“At least let us land Glenn” - Stuart Broad responds to Glenn McGrath’s 5-0 Ashes prediction

Former England seamer and commentator, Stuart Broad, has responded to former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath’s blunt Ashes 2025-26 prediction of Australia winning it by 5-0 in Australia later this year.

Speaking on BBC Radio, McGrath, who usually stays away from series predictions, had predicted that Australia would be whitewashing England in the forthcoming Ashes by 5-0, scheduled to start on November 21.

“It’s very rare for me to make a prediction, isn’t it? And I can’t make a different one – 5-0. I’m very confident with our team. When you’ve got Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon firing in their home conditions, it’s going to be pretty tough. Plus, that track record England have had, it’d be interesting to see if they can win a Test,” McGrath had said on ‘BBC Radio’.

Responding to McGrath’s claims, Broad responded, “It’s August!! At least let us land Glenn!”. 

Prior to this, David Warner and Broad got involved in a tussle. While Warner stated that Joe Root will have a lot of nightmares of Josh Hazlewood ahead of the Ashes, Broad responded by asserting that the Aussie pacer got Root LBW only on three instances.

"The big anchor there is Rooty, who is yet to score a hundred in Australia. Josh Hazlewood tends to have his number quite a lot. He'll have to take the surfboard off his front leg," Warner told BBC Sport.

"I've never heard of England's best-ever batter's front pad called a surfboard. Just for clarity. Hazlewood has got Rooty LBW in Test cricket three times. Three," Broad posted on X.

Speaking about Root’s record in Australia, in 14 Tests, he could score only 892 runs at an average of 35.68 with nine fifty-plus scores, failing to score a century, which involves two ducks.

It’s worth noting that England haven’t won a Test in Australia since the 2010-11 Ashes series when Andrew Strauss led them to a series win by 3-1. Since that series, England suffered two whitewashes in the Ashes 2006-07, 2013-14, and a 0-4 defeat in the Ashes 2017-18.

In the most recent Ashes series in 2023 in England, the hosts drew the series 2-2, but they haven’t held the urn since 2015.

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