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"Can't Bat, Can't Bowl, Can't Field" - England's 1986 Ashes
How a newspaper headline inspired England's cricketers to victory over Australia.
In 1986, the England cricket team got off to a disastrous start on a tour of Australia - inspiring one of the most famous headlines in cricket history. But the English team bounced back to win the Ashes series and prove their critics wrong. Robert Nicholson reports. The programme is a Whistledown Production.
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