The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

[CROWD CHEERS]

IAN BOTHAM: There's nothing bigger
than the Ashes. I try and emphasise this.

You can play all round the world, but the
history of England-Australia is special.

Lose this game, the Ashes is over.

SHANE WARNE: Now,
Hazlewood into the attack.

[BARMY ARMY CHANTS]

Well, the atmosphere
at the ground is fantastic.

You can hear 'em cheering.
Everyone's on the edge of their seats.

CROWD: Barmy Army! Barmy Army!

Barmy Army! Barmy Army!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]



MICHAEL ATHERTON: Time is ticking away. The
lights are on. It's getting a little darker.

- [PLAYERS APPEAL]
- Oh, big shout, big shout!

He's gone!

They'll review it, obviously.

MAN: Oh, they're gonna review!
They're gonna review.

Come on, tell me something!

ANNOUNCER: Player review for lbw.
Original decision is 'out'.

- Come on.
- Please be out.

Come on.

It's gotta be out, doesn't it?

Please be hitting.

- Here we go. Big screen.
- Come on.

It's got to be out.

NARRATOR: May 3, 2018,



and Justin Langer is moments away
from being announced

as the new coach of
the Australian cricket team.

A team in repair
following a ball-tampering scandal

that led to the worst cricket crisis
in Australia's history.

Over the following 18 months,

a film crew closely follows
the Australian men's cricket team,

witnessing the highs and lows
of the long road back.

LANGER: Gonna build a team, right?
Gonna build a team out of you blokes.

Gonna keep learning every game we play.

MARCUS STOINIS: You're away from home.
Things are uncomfortable. We've lost.

If I'm being honest,
I feel shithouse right now.

MAN: We can't be flat!
And we can't be non-aggressive!

What do you reckon about the team?

I don't reckon we're really 100% set on our
batting line-up yet. That's just the truth.

TIM PAINE: We're seen as an Australian team

that's prepared to roll up their sleeves,
have a crack in any situation.

That's gonna be the way
we're gonna win our fans back.

Fuck!

Whoo!

NARRATOR: With unrestricted access, we
accompany the team to the United Kingdom...

RADIO HOST: Are you here
to restore Australia's reputation?

LANGER: I think we all are.

ADAM GILCHRIST: Just make the next delivery
the most important thing of your life,

because at that point,
nothing else matters.

...the Subcontinent...

We don't get fit to tick boxes.
We get fit for these moments.

Good, Heady!

[ALL CHEER]

...and into a Test series
against powerhouse India.

LANGER: Now, I just
want to remind everyone,

there's no room for abuse, but there's
banter, where you stick up for your mates.

This is what playing for your country
is about, boys.

We honestly... and you're the selector
thinking in your gut he's in our best six...

"You're in." We can't lose this Test match.

Through the World Cup of Cricket...

[ALL CHEER]

For me, mateship is, when you cross
that line, you're playing for each other.

RICKY PONTING: You are the
best cricket team in the tournament.

If you keep holding back and being fearful of
things, it's just gonna get harder and harder.

Let's go, boys! Have a good day!

...and into cricket's greatest rivalry -
the fight against England

for one of sport's oldest
and most revered trophies, the Ashes.

It's not every day
you play a test at Lord's, matey.

COMMENTATOR: Ooh, no!

What's the story, Bleeks?

Let's not look for soft options or excuses.
You know, we can do better.

Keep knowing that the process we've got in
place to beat these blokes is going to work.

NARRATOR: This is a story of hope...

LANGER: Who's gonna break first?
Is it gonna be us or them?

...faith...

- We've done it before. Anything is possible.
- ..and belief.

MAN: You guys, the way
you play, it's infectious.

The long and difficult journey

of trying to revive and rebuild
the pride of Australia.

LANGER: Australian cricket.
It's sort of in my DNA, isn't it?

Like, I was born into Australian cricket. I've
been watching it since I was a little kid.

I've been lucky to play for Australia.

And then to see what
happened in South Africa...

...mate, like most
Australians, my heart nearly...

It was like a physical reaction.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

COMMENTATOR: So, this is the umpires
having a chat to Cameron Bancroft.

And I think they're asking about
what he had in his pocket.

