Ashes 2025/6

[Godder]

And so, on day 1 of the Boxing Day test, Australia were put into bat and finished the day with a specialist bowler opening and 0 down...

[barky1]

I doubt the same kind of pitch will be prepared this time next year

[MN5]

@Kruse said in Ashes 2025/6:

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

Australia opening the batting with Scott Boland.

So much potential for weirdness...

• golden duck to end first innings, then opens batting for the second...
• Could Tongue get a hat-trick, with two of the wickets being the same batsman? Has that been done before?
• can he get some wickets in second innings, and claim a 10-wicket haul plus credit as opening batsman?

Conway and Latham proved there are still quite a few records and firsts out there still to be broken…..

[Cyclops]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/espncricinfo-xi-unusual-hat-tricks-540237

The same batsman out twice in a hatrick has apparently happened once in first class cricket.

[Donsteppa]

Boland will also be at the non-strikers end first thing this morning.

[antipodean]

Just when this Ashes series wasn't enough of a farce, the MCG provides that pitch. Groundsman should be sacked.

[Virgil]

Probably the only time Brookes batting approach was justified Get as many runs as you can before a ball with your name on it ends your innings.

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Ashes 2025/6:

Probably the only time Brookes batting approach was justified Get as many runs as you can before a ball with your name on it ends your innings.

He's disappointed this series but third behind Crawley ( ?!?! ) and Root in runs scored for England this series.

[Donsteppa]

@antipodean said in Ashes 2025/6:

Just when this Ashes series wasn't enough of a farce, the MCG provides that pitch. Groundsman should be sacked.

Yep, from a shot of it this morning, my first reaction was they'd forgotten to mow it.

[sparky]

England drop another catch. Will Jacks lost sight of the ball. Head survives.

[sparky]

Gus Atkinson has done his hamstring and won't bowl again in the match or the series. Opportunity for Australia to post a big score now.

[Donsteppa]

Somewhat ironically, it's the sort of game where Bazball is the most likely of the 4th innings tactics to have a chance.

[Donsteppa]

Two day Test still on the cards. Australia now four down.

[Donsteppa]

Five down. Khawaja on ball two. Seemed surprised by the bounce, but a very half hearted shot.

[Chris B.]

Carse gets another! Six down - I was thinking Carey and Smith are Australia's two most obdurate batsmen, but they 're quickly parted.

[Donsteppa]

A real lottery out there.

[mariner4life]

Bounce is all over the shop. Batting looks hard as fuck.
Head faced 50-odd balls and never looked comfortable.

Beautiful day at the G too. Glad I'm in the shade for the rest of the day

[Virgil]

Love the shade on cricinfo, ‘welcome back hope you are all making other plans for tomorrow’

[booboo]

Make that 7. Green goorne

[booboo]

Lead is 161