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

[diga]

Pope runs out of rope... quite a few adjectives on his reckless batting. End of the road for him probably

[pkmmamks]

Can England bat the day

[Tillu]

English players are ashamed, they might lose by an innings and playing slowly. They will go back to bazball once innings loss is averted.

[Lord]

looks like Aus missing Lyon

[Lord]

13 minutes ago, Tillu said:

English players are ashamed, they might lose by an innings and playing slowly. They will go back to bazball once innings loss is averted.

and this period is where they are most successful

[cowboysfan]

Just now, Lord said:

looks like Aus missing Lyon

seriously,if Jacks can turn the ball than Lyon would have cleaned up inept England by now.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, cowboysfan said:

seriously,if Jacks can turn the ball than Lyon would have cleaned up inept England by now.

 

yep especially with their approach. He is master in inducing false shot

[vvvslaxman]

Now they both bat like Pujara. They might as well have done this right through this test. lol

[vvvslaxman]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

yep especially with their approach. He is master in inducing false shot

Lyon being an offie can pose problem for Stokes.  He has decent record against Stokes

 

[vvvslaxman]

Just give the ball to Travis Head.

[Lone Wolf]

5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Now they both bat like Pujara. They might as well have done this right through this test. lol

Batting like Pujara in night time is futile...

 

Australians bowled better than English Pacers throughout the game.

Edited December 7, 2025 by Lone Wolf

[Nikhil_cric]

11 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Now they both bat like Pujara. They might as well have done this right through this test. lol

You can't do it in the night session. You'll get one with your name on it. 

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

You can't do it in the night session. You'll get one with your name on it. 

 

 

This pitch was okay most of the time. Australia did make 150 runs for 3 wicket in the final session when they batted.

[vvvslaxman]

Why can't they try Head

[Gollum]

Even in worst case scenario, target won't be above 150. It is already 2-0 to Australia. 

[cowboysfan]

why are we playing a T20 game in Dharmsala in December and that too at  7 pm,its going to be single digit weather up there.

[Nikhil_cric]

20 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

This pitch was okay most of the time. Australia did make 150 runs for 3 wicket in the final session when they batted.

That was against the older pink ball. England had to bat against the newish pink ball in the night session. 

 

That's the toughest combination to face for batsmen.

 

30+ overs ball during daytime is very easy for batsmen as we are seeing now and as we saw yesterday

 

[Tillu]

Still 11 overs for the new ball. Stokes need to start whooping the ball.

[Gollum]

23 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

why are we playing a T20 game in Dharmsala in December and that too at  7 pm,its going to be single digit weather up there.

At this point I am 100% sure they just throw darts at the board randomly when it comes to venue selection, schedules. Be happy we don't have a stadium in Cherrapunji yet. 

 

Any chance of snowfall in Dharamsala @Lone Wolf? I am rooting for that to happen. 

 

Imagine the scenes if we get this, BCCI deserves only humiliation. 

 

[vvvslaxman]

13 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

That was against the older pink ball. England had to bat against the newish pink ball in the night session. 

 

That's the toughest combination to face for batsmen.

 

30+ overs ball during daytime is very easy for batsmen as we are seeing now and as we saw yesterday

 

Most of the dismissals were due to atrocious shots. Ollie pope was trying desperately get out so many times before succumbing to it. There was nothing unplayable there.