The Ashes: Top 5 moments at the Gabba

#3 Hussain's disastrous call

Nasser Hussain made one of the worst tactical blunders in Ashes history

In the 2002/03 series, Nasser Hussain arrived in the middle of the Gabba. Upon seeing a green surface, he fell for the trap and sent the home side into bat. The England captain went on to rue his decision as Australia ended the day at 364/2.

Even though they were eventually dismissed for 492, the Aussies crushed the visitors by a landslide margin of 384 runs. England did manage to win the final Test of the series. However, they were not able to prevent an eighth successive Ashes series defeat.

Hussain handed over the captaincy to Michael Vaughan the next year and retired from international cricket soon after. It was not until the 2010/11 Ashes series that England broke their 24-year drought in Australia.