- MAN: Oh, no.
- MAN: Oh, no, mate!

Mate! What are you doing, mate?!

As soon as you saw it, you realised,
"Oh, my God. This is a moment.

"The Australian cricket team cheated."

[BBC NEWS THEME]

Australian cricket in crisis

as the ball-tampering scandal sends
shock waves through the world of sport.

Well, now to a story
that is rocking the world of cricket -

the captain and vice-captain
of the Australian team stepping down

amid a cheating scandal.

GERARD WHATELEY: It is exactly as it appears -

a day of cricket infamy for our country
not experienced since the underarm.

RADIO CALLER: I think I...
You know, I just can't believe it.

As an Australian, I'm disgusted by it.

There was a national sense of betrayal
which I'd never really experienced before,

and it goes to
the Australian cricket team is us.

How can our team be
engaged in cheating like this?

It... it beggars belief.

The ball tampering must be regarded as the
equal of any scandal in Australian sport.

All three players who have been reported
will leave South Africa tomorrow.

REPORTER: What did you say
to your teammates when you left?

[PEOPLE JEER]

LANGER: The picture of Steve Smith,

who a few months before had been... almost
touted as the new Sir Donald Bradman,

he'd just won the Ashes,
he was a great young bloke,

and they were frogmarching him
out of the country like he was a criminal.

That killed... That was...
Mate, that killed me. I didn't like that.

To see the way my old man has been...

[CAMERA SHUTTERS FIRE]

I am extremely disappointed
and regret my actions.

After viewing Steve and Cameron's hurting,
it's only fair that I make this decision.

It's the right time to step away.

I want to apologise to my family.

The impact of the sandpaper
incident in Cape Town was incredible.

They got massive penalties
from their own board - 12 months.

You lost a captain, a vice-captain,
an opening batsmen - they're all suspended.

A coach resigned.

It wasn't about damage to a ball,
it was about damage to a brand.

To see the great distress
it caused Australians

and the great distress it caused really
good people in the Australian cricket team,

and then when Darren resigned,
I knew it became real,

and I thought,
"This is an amazing project as well."

You know, one thing about human beings -
I think it's about projects.

Life is about projects.

Make Australians proud
of the Australian cricket team.

Morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us.

As you know, this morning
we've announced Justin Langer

as the new head coach
of the Australian men's cricket team.

REPORTER: Justin,
first of all, congratulations.

What would you like to change
about Australia's cricket culture?

I think one of the things that's really important
is that we keep looking to earn respect.

It's not just about how
we play our cricket,

it's also about being good citizens
and being good Australians.

Let's not underestimate how proud we
should be of Australian cricket history.

Not many countries have that luxury,
and we should draw on that

and the lessons and the great history
we've got in Australian cricket.

RADIO HOST: Our big news as we mentioned
at the top of the program -

Justin Langer has been announced
coach of the Australian men's cricket team.

LANGER: It's really funny, 'cause I walked
outside after the press conference

and they asked to take a few photos
in the alleyway,

and it was one of those
magic moments in your life

where I was sort of,
"I can't believe this is happening to me."

I'm still pinching myself.

It's like when you get your baggy green cap
for the first time.

That's the dream, you know?
It's all happening.

And then 24 hours later, you're facing the West
Indies and getting smacked all round the place,

but that's the reality.

WOMAN: Sweet! Thank you.

- WOMAN: You want to go on the swing?
- CHILD: Swing.

TIM PAINE: Coming home from
South Africa was... it was difficult.

Being given the captaincy was a huge shock

and the circumstances to get it as well
were really difficult.

It wasn't great to see the team being
sort of... dragged through the mud

and some of your teammates and good mates
having a really difficult time.

I made a decision to just try and do
the best I can, to be myself.

I shouldn't change, sort of, the way I am
and the way I go about things.

I've been playing at
university since I was 12.

Dad was a wicket-keeper.

Dad's dad - so, my grandad and dad -
were both wicket-keepers,

so I think that's where I got that from.

Well, he was the vice-president
last time I checked, my dad, John.

But actually played a game down here
on Saturday and he was in behind the bar.

So, he's one of those blokes,
you can't get rid of him.

I think my mum just sends him here
to get him out of the house.

Becoming Australian captain was
never something that I even dreamed of.

