Ashes 2025/6

[nzzp]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@Cyclops said in Ashes 2025/6:

I honestly don't know how to judge a good score on this pitch. I feel like there's abaut even odds of a England winning by about 50-70 runs and Australia winning by 8 wickets, I just have no idea how tough it really is.

The Aussies will win. They've been brought up to fight.

who's getting runs?

Waj? Weatherald? marnus? It's going to be Steve + 1-2 others ... not a heap of experience.

HEad and Smith key

[booboo]

@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:

@nzzp 204 for the tie. 205 to win.

England need 10 wickets.

This isn't going to be a draw. This isn't going into Day 4 or Day 5.

Will it make Day 3?

[Chris B.]

This Aussie team is plenty flakey.

Get to and through Smith cheaply and they'll fall short.

Not putting any money anywhere.

[sparky]

Travis Head opening for Oz.

[Chris B.]

Oz opening with Weatherald and Head!

Fucking hell!

[sparky]

Ben Duckett welcoming Travis Head to the wicket there.

[sparky]

Some English commentators are moaning about the Jamie Smith wicket and saying that Snicko didn't show enough for the Third Umpire to give it.

Clutching at straws.

[sparky]

First runs of the match for a first wicket partnership.

[MiketheSnow]

Mental

[sparky]

Decent start this for Aus. Keeping calm and making life easier for themselves.

15-0.

[sparky]

Umpire gives a caught behind, but it's being reviewed.

[sparky]

Hit the tight pad. Successful review.

Huge moment.

[Chris B.]

England not finding anything too untoward in the pitch so far.

Weatherald survives a wrong decision.

[sparky]

Body language from the England team says it all. They know this one is slipping away from them.

[sparky]

Game well and truly going Australia's way. 19 runs off the last 10 balls.

Pressure now on Ben Stokes.

[sparky]

Travis Head is making this look easy. Beautiful batting.

27-0. Stokes has got nothing from his openers.

[sparky]

Australia off to a flyer. 39-0 off eight overs.

Incredible turn around in this game since lunch. Confident, clever Cricket by Australia.

[sparky]

It feels like England's only chance in this Test now is for Ben Stokes to come on and get two or three quick wickets to crack the game back open.

[sparky]

50 partnership up. Head going at more than a run a ball. Australia are striding towards the target.

[Cyclops]

Head out bazballing the bazballers.