Veteran England fast bowler Stuart Broad has claimed that Australia’s 4-0 Ashes win in the 2021-22 season doesn’t count as the real Ashes triumph and wants England to recreate the magic of the famous 2005 series.

In an interview to the Daily Mail, Broad reasoned that due to the COVID restrictions, players couldn’t socialise and practise the way they usually do, hence there was no such enthusiasm and passion keeping in mind how big Ashes has always been to both the sides.

“Nothing was harsher than the last Ashes series. But in my mind I don’t class that as a real Ashes. The definition of Ashes cricket is elite sport with lots of passion and players at the top of their game,” said Broad.

“Nothing about that series was high-level performance because of the Covid restrictions. The training facilities, the travel, not being able to socialise. I’ve written it off as a void series,” he added.

The Nottingham-born pacer expres??sed his desire to see England replicating the success of the 2005 Ashes series and inspire fans across the country. Notably, the English team regained the famous urn for the first time in 18 years in 2005 with a 2-1 series victory, which is widely rated as the best Ashes series ever played.

“I just want the whole series to grip the nation and inspire kids the way 2005 did. I want our players to take positive options at all times and if there’s a day we get bowled out for a 100, it is what it is. As long as the next day we come back with the same intent and become even more aggressive and entertain even more,” Broad added.

For the unversed, Broad has a splendid record in Ashes, as the right-arm paceman has taken 131 wickets in 35 matches with 8/15 being his best figures in an innings. Broad is the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Ashes history after Shane Warne (195), Glenn McGrath (157), and Hugh Trumble (141).

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The 2005 Ashes between England and Australia is arguabl??y the best Test series to be?? played in the history of cricket.

The second Test at Edgbaston proved to be one of the tightest matches of the series, with the see-saw battle going until the l??ast ball of the game.

One of the English cricketers who single-handedly to??ok his side to victory was all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

First, h??e bolstered the English total with his handy 68. Then, he came back to take three wickets with the ball.

With his team totter?ing at 101-7, Flintoff shepherded the Three Lions to a competit??ive total, with his precious knock of 73 off just 86 balls.

However, Freddie Flintoff recently opened up the sledging he received from the then Australian captain Ricky Ponting, wh?ile at the crease, fighting for his side.

“I can never forget Ricky Ponting in the second innings sledging me,” Flintoff spoke of the incident during the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.

“I stood there with Kevin Pietersen, he looked and he made a joke to his team going. ‘Here we go boys, look at the two superstars! They’re going to be happy with these two, aren’t they’. And it’s like ‘Jog on, Rick! Jog on,” Flintoff added.

Flintoff was unplayable in the second innings as he picked up four wickets, which included the prized scalp of Ponting, along with Justin Langer, Jason Gillespie and Shane Warne. Flintoff walked away with the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his outstanding all-round efforts.

For once, Warne’s valiant knock almost took the victory out of the jaws of England, along with Brett Lee at the other end.

The spin-wizard criticized Ponting for his decision to fi??eld first ?and conceding more than 400 runs on the very first day.

“Punter’s (Ponting) decision to bowl first was just the worst decision ever, by any captain. So take a back seat, Nas (Nasser Hussain), Punter has got your back,” Warne told foxsports.com.au.

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