In the dying stages of the riveting fourth Test, Australia needed to clean up England’s tail to secure a win and go 2-1 up in the Ashes series, but skipper Paine had something entirely different to worry about, as he confessed on the Keep it Real podcast, as quoted by news.com.au.

“I was feeling a little bit ill and there were some big, dark clouds rolling in over the grandstand and we only had about seven overs left and obviously we needed that one wicket,” Paine said. “No drinks break left, umpires starting to talk to each other about (bad) light.

Berry, who had done his research, admitted that his suspicion had been half-baked and that Paine’s admission went beyond what he’d initially thought.

“That’s better than I thought because my spy told me that he actually p***ed himself, but Painey’s gone one step further and said he actually s*** himself,” Berry said.

Paine replied: “Chuck, if I tell you the honest truth, the p*** was about six overs before that.”