Peter Hayter recounts how a late collapse changed the historical narrative for England and their coach

Peter Hayter

Looking on: It was a nervous wait for Ashley Giles as rain fell before the start of the final

Ashley Giles knows what it is like to win big, to lose bigger and to enjoy or to endure everything else in between.
From the outrageous celebrations of the 2005 Ashes win and his full part in arguably the greatest Test series ever played here, to the moment he had to fly back from their 5-0 drubbing Down Under in 2006-07 in response to the news that his wife Stine needed surgery...