The Edgbaston Ashes Test of 2005 will forever live in cricketing folklore as one of the great finishes to a match and the player central to the climax was Australia fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz.

The Queenslander joins Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger to recall that epic series, why he was told he "saved Test cricket", playing with Shane Warne and how that '05 contest is remembered.

EPISODE INDEX:

03:15 - Aussies start T20 series strongly

10:20 - Return of the Champions League?

15:30 - Runs and runs for Australia A

20:05 - Kasprowicz interview begins

32:00 - How Kaspa saved Test cricket

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Adam Burnett and Josh Schonafinger join host Louis Cameron in the England dressing rooms to belt out ‘Underneath the Southern Cross’ after one too many Fosters.

While they were down there, they also re-lived the first Test of the epic 2005 Ashes series, where Australian hubris surely peaked.

Today, July 21, marks 20 years since the famous contest began, and this is the first edition of a five-part series where we walk you through the battle Test-by-Test.

EPISODE INDEX:

12.26 – England’s statement of intent with the ball that left Hayden, Langer and Ponting bloodied and bruised

22:07 – Why Beverley from Bristol ensured this was the last Test series in England to see play begin at 10.30am instead of 11am

26:35 – Glenn McGrath’s special 500-wicket shoes

32:48 – Justin Langer chiding England for treating Ashes like “war”

36:30 – Selection table: Should Michael Clarke have been dropped and how close was Kevin Pietersen to not playing?

1:04:30 – The legend of the Aussies singing the team song in the England sheds

1:07:20 – The best and worst takes from this Test

1:14:32 – Rudi Koertzen’s slow finger of death

1:24:36 – Shane Warne laying the platform for an all-time tour and continue to live rent-free in England brains

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After the success of "Dod's Army" in Jamaica, is a four-pronged pace-attack an option for future Tests?

And who is putting their hand up for a spot at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka?

Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger chat through the week's cricket news in the latest TUP weekly.

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Thrilling. Scintillating. Mesmerising. The potential superlatives for that Australian bowling performance go on and on.

From Mitch Starc’s 400th Test wicket and record five-wicket haul, to Scott Boland’s centimetre-perfect hat-trick, day three in Kingston was one big highlight for the visitors. 

Jack Paynter was there at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to recap the West Indies’ lowest-ever Test score.  

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Scott Boland started things off and Alzarri Joseph finished day two in style - another fantastic day for the fast bowlers as the Frank Worrell Trophy rapidly approaches its conclusion. 

Australia hold a valuable 181-run lead but another wobbly top-order performance raises more question marks ahead of the Ashes summer.

Cameron Green was superb with the bat and to look at his innings and much more, Jack Paynter at Sabina Park joins Josh Schonafinger to discuss the day.  

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Eleven wickets for the day, eight in the final session! 

This series has been Test cricket on fast forward and day one in Kingston was no exception! 

Jack Paynter is at Sabina Park and joins Josh Schonafinger to break down Steve Smith’s clock complaint, Kevlon Anderson’s tough initiation and Mitch Starc’s signature dish. 

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The focus will rightly be on Mitch Starc this week ahead of his 100th Test match but few know him better than long-time teammate and partner in crime, Josh Hazlewood.

Hazlewood joins Jack Paynter in Jamaica to preview the milestone man in Kingston, the pink-ball factor, bowling with niggles, batting No.11 and plenty more.

EPISODE INDEX:

00:00 - Jack's update from Kingston

05:30 - Interview with Josh Hazlewood

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With Mitch Starc on the cusp of a very special 100th Test match, Kane Richardson and Josh Schonafinger look back at the career of the left-arm quick and look at what has made him so great.

Joining the show from Dallas, Texas is San Fran captain Matt Short, who has been in smoking form in the MLC and now has his side in the finals.

Plus, Wiaan Mulder's declaration, Jofra Archer's return, Hey Richo and plenty more.

EPISODE INDEX:

00:52 - Weekly winners

02:30 - To declare or not to declare

12:00 - Mitch Starc's 100th Test

24:00 - Matt Short Interview

34:30 - Jofra's back for England

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As soon as the fourth innings begun it had an air of inevitability about it... 34.3 overs later and Australia had sealed the win, by 133 runs, and the series, 2-0.

Jack Paynter is in Grenada and was there to see another dog on the field, Kraigg Brathwaite batting in sunglasses, and another clinical bowling display from the superb Australian outfit.

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