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

[VT87]

People are wearing coats and jackets .is not suppose to summer in Australia? please some one explain

[Lone Wolf]

25 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

My favourite pacer to watch in last U19 WC.

That trio will be world beaters by 22-23 years of age.

[kosingh]

Howie and O'Keefe are terrible. Their version of Murali Kartik and Deep Das Gupta

[Ultimate_Game]

Look at Boland's accuracy. Keeps on hitting the same area on the pitch. Compare it to our pacers who are all over from length as well as line standpoint.

[Ultimate_Game]

19 minutes ago, The Realist said:

 

Washed up. 36. Hand eye coordination shot. Tubby.

 

Can't be any worse than this lot

[Gollum]

These kind of pitches are garbage. Where is the fun if 20 wickets fall on day 1? Even our rank turners see at max 14-15 wickets falling per day. 

 

Perth and this venue should get lowest possible rating but we know how biased ICC is. 

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, Chalks said:

Delete England.

To think we were more competitive than this rabble twelve months ago, and that Australia were lucky to win 3-1 then.

Actually Aussies should have won 4-1 against us, but for weather. 

[Gollum]

Adelaide pitch was perfect, ideal test match wicket. 

 

2/4 pitches absolutely garbage. Not a good advertisement for test cricket. 

[Suhaan]

49 minutes ago, speed_thrills said:

This Richardson guy barely crosses 135 kmph and listed as Right arm fast. What scam is this?

Used to bowl 140+ 10 years ago,being Aussie he always starts as Right Arm Fast

But Varun Aaron and Umesh were labelled as right arm fast medium around websites/broadcasters

[Suhaan]

18 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

My favourite pacer to watch in last U19 WC.

That trio will be world beaters by 22-23 years of age.

He's not tall 

[deepdynamo]

Boland as nightwatchman opener, crazy!

[Gollum]

Feel for Kohli. No doubt he was poor post pandemic, but playing on the shitty pitches vs NZ (final 2 tests, Bengaluru was fine and Kohli even made a solid 70 in 2nd innings) and Aus in his final stretch, odds were stacked against him. I don't know how anyone can score on these Aussie pitches tbh, far cry from their pattas from 10-20 years back. 

 

If we had Kohli instead of a joker like Sai in Eng and RSA, we would have done better. If Sai plays one more test in his life, BCCI HQ should be gheraod. 

 

If only Kohli had played the home series against Poms, he could have extended his career and scored 10k runs. 

Edited December 26, 2025 by Gollum

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, speed_thrills said:

This Richardson guy barely crosses 135 kmph and listed as Right arm fast. What scam is this?

Used to be fast once. Injuries derailed him.

[Talkie]

1 hour ago, Lone Wolf said:

They should get their U19 quicks in there,  Beardman, Vidler.

They would have blown poms away by now

There is a Lance Morris in their domestic circuit. Out due to back surgery. 

[vvvslaxman]

[Stan AF]

Watching ashes is a waste of time. Too much hype for this one sided drivel. I mean why does england even go there in the first place.

 

ICC should consider banning this. It's pointless to award free test wins to Australia. 

[G_B_]

Pretty disgraceful pitch. Mcg needs to be docked. Groundsman said it will get harder to bat on...looks like 2 day finish in cards

 

What were england thinking with a 22 year old newbie on this deck in front of a 90k crowd coming in at 3.... Baz has lost it.

 

 

[The Hound]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

So they have a Gambhir of their own 

Bethell doesn't bats above 5 in FC, has no hundreds and averages around 26 but is a #3 in test team here. 

There are players averaging 45+ not in consideration because they don't bat at 80+ strike rate in FC. 

[The Hound]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

So they have a Gambhir of their own 

Bethell doesn't bats above 5 in FC, has no hundreds and averages around 26 but is a #3 in test team here. 

There are players averaging 45+ not in consideration because they don't bat at 80+ strike rate in FC. 

[The Hound]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

So they have a Gambhir of their own 

Bethell doesn't bats above 5 in FC, has no hundreds and averages around 26 but is a #3 in test team here. 

There are players averaging 45+ not in consideration because they don't bat at 80+ strike rate in FC.