Here's our favourites from a memorable 2015 Ashes series...
Sunday 23 August 2015 19:15, UK
What you talking about Willis?
With two Ashes hundreds under his belt this series pushing him to the top spot in the Test rankings, Joe Root can do no wrong... with the bat. His imitation act may need some work though. He gave us a glimpse of his 'talent' with this impression of Sky Sports' very own Bob Willis. It's fair to say Bob wasn't best pleased and has promised since to have Root back in the dock as soon as his purple patch with the bat comes to an end.
Cooky smacked in that place
In our 'We Didn't Start Start The Fire' Ashes promo before the series, one of the more memorable lines was 'Bumble smacked in that place', harking back to the moment Sky Sports' David Lloyd was caught in the unmentionables by Jeff Thomson in the 1974/75 Ashes. Alastair Cook is now the latest to be immortalised with the lyrics after he took a hit in the same region in the first Test in Cardiff. Not from a fast-bowler mind, but from a Steve Smith edge to him in the slips. He didn't receive too much sympathy, with Joe Root in particular finding it all too funny.
Wardy gets a soaking
They talk about the ball finding you in the field, well the same could be said for champagne finding Ian Ward in the England dressing-room. There to share the Ashes-winning moment with the team after their triumph at Trent Bridge, Ward was targeted by the whole team - led by Jimmy Anderson - as soon as he set foot in the door and was given a right royal soaking.
Sky's new commentary team
The Sky Sports commentary team found their doppelgangers scattered among the crowd at Edgbaston during the third Test. Some were more complimentary than others, some were uncanny, and some a bit ropey - we'll let you decide which for yourselves - but poor old Nasser's was particularly close to the bone, or to the beak!
Invisible seat at Lord's
England batsmen were dropping like flies on their way to 405-run defeat in the second Test at Lord's but they weren't the only ones to fall in the Test. A camera cutaway to the crowd captured the moment a fan fell to the floor after missing her seat. The unfortunate spectator had all eyes on her as she made her way elegantly down the Lord's steps and back to her seat, only to fall at the final, and simplest, of hurdles, drawing chuckles from the crowd, commentary box, and even the players.
