Ashes Tested Every Part Of Your Game - Physically, Technically, Tactically, But Also Mentally – Jason Gillespie

Former Australian cricketer Jason Gillespie has said that the Ashes is “hard cricket” and it tests every part of a players game – physically, technically, tactically, and mentally.

Australia have taken a 2-0 lead in the ongoing Ashes 2021-22 series by winning the first game at The Gabba by 9 wickets and the second game at Adelaide Oval by 275 runs, The Joe Root-led England have to do something astonishing to make a comeback in the series otherwise the series defeat looks inevitable.

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Meanwhile, Jason Gillespie speaking on Times of India’s sports podcast – Sportscast – said that Ashes was always challenging and tough and things haven’t changed.

“Ashes was hard cricket. You speak to players who played 20 years before we did and they would say that it was challenging, it was tough.

“It tested every part of your game – physically, technically, tactically, but also mentally. And that certainly hasn’t changed. We have seen some great Ashes battles in the very recent past. We have had really great Test cricket battles between countries in the very recent past,” Gillespie said.

Further responding to a question which talked about how Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer smashed a century on his debut and said that playing Test was the thing he was waiting for the most despite having played a healthy amount of white-ball games, Jason Gillespie said that the Test cricket is still alive and it’s thriving.

” Test cricket is alive, it’s strong, it’s thriving. You only have to ask the players. As you mentioned – Shreyas Iyer – its where he wants to be – on the Test ground.

“Maybe fans, maybe sponsors out there like the shorter forms of the game, but certainly, from a players perspective – a player wants to be tested against the best. You want to play against the very best players and be tested and that’s what Test cricket is all about,” he said.

For Me, My Favourite Format Was Test Cricket –Jason Gillespie

Jason Gillespie who bagged 259 Test wickets including 65 Ashes wickets has said that Test cricket was his favourite format of the game and he will always prefer Ashes win over a World Cup win.

“For me, my favourite format was Test cricket. I always liked the long format of the game. If you have got me in a corner and say what do you prefer (between Ashes and World Cup) I would probably say Ashes. A lot of other people would say World Cup and that’s fine. That comes down to individual preference,” he stated.

He further added that both Ashes and World Cup are special for a player but he personally enjoyed playing the longest format of the game a lot that’s why “it just edges it out”.

” I just love Test cricket so much and that was something that really resonated with me. Probably because I enjoyed Test cricket more. Winning a Test series vs England was pretty special. Winning a Test series against any country was pretty special. I was very fortunate as a player to be able to do that.

“It’s very tough (to pick) because winning a World Cup is very special as well. Just representing your country is special. It’s a tough question, but because I love Ashes cricket and Test cricket so much, I would probably say that it just edges it out,” he further said.

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