The Ashes | 2025-26 | 5 tests | Nov 21 to Jan 08 | Discussion Thread

[Suhaan]

https://youtube.com/shorts/iYW6skjE7xc?si=nbaK18bAQBkizQ8v

[Nikola]

Mark Wood & Hazlewood out of the ashes. They are frequently injured these days, and considering both are around 35-36, they may also retire.

[Serpico]

1 hour ago, Nikola said:

Mark Wood & Hazlewood out of the ashes. They are frequently injured these days, and considering both are around 35-36, they may also retire.

Hazelwood is on 295 wickets. He will come back for sure

[sage]

 

 

england wants an SOS call too

[vvvslaxman]

Henry blofeld . Anyone remember him?

 

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

12 hours ago, Nikola said:

Mark Wood & Hazlewood out of the ashes. They are frequently injured these days, and considering both are around 35-36, they may also retire.

Josh has two injuries. So they are letting him prepare for world  T20

[AKane]

Except for one Stokes spell  6-1-23-5 in Test 1 innings 1,  the English bowling has been toothless.

 

Archer, Gussy boy and Carse are wandering and bowling somewhere.... Archer with his pillows and all.

 

If you are going to depend on Stokes to do the heavy lifting(bowling wise), you have a problem. England did that in the India tests too. Last 3 innings with no/little Stokes, the Indian batting benefited. 

 

Edited December 9, 2025 by AKane

[vvvslaxman]

Wish we had a captain like Steve SMith. 

[Suhaan]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Wish we had a captain like Steve SMith. 

Pantatunga ?it is out of his league

Edited December 10, 2025 by Suhaan

[Serpico]

6 hours ago, Suhaan said:

Pantatunga ?it is out of his league

not amount of captaincy will make Siraj bowl like Starc or Boland. Smith is managing better personnel who are in career peak form, and he is doing a good job of it, but I don't think he is brining that much extra out of them. When the same Starc was out of form we all know what Smith ended up doing so let's have some perspective here

[Suhaan]

23 minutes ago, Serpico said:

not amount of captaincy will make Siraj bowl like Starc or Boland. Smith is managing better personnel who are in career peak form, and he is doing a good job of it, but I don't think he is brining that much extra out of them. When the same Starc was out of form we all know what Smith ended up doing so let's have some perspective here

Smith wouldn't have never given an extended spell to spinners like Pant did in the first test 

[diga]

16 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Henry blofeld . Anyone remember him?

 

 

 

Roving eye blofield... Just used to hunt pretty girls during Sharjah commentary 

[vvvslaxman]

Watching now is a wholesome.exeprience. precision execution planning  what a top notch individual performance. 

 

 

[Lord]

5 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Watching now is a wholesome.exeprience. precision execution planning  what a top notch individual performance. 

 

 

 

If certain someone didnt come back and Bumrah stayed captain, we might have won the series

[Cloud9]

30 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

If certain someone didnt come back and Bumrah stayed captain, we might have won the series

If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

[Lord]

42 minutes ago, Cloud9 said:

If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

That's your personal problem

[putrevus]

On 12/9/2025 at 6:41 AM, sage said:

 

 

england wants an SOS call too

Anderson with his control and ability with pink ball would have done better than all England bowlers even now.

 

Opting for youngsters is fine but TM and captain better pray that they are doing right thing.

[putrevus]

3 hours ago, Lord said:

 

If certain someone didnt come back and Bumrah stayed captain, we might have won the series

I don't think so and did we not see that in England .

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, putrevus said:

I don't think so and did we not see that in England .

 

Aus team was much weaker than the team we played in England

[putrevus]

13 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Aus team was much weaker than the team we played in England

I don't think so, beating any Australian team is million times harder than beating best England team.

 

India had Bumrah and prayer in Australia too.