 329/7 to 327/8 (30 mins hi-lites)
Disc 2
Group B - England beat South Africa - 171 all out to 165 all out (48 mins hi-lites)
Group B - England lost to Bangladesh - 227/8 to 225 all out (30 mins hi-lites)
Group B - England beat West Indies - 243 all out to 225 all out (30 mins hi-lites)
Disc 3
Quarter Final - England lost to Sri Lanka - 231-0 to 229-6 (1 hour hi-lites)
Semi-Final 1 - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand - 220-5 to 217 all out (1 hour hi-lites)
Disc 4
Semi-Final 2 - India beat Pakistan - 260-9 to 231 all out (1 hour hi-lites)
Final - India beat Sri Lanka - 277-4 to 274-6 (1 hour hi-lites)
Botham : The Legend of 81 - A retrospective look at the 1981 Ashes 3rd test, where England all-rounder Ian Botham turned in one of the greatest ever performances by an England player. The programme also includes interviews with friends, family and former players + coverage of the 1981 and 1986 Ashes tests (10, 1 hour, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
2013
Gayle Force: The Fastest Ton In History - ITV looks back at Chris Gayle's record-breaking innings in the Indian Premier League, which saw him score 175 not out off just 66 balls for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a match against the Pune Warriors. That score by the West Indian was the highest ever recorded in the Twenty20 format of the game, and also featured the fastest century ever recorded in any format, with his first 100 runs being scored off 30 deliveries. Coverage is the full Royal Challengers Bangalore innings only (10, 50 minutes, 1 Disc, ITV, PAL)
Ashes 1st Test - Australia @ England - England opened the Ashes series with a sensational win at Trent Bridge. Underdog Australia needed 137 runs on the final day to win the game, and pulled within 14 runs before James Anderson claimed their final wicket (and his 10th in the match) to win the game for England. The final out was only decided after a TV review (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 3 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Martyn, PAL)
Ashes 2nd Test - Australia @ England - England ran out to a 2-0 series lead with a dominating win by 347 runs in the 2nd test. England bowled out the Aussies on Day 4 to clinch the win. The stars for England were Ian Bell (109 runs in the 1st Inning), Joe Root (180 runs in the 2nd Innings) and spinner Graeme Swann (9 wickets) (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Martyn, PAL)
Ashes 3rd Test - Australia @ England - At Old Trafford, England retained the Ashes despite being outplayed by the Aussies. Rain proved to be England's saviour as Australia needed to bowl out England on the final day to win. But, with the Aussies on fire and England suffering at 37-3, the rain came after the Lunch break and washed out the day. The weather ruined a great match from Aussie captain Michael Clarke (187 runs in the 1st inning) and from bowler Peter Siddle (5 wickets) (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 3 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Martyn/Hughes, PAL)
Ashes 4th Test - Australia @ England - At the Durham ICG, England clinched the series in dramatic fashion in 4 days. Australia needed 299 runs in the final 1.5 days of play and looked on course to take the win with openers David Warner (71) and Chris Rogers (49) in fine form. But after both players were dismissed at 168-2, England bowlers Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann terrorised the Aussies and rattled off 8 wickets for 56 runs to claim the win. England also got another great performance from Ian Bell (113 in the 2nd innings) (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Martyn/Hughes, PAL)
Ashes 5th Test - Australia @ England - England ended the Ashes series in controversial circumstances with a drawn 5th Test. Australia looked well on their way to a 1st win after a 1st innings score of 492, but a washed-out 4th day meant that Australia needed to get England back in to bat on the last day to stand a chance of avoiding the draw. Set a target of 227 in 40 overs to win, England came out firing and moved to 206-5 when the umpires stopped play for bad light. Sensing an unthinkable 4-0 series loss, Aussie captain Michael Clarke took his team from the field and the umpires declared a draw. Australia had big games with the bat from Shane Watson (176 runs) and Steve Smith (138 runs) and with the ball from debutant James Faulkner (6 wickets). England's Ian Bell was named "Man of the Series". Coverage also includes SKY Sports News post-game including the lifting of the Urn (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of days 1, 3 and 5 with 5 minute hi-lites of days 2 and 4, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Martyn/Hughes, PAL)
2014
3rd One Day International - Sri Lanka @ England - England recovered from their record defeat to Sri Lanka 3 days earlier with a record-setting performance of their own at Old Trafford. England bowled out the visitors for 67 runs in 24 overs then scored 73-0 in 12 overs to win the match. The win was England's quickest ever ODI win. The man-of-the-match was Chris Jordan who took 5 wickets for 29 runs and he was supported by batsmen Alistair Cook and Ian Bell, with Bell hitting 41 runs (10, 45 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott/Hughes, PAL)
