Ashes 2023: Series will be done and dusted if Oz win Lord’s Test, feels McGrath
Updated On: 29 June, 2023 07:38 AM IST | Agencies
Australia headed into the second Test at Lord’s with a 1-0 lead
Australia’s Steven Smith at Lord’s yesterday. Pics/Getty Images
Pat Cummins could win the Ashes in England, a feat that World Cup-winning captains Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke couldn’t achieve, and the ongoing series will be “done and dusted” if Australia emerge victorious in the second Test, feels ex-pacer Glenn McGrath.

Marnus Labuschagne during his 47 yesterday. Pic/AFP
Australia headed into the second Test at Lord’s with a 1-0 lead. “The last time a team came from behind to win the Ashes was in 2005, a series I was right in the thick of,” McGrath told BBC.
“We were 1-0 up heading into the second Test at Edgbaston. We lost a thrilling Test by two runs, but I will always maintain that the series would have been won had we got over the line that day. “The same is true now. If Australia win at Lord’s, the Ashes are done and dusted. If England lose, I can’t see a way that they get back into the series.”
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