Even when I was playing for Australia,
I never thought about captaining Australia.

If I'd known these blokes were here,
I would have brought my gear!

What's going on?

Righto, one ball.
Get you out like I always do.

Whilst people like to say it's the most important
job outside of the prime minister and whatnot,

at the end of the day,
I'm captaining a cricket team -

I have to, sort of, lead by example.

I have to change
bowlers, I have to set fields.

And I try and keep it that simple.

Ohh, shot, mate.

And outside of the cricket thing,
I try and be myself as much as I can.

LANGER: I sent a WhatsApp message
to all the boys last night.

'Cause one of the questions I asked them
was basically, "Are you in?"

Because there's only one Australian cricket
team. There's only 11 blokes who can get picked.

If you want to buy into the values and
buy into the behaviours we're expecting,

that's what I'm interested in.

And after the WhatsApp, within about...

...I don't know, 10 minutes,

I reckon I had 20 messages going, "I'm
in. Thumbs up. I'm in. I'm in. I'm in."

I remember getting it sitting in the hotel
and I thought,

"Well, so I'm the new captain.
I'm in. I'm certainly in."

'Cause I was pumped and I was loving
the direction he wanted to take it.

We sat down at the Centre of Excellence and
went through all of the expectations on us.

It wasn't a lot about cricket
and how we're gonna play it,

it was about how we behave,

and it was sort of centred around us
becoming Australia's heroes again.

LANGER: Righto. Day one, right?

There's no better practice
than centre wicket practice.

We can spend all the time in the nets...

We're gonna walk in,
the guys who are going to England,

we're gonna walk into the cauldron,
I'm telling you.

They've played three
months of cricket already.

A lot of us have played none.
A few of the boys have played IPL.

Every single opportunity we get out here
to be ready,

and we've got to be ready, OK?

They're the number one team in the world at
the moment. They've played a lot of cricket.

PAINE: Oh, that's gorgeous bowling.

Again. Lovely, mate.

Beautiful hop. Bowling, Stoin.

Travie, brilliant, mate! Good boy, Travie!

AARON FINCH: Yeah, his first chat to the
group up in Brisbane was a very strong one.

Guys left that meeting going, "Right, this is
gonna be a good challenge. It's gonna be good fun.

"It's gonna be hard work.
We're gonna train hard, we'll play hard."

But there was no doubt where we stood
and what the expectations were.

PETER SIDDLE: If anyone
was gonna take over a job,

he's the right man to actually come in
at that stage, I think, you know?

He's a strong character.

Hey, guys. Hey, guys. Hey, guys.
Hey, Crash. How are you going, mate?

Hey.

Justin. How are you? Nice to...

Justin. How are you,
mate? How are you going?

REPORTER: There was a story
in today's paper about...

LANGER: One thing I'm learning about being an
Australian coach is everyone's got an opinion.

Mate, and if we try and appease all
the masses, it's never gonna happen.

So my job is to put together a team of men,
a team of cricketers,

who can be successful
on and off the cricket field

and get on well,
'cause you're on the road a lot together.

So this is another opportunity to start
building that team that's gonna be successful.

I remember leaving the Brisbane camp and we're
heading over to England for the one-day series.

Wasn't the best start,
actually, to my captaincy,

because I'd got to the airport, we were about
to fly out, I think it was about midnight,

and Frankie Dimasi, our
security manager, said,

"Now, can everyone just check that you've
got your passports before we get on the bus?"

Blah, blah, blah. I said, "Yep. Got the
passport, Frankie. We're all good to go.

I get to the airport,
I'm about to check in...

...get my passport out to give it to
the girl behind the counter at Qantas,

and I've got my...
12-month-old daughter's passport.

So, it wasn't the greatest start.

We flew into London and took
off as a group to the Western Front,

which... I think a lot of the guys
weren't quite sure what to expect.

We're going to Lille in France,
better known as the Western Front.

We had around a quarter of a million soldiers
over there and we lost about 46,000 of them.

It was a big deal for our country.
It changed our country.

LANGER: You talk about humility
and you talk about big picture,

mate, it was an unbelievable experience.

