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

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Ridiculously tough pitch where Bumrah and Siraj were impossible to dismiss?

Lords?  India just had to see off 20 overs. Then pitch became flat. 

[MK55]

Lack of 50 extra runs was the difference 

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

These are lottery pitches. Can't read too much into them. 

 

Gabba and Adelaide tracks were absolutely fine.

 

England can be convincingly beaten on such tracks 

 

Green made a meal of it by standing in strange batting positions. Unnecessarily he was walking down. Those were nothign deliveries.

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Ridiculously tough pitch where Bumrah and Siraj were impossible to dismiss?

Against the old ball. Not in the first 40 overs when the ball was near impossible to play 

[Gollum]

Stokes can't score here also? With 10 runs left to get? What sort of joke of a batsman has this guy turned into? 

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

 

Green made a meal of it by standing in strange batting positions. Unnecessarily he was walking down. Those were nothign deliveries.

Even if Green was rubbish, he's not the reason they are losing. 

[vvvslaxman]

Australia pushed their luck with this pitch.  Cummins, Josh, Lyon all out. So they had to make their ordinary bowlers look good. In the end they ended up making their bowlers look good.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Even if Green was rubbish, he's not the reason they are losing. 

Most of them were making exaggerated movements needlessly. Steve smith did the same. Another 70 runs they are in the game plus Boland bowling early.

[Lone Wolf]

4 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

No. That had become a ridiculously tough pitch. This pitch is easing out. 

After seeing Siraj who is a rabbit defending that easily Indians definately had no plans at all.

It was standard 4th inns pitch imo.. no actual demons as such 

[Gollum]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Against the old ball. Not in the first 40 overs when the ball was near impossible to play 

No need of making excuses for our mental midgets. We have just 2 successful 150+ chases in the last 10 years. 

[Nikola]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Australia pushed their luck with this pitch.  Cummins, Josh, Lyon all out. So they had to make their ordinary bowlers look good. In the end they ended up making their bowlers look good.

Australia won the first two tests without them as well. They got the pitch wrong this time and will pay the price for it, which might affect their WTC points.

[MK55]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Stokes can't score here also? With 10 runs left to get? What sort of joke of a batsman has this guy turned into? 

I had a feeling you were gonna comment on his dismissal 

[Nikhil_cric]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Most of them were making exaggerated movements needlessly. Steve smith did the same. Another 70 runs they are in the game plus Boland bowling early.

It's inconsequential. When the ball is seaming like it was, no technique will work 

[MK55]

Starc with the quickest delivery of the match lol

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

After seeing Siraj who is a rabbit defending that easily Indians definately had no plans at all.

It was standard 4th inns pitch imo.. no actual demons as such 

Plenty of uneven bounce and lateral movement for the first 40 overs. 

[Lone Wolf]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

Australia pushed their luck with this pitch.  Cummins, Josh, Lyon all out. So they had to make their ordinary bowlers look good. In the end they ended up making their bowlers look good.

Their batting was definitely weaker suit.

Poms failed to exploit it.

In this Game they had the buffer of no Cummins & lyon and made it count 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

No need of making excuses for our mental midgets. We have just 2 successful 150+ chases in the last 10 years. 

That may or may not be the case but I don't think on that Lords pitch it was necessarily an excuse. 

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

It's inconsequential. When the ball is seaming like it was, no technique will work 

It was tough. but not tough enough to be losing that many wickets in such a short span of time. 

[Nikola]

England wins finally. Bazball is alive 

Edited December 27, 2025 by Nikola

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

Their batting was definitely weaker suit.

Poms failed to exploit it.

In this Game they had the buffer of no Cummins & lyon and made it count 

Carey didn't bail them out. That is another reason.