2015
ICC World Cup - Hi-Lites of both Semi-Finals and the Final (10, 2 Discs, ITV, PAL)
Disc 1
Semi-Final 1 - New Zealand beat South Africa - 299-6 to 281-5 (45 minutes hi-lites)
Semi-Final 2 - Australia beat India - 328-7 to 233 all out (45 minutes hi-lites)
Disc 2
Final - Australia beat New Zealand - 186-3 to 183 all out (45 minutes hi-lites)
Ashes 1st Test - Australia @ England - England opened the Ashes series with a dominating win in Cardiff. The home side won by 169 runs after bowling out the Australians on the 4th day. The man-of-the-match was Joe Root who set the tone with a 1st innings score of 134 runs then contributed with the ball, taking 2 wickets and 2 catches. Bowler Stuart Broad had a big game too, taking 5 wickets over the 2 innings (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Taylor/Boycott/Nicholas/Vaughan/Hughes, PAL)
Ashes 3rd Test - Australia @ England - England re-claimed the series lead with a dominating performance in Edgbaston. England dominated the game with their bowling, knocking out the Aussies in 3 days, led by Steven Finn who took 8-117 over the 2 innings (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Slater/Boycott/Nicholas/Vaughan/Hughes, PAL)
Ashes 4th Test - Australia @ England - In the sun at Trent Bridge, England turned in one of the great Ashes performances to beat Australia in 3 days by an innings and 78 runs, giving themselves an unassailable 3-1 series lead. The damage was done on the 1st day when England bowled out Australia for just 60 runs. England replied with 391-9 dec., then bowled out the Aussies for 253 runs to win the match. The stars for England were bowler Stuart Broad who took 5-15 in the 1st inning and 5-36 in the 2nd inning, and Joe Root who scored 130 runs to give England the decisive edge in the match (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Slater/Boycott/Nicholas/Vaughan/Hughes, PAL)
Ashes 5th Test - Australia @ England - Australia salvaged some pride from the series, winning the 5th test at The Oval by an innings and 46 runs. The Australian batsman finally backed up their bowlers, setting a 1st inning target of 481 runs. The bowlers then dismissed the English for 149 and then 286 to end the series with a 3-2 defeat. Steve Smith led the batsmen with 143 runs while the wickets were spread between Peter Siddle (4), Nathan Lyon (4) and Mitchell Marsh (5) (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Healy/Boycott/Nicholas/Vaughan/Hughes, PAL)
2016
3rd One Day International - Pakistan @ England - On a record-breaking day at Trent Bridge, England clinched the One Day series over Pakistan, 3-0. England posted the highest ever one-day international total (444 runs), batsman Alex Hales struck an England record 171 runs and Jos Buttler made England's fastest ever 50 from only 22 balls. Pakistan attempted to chase down the total but the England bowling attack stood firm and bowled out the visitors for 275 runs, with Chris Woakes taking 4 wickets for 41 runs (10, 47 minutes h-lites, 1 Disc, CH5 - Nicholas/Vaughan/Boycott, PAL)
2019
ICC World Cup - Hi-Lites of all the England matches + both Semi-Finals and the Final (10, 6 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Disc 1
Group Stage - England beat South Africa - 311/8 to 207 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Group Stage - England lost to Pakistan - 348/8 to 334/9 (45 mins hi-lites)
Disc 2
Group Stage - England beat Bangladesh - 386/6 to 280 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Group Stage - England beat West Indies - 213/2 to 212 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Disc 3
Group Stage - England beat Afghanistan - 397/6 to 247/8 (45 mins hi-lites)
Group Stage - England lost to Sri Lanka - 232/9 to 212 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Disc 4
Group Stage - England lost to Australia - 285/7 to 221 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Group Stage - England beat India - 337/7 to 306/5 (45 mins hi-lites)
Disc 5
Group Stage - England beat New Zealand - 305/8 to 186 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Semi-Final - New Zealand beat India - 239/8 to 221 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Disc 6
Semi-Final - England beat Australia - 226/2 to 223 all out (45 mins hi-lites)
Final - England beat New Zealand - 241 all out to 241/8 (45 mins hi-lites)
Super Over - 15/0 v 15/1
England win on the Boundary count back rule (26/17)
ICC World Cup - England v New Zealand - In arguably the greatest Cricket Final ever, England won their first World Cup with a sensational win at Lords. After a very tense 50 overs each, both teams were tied at 241 runs each. A "Super Over" was needed but even after that, the teams were tied. As a result, the result went to the 3rd tiebreaker : Most boundaries scored in the game. England led that statistic 27-16 and therefore won the game. The hero for England was batsman Ben Stokes, who top-scored with 84 not out, and rescued England by scoring 14 runs off the final over to force the "Super Over" (10, Full Channel 4 Coverage - Commercial free, 7 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Ashes 2005 : The Greatest Series - The story of the 2005 Ashes series between England and Australia, told from the players themselves. Mixed in with archive footage are interviews with Michael Vaughan, Simon Jones, Ashley Giles, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss and Shane Warne (10, 46 minutes, 1 Disc, Channel 4, PAL)