PAINE: I think it was perfect timing when
you did have a new coach and a lot of change

and we could go as a group
and spend some time together

and also learn a bit about our country
and what guys our age had been through

and realise how fortunate we are.

MAN: Where you're stood now,
you're on the highest part of the Somme.

More Australians died here
than any other battlefield in history.

All those things that we know about
being Australians, that Anzac spirit,

is like... it wasn't lost on us.

MAN: On the walls behind us are 1,200 names
of the Australians that are missing here.

Each one's got a story.

Some, we'll know, and some, we won't.

These men aren't missing.
These men are here.

Each one known and remembered to us.

Read the words the mother wrote.

MAN: Uh, "I'm alright, Mother. Cheerio."

The last words she heard her boy say.

LANGER: People ask, "Why do you do that?"
I think it's to give us perspective.

We're actually representing Australia here.

It's not just about being great cricketers.
It's about being a great person.

Really important.

The second night, Gavin Dovey, our manager,
he says, "I've got a gift for everyone,"

and I'm going, "What?
You've got a gift for everyone?"

And he hands me an envelope

and he hands every player
and every staff member an envelope.

And when I looked at it, I went...

..."That's my dad's writing."

I'm looking around and all the boys
have got this envelope, right?

So then I open it up,
and my mum died a year ago, right,

and there's this picture of my mum sitting
on my lap with my old Australian blazer on,

and then a letter from my dad.

Why he's proud of me
for being an Australian cricketer.

And he went round the whole room, mate.
And it was an unbelievable experience.

You've got grown men
bawling their eyes out, mate.

I knew that was a special moment.

But that was from Lille
- that's the start of it -

to us hopefully holding up the World Cup
at Lord's.

That'd be a great story.

- A bit cool today.
- MAN: Oh!

A bit cool today.

Alright, boys, before you start with Kell, I want
you in there as players, a real tight-knit group.

Just jog a little slow lap together, OK?

Start thinking this is the team
we're building to 14 July next year.

Real close. Nice, slow jog together.

NATHAN LYON: Sometimes it can take a little
bit of time to get used to a new head coach.

They usually come in and just sit back
a little bit and just see how things go,

then they'll start to put their spin
on a few things.

But one thing with JL is
just how passionate he is.

To see a past player or a
legend of the game hold the reins

and has the passion that he has for it,
it's, yeah, pretty special.

LANGER: One of the benefits I've got
as a coach is I've lived in their shoes.

So I know how hard the game is.
I'll never forget how hard the game is.

I've experienced debut,

whether it's for WA
or A-grade cricket or Test cricket.

I've experienced the ups and downs
of success and failure.

I've experienced what it's like to be away
from your home for long periods of time.

I've experienced what it's like to retire.

So that's helped me become a better coach.

TONY GREIG: Oh, he's gone for it.
This could be 100!

He's hit it for six! What a way to go!

Justin Langer has
smashed it to the boundary...

He's played 100 Test matches.
Amazing cricketer. Made runs for fun.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

That's it. That's three 100s
in three consecutive Test matches.

BILL LAWRY: Goes for it, and he goes long.

And that's a magnificent double 100
for Justin Langer.

He's had something about him,
an aura and a presence,

even as a young player
coming at a big occasion,

and he just had a bit of mongrel, I guess,
inside of him, the way he played the game.

You know, fiercely determined,
he trained really hard.

Nothing was ever handed to him.
He had to work really hard for it.

PETER LALOR: JL played every Test thinking
it could be his last if he stuffed up,

because he was in one
of those gold-plated eras.

I don't think he had much experience
with a team that lost.

He was used to a team that won. The
team that he played in won all the time.

[ALL CHEER WILDLY]

PAT CUMMINS: The team he played in
is one of the great teams ever,

so, yeah, I find myself asking questions
of, what did Glenn McGrath do here?

What did Warnie do here?
What did Ponting do here?

You know, what were your tactics here?

'Cause that's the perfect template
of what you want to be as a team.

We know that the press over here is
ruthless, OK? So, that's OK. We know it.

We know the crowds over here can be
absolutely ruthless. That's OK. We know that.

So, it's gonna be white noise to us, OK?

Make the right decisions
on the field and off the field.

That's just white noise to us.

But on the field, they're looking for us
to slip up as well.

There's something that we want to
talk about, have a conversation about.

