Tim Paine reveals he SOILED himself during Ashes victory at Old Trafford after falling unwell

Australian Test captain Tim Paine has revealed a dirty secret about their memorable Ashes victory in 2019… he was so desperate to secure the urn that he soiled himself.

The tourists were one wicket away from victory with time running out on the fifth day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford as dark clouds threatened to end the contest early.

But it was not just breaking the stubborn resistance of England’s last wicket partnership which was bothering Paine. 

Speaking on the Keeping it Real podcast, Paine revealed how he put his team’s fortunes before his own misfortune. 

‘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. ‘(There were) No drinks breaks left, umpires starting to talk to each other about (bad) light.

‘I just had a horrible feeling that I needed to go to the toilet … it was (a) number two and so I basically just thought, ‘Righto, can’t waste any time, I’m gonna have to (go)’.

Paine was so desperate to secure the urn that he soiled himself during the tense finale

‘I remember saying to Davey Warner, ‘I’m actually going to have to do this’, and did.’

Paine soiled himself only moments before Josh Hazelwood dismissed Craig Overton and Australia secured the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001.

‘Unfortunately, it was one of those moments where the crowd went quite quiet,’ he said. ‘Because I was a bit unwell, it was a bit runny and you could actually hear it hit the ground.

‘That ball was bowled I think by Mitch Starc to big (Craig) Overton. Luckily he didn’t edge it because myself and David Warner literally had tears in our eyes, we could not stop laughing.’

Australia celebrate after Josh Hazelwood dismissed Craig Overton to secure victory

Podcast presenter and former Victorian gloveman Darren Berry had encouraged Paine to spill the beans having been tipped off about the story.

‘So you’re telling me, the Australian captain … and no one knows this, you were squatting down behind the stumps, the Ashes about to be secured, Tim Paine soiled himself?’ he asked.

Paine answered: ‘Yep. A number of the boys do know about it, I think probably all. Certainly the slips cordon were aware of it.

‘Normally, obviously, you’d run off but, I’m not kidding, there were rain clouds everywhere, it was six or seven overs left, we were down on overs. I just thought they’re (the umpires) going to call the game off here and we’re going to get stitched-up, so I couldn’t be running off the ground.

Australia secured the Ashes on English soil at Old Trafford for the first time since 2001

‘I reckon JL (coach Justin Langer) would have knocked me out.’

As the Tasmanian explained: ‘Us wicketkeepers, it’s what we tend to do for our team.’

Even though Berry had an inkling of Paine’s toilet troubles beforehand, hearing the full extent of the 35-year-old’s awkward admission from the horse’s mouth well and truly surpassed his expectations.

‘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 sealed the story, saying: ‘Chuck, if I tell you the honest truth, the p*** was about six overs before that.’