2019
Ashes 2nd Test - Australia @ England - England overcame the loss of the 1st Test with a tough, well-earned draw at Lord's. Both sides bowling attacks were on fire as England debuted fast-bowler Jofra Archer and he responded with 2 wickets in the 1st innings and 3 wickets in the 2nd innings. He was also responsible for a devastating bouncer that knocked Australia's star batsman Steve Smith out of the game with concussion. Having to bat 48 overs on the final day to save the game, Australia reached 132-3 in the 36th over, only to lose three wickets for 17 runs in the next five overs with Archer and Jack Leach leading the charge. With the light fading and the tension rising, England huffed and puffed but Aussie batsmen Travis Head and Pat Cummins saw the tourists to 154-6 to tie the match. England also featured a great batting attack from Ben Stokes, who scored 115 runs in the 2nd inning to give England a chance at a result (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Boycott/Vaughan/Johnson/Mitchell, PAL)
Ashes 3rd Test - Australia @ England - With England staring down the barrel of a lost Ashes series, England all-rounder Ben Stokes put in one of the greatest test innings of all time at Headingley to win the game and keep England's Ashes dream alive. After being bowled out for 67 runs in the 1st inning, England were given a 2nd innings run chase of 359 to win. After a strong start, on the final day the wickets started to fall with Ben Stokes the only constant. When he was joined by the last man Jack Leach, England still needed 73 runs to win. Miraculously, through a combination of awesome shot selection and great defensive batting from Leach, Stokes scored 72 of the 73 runs needed to win the game (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Boycott/Vaughan/Johnson/Mitchell, PAL)
Ashes 5th Test - Australia @ England - Despite losing the Ashes in the 4th test, England ended the series on a high with a 135 run defeat of Australia at the Oval to tie the series 2-2. England set Australia 399 runs to win in their 2nd innings and never gave the Aussies a sniff, bowling them out for 263 runs. The stars for England were Joe Denly (94 runs in the 2nd innings), Stuart Broad (4 wickets in the 2nd innings) and Jofra Archer (6 wickets in the 1st inning). The man-of-the-series award went to Aussie batsman Steve Smith who scored an amazing 774 runs over the 5 tests (10, 45 minutes hi-lites of each day, 2 Discs, Channel 5 - Nicholas/Boycott/Vaughan/Johnson/Mitchell, PAL)
2021
4th Test - India @ Australia - In the series decider at The Gabba, India stunned Australia on the final day with a record-breaking innings to win the game and an unlikely series victory, 2-1. India were missing most of their star players, including captain Virat Kohli, most of their fast bowlers and their top 2 spin bowlers, Ashwin and Jadeja, and found themselves needing 328 to win the game, a Brisbane record run-chase. But led by Shubman Gill (91) and Rishabh Pant (89), India got home with 3 overs to spare and inflicted on Australia their first defeat at the Gabba since 1988 (9, 1 hour 39 minutes Hi-Lites, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Howard/Gilchrist/Guha/M.Waugh/Warne/Hussey/Border/O'Keeffe/Lee/Bhogle, PAL)
India @ Australia : Series Review - In one of the greatest Test series ever, an under-strength India team overcame a shocking start to the series to win the 4-Test series 2-1. Australia won the 1st test after bowling out India for a record-low 36 runs, but India fought back to take the 2nd Test. The 3rd Test was drawn, setting up a winner-takes-all 4th Test. The hosts ran up a 327-run 2nd innings lead but India sensationally fought back to win the game and the series, despite missing several top players to injury or absence. Australia featured Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Tim Paine, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyons. India featured Shubman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja but captain Virat Kohli only played the 1st Test (9, 1 hour 41 minutes, 1 Disc, BT Sport, PAL)
2024
1st Test - England @ India - In a record-setting game in Hyderabad, England, led by Captain Ben Stokes, started their Test tour with a surprise win. The loss was India's first Test defeat at the venue. England fell behind by 190 runs in the first inning, but led by Ollie Pope (196 runs) and test debutant Tom Hartley (7 wickets for 62 runs), England dominated the 2nd innings and held on in the final over to take the win (9, 1 hour 40 minutes Hi-Lites, 1 Disc, TNT - Bhogle/Shastri/M.Kartik/Gavaskar/D.Karthik/Pietersen/Morgan, PAL)