There's abuse and there's banter. OK?

How about this for an idea? Painey, Finchy?

From this day forward, no more abuse.
No more abuse.

Simple.

Oh, what does that mean,
Jhye? It's common sense.

There's no abuse. OK? Simple.

Would that be a fair team standard for us?

- What do you reckon, Finchy?
- Yep.

What do you reckon,
Ag? Pretty simple, isn't it?

But I'll tell you what I do want to see -
I want to see plenty of banter.

I see plenty of fun and plenty of talk.

If I play cards with my kids,
there's plenty of banter.

I've watched you guys play cards for
the last tour. There's plenty of banter.

- FINCH: There's a bit of abuse as well, though.
- [LAUGHTER]

It was borderline abuse.
You're friends, OK?

So if it's friends, you can sort of…
But you know what I'm saying?

We're great cricketers and good people, OK?

We can still be fierce
and we can still fight, mate.

That's what we're about.
That's what Australians do.

But we can still be good blokes.

All culture is is behaviour,

so we've got to make sure our behaviours are
really good on the field and off the field.

If we've got good behaviours, then
we've got a good culture and environment

for all our young blokes to thrive
and become as good a player as they…

...and as good a people as they can become.

ENGLISH REPORTER: Are you here
to restore Australia's reputation?

I think we all are.

What happened in South Africa has probably
changed the way cricket will be played a lot

in terms of ball management

and in terms of how the teams sort of
interact and speak to each other on the field.

One thing I do know is
that I've heard a lot about,

"Oh, we need to start playing like New
Zealand," or, "We've got to…da da da."

I go, "What are you talking about? No, no,
we've got to keep playing like Australia.

"And we've got to learn."

We've got a very, very proud history of
Australian cricket, and we never forget that.

Let's learn from a dumb mistake.

You know, a rough little period, you'd say,
but let's learn from it

and let's make sure we get better from it.

COMMENTATOR: There's
six changes for Australia.

No Warner, no Smith, no Mitch Marsh.

No Starc, no Zampa, no Hazlewood,
no Cummins as well.

AARON FINCH: There was a real…

...a real excitement, real…

"We are missing a couple of players
and a few of our brothers are down,

"but we can win this tour."

COMMENTATOR: Temperature in the mid-20s.
A nice, gentle breeze. No chance of rain.

Two very good sides.

Got him! The perfect start for England!

MAN: Catch!

Finch goes!

Oh, he's bowled him!

Well, terrific from Moeen Ali. He's picked
up Finch first of all, and now Marsh.

No way! That's barely believable.

It's so unlike like Tim Paine.

Marcus Stoinis.

- [PLAYERS APPEAL]
- Gone.

England all over Australia here.
They're five down.

[CHEERING]

Good catch.

So, this has been
a good performance from England.

A disappointing one for Australia.

The Australians now have to bowl out of
their skin here at the Oval against England

to defend a total of 214.

Michael Neser on debut.

Crutched away from Jonny Bairstow.

Past fine leg for four.
Morgan off the mark.

Joe Root, beautiful cover drive.

Well, they can't stop the runs coming
at the moment.

Well, he's got under that one
and he's played it nicely.

Runs required for England are below 50.

And there you go. That's the way
to win a game and beat Australia.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

REPORTER: Is there any disappointment towards
the suspended players that aren't here?

Because obviously they
would improve your top five

and they're not here because of
things of their own doing.

No.

LANGER: Get in, get around him!

Catch. Attention to detail! Come on!

- That's it.
- Nice, Max.

Well done. That's four.

Ohh!

LANGER: When you build a foundation, it
takes work, it takes time, it takes patience,

because you can't get a kid who just comes in
being the finished product of Ricky Ponting.

We all want it.

'Cause in this day and age, they
all get paid a lot of money, so you go,

"Oh, well, the expectations are really high
and the pressure is really high

"because you get paid well.

"You should be able to bat like
Ricky Ponting when you're 22."

No, no, no, that's not how life works.
That is not how it works.

I knew, as a batsman,
if I got balanced in my stance

and I saw the ball out of the
bowler's hand, everything would be OK.

So, that's process.

So, as a coach, I'm very much about

just get the preparation right,
get the processes right.

