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

[Vickydev]

English bowlers give nothing away whatsoever. Scoring is going to be tough for the Australians..and its absolutely relentless

[ravishingravi]

2 minutes ago, Vickydev said:

English bowlers give nothing away whatsoever. Scoring is going to be tough for the Australians..and its absolutely relentless

 

Seems very similar to 2011

[Forward Defence]

Archer bowling slower than usual

[Gollum]

Lyon bowled 2 overs this test, none in 2nd innings. Waste selection. 

[Gollum]

2 overs of spin this entire test. That too with a modern era great with 560 test wickets. Pitch should be more balanced. 

[Lone Wolf]

Good tactical decision to open with Head in a 200 chase

 His cameo can be match defining 

[Gollum]

Good, confident start by Aussies. Anyway I think their key batsman here will be Carey, coming in against the older ball. 

[Gollum]

India would have been 15/4 here. 

[Gollum]

Head 6

[Nikola]

England need to get travis head and Australia will collapse quickly

[helperononline]

Easy win for Australia with head top scoring 

[MK55]

I’m expect a 6 wicket easy victory 

[Gollum]

Turning out to be a masterstroke.

[Lone Wolf]

 

[rkt.india]

16 minutes ago, Gollum said:

2 overs of spin this entire test. That too with a modern era great with 560 test wickets. Pitch should be more balanced. 

It's Perth. Don't expect spin here. This is the nature of Perth pitches.

[putrevus]

Head bats without fear of failure. When you have that attitude, you are bound to do well.

[Tillu]

Head is a very intelligent batsma. He doesn't throw around his bat at everything. Jaiswal was supposed to play like this in our opening match. All the incoming batsmen will grow in confidence when your opening batsmen provide such a good platform.

[Sgattick10]

Masterstroke by Aussies to let Head open 

[putrevus]

Openers play such important role is 4th innings chases.

[Gollum]

Head is a mental monster. Under pressure or in big games, there is no one remotely close to him in world cricket. 

 

No wonder he brutalized us in WTC and WC finals. 

Edited November 22, 2025 by Gollum