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

[Ultimate_Game]

Boland gets Brook just as I expected!

[Suhaan]

2 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

That was before Pant's car accident. Post his comeback Pant has looked quite skittish at the wkt. He has started getting out for 40s and 50s when he used to score 100s before his accident.

Pantatunga needs free space,even he knows his place is under constant threat

[Suhaan]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Vaughan was going "Thisi s where bazball works very well. But not many can bat like Brook though" 

 

2 balls later leg before 

They should tape his mouth and place him in comm box only allow hand gestures,comedian that he is,will be more entertaining then

[Lone Wolf]

MCG has become a nightmarish pitch to bat across formats now.

 

Eng let Neser score way too many.

[Ultimate_Game]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Vaughan was going "Thisi s where bazball works very well. But not many can bat like Brook though" 

 

2 balls later leg before 

 

What a shameless moron. Getting white-washed and lost the series within 11 days and still trumping up bazball 

 

Fun fact - Eng hasn't beaten any top opponent home or away playing Bazball. They drew at home with India twice, drew at home against Aussies and were thrashed by both India and Aussies away. The only thing Bazball has resulted in is minnow-bashing which you could do anyway.

[Ultimate_Game]

3 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Pantatunga needs free space,even he knows his place is under constant threat

 

But he hasn't looked the same. Looks more stocky and immobile, and his batting is more tentative. Pre-meditates a lot as well post his accident when earlier he used to look much more solid early on and used to attack after he was settled. Hope he reinvents himself and goes back to his original pre-accident game 

[Lone Wolf]

8 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Without Cummins, Josh they should not have rolled out a green top. It has brought England into the equation.

MCG is always a green top these days 

Even in T20s

[Nikola]

Brook is true bazball agent. Doesn't change his approach no matter how badly he fails. Others are pretenders.

[Ultimate_Game]

Boland will run through the lower order. Lucky that Hazlewood is out injured coz Hazlewood and Boland together here would've bundled out England for around 80 on this pitch.

[speed_thrills]

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

[vvvslaxman]

6 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

What a shameless moron. Getting white-washed and lost the series within 11 days and still trumping up bazball 

 

Fun fact - Eng hasn't beaten any top opponent home or away playing Bazball. They drew at home with India twice, drew at home against Aussies and were thrashed by both India and Aussies away. The only thing Bazball has resulted in is minnow-bashing which you could do anyway.

Constantly gloating, hyping about bazball. THis is called normal counter attacking cricket. Kapil dev, botham did in the 80s lol He is still calling it bazball

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, speed_thrills said:

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

Painful to watch. The under-19 bowlers bowl at 150 clicks for them.

[Ultimate_Game]

Jamie Smith was almost crying while walking back. Reminded me of Suryavanshi when he was dismissed on his IPL debut 

[Ultimate_Game]

1 minute ago, speed_thrills said:

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

 

Rule of thumb - Any pacer from Aus, SA and Pak are deemed 'Fast' irrespective of pace while Bumrah and other Indian pacers arr deemed 'Medium; or 'Fast Medium' even at their peak when they bowled closer to 150.

[Lone Wolf]

3 minutes ago, speed_thrills said:

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

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

They would have blown poms away by now

Edited December 26, 2025 by Lone Wolf

[vvvslaxman]

Stokes is the only one plays lke old English players

[Ultimate_Game]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Constantly gloating, hyping about bazball. THis is called normal counter attacking cricket. Kapil dev, botham did in the 80s lol He is still calling it bazball

 

Jaiswal and Pant do it almost every time they bat, and Sehwag actually changed how openers bat in Tests! Sehwag was the true revolutionary and if he were English they would be writing books on him and calling him greater than Bradman.

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

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

They would have blown poms away by now

 

[Talkie]

Brook is the stupidest batsman to average 50, ever. 

[vvvslaxman]

This Jhy richardson can't even find accuracy at this pace