The great players just concentrate
every single ball.

Every great Australian player has been great
at the process of the next ball. That's all.

It's the easiest way to get 100.
It's the easiest way for us to get 320.

Australia make their way down the stairs.
They are ready for action.

They need to bounce back, and
bounce back quickly. Five-match series.

Shot.

Oh, up and over.

And again.

Another boundary for England.

What a shot that is. That is pretty good.

They were playing as well
as I think any cricket team ever has,

and I think what you saw there
was two cricket teams

at completely different stages
of their development as teams.

That's another one.

Pushed down the leg side,
and that's hit Tim Paine right in the face.

Yeah, I just remember
crouching down to pick it up.

I thought it was sort of just gonna be
a pretty regulation take

and it sort of got me right in the top half
of the mouth and nose and…

Yeah, I've sort of always been brought up
in a way that you just…you get on with it.

Tim Paine actually
looks like he's OK again.

Now, he's a tough customer,
the Australian captain.

We were getting smacked
around the park a bit,

yeah, so I don't think
it would have been a great look

for our captain to go off the ground
'cause he's copped a blow to the lip.

That's beautifully
played again. Another six.

342/8. England's highest one-day
international score against Australia.

England was playing unbelievable cricket
and we were playing average cricket.

LANGER: It was a bit like
my first baptism of fire.

Go to England, we take on the best team in the
world in one-day cricket and we get smashed.

Got to keep a brave face.

I, at times, wear my heart on my sleeve,
so it can get emotional when you're losing.

Righto.

Um, first, I want to say to Painey,

you're the captain of the team,
you've got a hole hanging out of your face,

and you kept going
for... 15 overs, 20 overs.

Right? Respect. Well done.

And then you go and take that brilliant
catch. Your keeping was brilliant.

But fuckin' respect, mate.

Unless you're injured,
unless you fuckin' can't play,

I don't want to hear from anyone,
"I've got a little fuckin' niggle."

Got a fuckin' niggle?
Think about what he did today.

Think about what we saw in France. Right?

So, your captain showed it today. Right?

And I've got to see more of that
in this dressing-room, OK?

Represent the Australian cricket team.

Hardcore. Well done. Respect.
That's the standard we're talking about.

Marshy, great knock.

Aggers, I thought you had a good game
as well again, mate.

I thought Richo as well.
How many games have you played?

Two. So, your second game?

Well done. Good job.

Righto, that's the good stuff.

One of the things I said three weeks ago - one
of our expectations is we keep things simple.

So many of you guys have got
so many fucking theories.

You've got fuckin' theories
coming out of your fuckin' brain.

None of you are good
enough to have theories yet.

Concentrate on the next ball. OK? Concentrate
on your technique, concentrate on the next ball.

Concentrate on competing.

Do that better, we'll be OK. Alright?

The fielding today was
fuckin' shithouse slack!

No wonder we've won three in the last 16!

I can be all nice. I've
been nice for three weeks.

But, you know, how we're
playing at the moment...

I know we lack a bit of experience
and we're playing against a very good team.

They're a very good team.

They're playing with confidence. Alright?

So, yeah, we've got to get better, but…

We've got to get better.

Alright.

Up to that stage, he was being
a really nurturing, really coaching coach,

and then, when he saw that sort of display,

I think he picked his time pretty well
to show the other side,

that he is a really
passionate sort of coach,

and I think it's important
to show that at times.

Alright, give me some honest feedback
about what I said in the room last night.

I know Gilly thought I was probably...
he was a bit surprised by it.

Um... Punter were a bit surprised.

Any other feedback?

Honest feedback?

Coming where you've come from in the last
two to three weeks, I think it was good.

Because I think you've been giving them
some good support and care

and you just made sure
that they weren't taking that for granted.

And... so, in that sense,
I think it was really good.

Mate, I'm all for that.

I'm all for honest feedback
in the direction of blokes

if you think you're gonna hit the right
chord and get a response from them.

If you think you're gonna get a positive
response from the guys by doing that,

then, by all means, go
ahead and keep doing it.

But it sounds like everyone else that's been
around thought it was the right time, so, great.

Like, our training, our preparation,

we're trying different things with the
spinners, we're trying to challenge them,

help them under pressure, get their
basics right, drilling all these things.

