Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.

Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.

I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.

But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.

I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into

a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to

give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole

new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories

that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

Well, hello and welcome to the TMS podcast ahead of the Women's Ashes Test Match here in Melbourne,

England looking to avoid the humiliation of a 16-0 series clean sweep by Australia.

The hosts have been dominant, England dismal.

Today we ask.

The simple question, why are Australia so much better?

The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

Remember, subscribe for the Test Match Special podcast to keep up to date with everything from the women's ashes.

And if you subscribe to this podcast on BBC Sounds, make sure you have push notifications turned on in your phone setting,

then we can let you know when new episodes of Test Match Special are available. Right then,

to get stuck into it all, sitting outside a Melbourne cafe, not far from the banks of the Yarra River,

I'm joined by the World Cup winner Alex Hartley, BBC Sport Cricket Writer Theon Win,

and it's a warm welcome back to a great friend of the programme, the cricket writer Isabel Westbury.

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