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

[Gollum]

15 overs, 87/1

 

India can't score that much in ODIs these days. 

[nitinbwj]

Eng were 100/1. Should have scored atleast 350. Lost last 9 for 100 runs. 

[nitinbwj]

Aus has a solid accumulator in Smith. Now they have Labu too. Head, Carry, Green can score fast. They haven't played another quick scorer who played against us,i don't recall his name right now. Webster I think. He is a positive allrounder too.

[raki05]

Lol looknat head how he start this chase and we had Jaiswal who shat in his pants in 2 low chase recently. Head is always bound to score in crunch situation, if Paant would have chased so many matches in odi, t20 and test cricket the 2 pant bhakt on forum would have taken entire icf on guilt trip , actually they do even when pant dont perform for 10 innings.

[putrevus]

3 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Lol looknat head how he start this chase and we had Jaiswal who shat in his pants in 2 low chase recently. Head is always bound to score in crunch situation, if Paant would have chased so many matches in odi, t20 and test cricket the 2 pant bhakt on forum would have taken entire icf on guilt trip , actually they do even when pant dont perform for 10 innings.

Jaiswal is very new and you are expecting him to match Head. How did Head do in 2018 series against India.

 

 

Edited November 22, 2025 by putrevus

[Gollum]

See how ball stops doing things when batsmen are on the attack, because bowlers lose their rhythm, go into run saving mode. Our maharathis go into a shell and ball does all sorts of crazy stuff. 

[ravishingravi]

Love the Aussie commentators. Especially. Mark Waugh. He really wants good cricket even if from opposition. 

[Gollum]

Outrageous batting by Head. 

[Gollum]

Credit to skipper Smith for this gambit. 

[Gollum]

100 up in 16.3 overs, over 6 rpo. 

 

And another 4. 

[Vickydev]

1 minute ago, raki05 said:

Lol looknat head how he start this chase and we had Jaiswal who shat in his pants in 2 low chase recently. Head is always bound to score in crunch situation, if Paant would have chased so many matches in odi, t20 and test cricket the 2 pant bhakt on forum would have taken entire icf on guilt trip , actually they do even when pant dont perform for 10 innings.

Jaiswal cant do what Head is doing here because he has a genuine weakness on back of a length deliveries outside off.

 

His best bet is leaving them, when he tries scoring off them early in the innings he struggles...its not going to help when we are trying to knock runs off quickly against quality pace

[putrevus]

Stokes great captaincy is being exposed, he is not facing Jadeja who wanted to score 60 runs in 60 overs.

[Gollum]

17 runs by Head in that Stokes over. He has broken the backs of Poms. 

[goose]

this is going to be such a punch in the guts for eng

 

[ravishingravi]

Replace Usman with Marsh. They have good bowling and getting option then. 

[Gollum]

68*(50). This is better than what Viru did in 2008 Chennai. Much tougher pitch this, against a top attack. 

[ravishingravi]

1 minute ago, goose said:

this is going to be such a punch in the guts for eng

 

 

They have punched themselves in the face. 

[ravishingravi]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

68*(50). This is better than what Viru did in 2008 Chennai. Much tougher pitch this, against a top attack. 

 

No. That was a tough pitch. Day 5. Turning square. Monty and Swann in opposition. 

[ungboysj]

There are 3 things Aussies do better than all

 

Wickets in opening overs in white ball

4th innings chase

Winning finals and kos

[New guy]

Why can't we have Pant open when chasing difficult scores?