Once we come to the game,
to get their intensity and attitude right,

and they back off and go, "Ooh,
fuck. Can Sakes do it? Can Ricky do it?

"Who's gonna win it for us?" Rather than…

We've got no-one just to get the group
bonding. You know what I'm saying?

What I don't want this group to become is really
good preparers and not great game players.

So, that's where we try and work out how we
get that killer instinct on match day, yeah.

And that'll come with experience too, to be
fair, but you don't just give it to them.

What I'm hearing is, process-wise…

...we feel like we're going alright.
Am I reading that wrong?

Like, we feel that process and…

...some of the things that you've actually
talked about wanting to see, versus outcome,

we're starting to see some shift.

- Is that fair?
- Yeah, I... Yep. Yep.

We can't then sit around a table

and be quite, sort of, harsh
on performance assessments

in the here and now, then.

Yeah, that's right. That's
why I've got to keep…

What will be really key is, I can't be
saying about process, process, process

and be affected by us losing two games.

Yeah, I agree 100% with that.

But it's still emotional about losing,
because we want to win, don't we?

I think this team just
needs a little win, eh?

Come on, Australia!

MICHAEL ATHERTON: It's a game
you've got to win.

How easy is it for you at the moment
to balance winning games

with the developmental side of things?

PAINE: We certainly want to win
every game we're playing.

We're not using the old, you know,
"where this team's at" as an excuse.

We've been beaten by a better side
and outplayed in the first two contests.

So we know where we've got to improve

and, as I said before the series,
we're here to win.

DAVID LLOYD: Jhye Richardson.

Pavilion end.

That's come on nicely.

Where's that gone?

IAN BOTHAM: Went for
six over square leg, Bumble.

ATHERTON: Ooh! What a shot!

That might be out of the ground.

BOTHAM: Probably six more.

ATHERTON: It just
looks so easy for Bairstow.

BOTHAM: That's, uh, eight.

Oh!

That's huge!

Leg side. That's six more!

This is remarkable here at Trent Bridge.
It really is.

England are thinking of 500 at this stage.

Leg side. And that is the record,
the world record.

LLOYD: England's largest victory margin
in one-day international cricket...

...and Australia's heaviest defeat.

PAINE: When you get belted like that
for 490-something,

you know, it is very hard
for an experienced cricketer to take,

let alone a guy who's in their second,
third or fourth ODI in England.

Yeah, I just thought it was important that
I went over as captain and supported them.

When you get beaten as badly as we did -
we got smacked -

it's always tough to... tough to take.

COMMENTATOR: Oh, close. That's very close.

That's absolutely plumb.

[SHOUTS]
Fuck!

Everyone's different.
Everyone shows emotions different.

At the end of the day, you're gonna fail
with cricket sometimes and miss out

and people will come in and sit down
for two minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes.

When you're going through it all,
it always feels worse.

Being away from your family,

losing, getting... copping it in the crowd.

[CROWD CHANTS]

But that was a tough tour.
That was a really tough tour.

England win comfortably.
They go 4-0 up in the series.

You'd lose and then you'd go have a meeting
discussing how you've lost,

and then you'd watch
tapes of how you get out,

and then you watch tapes
of them hitting you for six,

and then you go to training again,

and you're like, "This just keeps going.
This is a nightmare that I can't break."

You're away from home.
Things are uncomfortable. We've lost.

If I'm being honest, I
feel shithouse right now.

We were sort of an inexperienced team
in foreign conditions

and it was a testing time...

...because of what had happened, I guess,

and we were getting watched probably
differently and more intently than we ever had.

As we've spoken about, we've come here
with an inexperienced team.

We've got to make sure that we make this
a positive in the long run.

So, it's got to hurt if
we're getting belted,

but we've got to learn and we've got to
be able to then move past it, be confident.

Stick to these things
we're gonna come up with,

and know that if we
do it, in 12 months' time,

that this can be a very,
very good cricket team.

I don't think it's our preparation.
The messaging, the planning's there.

It's just the skill... the
skill's just not there.

It's way off.

HADDIN: I think it comes down to
wanting to be in that contest.

But we talk a lot about it.

It's the same as our batting,
to get to 410, I think.

