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

[vvvslaxman]

RIp snorter from Starc

[MK55]

Duckett hammering Starc now 

[Suhaan]

Bowled,Starc went through Duckett 

[vvvslaxman]

That was some delivery. But should have bowled much sooner

[vvvslaxman]

Pinch hitter.

[MK55]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

That was some delivery. But should have bowled much sooner

He barely hit anything on stumps so far. 

[MK55]

This should be easy second wicket. McCullum is brain dead 

[Nikola]

Only reason I see smith not bowling boland is he is waiting for roller effect to go off

[MK55]

Here comes trundler Jhye. Time to smash 

[Suhaan]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

He is more accurate than a Indian Trundler though

 

Yes Indian trundlers are quite erratic for their pace,Boobie,mukesh,unadkat etc 

[MK55]

3 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Only reason I see smith not bowling boland is he is waiting for roller effect to go off

He has been poor tactically today 

[Vickydev]

If #3 was dead in test cricket, Carse about to revive it

[MK55]

Time to clean up Mr Carse

[MK55]

These commentators r so fickle. At innings break they were saying Australia favorites. And then even after just 25 runs, Warner said the game is entirely England’s to lose lol.

[diga]

8 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Pinch hitter.

Protecting their new no-3 Bethell

[Suhaan]

Wonder how many goras will criticise this pitch,this test finishes in 2 days

 

[MK55]

lol where’s Alyssa Healy? She was saying this is a good wicket. It’s supposed to be a 5 day match lol.

[Gollum]

11 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

To some extent yes, but they didn’t have luck of players of 2002-2015 who got flat pitches in almost series outside India as well.

WTC points system also deserves blame for that, you hardly see draws in world cricket these days. In 2000s, half the matches ended up as draws. Nowadays you have to do something extraordinary to secure draws, like 21 SCG, this year's Manchester test in our case. 

[Serpico]

How much do the MCG tickets cost? They have sold out first two days, almost 1 lakh sales per day.. even if its $10, they are losing out almost 30 million dollars!! 

[Suhaan]

1 minute ago, Suhaan said:

Wonder how many goras will criticise this pitch,this test finishes in 2 days

 

Actually,1 and 1/2 days