Ashes 2025-26: Australia Win Brisbane Test; Heated Exchange Between Smith and Archer

The Australian team won the second match of the 2025-26 Ashes series between Australia and England, taking a 2-0 lead. For the past 13 years, the English team has been trying to win Test matches in Australia, but has failed so far. This failure is now beginning to bother the players. This was seen on day four of the Brisbane Test, where a heated dispute arose between Steve Smith and Jofra Archer. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has now responded to this issue, claiming that he would have liked to have been playing in this instance and been a part of this particular moment.

In the second match of the Ashes series, a verbal confrontation occurred between England pacer Jofra Archer and Australian captain Steve Smith. Commenting on this, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting said that when it came to speed and aggression, Archer completely failed.

On the fourth day of the Pink Ball Test match played in Brisbane, Archer bowled a fast, short ball to Smith. Smith executed a brilliant pull shot, sending the ball over the boundary. The next ball was also short, and Smith attempted to play a shot over the slip cordon, which angered Archer and Smith, who then uttered a remark to the Australian captain.