Fielding reflects your attitude of how much you
want to make a difference in the environment.

And I question a lot of them whether
they want to make a difference out there.

The first thing a fielder does now
is just goes like that.

Puts his hand up straightaway.

Maybe we say that we don't do that anymore.

So, the guys in the ring, you don't put your
hand up and wait for someone else to get it.

- You can get it yourself.
- Yeah.

LANGER: We're so lucky in Australian
cricket, we've got so many great players.

Punter and Gilly are, like,
mate, they're such good counsel for me.

Courage is rolling your sleeves up
and finding some solutions.

And that's why I love bringing
some of my old mates back in

or people I've admired so deeply
in Australian cricket,

'cause they're here to help us
find some solutions.

They're not here to smash us.

Just to talk to them.
They're the best coaches in the world.

They're the best
psychologists in the world.

They've been through it.
They know what we're talking about.

I think what we've gotta get to
with our inner-ring fielding stuff

is every... every single,
if a ball gets hit past you,

or someone gets a single to you,

take... take that as a loss.

We've lost the contest then.

If the ball's anywhere near you
and they get a single,

it's your job to not let them get a single.

Right? So you've lost.
So that's 1-0 to the batsman.

You ain't gonna get it if you go like that
straightaway, I can guarantee you.

And there's no reason why we can't just be
a little bit hungrier.

Be on the move
when the ball's being hit.

Be in an active, powerful
position every ball.

Every ball.
Because you might just get a runner.

The angle that you create
might just stop something.

You might get a one-handed catch

that you wouldn't get
'cause you're not normally going that way.

Let's... let's take all that on board.

Let's just try and find ways to be better
and do it.

Do it. Alright? Own it. Own your patch.

LANGER: I think just to have those guys
who deeply care about Australian cricket,

they're good for our
young guys to learn from.

Don't get hung up on thinking

that tomorrow's the day that you can do it
and make the statement,

and then away you go.

You know, the ultimate base camp's
winning a World Cup.

That... You're not gonna do that tomorrow.

Just make the next delivery
the most important thing of your life.

Not just in your cricketing life - the most
important thing in your life at that point.

Because at that point,
nothing else matters.

LANGER: You talk to Steve Waugh
or Ricky Ponting or Matthew Hayden

or Greg Chappell or Ian Chappell,
they'll all tell you the same thing -

stick to the process.

Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne -
stick to the process, you'll be OK.

And it's the hardest thing to learn.

[CROWD CHEERS]

DAVID LLOYD: Done! What a day for England!

Absolutely magnificent!

And it's England 5-0!

WHATELEY: For Australia to
lose 5-0 to England, that's a wound.

That's a wound felt
right around the country.

And to be hit so hard

by the country where we
measure ourselves most,

that was a pretty brutal blow.

LANGER: I know the learnings from that is that
it might not have gone to plan at the time,

but these guys will be
better for the experience.

They'll learn from it.

We'll keep building our depth from that.

But it hurts losing, I mean... [CHUCKLES]
..especially to England.

And the great thing is that the World Cup
is 12 months from that... that series

and we've got a lot of time to build to it.

LANGER: Righto, crew, just to
wrap it up, um, end of the series.

We've had an amazing, sort of, few weeks,
when you think about where we started.

We went to France and
Belgium. It was incredible.

So, that's... there's
building blocks there.

Uh... it's been a really tough tour.

I really appreciate everyone's efforts.

I think everyone's worked hard,
everyone's prepared hard,

everyone's done everything
that's been asked of them.

We just couldn't get
the results on the field.

Um... the only thing I'd say, though, is...

...don't think it's OK.

Don't think it's OK to lose 5-0 to England.

'Cause the truth is it's not.

NARRATOR: Next on The Test...

[YELLS]

FINCH: Something that
I'd dreamed about forever.

For the last 20 times in Australian
cricket, we've had 20 batting collapses!

They might put 10 blokes around you.
"This isn't gonna suit my fuckin' style."

You've got to deal with it.

Am I actually gonna make a Test run here?

It doesn't matter whether you know
you can do it, you still gotta do it.

COMMENTATOR: What a knock under pressure.
He's absolutely loving it.

LANGER: That's just the facts.
We can't sugar-coat shit.