Ashes 2025/6

[Donsteppa]

Billion dollar stadium, Ashes Boxing Day Test, thousands travelling halfway around the world, and a two dollar groundsman.

[Virgil]

Looking at the score board from the 1st test in Perth given it’s so similar at the moment.

England’s 2nd innings there only lasted 34.4 overs

Aussies 2nd innings just now lasted 34.3 overs

[Donsteppa]

Cameron Green is the sort of all rounder that we'd have picked in the 1990's.

[Donsteppa]

England 13/0 in the third. On track to be 3 - 1 in the series unless Boland reproduces statue form.

[No Quarter]

Starc does what he normally does in the first over. 51 runs too late? Who the fuck knows with this match!

[Donsteppa]

Starc finally hits a very full length. Time for Boland at the other end... but Smith goes with Richardson.

Carse some sort of pinch hitter.

[antipodean]

England are well in this. I wonder how they'll fuck this up

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest blazing away at shit balls outside off.

[Donsteppa]

Baz going for a big "save his job" play by showing how clever he is with the Carse promotion.

Either that or just to try and rub the Aussies noses in it on Day 2 at the MCG.

[booboo]

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:

Billion dollar stadium, Ashes Boxing Day Test, thousands travelling halfway around the world, and a two dollar groundsman.

Is this all down to the pitch? Do the batsmen need to take any responsibility?

And that's tea. 98 to win, 8 in hand.

[Virgil]

@booboo said in Ashes 2025/6:

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:

Billion dollar stadium, Ashes Boxing Day Test, thousands travelling halfway around the world, and a two dollar groundsman.

Is this all down to the pitch? Do the batsmen need to take any responsibility?

And that's tea. 98 to win, 8 in hand.

Not the pitch that’s making the ball swing so much
Definitely too much movement seam wise but mixed with poor batting as well

[Donsteppa]

@booboo said in Ashes 2025/6:

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:

Billion dollar stadium, Ashes Boxing Day Test, thousands travelling halfway around the world, and a two dollar groundsman.

Is this all down to the pitch? Do the batsmen need to take any responsibility?

And that's tea. 98 to win, 8 in hand.

Clincher for me was Steve Smith admitting he'd have bowled first. Given the received wisdom in Australian Test captaincy about batting first always, going back to Ian Chappell. Especially at home.

[Donsteppa]

Some of the shots are definitely another story, but I'm not sure this Test was going into a fourth day regardless of who was playing.

[No Quarter]

@booboo said in Ashes 2025/6:

@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2025/6:

Billion dollar stadium, Ashes Boxing Day Test, thousands travelling halfway around the world, and a two dollar groundsman.

Is this all down to the pitch? Do the batsmen need to take any responsibility?

And that's tea. 98 to win, 8 in hand.

For mine you could compare this pitch to a pitch in India that is taking far too much turn. There is consistent movement off the seam which means that there is going to be a ball with your name on it sooner or later, so you really need to score as many as you can before then. Very poor pitch, and a bit of an equalizer really.

[canefan]

The groundsman had one job....

[Donsteppa]

Famous last words, but surely not even England can stuff this one up from here.

[sparky]

England right in this.

Get ready for Baz's mates to spin this as the greatest victory of all time if England win.

[booboo]

Carey's not bad with the gloves

[sparky]

Thoughts with anyone who laid a lot of money to travel a long distance and to purchase day three tickets.

[Donsteppa]

Australia have been unusually carrying 2-3 passengers in the team this series, looks like it has finally caught up with them.

[African Monkey]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

Thoughts with anyone who laid a lot of money to travel a long distance and to purchase day three tickets.

Happened to me in Perth, although Optus Stadium is within walking distance of where I live.