OFFICIAL 2025/26 ASHES THREAD

[Rjk]

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Au contraire, I love the cricket, just not a fan of England, or their embarrassing ‘fans’.

what's embarrassing about England cricket fans?

[The Bloop]

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Five Live defending the England batsmen the Aussie bowlers playing out of their skins and even citing the sweltering heat :hehe:

Were they just defending them as they weren't as bad as they were in Brisbane? The Aussie bowlers were just relentlessly accurate, and Nathan Lyon showed the benefits of having a specialist spinner in the team, whilst England had a part time white ball spinner instead.

[The Bloop]

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Another drab day for England.
A bit of resistance from Stokes and Archer, but the bowling has been lethargic, thoughtless and devoid of any challenge for the Aussie batters.
Pathetic.

[Mr Ducie]

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https://x.com/crickohlic/status/2001638260033130947?s=61&t=opXYWu2ILhmySD2aRt-GNg

The same ball which k¡IIed Phil Hughes in 2013 but a different helmet which saved Ben Stokes

[poc]

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https://x.com/crickohlic/status/2001...LhmySD2aRt-GNg


The same ball which k¡IIed Phil Hughes in 2013 but a different helmet which saved Ben Stokes

that was the reason they were changed to the new type with more guards:thumbup:

[Lord Worcester]

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It comes to something when England scrape themselves to 200-6, still well over 200 behind, and it’s described as a good day because they battled hard! I’m almost looking forward to the post defeat interviews and seeing who is the most defensive this time - McCullum or stokes.

[poc]

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archer gone as well now stokes in a interview sounds like he just wants to go home :xmashehe:

[MacAdder]

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England finally starting to enjoy themselves at the MCG this morning reducing the Aussies to 51 for 4 off 20 overs.

[the other bob wilson]

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The good bit, Australia 152 all out, five wickets for Tongue, then England start batting and it’s 8=3 with Brook charging down the pitch to Starc first ball :facepalm:

[the other bob wilson]

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15=4,Root, who’s having a terrible time of it apart from that one hundred, out for a duck. Neser’s taken two wickets and top scored for Australia.

[the other bob wilson]

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110 all out - there's been some really poor England teams sent to Australia since the 2005 Ashes, but none of them have made me as angry as this one. They have a test and a half to save themselves from being seen as the worst Englaneam to tour Australia in sixty years, maybe ever.

[poc]

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agnew on radio 5 this morning "the next time brook runs down the wicket i hope he keeps running to the airport":xmashehe:

[the other bob wilson]

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England 77-2 at tea chasing 175. Most teams would win from here, but there’s still plenty of time for them to chuckle it away.

[The Bloop]

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A win at last.
Even if the pitch wasn't the best, England bowled much better than they have in the other games.
Test matches shouldn't last 2 days though.

[Hilts]

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An absolute disaster for the Melbourne ground staff.

Arguably their biggest sporting event and they produce a wicket so in favour of the bowlers its all over in 2 days.

I wonder how much the refunds will come to?