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

[nitinbwj]

Nitin Menon asks Chris Gaffaney to check. The ball goes straight into the gloves, clearly. And Snicko has a clear spike, despite what looks like a gap between bat and ball! Gaffaney goes with the technology, 

[Tillu]

England deserve this for all the ball changing they do every series.

[vvvslaxman]

Dube has longer run up than Boland

[Gollum]

Everyone can score on Bazball era English pattas. 

 

Australia is the place which shows who is who. This is why I still have high hopes on Jaiswal. For a 22 yo, 400 runs last year against full strength Aus (for me, one of the greatest bowling units ever assembled) was something which only an ATG contender could do, that too opening. If not for the MCG runout, could have been something legendary. 

 

Jaiswal had a shitty 2025, especially against Jansen at home....became more of a mental block. But hope he bounces back. Australia showed he is the best young batsman in world cricket, much ahead of FTBs Brook and Gill. Let us see what Rachin does in Aus next year, 4 test series, should be a bit easier against an even older Aus team but still. 

Edited December 18, 2025 by Gollum

[Manucrick]

1 hour ago, raki05 said:

Lol so much fuss about our icf warrior to hype root over Sachin in another thread. This guy made one century only on the pitch where starc scored 70-80. And aus scored more than 500 on flat pitch. This Root guy is stat padder even against india he scored big when conditions were flat, no matter how many century he scored he is a softie. I would say Jaiswal century at sidney was better than what Root scored till date during all his aussie tour. So much fuss about scoring on toughest bowling condition. Whenever bowling is tough he packs his bag.

Root is cook level batter that's it 

[vvvslaxman]

20 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Nitin Menon asks Chris Gaffaney to check. The ball goes straight into the gloves, clearly. And Snicko has a clear spike, despite what looks like a gap between bat and ball! Gaffaney goes with the technology, 

WHy didn't they go with technology when jaiswal edge ddin't show snicko. THey went with deflection. No consistency.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Manucrick said:

Root is cook level batter that's it 

In some areas Cook is bette.r

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Everyone can score on Bazball era English pattas. 

 

Australia is the place which shows you who you are. This is why I still have high hopes on Jaiswal. For a 22 yo, 400 runs last year against full strength Aus (for me, one of the greatest bowling units ever assembled) was something which only an ATG contender could do, that too opening. If not for the MCG runout, could have been something legendary. 

 

Jaiswal had a shitty 2025, especially against Jansen at home....became more of a mental block. But hope he bounces back. Australia showed he is the best young batsman in world cricket, much ahead of FTBs Brook and Gill. Let us see what Rachin does in Aus next year, 4 test series, should be a bit easier against an even older Aus team but still. 

He was run out once. 

[vvvslaxman]

Alex carey is having a box office series as a keeper alone forget about batting. 

[Suhaan]

'Marvellous' has become recent middle name of Carey

[vvvslaxman]

They were tlaking about scoring 500, 400 lol Even patriot Mark waugh said this pitch will suit England more with short side boundaries  and low bounce. Somehow England maanged to crap out on this pitch.

[Manucrick]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

He was run out once. 

Gill did that I think 

[rollingstoned]

1 minute ago, Manucrick said:

Gill did that I think 

Kohli. 

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Manucrick said:

Gill did that I think 

No.. Kohli

 

[Manucrick]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

Alex carey is having a box office series as a keeper alone forget about batting. 

I never really rate him but at the moment he is the best test keeper batter going around 

[Manucrick]

Just now, rollingstoned said:

Kohli. 

He recently run out iam taking about that 

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Manucrick said:

I never really rate him but at the moment he is the best test keeper batter going around 

 

That is because he didn't do much when he was young. He is your typical pugnacious wicket keepr batter like BJ Watling, Boucher. He has sharp reaction as a keeper even at this age.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, Manucrick said:

He recently run out iam taking about that 

Gill run out was when Sai Sudarshan was at other end.

[Manucrick]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

No.. Kohli

 

In this case Gill is kohli successor. 

[Gollum]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Alex carey is having a box office series as a keeper alone forget about batting. 

I voted for him to be top run getter this series. So underrated, even his keeping is amazing. 

 

POTS will be a race between him and Starc.