Ashes 2025/6
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
England take it to a 4th day. But they still need 43 runs to make Australia bat again.
This series is very one-sided indeed.
Australia are better team.
Then there's daylight
Then there's more daylight.
Then there's more daylight.
Then more daylight.
Then there's England.
I reckon if Starc was an Englishman, there's a fair chance England would be winning this series. He's so much better than any other bowler on show.
But, BMac has empowered his team to play like morons.
Cummins and Hazlewood out of the first two tests - all you have to do is nullify Starc and you can bazball away at all the others, including Boland.
But, they've flailed away at Starc in some of the stupidest and most suicidal cricket I've ever seen. Harry Brook's first innings dismissal would have to be among the most foolhardy I've seen in test cricket.
He and BMac should both have a look at Brendon's effort in the ODI World Cup final against - I think - the same bowler.
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@Chris-B Exactly. It is unbelievably dumb to just play the same game regardless of all circumstances. They basically had as good a chance as they were going to get served up to them on a platter, and were too bloody stupid to take advantage of it.
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Will Jacks seems to be Englands Michael Bracewell. Batting low and probably not test standard as a spinner. Seems to be the done thing to have one of those in a team these days.
These two are about to make Oz bat again at least. Amazing what can happen when they put Bazball away and actually play test cricket.
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
Amazing what can happen when they put Bazball away and actually play test cricket.
Learning from Greaves and Roach?
Oz going with the same short pitched approach that didn't work for us.
Will be too little too late in this test for England unless a miracle happens.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2025/6:
I've been out since about 3.30 so missed the carnage. Just saw highlights and Smith's catch was spectacular. What a freak.
He’s no Glenn Phillips but it was a decent effort I guess. Hardly a freak
Well done on another Ashes hammering, I thought Stokes and Jack were doing ok before Neser struck !
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
70 more runs and England would have been right in this.
Australia are not without weaknesses but they’re lucky they’re playing the dumbest team in test history
Yep, Bazball, and the coach, have turned into a mindless cult of positivity.
