# Darren Gough's Ashes - McCullum Backs Batters As England Prepare For Must-Win Ashes Test!

An episode of [Following On: talkSPORT's cricket show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1101136985), 15 Dec 2025, 1 h 18 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/cricketweekpodcast/e/693f5a039278bf5c1c059c7a/media.mp3

Jon Norman is joined by the former England bowler Darren Gough to look ahead to the third Ashes Test between Australia and England, which starts in Adelaide on Tuesday night in the UK. They hear from Brendon McCullum, who has backed his Top 7 to come good and discuss any possible changes they'll make to the bowling attack for this week's Test. Double Ashes winner Steve Harmison discusses what next for Mark Wood's career after he picked up yet another injury to rule him out of the entire series. Australian Cricket Writer Bharat Sundaresan discusses the big stories out of the Australia camp ahead of this series, and debates if Usman Khawaja will come back into the side. Plus, they get the latest from talkSPORT's man in Adelaide, Cameron Ponsonby, and they discuss reasons to be optimistic as an England fan ahead of the third Test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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