Ashes 2025/6

[Virgil]

Smith finally gets a 100 this series
Easy when the pressure is off and your mates already won you the ashes champ

[sparky]

The England bowlers look utterly exhausted as the Aussie lead nears 100.

4-1 is going to be a fair reflection in the gulf in quality between these two teams.

[MN5]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

The England bowlers look utterly exhausted as the Aussie lead nears 100.

4-1 is going to be a fair reflection in the gulf in quality between these two teams.

Yeah a lead of near 100 is already looking tough. England could very easily be three or four down before they've even drawn level.

[sparky]

@MN5 England look so tired.

[MN5]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@MN5 England look so tired.

A month and a half on the piss in the Aussie summer will do that to a bloke

[sparky]

More pies than a bakery from the England bowlers.

Ruthless stuff from Australia who are in total control of this match.

[MN5]

Oz innings all over. England will need 183 just to get them to bat again which given the extremely hit or miss nature of their batting, Stokes being injured and the fact they look like they want to get on the first plane to Heathrow might be bloody tough for them.

Webster with some nice batting against tired bowlers this morning.

[mariner4life]

Tongue gets Smith and Starc to continue an underrated but solid tour, Jacks gets Boland. Webster proves once again that he is a test quality player.

[Virgil]

Jeez the Aussie coms love making excuses for Green don’t they
Dropped a sitter in the slips worse it would have been swallowed by Smith who he dived in front off

[mariner4life]

Webster makes the selectors look a bit silly with a double breakthrough (off another incredibly poor shot option, some of the batting this summer....) and England are suddenly under huge pressure

[Virgil]

Makes you wonder if Jacks was under instructions to attack Webster from the start.
I have nothing planned tomorrow so would be great if England can show some back bone and bat into day 5 please

[Cyclops]

Bethell looks pretty classy. Wonder how the series turns out if he'd been playing over Ollie Pope. Hell, even just the Adelaide test could have been a big difference.

The difference between his first and second innings performances are pretty stark. Probably just an early career quirk, but wonder if there's something psychological there.

[MN5]

Bethell nabs his first first class century in a test match at the SCG.

Shit DOES NOT get better than that in cricket. Well played lad. Name will be up on the board forever, wonderful stuff.

[Virgil]

@Cyclops said in Ashes 2025/6:

Bethell looks pretty classy. Wonder how the series turns out if he'd been playing over Ollie Pope. Hell, even just the Adelaide test could have been a big difference.

The difference between his first and second innings performances are pretty stark. Probably just an early career quirk, but wonder if there's something psychological there.

Was pointed out Bethell has faced more balls so far in this innings than Duckett faced all series. 232 vs 221

[MN5]

[mariner4life]

Bit late to be talking shit now Carse.

[MN5]

Bethell bowling first change is a massive admission of defeat from England.

[mariner4life]

Head very clearly keen on getting the serious drinking started

[Virgil]

@mariner4life said in Ashes 2025/6:

Bit late to be talking shit now Carse.

Tbf the 3rd ump stitched him up

[Virgil]

Pretty racist of England to get Khawaja out in his last test innings